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Dive into the life of a normal man with a normal family in this humorous novel told in diary entries from one Charles Pooter: husband, father, and someone, who experiences relatable social embarrassments and humiliations. As he chronicles a year in his life, he discusses his twenty-year-old son's foray into the dating scene, the couple's attempts at blending in with higher society, and his general interactions with friends and co-workers. Originally...
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For one 1970s teenager, winning at poker and winning on Wall Street go hand-in-hand: "A coming-of-age story for the ages." -Peter Lattman, vice chairman, The Atlantic
In the wake of his mother's death, Rogers Stout has no choice but to grow up fast. By high school, he already has the gambler's gifts: a titanic brain, an uncanny ability to read people, and a risk-taker's daring. All he lacks is direction . . .
Everything changes the summer...
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IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 27
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Second in the Cornish Trilogy following The Rebel Angels.
Francis Cornish was always good at keeping secrets. From the well-hidden family secret of his childhood to his mysterious encounters with a small-town embalmer, an expert art restorer, a Bavarian countess, and various masters of espionage, the events in Francis' life were not always what they seemed.
Rounding out the story started by the death of eccentric art patron and collector Francis...
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Quienquiera que sea lo suficientemente viejo para recordar la Era de Acuario, las películas en el drive-in y la televisión no debería dejar de apreciar, lo que hace esa "excavación", "Arrancando de la inocencia": una historia del despertar. Conozca a David Justin, un joven católico-italiano con problemas de altura, que intenta desesperadamente escapar de los lazos de la represión sexual y la inocencia de los adolescentes que lo mantienen cautivo,...
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Beethoven Confidential started life as a play that was developed into a screenplay for a film starring Jodie Foster and Glenda Jackson, with Anthony Hopkins as the deaf musical genius Ludwig von Beethoven. It tells the story of the rivalry between two would-be biographers in the quest for the so-called 'Immortal Beloved', Beethoven's secret love. Personal friends of Beethoven, the biographers become pitted against each other in a race to reveal the...
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Ein Haus—sechs Wohnungen—keine Mieteinnahmen!
Wenn Nomaden nicht weiterziehen, sondern für immer bleiben...
Wenn nicht Lionel Messi, sondern Messies bei dir wohnen...
Wenn dein Haus voll, aber dein Konto leer ist...
... lebt der Mietnomade bei dir im Speck, schwört dir ewige Treue und all deine Freunde haben Mitleid. Doch du empfindest pures Mietleid!
Alle Geschichten in diesem Band sind leider wahr, die handelnden Personen gibt es leider...
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A woman who works in the beauty field stumbles on an astounding secret: anyone who wrongs her gets a terrible punishment in return. As a diehard Libra, who believes in truth, justice, and everyone getting theirs, she can't thank her lucky stars enough-that is, until she finds out that the person who has crossed her is someone she loves more than anyone else in the world, and that person is about to pay.
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After nine years in a Dutch asylum center, an Iraqi refugee tries to start a new life as a European citizen and discovers that to make friends in the western world, you need a dog.
After nine years in a Dutch asylum center, Samir finally has the chance to start his new life as a European citizen. But it's a full-time occupation for him to discover what integration really means. Happily, this distracts him from what is happening in his native land,...
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Quiconque est assez vieux pour se souvenir de l'ère du Verseau, des films drive-in et de la télévision en réseau devrait apprécier, non, de faire cette « fouille » Échapper à l'innocence: une histoire d'éveil. Rencontrez David Justin, un jeune catholique italien, aux prises avec des problèmes de taille, qui tente désespérément d'échapper aux liens de la répression sexuelle et de l'innocence adolescente qui le retiennent captif dans...
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PREMIO PULITZER 2022
En la navidad de 1959, Ruben Blum, un historiador judío, es elegido en la universidad de Corbin para valorar la aplicación de un exiliado israelí especializado en la inquisición española. Se trata de Benzion Netanyahu, padre del ex-presidente de Israel Benjamín Netanyahu. Joshua Cohen mezcla ficción y realidad en esta novela de campus que pudo escribir gracias a su amistad con Harold Bloom. Los Netanyahus es una comedia...
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In the highly personal tradition of Jenny Offill and Elena Ferrante, Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride is loosely based on Sweany's tragicomedic teenage life growing up in Indiana and his later years working in the New York publishing industry. Hunter S. Thompson biographer William McKeen called it, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas meets Leave It to Beaver." And bestselling author Frank Bill adds, In the vein of David Sedaris or Chuck...
13) The Gambler
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First published in Russian in 1866, "The Gambler", by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, is a gripping narrative of the dangers of gambling. As was common with Dostoyevsky's other writings, he draws upon his own life in a semi-autobiographical way. Dostoyevksy himself suffered from a compulsion to gambling and had to complete "The Gambler" under a strict deadline to pay off his own debts. These first-hand experiences bring a depth of realism to the novel and to...
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This vintage book contains A. G. Macdonell's 1934 novel, "How Like an Angel". This intelligent and intriguing novel is highly recommended for fans of Macdonell's work, and it would make for a worthy addition to any collection. A. G. Macdonell (1895-1941) was a Scottish novelist and journalist. His most famous works include: "The Autobiography of a Cad", arguably amongst the funniest books ever written; "Lords and Masters", a blunt and prescient satire,...
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This vintage book contains A.G. Macdonell's 1938 novel, "The Autobiography of a Cad." Written as a memoir of the life of Edward Fox-Ingleby, it spans from with his earliest memories of his family's estate and his time at Eton and Oxford, to his becoming a Tory minister in 1930's England. His memoir reads like an attempt to justify his obviously immoral life-a life filled with backstabbing, misogyny, and deviousness. In spite of this, Edward portrays...
16) I, Hogarth
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William Hogarth was London's artist par excellence, and his work-especially his satirical series of "modern moral subjects"-supplies the most enduring vision of the ebullience, enjoyments, and social iniquities of the eighteenth century.
And in I, Hogarth, he tells a ripping good yarn.
From a childhood spent in a debtor's prison to his death in the arms of his wife, Hogarth recounts the incredible story of how he maneuvered his way into the household...
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Denise, a middle-aged idealist, cashes her last $400 paycheck and drives south with her two Chihuahuas in search of a summer job that will renew her weary spirit. As she drives through a national park in Northern California, Denise stumbles upon a job as a fast-fry cook at Hacienda RV Park and seizes the promising opportunity. Unfortunately, her job behind the grill turns out to be more complicated than flipping burgers and transforms her working...
18) Stitch: A Novel
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In one of the world's most beautiful cities, an aging sculptor serves as an inspiration and a warning to two aspiring artists Pursuing literary glory, Edward Gunther gives up his job as a copywriter, sells everything he owns, and moves with his wife and three children from Chicago to Venice. But success does not come as quickly or as painlessly as Edward had hoped. During his first month in Italy, he struggles to get his essays published, argues with...
19) Boarded Windows
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Wade Salem is a charismatic aesthete, drug dealer, and journeyman country musician. He's also a complicated father figure to this novel's narrator, whose cloudy childhood becomes both clearer and more confusing through Wade's stories, jokes, and lectures. Through the eyes of a keenly observant, underemployed record collector, Wade emerges as a sly, disruptive force, at once seductive and maddening. Shifting between flashbacks from the seventies and...
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Une chaise roulante peut-elle tomber amoureuse de son occupant?
En vérité, ce serait même sa vocation. Mieux qu'une épouse, un enfant ou une mère, elle tient son patient dans ses bras, le réconforte en silence et le protège des atteintes de la vie. Et quand l'auteur pousse la chaise hors de l'hpital, c'est pour découvrir dans Charleroi des SDF ou des « jeunes issus de l'immigration. »
De cette quête symbolique à la fois drle et...
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