Títulos em Urbano

Knowledge Toussaint was exposed to a fast life of grittiness. Being forced to maneuver through a life based on survival at the tender age of ten, he depended on a mother whose life was driven by addiction. All it took were two bullets to change Knowledge's life forever. When he was forced to leave his mother behind, he was taken in by one of the most prestigious hit men in Miami, Booney. As Booney leads Knowledge through an underworld of darkness, he also shines light by teaching him how to play the game of life called 'Chess.'

It's 2006 and down-and-out protagonist Ghislain works as a reader for a publishing house in Montreal. He's bored with all the wannabe writers who are determined to leave a trace of their passage on earth with their feeble attempts at literary arts. Obsessed by literature and its future (or lack thereof), he reads everything he can in order to translate reality into the literary delirium that is Readopolis--a world imagined out of Chicago and Montreal, with few inhabitants, a convenience store, a parrot, and all kinds of dialogues running amok: cinematic, epistolary, theatrical, and Socratic.

Camille Church ist eine hervorragende Köchin. Nachdem sie zwei Jahre auf einer Bohrinsel gearbeitet hat, wird es Zeit, nach Hause zurückzukehren. Mit Freude tritt sie ihre neue Stelle im Delicious an, dem neuen In-Restaurant an der Lexington Avenue. Von Anfang an hat es Davide Calderon auf sie abgesehen.Calderon ist Sternekoch und sehr von sich überzeugt. Doch Camille lässt sich nichts gefallen. Als sie mit Davides Exfreundin in eine Schlägerei gerät, sieht er sie plötzlich mit ganz anderen Augen.

Jessica Shelton loved her work fixing the mistakes for athletes, movies stars, and elite executives. Yet, she yearned to be an agent, the ultimate step on the ladder. The goal became a reality when asked by her boss to help a wayward prince. Fix the prince, get the agent position. The only problem was two years ago they had a whirlwind romance that ended in heartbreak.

Sally Milz é roteirista do The Night Owls, um programa de humor que vai ao ar na TV todo sábado. Com uma série de desilusões amorosas dignas de uma sitcom, há muito tempo Sally desistiu do amor, preferindo focar na carreira, em encontros casuais e conversas com o padrasto. Mas a vida é cheia de surpresas. E quando Noah Brewster, um fenômeno da música pop, é contratado como apresentador e convidado musical para o The Night Owls, Sally precisa repensar alguns de seus conceitos.

Left alone in the world following the barbaric murder of her family, Billie Jo Hazelwood is forced to move in with her uncaring grandmother. She tries to return to a normal routine but struggles to adjust to life without her parents and kid sister. With a burning hatred for the people that killed her family, Billie Jo’s life spirals out of control as she becomes obsessed with ensuring they face justice for their heinous crimes.

Bystander is a pitiless, bold work of intense psychological realism narrated by a professionally successful but socially bankrupt anti-hero who expects global connection and local anonymity. It excoriates the contingency of contemporary morality, and, at a time of growing isolation, forces the listener to examine what it means to be a good neighbor.

At times funny, at other times sad, and more than often a mixture of the two, Giving Up by Mike Steeves is a deeply felt account of what goes on in the inner sanctum of the modern couple's apartment.

Journalist Ruth Porter is hungry for a story. Nothing good ever happens in Manchester. Until she discovers a string of murders that have recently been attributed to the notorious Craig Malton. There are lots of people that want Malton behind bars - and that's exactly why his arrest seems too convenient . . .

A menace, I was, the duration of my life. Unsure of what was next, who was next, or where I was headed next. The only for-sure shit in my world was my paper and my people. The ice around my heart was still intact, never being penetrated or as much as tapped.

Kingsley Lynch fell to her death from a seven-story, downtown rooftop garden. Was it an accident, suicide, or was she pushed? The two detectives assigned to the case decided she jumped. Her husband, an influential city councilor disagrees, and six weeks later Kate Gazzara is assigned to reinvestigate.

Explore the raw and unpredictable world of Las Vegas nightlife in 'Shadow Beneath the Lights: A Vegas Cabbie Noir.' As a veteran cabbie recounts his night behind the wheel, listeners are immersed in the highs and lows of this city that never sleeps. With each turn, experience the genuine frustrations, fleeting joys, and relentless challenges of a life spent in the shadows of the dazzling lights. This unfiltered journey captures the essence of a night on the Vegas strip, where the harsh realities beneath the glittering surface come to life, and every passenger is a chapter in the untold story.

For all outward appearances, Nina is the perfect Indian daughter. But underneath, she feels like a fraud. In one day, she caught her secret (white) boyfriend having an affair, she walked out of her lucrative career as a lawyer to become an artist, and to cap it all off, a disturbing encounter with a spiritual guru has her questioning her faith. Unable to face shattering her parents’ ambitions of the perfect arranged marriage, she finally agrees to be matched. But as she dons a suit and pretends to go to work every day, the lies are beginning to stack up. Surely something’s got to give?

Nalini and her two young children are transplanted from luxury in India to the bewildering confusion of London, only to be abandoned by her negligent husband. At first survival is a struggle, but Nalini turns to what she does best: cooking. Her mouthwatering pickles bring financial stability and domestic happiness, as well as affecting everyone who tastes them. Everyone, that is, except for her daughter, Maya. Maya loves fish fingers, burgers and chips. She’s not interested in her history; that died with her father.

Evita Vishavan is stuck in a 9-to-5 job and going nowhere fast. Raised in London to fulfil her parents’ dreams of respectability, Evita yearns for something more.

For brothers Krypt, Khrome, and Kavalli, their opportunity to learn was cut short. The death of their father, Duke, left them with more duties than they expected. Equipped with hustle, an education, and a rowdy group of young go-getters behind them, they feel they can take on whatever problems arise. The streets and the women who hold them down think otherwise. With budding relationships in the air, coparenting becoming non-existent, and raw betrayal by the ones they love, can the brothers keep the Priest name alive, or will their father's death be in vain?

Meet Ethan and Gabe. A devoted couple for years, they have successful careers, an adorable daughter, and a house in the New Jersey suburbs. Sure, they may have drifted to different ends of the political spectrum, but their marriage still has its spark. Then one night Ethan makes an announcement: he wants to run for Congress as a Republican—but only if he has progressive Gabe’s blessing.

A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties.

At last, 33-year-old Jess has saved enough to move into her own apartment! But troubles at work and the endless disappointments of online dating have made her feel worse than ever. She finally finds a ray of hope when she adopts another soul in need—her rescue dog, Icing. With new purpose and the help of her friends, Jess hopes she's heading in the right direction. Can these two navigate all that life has to throw their way?

After a near death experience out in the tunnels that cross the depths of a dead world, Ethan is back on his feet and ready for more. When he arrived in Wayport less than a month ago, he had nothing but the clothes on his back. Now, everything has changed. He has a place to live, coin in his pocket, and the best job security in the bastion. It comes at a cost though, as that job is about to get a lot more dangerous.