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Texas and Axel are thrown together at a border crossing in India. They don't like each other. They meet by accident in London. They plan a wild weekend in Paris. Paris is a disaster. Jack returns to Australia. Waiting for him is a card: 'If you are ever in Vermont drop by.' ‘So readable and so funny.’ ‘All other authors are on hold as I am just starting my 6th book by Thorogood.’ ‘A whirlwind trip around Europe.’ ‘In this book you'll find bad tempered Greeks, picnics in minefields and the odd terrorist attacks.’ ‘A fun romp from Australia to England.’ ‘Fast cars, loose...

William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld's first newspaper. Now he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist's life - people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography, some more people who want him dead in a different way and, worst of all, the man who keeps begging him to publish pictures of his humorously shaped potatoes.

Gary Karkofsky is an ordinary guy with an ordinary life living in an extraordinary world. Supervillains, heroes, and monsters are a common part of the world he inhabits. Yet, after the death of his hometown's resident superhero, he gains the amazing gift of the late champion's magical cloak. Deciding he prefers to be rich rather than good, Gary embarks on a career as Merciless: The Supervillain Without Mercy. But is he evil enough to be a villain in America's most crime-ridden city?

The high stakes world of artifact recovery for ‘art collectors’ is schemingly cutthroat, at best. At worst….it’s bloody diabolical. Charlotte Ivey is a professor of archaeology and in this final installment of the series, she’s going to have to call upon all her skills and knowledge to extricate herself, heartthrob-superspy-ex-lover Jamie, and his brother from the clutches of the Italian mafia. And she’s got to do it alone. Because Jamie’s gone rogue. In exchange for the debt owed, she’s got to find and hand over an ancient lost treasure: King Solomon’s ring. She’ll ...

The complete career of the immaculate Psmith! First, as a fellow lost lamb with cricket prodigy Mike Jackson at Sedleigh school; then shaking up the world of commerce in his genial efforts to reform boorish bank manager Mr. Bickersdyke; and later converting twee family periodical "Cosy Moments" into a crusading yellow journal, in pursuit of the bashful owner of New York's notorious Pleasant Street tenements. And finally following distressed damsel Eve to Blandings Castle—the seat of fluffy-minded peer Lord Emsworth—in the guise of an absconded Canadian poet.

En el año 2007 Jorge Magano presentó al mundo a Jaime Azcárate: un licenciado en Historia del Arte metido a periodista -y héroe ocasional- que vive las más asombrosas aventuras en territorio desconocido tratando de desentrañar los más complicados misterios relacionados con nuestras creencias, nuestros orígenes...y las relaciones sociales, aunque no siempre con el mismo éxito. Por el momento es el protagonista de tres novelas.

He who tames a wild heart can rule the world... When Jofurr Ronolf travels South to claim his Uncle's throne and rich farmland, he must learn his people's new ways. After years of raiding he is unaccustomed to such a settled life style or the comforts of home. When he spies the beautiful woman swimming alone, he is instantly smitten. But when he tries to approach her, she runs away. Adisla lives between two worlds. The daughter of a Viking woman and a Saxon man, she is neither accepted nor embraced by either. Her place among the Vikings is tenuous at best, forcing her to support herself and...

Serge A. Storms is back! The one-man crime spree hits no speed bumps as he swings through Tampa, Disney World, and parts south before settling down in Miami Beach to team up with a former sidekick and launch his long-overdue offbeat travel service. It's a labor of love as Serge forces customers to confront the underbelly of the Sunshine State's past and present. Some clients get it; others run for their lives. No matter.

International bestselling author Jeff Kinney serves up heaps of laughs in Hot Mess, the 19th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Greg Heffley is caught in the middle as the two halves of his extended family come together in a sidesplittingly relatable summer story!

Rule #1 - Never enter Lupin Forest during the night of a full moon… Unfortunately, innocent good girl Scarlet Mantle is about to find out exactly why you shouldn’t break Steamydale’s number one town rule. ~*~ Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? Not me. Everyone knows that Steamydale’s town rules are archaic and outdated, made a long time ago when the original settlers had to worry about actual wolves. Nowadays I’m more worried about whether they’ll get my latte right at the local cafe. But when I stay out a little too late before heading to my grandmother’s house one night, ...

In the fading days of late summer, 2011, self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the atmosphere will collapse in a few weeks’ time—on September 21, at approximately 9:20 pm—ending the world as we know it. But the distraught Petra will not have to carry the burden of this terrible news alone for long. Fate intervenes, bringing her into the orbit of a pair of unlikely companions: Johan, a man whose intellectual prowess is remarkably overshadowed by his culinary skills, and Agnes, a seventy-five-year-old widow who has made a fortune posing as a young influencer on social media.

Mild-mannered sheep farmer Albert Stark is fed up with the harsh life of the American frontier, where it seems everything and anything can kill you: Duels at high noon. Barroom brawls. Poisonous snakes. Cholera-infected drinking water. Tumbleweed abrasion. Something called “toe-foot.” Even a trip to the outhouse. Yes, there are a million ways to die in the wild, wild West, and Albert plans to avoid them all. Some people think that makes him a coward. Albert calls it common sense.

When a listless office employee (the narrator) meets Tyler Durden, his life begins to take on a strange new dimension. Together they form Fight Club - a secretive underground group sponsoring bloody bare-knuckle boxing matches staged in seedy alleys, vacant warehouses, and dive-bar basements. Fight Club lets ordinary men vent their suppressed rage, and it quickly develops a fanatical following.

Lydia Young is just a heartbeat away from her MBA when everything comes crashing to a halt. As she struggles to pick up the pieces, one crazy, sexy night leads her on an exhilarating path where she will have to pick -- success, love, or both? Asher and Dalton Forbes have made their fortunes expecting nothing but the best and ruthlessly pursuing their quarry to the ends of the earth. What they want from Lydia is no less than everything she can give. And these insatiable Alpha Males always get what they want! Book 3 in the bestselling Billionaire Brothers series by Meg Watson!

Here, we have a glorious ensemble of Woodhousian characters knocking elbows to foreheads in the elegant and grand Blandings Castle. Meet Freddy Threepwood, the vagrant son of doddering old Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle. Freddy has recently become engaged to Aline Peters, the American heiress of an irascible father. The snag is that Freddy seems to have at one point become enamored of a struggling actress, Joan Valentine, and written some impetuous and imprudent letters to her.

Towards the end of the 18th century, two brilliant young Germans set out to measure the world. The naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt travels down the Orinoco, climbs the highest mountain then known to man, counts head lice on the heads of the natives, and explores every hole in the ground. The mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss does not even need to leave his home in Göttingen to know that space is curved.

The beloved author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared returns with an enchanting adventure that skewers the greed and hypocrisy that dominates our time and holds lessons about what’s truly important in life.

A page-turning story full of romance and fun, A Lady's Prose follows an aspiring author whose plans are derailed when she's unwittingly caught up in a nefarious plot. Miss Emma Davies is an author, not a detective. Yet, after an unfortunate incident, which involved losing half of her gown while fleeing criminals, then collapsing on top of a man she’d only just met, her season is ruined before it’s even begun. It’s now up to her and an unlikely ally to prove her innocence in more ways than one. Tricky, but not impossible… or so she hoped. Look inside to begin reading now! *A Lady's ...

Insurrection is in the air in the city of Ankh-Morpork. The Haves and Have-Nots are about to fall out all over again. Captain Sam Vimes of the city's ramshackle Night Watch is used to this. It's enough to drive a man to drink. Well, to drink more. But this time, something is different - the Have-Nots have found the key to a dormant, lethal weapon that even they don't fully understand and they're about to unleash a campaign of terror on the city. Time for Captain Vimes to sober up.

I’m over the hard partying and easy women rock star thing. Have been for years. But when the gorgeous single mom shows up at the studio, I quickly become obsessed. I’ve been alone for too long. When the backup singer walks into my audition, I want her instantly. But she doesn’t fall into my arms like a groupie. Kat has secrets of her own. Her kid is sick and she will do anything for him. I’m too old and too damaged for her. But when we sing a duet on stage for the first time, not even she can deny our off-the-charts chemistry. She ignores my attempts to buy her affection. I try ...