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Following a young woman over the course of one outrageous and insufferable downtown dinner party at the home of her estranged best friends—an artist and curator couple, whom she now realizes stand for everything she detests—Happiness and Love is a piercing debut novel about brazen materialism, self-obsession, and the empty careerism of so-called cultural elites.

Tartufo is much more than a charming romp through the foothills of Tuscany. Written in the same enchanting style and raucous humor that defines Hollow Kingdom and Feral Creatures, Buxton’s newest story is a reflection on the interconnectedness of life in all its manifestations—and how holding on to harmony in the face of hardship can grow something beautiful and rare beneath the surface.

Weihnachten ohne Baum? Der Vater ein bayerischer Sturschädel, die Kinder in der Hochphase der Pubertät und dann noch Weihnachten? Franzis Entschluss steht fest: Heuer wird sie sich einen ruhigen, entspannten Advent machen, komme, was wolle. Kein Plätzchenbackstress, kein Dekowahnsinn und kein Geschenkemarathon. Ihr Plan scheint aufzugehen, denn Ehemann Sebastian versucht sich zum ersten Mal in seinem Leben am Backblech und die Kinder bemerken nicht mal, dass es keinen Adventskranz gibt.

Step into the extraordinary world of Tubey Tubeman, an inflatable tube figure with big dreams and an even bigger heart. From humble beginnings aspiring to be a journalist or a basketball star, Tubey's journey takes unexpected turns filled with ambition, family dynamics, and the pursuit of happiness. Raised by a loving yet struggling family, Tubey learns the importance of chasing dreams despite the odds. When tragedy strikes, Tubey's resilience is put to the test. A

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s popular one-act play is back as a musical in Aria Da Capo (Da Capo Con Musica). Songwriter, L. J. Schulz brings Millay’s evocation of the post-World War I spiritual "wasteland" up to the moment with a score in rock, folk, gospel, and show-tune styles.

Stu's dog has changed, his favorite cookie brand vanishes, and TV shows become completely different overnight. To crack the case, Stu teams up with a bitter, former child star, a witch whose spells misfire more often than not, and an entrepreneur cursed with epic lousy luck. Can they get along long enough to stop the madness? Meanwhile, occultist Barclay Cain stirs up trouble with his own motley crew of weirdos.

I never thought I would find myself in this situation. Being a vampire was never something I had planned for, but here I am, Alexander Dracul, navigating the dark and dangerous world of the supernatural. It all started one fateful night when I was attacked by a rogue vampire. I thought my life was over, but instead, I was reborn as one of the undead. It was a difficult adjustment at first, but I soon discovered that being a vampire had its perks.

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford and back to Kingston. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction to the comic novel.

Sean goes to live with his mother in America, and it is far from the utopia that he had anticipated. He is thrust into an unfamiliar world of crazy kids, drugs, and falling in love with beautiful Mystery. It's just too much for a clueless 16-year-old to handle and he finds himself in the most precarious predicaments, only to be rescued at the last moment by some divine intervention. Let's hope the Hood Gods are merciful!

Things are not always what they seem to be. In these five tales the unexpected always happens...A book packed with mystery and intrigue!

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After thirty years of friendship, Pam dreams of her perfect retirement with Nancy, Shalisa, Marlene, and their husbands—until their husbands pool their funds for an investment that goes terribly wrong, and their dreams of beachfront condos and a sunny, carefree retirement vanish. But when one husband dies in a freak accident, the other three women are shocked to see his widow rebound with a huge life insurance payout and a new life in Florida. The women discover that their husbands have identical, seven-figure life insurance policies. A new dream forms, and this time, it involves a hitman.

Vienna, 1911. Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, the darling of Viennese society, spots a woman’s nude body in the Danube canal. He knows he should summon a policeman, but he can’t resist stopping to make a sketch first. And as he draws, the woman coughs. She’s alive! Back at his studio, Klimt and his model-turned-muse Wally tend to the erstwhile-drowned girl. She’s nearly feral and doesn’t remember who she is, or how she came to be floating in the canal. Klimt names her Judith, after one of his most famous paintings, and resolves to help her find her memory.

He comes In the dead of night, on the darkest of streets, underneath the bleak metal canyons of the urban nightmare. He’s a new kind of legend, unlike any other masked crimefighting avenger you’ve ever encountered, unless maybe you’ve read some graphic novels or seen a few movies or watched a fair amount of television shows, but otherwise, honestly, you’ve never seen a superhero like this one.

Get ready to embark on a whimsical and mysterious journey with Sally, a woman who has always been pet-free, as she grapples with the unexpected appearance of a black and white billy goat in her dooryard. This goat has no intention of leaving and becomes a constant and quirky presence in Sally's life, pushing her beyond her comfort zone and into world of goat-related antics and misadventures.

Disgraced former detective Mike Humber gets off a train in the bleak autumn countryside, his mind haunted by a dark past. A new job awaits. Huntington House needs a live-in security guard to prevent access during an inheritance dispute. This is exactly what Mike needs: a new start in a new place and a chance to turn things around. It all seems perfect, especially when he meets Tessa. But Huntington House holds dark secrets. Bumps in the night. Flickering lights. Music playing from somewhere.

When a noxious hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. But nobody else does, including some quite crucial players like the police and the coroner. Eitan's colleagues are already treating him with suspicion following his recent breakdown, and are sceptical of his increasingly wild theories. When another doctor dies in similar circumstances, Eitan becomes convinced there is more to these deaths than meets the eye. Is there really a killer marauding the wards or is Eitan losing the plot?

Living Dead Lovers follows the life and times of famed psychic-medium, half-Romani gypsy, Valentina ‘Cabbage’ Moone, from her mute infancy trawling the roads of Europe to a fiery-tongued, hard-drinking, speed-loving clairvoyant with a complete disregard for human life, including her own of late…

“The afternoon of September first, dishwater-gray and rainy, a man named Dale Figgo picked up a hitchhiker on Gus Grissom Boulevard in Tangelo Falls, Florida. The hitchhiker, who reminded Figgo of Danny DeVito, asked for a lift to the interstate. Figgo said he’d take him there after finishing an errand.” Thus begins Fever Beach, with an errand that leads—in pure Hiaasen-style—into the depths of Florida at its most Floridian: a sun-soaked bastion of right-wing extremism, white power, greed, and corruption.

Cross the jet bridge with Linda, a frequent flyer with a dangerous obsession, in this hilarious and provocative debut novel by the acclaimed author of Out There.