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In this delectable new cozy mystery series, social media maven Maddy Montgomery's perfectly 'grammable life has come undone, and she's #StartingOver in a tiny town with one giant problem—a killer on the loose ... When Maddy Montgomery's groom is a no-show to their livestream wedding, it's a disaster that no amount of filtering can fix.

A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical quest when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, in this dreamlike fantasy novel. “Race through a lush world of pure wonder and romance—kites made of wishes that become stars, origami that holds time in its folds, and a night market in the clouds—in this lovely, cozy fantasy reminiscent of Erin Morgenstern's *The Starless Sea*.” —*Booklist* (starred review). On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant.

Instant #1 New York Times bestseller! - A stunning romantasy full of explosive magic, searing romance, and heartbreaking betrayal, this breathtaking sequel to This Woven Kingdom is from the award-winning and bestselling author of the Shatter Me series - Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Leigh Bardugo, and Sabaa Tahir. With the heat of a kiss, the walls between Alizeh, the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom, and Kamran, the crown prince of the Ardunian empire, have crumbled. And so have both of their lives.

A New York Times Critics' Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 - Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Biography - From a gifted young writer, the story of his quest to reclaim his family's apartment building in Poland - and of the astonishing entanglement with Nazi treasure hunters that follows. Menachem Kaiser's brilliantly told story, woven from improbable events and profound revelations, is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland.

Théâtre. Paru en 1961. Contre toute attente, le frère d’Augusta a légué son immense fortune non pas à Charlotte, sa compagne théoriquement fidèle depuis cinq ans, mais à un neveu inconnu, garçon de vingt ans, encore plus simple d’esprit qu’on ne le dit.

The definitive text of this American classic—reissued with an introduction by Edward Albee (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Delicate Balance) and Williams' essay "Person-to-Person." Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers vying for their dying father's inheritance amid a whirlwind of sexuality, untethered in the person of Maggie the Cat. The play also daringly showcased the burden of sexuality repressed in the agony of her husband, Brick Pollitt.

Dans une pension parisienne sordide sont réunies des personnes que rien ne semble lier : le jeune étudiant Rastignac qui ne cherche qu'à intégrer la haute société, le Père Goriot maintenant ruiné et le mystérieux Vautrin qui cache son passé. À travers ces personnages, Balzac tisse une vision réaliste de son époque et analyse la relation entre l'homme et l'argent. Ce roman a été adapté en bande dessinée par Philippe Thirault et Thierry Lamy (2009) et en téléfilm par Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe (2004), avec Charles Aznavour.

The Woman in White is credited with being the first of the sensation novels and one of the finest examples of the genre. A young woman's husband defrauds her of her fortune, her identity, and eventually her sanity. She is saved by her sister and a loyal man who loves her, and her two rescuers attempt to expose her husband. They meet a woman dressed all in white whose fate seems curiously intertwined with that of the young woman. In the tradition of the sensation novel, the story contravenes boundaries of class, identity, and the private and public spheres.

Can you find real love when you've always got your head in the clouds? Maybell Parish has always been a dreamer and a hopeless romantic. But living in her own world has long been preferable to dealing with the disappointments of real life. So when Maybell inherits a charming house in the Smokies from her Great-Aunt Violet, she seizes the opportunity to make a fresh start. Yet when she arrives, it seems her troubles have only just begun.

Haunting and atmospheric, this debut novel portrays the heartbreak, hardship and moments of surprising grace in the life of a man struggling to realize his destiny. A young man of astonishing promise when he emigrated from Ghana in 1955, Samuel Tyne was determined to accomplish great things. Fifteen long years later, he’s an insignificant government employee who hates his job when he unexpectedly inherits his uncle’s crumbling mansion in Aster, Alberta.