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Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is one of our most beloved and well-known stories. This is mostly because it’s in the public domain, so you can remake it with Muppets or cartoon characters or a hollow-eyed motion capture Jim Carrey without paying anyone a dime. This latest adaptation puts a new twist on the classic holiday tale of redemption and generosity: Scrooge has a boner throughout the entire story. Pretty much everything else in the book is left untouched, except that Scrooge is constantly adjusting himself to try and conceal his erection, which never really works since ...

Sure, he was dressed as cupid, running around Huntsville, delivering singing telegrams, but it paid his rent and tuition. He was only one year out from graduating with his degree, and then, he'd get a job and start working toward his dream of opening his own bike shop. The only problem he had now was keeping his secret of delivering singing telegrams from the rest of the guys in his club because they would never let him live it down.

King Lynn Hayes is hiding a terrible secret. Barely able to resist the evil gnawing at his insides, he makes a desperate gamble, putting his kingdom, his legacy, and his family at risk. Sensing weakness, vultures circle the castle while a great danger from across the ocean threatens to visit Valodon's shores. These are the darkest days, when ordinary men are forged into heroes and their most desperate actions become legend.

Previously entitled: It Happened One Summer and At Her Boss's Request Sensual Romance by Lynette Rees: perfect for fans of Penny Jordan and Sarah Morgan. Sizzling seduction and tantalising temptation lie ahead... Sandy Perkins is grieving for a lost love when she encounters new boss, handsome, Matt Walker. Matt initially poses as an awkward customer at the charity shop where Sandy is manageress, instead of revealing himself to her as the new area manager. Her new boss’s devious behaviour irks her when she finally discovers the truth. But there's something dark and dangerous about Matt ...

You all know what happened in 'What The Heart Wants'. Now you get to see it all through Lincoln's and Surain's POV. Bonus Chapters from 'What The Heart Wants'.

EL PRIMER LIBRO DE JESÚS MARÍA SÁEZ ES UNA AVENTURA DE HUMOR, LLENA DE PERSONAJES IMPOSIBLES, HISTORIAS INCREIBLES Y SUCESOS DISPARATADOS. "Misión Jaqueca" fue el primer libro publicado por el autor vasco Jesús María Sáez cuando aún era un desconocido en el mundo literario. Se trata de una novela descabellada; un divertido relato de aventuras, repleto de humor absurdo, inspirado de alguna manera en los cómics de Francisco Ibáñez con sus legendarios agentes de la TIA con los que tanto disfrutó, y bebiendo del absurdo genial de la obra de Jardiel Poncela, otro de sus escritores de...

Kann aufkeimende Liebe stärker sein, als all die Gefahren, die ihr entgegenstürmen? Samantha steht endlich auf eigenen Beinen: Eine neue Wohnung, ein neuer Job ... vielleicht eine neue Liebe?! Nur eine Unsicherheit hält sich beständig: Ist es nicht zu früh, einen neuen Mann in ihr Leben zu lassen? Insbesondere in Anbetracht der Schatten, die Ryan und sie aus der Vergangenheit verfolgen. Ryan kann es nicht fassen, dass Samantha durch ihn ins Fadenkreuz eines unbekannten Psychopathen geraten ist. Ganz abgesehen davon, wie schwer seine Tochter es ihnen beiden macht, sich näherzukommen.

The Sussex Beekeeper at the Dawn of Time is an unconventional and breath-taking tour de force that flirts with the crossover and steampunk genres. The book knits together a transcribed oral memoir, newspaper clippings, and myriad letters and journal pages from across two millennia, much of it held together by the pithy comments of a certain elderly beekeeper residing in Sussex, England. While comparatively few, these notes are nonetheless the essential marble skeleton on which the whole denouement and structure of the book hangs.

Who killed Eric Davenport? A senior mathematics professor at Underhill College has been found dead in his office, the victim of murder. At Underhill, a small liberal arts college with a pricy tuition and a pampered student body, all of the students are close to their professors. But at least one loved Eric Davenport in a deeply inappropriate fashion. Some hated him. And then there is the faculty at war with itself. And the idiotic administration. And the twin boys who live next to campus. And what’s with all those praying mantises?

An explosive World War Two adventure from the author of The Eagle Has Landed set on the eve of D-Day. A routine mission ends in icy terror for OSS agent Craig Osborne, as he floats helplessly in the sea off the coast of Brittany. The rumble of engines should signal rescue.... But it is a German warship which appears out of the fog - hauling Osborne to safety and preparing him for the fight.

Alicia Marlowe's life as an executive coach is well under control - until she meets her new client, Jack Smith. Jack's reputation precedes him and Alicia knows immediately that he spells trouble. Not least because he reminds her of someone else - a man who broke her heart and made her resolve never to lower her guard again. Taking Jack on as a client is a risk, but one that Alicia decides to take for the good of her career. As long as she keeps him in his place, she might just make it through unscathed. But Jack has other ideas - including a 'business' trip to the Lake District.

Clementine needs to find Lucy before it's all too late. Clementine knows bringing up a child on your own down on Emerald Street where the street walkers ply their trade isn't easy, even when your daughter's as adorable as four-year-old Allegra. When Peter Broadbent, wealthy, kind and possessed of the most beautiful house Clementine has ever seen, proposes, she knows it seems almost too good to be true.

Harrow-on-the-Hill, March 1836: In a sense, orphans Ollie, John and Arthur have always been treasure hunters. The mudlarks have gone from a hardscrabble life scavenging the banks of the Thames for bits and bobs to becoming students at a boarding school outside of London, thanks to the kind and generous intercession of Charles Dickens. But now they're missing—as is, apparently, a treasure map. When Charles arrives at the school, he's hit with another twist—the servant girl who was allegedly in possession of the map has been strangled in the icehouse.

Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger receive an ominous warning that the barriers between realities are breaking down and darkness is spreading! Soon, nothing will separate Earth from Wonderland, Neverland, or Oz, which will result in the end of everything, everywhere, and everywhen. An evil cabal known in select circles as The White Council, led by Professor James Moriarty, Count Dracula, and Doctors Jekyll, Frankenstein, and Moreau, plans on exploiting the situation for personal gain. But are there even darker forces at work, behind the scenes?

If we transport livestock over the roads today, could it be possible that aliens did too when we humans were in our Wild West period of development? What if it were true, and one alien cargo ship broke down around Earth, suffered a malfunction, and a weird animal creature catapulted to Earth in a broken containment cell? Now imagine it was found by the most contradictory of outlaws in the West, with a shady past and a wicked sense of personality yearning for redemption. Now pretend the aliens are forbidden to enter Earth, to retrieve the animal, because of a law in the galaxy.

All is set to change for Alice and Sam as they expect their first child together. Just how they are going to fit themselves, their baby, and Sam’s daughter Sophie into their little two-bed cottage is a mystery, but Alice is determined not to get stressed out. Her focus is on best friend Julie, who is trying unsuccessfully for a baby, and on Sophie, who is torn between staying in Cornwall with Sam, or moving to Devon with her mum. Then there are Alice’s parents, who don’t seem happy with their own move to Cornwall, and Jonathan, who also appears to be falling out of love.

He’s the greatest musician the world has ever seen, or heard. But what is the secret behind Charlie Estrella's magical musical gifts? In the second book in Theodore Huntington's The Storm Trilogy, we follow a tale of another supernatural hero - in the real world. This time, it is young Charlie Estrella who is granted his greatest wish by the Storm. But can he find his true destiny in time, or will he be thwarted by his evil foes?

This story takes Melville’s Moby Dick and adapts it into a cowboy western. It is a definitive tale of revenge in which Ahab hunts down the wanted criminal Moby Leviathan Dick. You will love this seafaring classic turned dry. A discussion guide is included in this book. This book is dedicated to Herman Melville and all the writers, cartoonists, artists, animators, actors, directors, producers, and orators who have made Moby Dick so enjoyable at so many different angles.

When the escapades of Audrey Labadie's cheating boyfriend take center stage during a show rehearsal, she up and leaves her beloved theater group to avoid the humiliation. Finding refuge in her high school's dance squad, she believes the drama is behind her. Until the earthquake. Audrey's dreams become plagued with creepy tentacle creatures crawling out of a sinkhole underneath her school in the aftermath of the seemingly unnatural natural disaster. Dreams that soon become a horrific reality for her and her new teammates.

Two years into her new life in Cornwall, and while Alice Griffiths’ own romantic hopes have been dashed, it appears that whichever way she looks, her friends are getting hitched. A handsome stranger at Bea’s wedding could well change Alice’s fortunes but she may be better off ploughing her energies into her working life. While each season brings a new wedding, the months leading up to Christmas, and David and Martin's big day, become about taking risks for Alice. Should she leave the safety of the Sail Loft Hotel?