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When a mysterious houseboat appears on the river Styx, it brings an influx of famous souls who begin to flock towards the new favored location. A Houseboat on the Styx is a series of different stories that tie into one exciting narrative.
Charon is a mythological character who navigates the Styx river under the guidance of Hades. The water acts as a border between the living world and the afterlife. As a ferryman, Charon transports deceased souls...
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: In this comedic novel, an English professor collides with disaster at the peak of the Cold War Shortly after his plane first grazes the tarmac in the eastern European nation of Slaka, Dr. Angus Petworth is beset by a cavalcade of misadventures. A university lecturer and seasoned international traveler, Petworth is nevertheless unprepared for the oddities of culture and circumstance that await him on the other...
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Revolt, rebirth and retribution - a nameless, laid-off hermit ventures through the highways encircling the Mojave Desert. Why? To retrieve Nathan López, of course, a charismatic leader preaching a religion of fervent discipline. There is little time to pause and take a breath. The wheels keep on turning, the clock on the wall of the sauna keeps ticking, and the world, at last, keeps spinning. Can hope and trust still be found in a multi-faceted world?
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A prototypical child of the sixties, Senator Reuben Castle coasted through his early life on a cloud of easy charisma, leaving behind more skeletons than Arlington: a highly questionable Vietnam record, an abandoned wife, and worse. Now, two decades later, his greatest dream is within reach. But his personal history is about to become his political epitaph-unless he takes the direst of measures to protect himself.
From William F. Buckley Jr.-nationally...
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If you want a hilarious and a thrilling literature book that will make you laugh out your heart so you need not have to think of attending any comedy show this year, then this book is for you. 'When Shame Kisses Scandal' is a beautiful play. A poetic piece which pictures scenarios of a king, Asirifi, whose immoral act when a prince resulted in an act of incest committed by his 'unknown' son with his (the king's) wife. Upon recognising that his previous...
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She tried to dial M for murder, but instead she accidentally dialed L for latch-key…
A plotting husband who strongly resembles Ray Milland …
A framed wife as elegant as Grace Kelly …
An Inspector straight out of Monty Python …
Hitchcock would be spinning in his grave if he weren't suiting up for his cameo.
Suspenseful, witty, and romantic, this one-act play is a lively satire of the films of Alfred Hitchcock.
"A cheeky take on Dial
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Roland Arezzeau, milliardaire à la fois cynique et généreux, est frappé d'une maladie neurologique. Affaibli, craignant pour sa sécurité, il engage deux gardes du corps singuliers, Costes et Bernstein. L'un, fripouillard mais romantique, l'autre, vantard et séducteur. Une complicité inattendue naît entre le super-riche et les deux super-pauvres. Mais, alors qu'il semble se rétablir, Arezzeau trépasse brusquement. Rumeurs et suspicion envahissent...
10) Dead Brilliant
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Dying is the best way to revive your musical career ... even if you're not really dead. It's all slipping away from Roc Molotov - his band, his girlfriend, and worst of all, his ability to play the game demanded by the star-making machinery of the music business. When the best record he's ever made is about to pass unnoticed, his oldest friend and manager, Uncle Strange, concocts the perfect scheme. Roc will fake his death, on MTV, in front of millions...
12) Dominant Demand
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Some say I am cold-blooded.They aren't wrong.To some, I am death.They aren't wrong.I am the Grim Reaper. Razor, aka Maxim Ivanov, the newly promoted Boss of the National Crime Syndicate, Kings Inc., was known in the crime world as a cold-blooded bastard, an assassin with no heart. Born to the world of violence and crime, Razor embraced his destiny. The path of his future had been set, and over time, he became the embodiment of death… in all its...
13) Lobster Wars
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Lobster Wars is a tight, fast-paced social satire about what happens when reality TV comes to a small fishing village in Maine. The locals think they're going to get famous and rich. But it's never that easy. Especially when Connor Nichols, a telegenic outsider, a guy from "away," gets a lobster fishing license and horns in on their good fortune. The TV show airs to great ratings, only increasing the pressure, prompting a few unsavory characters to...
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Alcoholic blood on the cross is an abomination! The renowned teacher is advised not to spend his meagre pension on his coffin; Speaker of Parliament will take care of it. When the paedophile stands up to address the House, he is reminded to stop sleeping with babies. But the politician is torn between the devil and the deep sea whether he is responsible for the predicament of the people or not. The Speaker of Parliament does not want to have anything...
15) The Family
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The story is violent, racy and full of black humor. Imagine the Soprano family arriving in France, or perhaps better, Ray Liotta, the snitch from 'Goodfellas' settling down with his family in a small town in Normandy. Fred's cover is blown yet again. With the arrival of the shooters from Newark, he returns to the violence he misses so much.
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Les prochaines élections françaises sont capitales pour l'avenir de la France. Qu'en sera-t-il?
2017. La France, éprouvée par la menace terroriste et la crise économique et sociale qui s'éternise, s'apprête à élire son nouveau Président. C'est l'effervescence au sein des partis politiques et des nouveaux mouvements citoyens. Pour Marc, jeune militant dévoué de droite, comme pour sa sœur, Jo, journaliste impertinente et effrontée, c'est...
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From Lagos to London, by way of the Faroe Islands and St. Petersburg, an investigation turns deadly. The head of the Nigerian fraud squad is evacuated from Lagos by secret service operatives. Meanwhile a junior prosecutor in Nice probes the mysterious death of the wife of a powerful banker and a crusading journalist in St. Petersburg pursues a corrupt oligarch and his criminal business empire. The paths of all three cross in London, where they find...
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Fiction? Pas si sûr.
Ce roman décortique avec beaucoup d'humour le mécanisme d'un engrenage qui, parti d'une découverte fortuite, précipite l'individu dans une course sans fin jusqu'à une soumission consentante.
Sur un fond de critique humoristique des « experts » scientifiques et autres gourous de toutes espèces qui entraînent le monde et soumettent l'individu gavé par les médias, ce roman est mené comme une enquête policière.
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19) Framed
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Antoine, a fanatic billiards player, is asked to watch over a Paris art gallery. When he scuffles with a thief a statue falls and severs his right hand. His maverick investigation leads to the discovery of a series of gruesome killings. Soon Antoine finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of a gallery owner. A game of billiards decides the outcome of this satirical tale which brilliantly captures the world of modern art and the parasites that...
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Judith Singer mysteries volume 1
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Long Island housewife Judith Singer takes it upon herself to investigate the murder of a local periodontist and picture-taking lothario and discovers an attractive homicide lieutenant and her own potential as a woman.
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