Títulos em Literatura e Ficção

Try as he might, Junius "Little Whit" Whitman can't unsee the busted foundation of his father's holy roller faith. All in one night, he's watched a man die in the middle of a prayer service, a tornado level a neighboring town, and his parents' marriage incinerate above him. Even though he doubles down on his efforts to believe, Whit enters young adulthood searching for a faith he can hold onto.

When Suhani returns from the trip, she gets the good news that she and Kanishka have got the tender, but the next day when Suhani and Kanishka go to sign the tender, they get a big shock after hearing a condition written in the tender. The condition was that to get this tender, Kanishka and Suhani had to be married, this contract was only for married couples. What will these two do now? Will they let go of such a big tender? Or will they enter into a fake contract with each other to save the tender? And what will be the result of the growing closeness between Suhani and Kavya?

Anvesha was travelling in a flight for the first time. She had already somehow fastened her seat belt, but suddenly her mobile falls down and she was trying to unlock it to pick it up. At the same time, a big business tycoon, who was sitting on the other seat, starts helping her to unfasten her seat belt but by mistake his hand goes on Anvesha's waist. After this, Anvesha shouts at him....but after realising her mistake, she sits quietly...After the flight lands, Anvesha goes to a hotel where a man named Pandey tells her that her job is confirmed.

Born on the night of the nation's independence, Gimme Lao is cheated of the honour of being Singapore's firstborn son by a vindictive nurse. This forms the first of three things Gimme never knows about himself, the second being the circumstances surrounding his parents' marriage, and the third being the profound (but often unintentional) impact he has on other people's lives.

Sie möchten jetzt ausrasten. Nichts läuft so, wie Sie es sich vorgestellt haben. Egal was Sie anpacken, es wird heute nix. Vergessen Sie es einfach. Diese Tage im Beruf kennen wir alle. Nur sollten wir dann gleich am großen Ganzen zweifeln und alles hinwerfen? Müssen es immer ein Jobwechsel, eine Dauerkrankschreibung oder eine Schwangerschaft sein, um dem ganzen vermeintlichen Irrsinn zu entfliehen? Wäre es nicht auch möglich, die ganze Misere aus einer anderen, frischeren Perspektive zu betrachten? Ich denke, dass das möglich ist.

An international bestseller with over half a million copies sold between Japan and South Korea, The Convenience Store by The Sea tells the delightfully quirky and heartfelt stories of the store’s customers and employees, offering us all a unique recipe for a good, fulfilling life.

Pedalear a ritmo constante, adaptar el cambio de marchas a las peculiaridades del terreno, disfrutar del variado paisaje sobre el sillín. Sentir la euforia de unas ruedas que giran silbando en un descenso de montaña o el frío sudor que se desliza gota a gota por el manillar en el esfuerzo de la escalada.

Thirty years ago, sixteen-year-old David had his worst fears come true when he came out to his family and was rejected. Devastated and alone, David vowed to always help others in need. So, when David sees a woman crying outside his florist one afternoon, he feels compelled to ask if she's okay.​​ Meg is newly engaged to the love of her life, Hannah. Meg was hoping her conservative parents could find it in their hearts to support their marriage and invited them to help choose her wedding flowers. But she has been waiting at the florist for hours and her parents haven’t shown up.

Dive into Jonathan Swift’s sharp satire in A Modest Proposal, one of literature’s most famous works of dark humor and social criticism. Written in 1729, Swift offers a shocking "solution" to the poverty and famine affecting Ireland, proposing the unthinkable with a calm, calculated rationale that highlights the cruelty and indifference of the ruling classes. Through biting irony, Swift forces readers to confront the realities of exploitation and dehumanization in society.

A spiky, edgy collection of five wickedly funny stories spotlighting clear-eyed and “difficult” women who are navigating their identities as workers and women in contemporary Japan—a feminist, anti-capitalist modern classic published outside Asia and in English for the first time. The Dilemmas of Working Women is Fumio Yamamoto’s darkly witty look at modern Japanese women who are ambivalent about their lives and jobs

Aly and Adam Bloomington have been best friends since birth. They are twins after all. When Adam travels to California for work and to visit an old friend, he leaves his beloved–and ill-behaved–dachshund, Pretzel, behind with Aly. When Adam FaceTimes Aly, his childhood best friend Levi hovering over his shoulder, Aly can’t believe this tall, broad-shouldered, chiseled stranger is the same scrawny, floppy-haired boy they grew up with. Could this be the same boy she secretly used to crush on? Aly finds herself wanting to get to know the mysterious man he’s grown into.

Jo Who Died is the funny and bittersweet telling of a mother's life story from the perspective of her recently deceased daughter. Jenny Knight never intended to call seven of her eight children Jo(e). It's funny how life turns out. At twenty-six years old, Jo 5 throws herself out of a window with no intention of dying. Nor did she plan for her siblings to be suspects in a murder investigation. Sometimes, that's just the way things go.

Scrubs meets Grey's Anatomy in dieser hochkomischen Geschichte über den alles außer alltäglichen Alltag einer jungen Ärztin in der Notaufnahme. Ein großes Berliner Krankenhaus. Rettungsstelle. Montagmorgen. Nicki ist Assistenzärztin und neu hier. Micha, ihr Vorgesetzter, heißt sie zwar mit ein paar Halbwitzen willkommen und bietet ihr sogar das Du an, überlässt sie dann aber dem alltäglichen Wahnsinn der Notaufnahme und sich selbst. Nichts mit Schonzeit. Für Nicki beginnt ein Leben im permanenten Ausnahmezustand. Schlaf? Kurz, zwischen den Diensten.

Lucas will nichts als seine Ruhe in einer Welt, die ihn einfach nicht in Ruhe lässt. Eine Kurzgeschichte vom internationalen Bestsellerautor Fredrik Backman Videospiele, Wein und Pad Thai – das ist der perfekte Abend für Lucas. Andere Menschen? Muss nicht sein. Warum denn, wenn er auch alleine glücklich sein kann? Als der dreiköpfige Vorstand der Bewohnervertretung überraschend an seiner Tür klingelt und eine Inspektion seiner Bratpfanne verlangt, ist Lucas alles andere als begeistert. Doch Abwimmeln ist nicht.

Aspirant, bookish, and close to broke, 26-year-old Clemi steps into her dream job at a prestigious literary nonprofit and finds herself in the bull's eye of a financial, legal, and existential calamity. The executive director has disappeared, leaving behind an inscrutable cat to which she is highly allergic. Meanwhile, the bank accounts have been overdrawn, the FBI is asking questions, and she has three days to pull off the annual fundraising gala, a glamorous affair filled with famous writers and local literati.

تدور رواية "الحب لم يعد مناسباً" حول أستاذ جامعي جرحه الحب، فأقسم ألا يعود إليه مجددًا، لكن عهده ذلك لم يكفه، فقرر ترك وظيفته الجامعية، والتدريس في إحدى المدارس الثانوية.

Amber is a young videographer who has landed her dream job. She is to produce a web series based on a late-night talk radio show dealing with the unexplained. She is a huge fan of the show, and its host, Jack Owens, who she hopes to help reveal the world’s most cryptic secrets. The first secret she reveals is Jack’s. He doesn’t believe any of this crap. To him, the show is just a cushy job that allows him to support himself and his wife without having to try very hard.

Farnsworth and Diego must complete their most difficult undercover mission yet: infiltrating the Alabama Mafia. Not only does the mob want General Saunder’s secret blend of herbs and spices, but they’re willing to fry anybody who gets in their way… after rolling them in breadcrumbs and their proprietary blend of seasonings… even their new celebrity spokesman: Nicholas Cage.

"Ревізор" - знаменита комедія в п'яти діях російського письменника Миколи Васильовича Гоголя. Роком написання вважається 1835 рік. Молоду людину, яка оселилася в саратівському готелі, місцеві чиновники помилково приймають за ревізора і всіляко намагаються йому послужити. Насправді, Хлестаков — дрібний чиновник із Петербурга, який намагається жити на широку ногу, але не має коштів. Всі гроші, що надсилаються йому батьком, він миттєво прогулює. А тут трапляється така нагода: чиновники самі і із задоволенням постачають його грошима.

When Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, is caught on video just minutes before the youngest son of international black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos is shot and killed, he’s instantly identified as suspect number one. He’s at the scene, he’s with the victim, and he’s former special forces turned soldier of fortune. He has a blue-chip stock portfolio and no known address. He moves in mysterious circles. He’s Stephanie’s mentor—the man who taught her everything she knows about fugitive apprehension. And he's more than her friend.