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Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging thereader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design.

When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town.But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their owncompany and will make no exception for Bella. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away -until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car. Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward's coldness. He, and his family, are vampires - and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close

*The New York Times and USA Today bestseller!*'I LOVED this book! Funny, hopeful and dreamy' Ali Hazelwood'The perfect rom-com, especially if you like your book editors as sexy as Benji Andor'Red'Smart, quick, delicious' Emma Straub'An absolute delight' Christina Lauren***Florence Day is a ghost-writer with one big problem. She's supposed to be penning swoon-worthy novels for a famous romance author but, after a bad break-up, Florence no longer believes in love. And when her strict (but undeniably hot) new editor, BenjiAndor, won't give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye.Although when tragedy strikes and Florence has to head home, the last thing she expects to see is a ghost at her front door. Not just any ghost, however, but the stern form of her still very hot - yet now unquestionably dead - new editor.As sparks start to fly between them, Florence tells herself she can't be falling for a ghost - even an infuriatingly sexy one. But can Benji help Florence to realise love isn't dead, after all?If you fell in love with Beach Read, The Love Hypothesis and The Hating Game, this laugh-out-loud romance packed with sizzling chemistry will give you all the feels!***Readers LOVE The Dead Romantics:'Fresh, fun, thoroughly modern... truly a rom-com to die for!' Rachel Hawkins'Made me fall in love, broke my heart then reassembled it, and left me swooning. Romantic, hilarious, heart-warming' Gwenda Bond'A refreshing rom-com about love, loss, and hope... the sparkling dialogue makes the characters come alive'Publishers Weekly'This book made me sob, wow.It made me feel so many feelings... Please prepare to have nonstop tears running down your face.' Netgalley, 5 stars'This book destroyed my life but in a hot way... I haven't cried this much because of a book in probably two years.' Netgalley, 5 stars'Adorably romantic and an absolute pleasure to read.' Netgalley, 5 stars'ALL THE STARS! A delight to read.' Netgalley, 5 starsThis book was EVERYTHING.' Netgalley, 5 stars** Ashley Poston's new novel, The Seven Year Slip, is available for preorder!**

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Christina Lauren ('The perfect choice if you've had to cancel your summer holiday but still want to feel the sand between your toes' Beth O'Leary) comes a novel about what happens when amatchmaking company finds an ideal match in an unlikely pair.From the Back Cover'Pure, irresistible magic from start to finish' Emily Henry, author of Beach ReadThe New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners returns with a hilariously witty and feel-good novel which proves once and for all that while data may be easy to crack, dating isn't quite so simple . . .Jess Davis is a numbers genius, but when it comes to love she's had to accept there is no magic formula. Juggling a career with raising her daughter, it's not surprising that her love life is. . . non-existent. When yet another date ends in disaster,she's prepared to give up on love for good.But then she hears about GeneticAlly, a buzzy new matchmaking company that claims to find you the One using a DNA equation. Suddenly, love doesn't seem quite so far out of reach . . .Until her test shows an unheard-of 98% compatibility with GeneticAlly's founder, Dr River Pena. Jess already knows Dr Pena, and this man is 100% not her soulmate. Yet as the pair are dragged from one event to the next as the ultimate 'Diamond' pairingthat could make GeneticAlly a fortune, Jess begins to realise that there might be more to the scientist - and to the science behind a soulmate - than she thought.'You can never go wrong with Christina Lauren!' Paige Toon

Eleanor knows shes a mess. But today, she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed. She will have her poetry and yoga lessons after dropping off her son, Timby. She wont swear. She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe...

Barcode, Krisztina Toth's first substantial work in prose after four volumes of remarkable verse, consists of fifteen beautifully written and highly sensual short stories. Each story, apart from one, is told with poetic intensity and intimacy from ayoung, unnamed female narrator's point of view. Whether about childhood acquaintances, school camps and trips, or love and deceit in love, they are all are set against the backdrop of Hungary's socialist era in its declining years. What sets this bookapart, however, is another level in the work as a whole: the stories are carefully strung, like jewels in a necklace, along metaphorical 'lines', as in the title of the collection and the subtitle of the pieces, which nearly all include the word for'line, bar'. The losses, disappointments, and tragedies great and small recounted here offer nuanced 'mirrorings' of the female soul and linger long in the memory.

The magical and exciting sequel to The Prison Healer.Kiva Meridan is a survivor. She survived not only Zalindov prison, but also the deadly Trial by Ordeal. Now Kiva's purpose goes beyond survival to vengeance. For the past ten years, her only goal has been to reunite with her family and destroy the peopleresponsible for ruining their lives. But now that she has escaped Zalindov, her mission has become more complicated than ever. As Kiva settles into her new life in the capital, she discovers she wasn't the only one who suffered while she was inZalindov-her siblings and their beliefs have changed too. Soon it's not just her enemies she's keeping secrets from, but her own family as well. Outside the city walls, tensions are brewing from the rebels, along with whispers of a growing threat fromthe northern kingdoms. Kiva's allegiances are more important than ever, but she's beginning to question where they truly lie. To survive this time, she'll have to navigate a complicated web of lies before both sides of the battle turn against her and sheloses everything.

Soon to be a Netflix film starring Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown - this must-read psychological thriller, perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying, will leave you guessing until the final page.'Unlike anything I've read before... immediate, gripping, incredibly tense, heart-breaking, heart-warming and FUN! ' - Holly Jackson, author of A Good Girl's Guide to MurderAs an ex con artist, Nora has always got herself out of tricky situations. But the ultimate test lies in wait when she's taken hostage in a bank heist. And this time, Nora doesn't have an escape plan ...Meet Nora. Also known as Rebecca, Samantha, Haley, Katie and Ashley - the girls she's been.Nora didn't choose a life of deception - she was born into it. As the daughter of a con artist who targeted criminal men, Nora always had to play a part. But when her mother fell for one of the men instead of conning him, Nora pulled the ultimate conherself: escape.For five years Nora's been playing at normal - but things are far from it when she finds herself held at gunpoint in the middle of a bank heist, along with Wes (her ex-boyfriend) and Iris (her secret new girlfriend and mutual friend of Wes ... awkward).Now it will take all of Nora's con artistry skills to get them out alive.Because the gunmen have no idea who she really is - that girl has been in hiding for far too long ...'Slick, stylish and full of suspense' - Sophie McKenzie, author of Girl, Missing'A powerful gut-punch of a book that will leave you reeling long after its final pages. I couldn't put it down!' - Chelsea Pitcher, author of This Lie Will Kill You'I could hardly breathe until I finished. The tension! Absolutely loved it.' - Emily Barr, author of The One Memory of Flora Banks

'The work of a master storyteller'Daily Telegraph'One of crime's most engaging duos'GuardianTHE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023________Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside.The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organisation that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths.In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner Robin Ellacott decides to infiltrate the cult and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito amongst them. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll itwill take on her . . .Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike and Robin's story forward in the epic, unforgettable seventh instalment of the series.________PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE NOVELS'A blistering piece of crime writing'Sunday Times'Unputdownable'Daily Express'A page-turner that will keep you up all night'Observer'Superb . . . an ingenious whodunnit'Sunday Mirror'Strike and Robin are just as magnetic as ever'New York Times'Outrageously entertaining'Financial Times

Im August 1998 sind in Amsterdam fünf bisher unbekannte Seiten aus Anne Franks Tagebuch an die Öffentlichkeit gelangt. Offenbar hatte der Vater, Otto Frank, diese Stellen - sie enthalten kritische Bemerkungen Annes über ihre Eltern - nicht zurPublikation freigegeben. Jetzt werden sie, nach Prüfung ihrer Authentizität, der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht und weltweit in alle autorisierten Ausgaben des Tagebuchs aufgenommen. Das Tagebuch von Anne Frank ist 1950 zum ersten Mal in einerdeutschen Übersetzung veröffentlicht worden

Emily Henry's books are a gift, the perfect balance between steamy and sweet -- V. E Schwab, GALLANTNobody does it quite like Emily Henry -- Casey McQuiston, RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUEOur generation's answer to Nora Ephron -- Sophie Cousens, THIS TIME NEXT YEARMy newest automatic-buy author -- Jodi Picoult, WISH YOU WERE HEREFrom the Back CoverHarriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Except, now they don't.They broke up six months ago. And they still haven't told anyone.Which is how they end up sharing a bedroom at the cottage that has been their yearly getaway with their best friends for the past decade. For one glorious week they leave behind their lives, drink far too much wine and soak up the sea air with theirfavourite people.Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth. The cottage is for sale so this is the last time they'll all be together here and they can't bear to break their friends' hearts. So, they'll fake it for one more week.About the AuthorEmily Henry is the author of the butterfly-inducing romantic comedies Beach Read, You & Me on Vacation and Book Lovers, all of which were New York Times bestsellers, with Book Lovers being a Sunday Times bestseller. She studied creative writing at HopeCollege and now lives and writes in the American Midwest. Happy Place is her fourth novel.

Tekints bele az istenek éjszakai életébe Rachel Smythe stílusos képregényében, mely kortárs környezetben gondolja újra a görög mitológia legismertebb történeteit!Amikor Perszephoné elhagyta a halandók síkját az Olümposzért, új életet akart kezdeni. Csillogó, új otthonának azonban sötét oldala is van - jó hírét kikezdi a pletyka, a beképzelt Apollón pedig alapjaiban rázza meg a biztonságba vetett hitét -, és alány nehezen találja a helyét az istenek sebesen pörgő világában. Hádész is kizökkent egyensúlyából: próbál küzdeni a tavasz ifjú istennője iránti érzések ellen, miközben igyekszik megtartani magányos uralmát az Alvilág felett. Perszephoné és Hádészegyre közelebb kerülnek egymáshoz, de szembe kell nézniük a múltjukkal és a jelenükkel, hogy reményük lehessen egy jobb jövőre.Az Eisner-díjra jelölt webképregénynek ez a kiadása egy exkluzív történetet is tartalmaz, és a görög panteont egy rendkívül szellemes és romantikus képregényben repíti el a modern korba.A második kötet a Webtoon első számú képregényének, a Lore Olympusnak a 25-49. fejezeteit tartalmazza.Könnyű belátni, miért szeretett bele az internet a Lore Olympusba. A klasszikus görög mítoszoknak ez a kápráztató újragondolása egyszerre bájos és provokatív. - Marissa Meyer, a Holdbéli krónikák szerzője

The Exchange is John Grisham's epic follow-up to his phenomenal global bestseller The Firm, the novel that launched his career as the world's favourite storyteller - it will take you on a rollercoaster journey across the globe, from New York to London,and Rome to Marrakech. TEN DAYS TO SAVE A LIFE. ONE SECOND TO END IT. Mitch McDeere has cheated death and come out the other side. Fifteen years ago, he stole $10 million from the mob and disappeared. Now, with his enemies jailed or dead, he has foughthis way to the top of the biggest law firm in the world. When a new case takes Mitch to Libya, danger awaits: he's soon in the biggest hostage negotiation in recent history with terrorists who have murdered and will murder again. Their demand isstaggering: a ransom of $100 million must be paid within 10 days. But this isn't a random kidnapping - it's personal. And no one, not even Mitch's wife in New York, is safe. With the clock ticking, can Mitch stay one step ahead of his enemies? This time,there's nowhere to hide.

Once, I fell in love with a man who deceived me. For weeks, he stood by my side, twisting his words into pretty half-truths. He enraptured me with his smooth temptation, leaving no corner of my being untouched. He consumed my mind and my body, thenfinally claimed my heart for himself. But Caelum's true identity is terrifying enough to bring me to my knees. Then, I discovered the truth of who he is. Caldris is whispered in the Nothrek wind. The legend we only speak of with hushed words, inshuttered rooms, for fear of drawing his wrath once again. His intentions are a mystery, his desires impure, and he seeks to shackle me to his side for all eternity. With the Wild Hunt as our guard, he points us back to where it all began: the village ofMistfell and the boundary where the Veil once shimmered in the wind. Now, another secret crouches, poised to change everything. The Mist Guard have been sworn to keep us from crossing into Alfheimr, and from treading Faerie soil, even if innocents mustpay with their lives. They have orders to resurrect Mistfell's shimmering barrier, but, once again, there's a greater cost than what has been revealed. Once, the people of Northrek blamed me when the Veil fell. Soon, they'll want me to pay the price themagic requires.

Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right. They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser that has felt too true for the last decade, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life. Instead ofglittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in a stylish apartment in the city, going out with friends, and keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart. Until the day she gets a call that sends her racing back to Barry's Bayand into the orbit of Sam Florek - the man she never thought she'd have to live without. For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family restaurant and curling up together with books, Percy and Sam hadbeen inseparable. And slowly that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart. When Percy returns to the lake, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. Percy must confront the decisions she'smade and the years she's spent punishing herself for them, in order to determine, once and for all, whether their love might be bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past. Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is abig, sweeping nostalgic story of love and the people and choices that mark us forever.

A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB 2017 PICKA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe best books make you see differently. This is one of them. The eye-opening new novel from Jodi Picoult, with the biggest of themes: birth, death, and responsibility.When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the nurse who had been banned from looking after him by his father.What the nurse, her lawyer and the father of the child cannot know is how this death will irrevocably change all of their lives, in ways both expected and not.Small Great Things is about prejudice and power

Discover The Atlas Paradox, the electric dark academia sequel to viral sensation The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake - a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller. Inside the Alexandrian Society alliances will be tested, hearts will be broken and all must pick a side.Six magicians were offered the opportunity of a lifetime.Five are now members of the Society.And two paths lie before them.In this thrilling next instalment, the secret society of Alexandrians is unmasked. Its newest recruits realize the institute is capable of raw, world-changing power. It's also headed by a man with plans to change life as we know it - and these arealready under way. But the cost of this knowledge is as high as the price of power, and each initiate must choose which faction to follow. Yet as events gather momentum and dangers multiply, which of their alliances will hold? Can friendships hold trueand are enemies quite what they seem?Reader reviews for The Atlas Paradox:'Olivie Blake has done it again''More of everything I loved from the first book''I was completely shocked. NOW I NEED BOOK 3'

Don't miss BookTok's new dark romantasy obsession!WHERE THERE ARE GODS, THERE ARE ALSO MONSTERS . . .For a thousand years, the Etherworld has known peace.Until now.Many centuries ago, desperate to save her dying sister, Dianna made a deal with Kaden, a monster far worse than any nightmare. Locked in servitude to him, she is forced to hunt down an ancient relic held by her most dangerous enemies: an army led bySamkiel, the World Ender.After the Gods War, Samkiel hid from everything, denying his crown and deserting his people. Now, an attack on those he loves sends him back to the realm he never wished to return to, and into the sights of an enemy he had hoped to forget. With everyworld at stake, Dianna and Samkiel are forced to set aside their animosity and work together, before all is lost . . . Don't miss the next book in this series, THE THRONE OF BROKEN GODS and look out for Book 3 coming soon . . .

1emesis (n.)1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome.2) A person's undoing3) Joshua TemplemanLucy Hutton has always been certain that the nice girl can get the corner office. She's charming and accommodating and prides herself on being loved by everyone at Bexley & Gamin. Everyone except for coldly efficient, impeccably attired, physicallyintimidating Joshua Templeman. And the feeling is mutual.Trapped in a shared office together forty (ok, fifty or sixty) hours a week, they've become entrenched in an addictive, ridiculous never-ending game of one-upmanship. There's the Staring Game. The Mirror Game. The HR Game. Lucy can't let Joshua beat herat anything -- especially when a huge new promotion goes up for the taking.If Lucy wins this game, she'll be Joshua's boss. If she loses, she'll resign. So why is she suddenly having steamy dreams about Joshua and dressing for work like she's got a hot date? After a perfectly innocent elevator ride ends with an earth-shatteringkiss, Lucy starts to wonder whether she's got Joshua Templeman all wrong.Maybe Lucy Hutton doesnt hate Joshua Templeman. And maybe he doesn't hate her either. Or maybe this is just another game

An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place - and realizing that family could be yours. He expected nothing. But they gave himeverything . . . Linus Baker leads a quiet life. At forty, he has a tiny house with a devious cat and his beloved records for company. And at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, he's spent many dull years monitoring their orphanages. Then one day,Linus is summoned by Extremely Upper Management and given a highly classified assignment. He must travel to an orphanage where six dangerous children reside - including the Antichrist. At the orphanage, Linus must somehow determine if they could bringabout the end of days. But their guardian, the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, will do anything to protect his wards. And, as Arthur and Linus grow ever closer, Linus must choose: his duty, or his dreams...

What if you had said yes ...? Eva and Jim are nineteen, and students at Cambridge, when their paths first cross in 1958. Jim is walking along a lane when a woman approaching him on a bicycle swerves to avoid a dog.

A Dekameron száz világhírű történetét Boccaccio 1349 és 1353 között írta. Hét fiatal hölgy és három ifjú mesél tíz napon át - a pestis elől menekülve - kies vidéki kastélyukban idillikus, szellemes, vidám és erotikus történeteket, amelyek a szerelemmindenhatóságáról szólnak. A nagy számú, színes képanyag híres művészek alkotásai, amelyek a középkortól a barokkig az akkori kor életszemléletét illusztrálják.

A bold new short story collection from one of the most exhilarating and innovative writers of our time. The stories in Leaving the Sea take place in a world which is a distortion of our own, where strange illnesses strike at random and where peopledisappear...

I'm saving you, six.With his world unravelling around him, and pressure rising at home, Joey Lynch's life has never been in more turmoil. Desperate to prove himself worthy of the only person he's ever put his trust in, Joey fights to stay away from aworld that threatens to destroy everything. But with the odds stacking against him by the day, can he keep his head above water? Unwilling to give up on the boy she loves, Aoife Molloy fights to save her best friend from the edge of self-destruction.Drowning in a world she doesn't understand, with only her heart to guide her, Aoife refuses to turn her back on Joey, no matter how badly the odds are stacked against them. Through heartbreak and horror, Aoife and Joey have had each other's backs, andthis time is no different. Come what may.

Deep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives on in his descendants. Gathering under the midnight stars, they perform small miracles and none are more gifted than the great Rabbi Isaac and his three daughters. Hannah, bookish andcalm, can coax plants to grow even when the weather is bitterly cold. Sarah, defiant and strong, can control the impulsive nature of fire. And Levana, the fey one, can read the path of the stars to decipher their secrets. But darkness is creeping acrossEurope, threatening the lives of every Jewish person in every village. Each sister will have to make an impossible choice in an effort to survive - and change the fate of their family forever.

'If something else can capture your attentionThen it's not love, but just a trivial passion -Love is that flame which, once it blazes up,Burns everything but the Beloved up.'This is the first ever translation of the entirety of Book Five of Rumi's magnum opus, The Masnavi, into English.Prior to this verse translation in heroic couplets, translations were either of selected passages or in lineated prose with passages deemed too salacious rendered into Latin, as was the convention in Britain of the early twentieth century.This fifth book of Rumi's The Masnavi is well-known to contain much sexually explicit content within teaching stories about the path of annihilation of the self in a total and uncompromising way.

Discover the addictive world of the Twisted series . . .Stoic, broody and arrogant, elite bodyguard RHYS LARSEN has two rules: protect his clients at all costs and do not become emotionally involved. Ever.He has never once been tempted to break those rules . . . until her.Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak that matches his own and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She's nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed.Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defences until he's faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to ruin her. Take her.Because she's his. His princess. His forbidden fruit. His every depraved fantasy.***Regal, strong-willed and bound by the chains of duty, PRINCESS BRIDGET dreams of the freedom to live and love as she chooses.But when her brother abdicates, she's suddenly faced with the prospect of a loveless, politically expedient marriage and a throne she never wanted.And as she navigates the intricacies - and treacheries - of her new role, she must also hide her desire for a man she can't have.Her bodyguard. Her protector. Her ultimate ruin.Unexpected and forbidden, theirs is a love that could destroy a kingdom . . . and doom them both.