Il protagonista di questo romanzo, il marito della « moglie giovane », è un personaggio esemplare. Esemplare come può esserlo il Ro-quentin della Nausea di Sartre. Qualcuno potrebbe anche vederci un discendente dello straniero di Camus: un Meursault casalingo, sistemato e senza apparenti tragedie. I

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the islands of the Caribbean. Tom Mangan was a sharply successful entrepreneur who lured the super-rich to his luxury hotels in the sun-soaked Bahamas. Then violent tragedy struck: his own family disappeared, and a series of misfortunes, acciden

The last of a manufacturing dynasty in a dying industrial town, Bill lives alone in the family mansion and works for the Truth, the moribund local paper. He yearns to write long philosophical pieces about the American dream gone sour, not the flaccid write-ups of bake-off contests demanded by the Tr

Il centro di interesse di questo romanzo è... un manoscritto. Esso raccoglie le memorie di un vecchio gentiluomo inglese condite da notizie piccanti, particolari scandalistici su eminenti personalità politiche, aneddoti che i protagonisti hanno ogni interesse a mantenere segretissimi. La notizia ch

Fischgräten in der Themse, Müll am Big Ben: Hilfe, die Olchis kommen! Die Olchi-Kinder fliegen auf Feuerstuhl zum Londoner Detektiv-Olchi Mr Paddock. Sie wollen ihm einen Agenten-Regenschirm bringen, den der geniale Professor Brausewein entwickelt hat. Doch der kleine Ausflug wächst sich zu einem au

**Get swept away in Erin A. Craig's mesmerizing _House of Salt and Sorrows_. As one by one her beautiful sisters mysteriously die on their isolated island estate, Annaleigh must unravel the curse that haunts her family. Be careful who you dance with. . . .** **_In a manor by the sea, twelve sister

Presenting an alternative version of African American history, this novel explores what might have happened if John Brown's 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry had been successful.;Cover; Copyright; Introduction; About the Author; PM Press Outspoken Authors; Friends of PM Press; About PM Press.

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Sloane Mosely has been gone for a year leaving his wife behind to fend off a rapacious preacher named Jessup. She pretends her husband is still at home but sooner or later, Jessup is bound to learn the truth.

**From the bestselling author of The Angels of Lovely Lane, The Four Streets and Ruby Flynn.** The nurses of Lovely Lane - Dana, Victoria, Pammy and Beth - are now in their second year and are about to face some truly harrowing and difficult times on the wards. St Angelus needs a new assistant ma

Love, Loss, Found is a short story collection that highlights stories of rich characters that have experienced various degrees of being loved, experienced loss, and being found in one way or another.

You want peace and a happy retirement, Pacorus? The only way to ensure both is to eradicate your enemies before they have a chance to mobilise. So, are you a warlord or farmer?

SUMMARY: a priceless artifact could restore a family's honor or destroy everything in its wake.While vacationing in Tokyo, archaeologist Annja Creed is approached by a man who desperately needs her help. Kennichi Ogawa, the last descendant of an ancient warrior family, is trying to locate a stolen

***Barefoot in Manhattan*** Dr. Brad Davis's success with women is the talk of Manhattan's Angel Mendez Children's Hospital--but even he knows that Nurse Chloe Jenkins, his best friend's little sister, is strictly off-limits. But when she shows up on his doorsept barefoot, seeking refuge and wearin