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When a relationship expert's own marriage falls apart, she invites four strangers to Italy for a vacation of healing and second chances in this uplifting new novel from the author of The Messy Lives of Book People. Ginny Splinter, acclaimed radio host and advice expert, prides herself on knowing what’s best for others. So she’s sure her husband, Adrian, will love the special trip to Italy she’s planned for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary....

Two friends, fed up with their life circumstances, devise a dark plan to catapult their lives in a different direction. "Nominada para el Man Booker Internacional 2022 «Fernanda Melchor explora la violencia y la desigualdad en esta novela brutal. Lo hace con una destreza técnica deslumbrante, oído absoluto para la oralidad y precisión de neurocirujana para la crueldad. Páradais es un breve e inexorable descenso al infierno». -Mariana Enríquez...

"Set in New York and China over three decades, Paper Names explores what it means to be American from three different perspectives. There's Tony, a Chinese-born engineer turned Manhattan doorman, who immigrated to the United States to give his family a better life. His daughter, Tammy, who we meet at age nine and follow through adulthood, and who grapples with the expectations of a first generation American and her own personal desires. Finally, there's...

"A twisty, thrilling story you won't be able to put down."— Town & Country "An undeniable page-turner."— Booklist "Witty, tightly plotted, knife-sharp, and utterly immersive."— Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of The Spare Room "A dark and dazzling debut."— Jennifer Hillier, award-winning and bestselling author of Things We Do in the Dark She has everything to live for—and everything to hide. Nine years ago, with the world's...

Llega un nuevo capítulo en la historia de M y D, quienes ya viven un presente a todas luces sólido y estable, pero un episodio inesperado cambiará su percepción y les mostrará lo frágiles y vulnerables que pueden llegar a ser las relaciones. ¿Y si no es conmigo? es una novela que habla acerca del deseo, de las inseguridades, de la ansiedad, de las conexiones humanas y, sobre todo, del poder del amor. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The famous Youtubers...

"Margaret Hollingsworth has been born with a gift which allows her to live three separate lives in 1861 Washington D.C., 1941 Pearl Harbor, and 2001 DC. She faces a difficult journey to discover her true self, while drawn to three worthy gentlemen, before she must choose one life to keep and the rest to lose"-- "Maggie inherited a gift from her time-crossing parents that allows her to live three separate lives in 1861, 1941, and 2001. Each night...

"From the National Book Award finalist Khaled Khalifa, the story of two friends whose lives are altered by a 1907 flood that devastates their Syrian village"-- "From the National Book Award finalist Khaled Khalifa, the story of two friends whose lives are altered by a flood that devastates their Syrian village. On a December morning in 1907, two close friends, Hanna and Zakariya, return to their village near Aleppo after a night of drunken carousing...

"From a writer who spent twenty-five years working at The Metropolitan Museum of Art comes a sly and stylish novel - remarkably told through museum wall labels - about a twentieth-century woman who transforms herself from a precious object into an unforgettable protagonist"-- "A sly and stylish novel—remarkably told through museum wall labels—about a 20th-century woman who transforms herself from a precious object into an unforgettable...

"Twenty-three-year-old Nolan Baker wants it all by the time he's thirty. Too bad he's single, barely able to cover his own expenses, and still paying his dues at a prominent NYC comedy club. When faced with his perfect sister's wedding, Nolan takes it asa wakeup call. It's time to quit comedy and make good on his practical dreams-most importantly, asking Drew Techler, his best friend, to be his date. But right as Nolan is about to give it all up,...

"College exes break all the rules when they reunite years later in this enemies to lovers, second chance romance, the highly anticipated companion novel to the TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet-from the New York Times bestselling author of Practice Makes Perfect. Nora Mackenzie's entire career lies in the hands of famous NFL tight end Derek Pender who also happens to be her extremely hot college ex-boyfriend. Nora didn't end things as gracefully as...