Desperate Characters

In Chaucer's classic, much-loved collection of tales a host of medieval characters come alive on the page - and they are as lively and colourful no...

Reducere. Murderous Maths has been given a gorgeous new cover look! Using a host of hilarious characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all thericks, tips and sho...

Reducere. Once upon a time there was a mean, dying GOP chairman who had a brilliant scheme to assure that his man would retain the office of president of the...

In the 1800s, Tulare County, California, was a hotbed of desperate characters whose deadly gunplay and murderous inclinations left a trail of bodie...

Reducere. An intense, mordantly funny collection of short fiction from the author of Home Land and The Ask.A man with an "old soul" finds himself at a Times ...

Archie takes advantage of a brush with fame to get his new group to the finals of a Saturday night music competition programme, but as fame and for...

Breaking the laws of nature is a serious crimeReads R to L (Japanese Style). The Final ChapterWith the help of Hohenheim and their allies, the Elri...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kristin Hannah"Hannah is superb at delving into her main characters' psyches and delineating nuances of feeling."--The Wash...

Reducere. "It's not just Murakami but also the shadow of Borges that hovers over this mesmerizing book...and] one may detect a slight bow to the American mac...

Reducere. An office worker hopes a new drug will remedy her toxic personal life... A food blogger moonlights as a detective to give meaning to his gluttony.....

DescriptionWith a hungry, timid request of 'Please, sir. I want some more', orphan Oliver Twist takes his first step on a terrifying journey. In th...

Reducere. Dog-loving divorc e and amateur sleuth Lilly Echosby is not the only one who wants her new foster poodle. Some are willing to kill to have him . . ...

Inspired by a true story, this supernatural thriller for fans of horror and true crime follows a tale as it evolves every twenty years--with terrif...

Reducere. Meet Jack Reacher's genetic duplicate. And the assassins determined to track him down... Rock Wahlman: Forty-one years old, United States Navy Mast...

Reducere. From the USA Today Bestselling Author of the acclaimed Love's Journey series comes the story of Bertha Troyer.In 1959, after reading a heartbreakin...

Sam Saadoun, a closeted Jewish-Arab from Los Angeles, travels to Beijing to study. He is in pursuit of a romantic gay dream, desperate to escape th...

Reducere. A New York Times Bestseller. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of legendary characters, The Hamilt...

Reducere. Yippie-i-oh Saddle up for the first in a spin-off series starring favorite characters from Kate DiCamillo's "New York Times" best-selling Mercy Wat...

Reducere. " A] destined-to-be classic . . . Hayder's work and characters are worth the unending nightmares they will inspire."--"The New York Times Book Revi...

Reducere. Edith Wharton's most widely read work is a tightly constructed and almost unbearably heartbreaking story of forbidden love in a snowbound New Engla...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William RabkinTelevision networks are so desperate for new voices and fresh ideas that for the first time in history they'r...

Reducere. From the USA Today Bestselling Author of the acclaimed Love's Journey series comes the story of Bertha Troyer.In 1959, after reading a heartbreakin...

From vicious rival brothers to desperate single mothers, frisky newlyweds to frigid life partners, Patrick McGinley covers all kinds of Irish (or s...

Reducere. In a bizarre love triangle, a man becomes increasingly desperate for the attention of a woman obsessed with her little dog. A hapless unromantic de...

Reducere. What happens when a 19-year-old girl, alone and exhausted, follows a fleeting impulse and tosses her screaming infant son out a window? What happen...

Reducere. From master storyteller MICHAEL MORPURGO, and illustrated in stunning color by the award-winning EMMA CHICHESTER CLARK, comes a surprising, charmin...

Reducere. DescriptionSteve Almond, the man whose candy jones fueled the bestseller Candyfreak, returns with a collection of stories that both seals his reput...

Reducere. Etched against the background of a dying rural society, Tess of the d'Urbervilles was Thomas Hardy's 'bestseller, ' and Tess Durbeyfield remains hi...

Reducere. "Pure Parnell Hall - wit, intensity, sharp dialog and vivid characters ... maybe his best yet." Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling authorA re...

Reducere. The dramatic and deadly conclusion to the thrilling YA mystery series inspired by the classic board game CLUE! After a tragic accident at Blackbroo...

Reducere. Survivor meets Lord of the Flies in this fast-paced adventure with fascinating characters and pulse-pounding tension. You think it's a game? Think ...

Reducere. The story of Danny and Annie takes place on Christmas morning in their living room. They are in their final year, celebrating their final Christmas...

Reducere. Woman's Story tells the stories of Latina women's lives. Depicting conflict in gender bias, experiences of exploitation, violence, and powerlessnes...

Rabbit is BORED. What shall he do? Luckily, Wolf has the perfect solution. "Why not write a story?" he suggests. "I am a librarian, you know." Well...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kristen N. ArnettIn her debut story collection, Kristen Arnett, with dark humor, explores the lives of queer women and thei...

Franklin and Luna are back again and this time it's Franklin's birthday Luna and all the villagers are planning a surprise party. While the party i...

Reducere. At the edge of the world, unknown and unseen, he endures and survives even in our digital era...★★★★★ "This was an incredible book The characters a...

Reducere. Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Annie Proulx returns with another stellar collection of short stories bound to be even more successfu...

Contributor(s): Author: Paizo PublishingThe northern tracts of shadow-cloaked Nidal have long been a land of independence and defiance, but when a ...

The four plays in this first collection by Dennis Kelly are linked by their characters' desperate need to believe that there is more to life than t...

Reducere. Star Crossed Lovers When Romiette Cappelle meets Julio Montague, she feels as though she has met the soul mate who can rescue her from her recurrin...

Riveting. Romantic characters and an immense world with no end in sight' - Victoria Aveyard New York City, present dayIn one night, Etta Spencer is...

Fog is a fresh new translation of the Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno's Niebla, first published in 1914. An early example of modernism's challenge...

Reducere. It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than that for many young men it represents their only ho...

Reducere. A stunning tour de force, Man in the Holocene constructs a powerful vision of our place in the world by combining the banality of an aging man s lo...

A Scots Quair is revolutionary—innovative in its form, deft and humorous in its use of the Scots language, courageous in its characterization and p...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Christopher IsherwoodOn a train to Berlin in late 1930, William Bradshaw locks eyes with Arthur Norris, an irresistibly com...

Set in the 1860s in northern France, Zola's masterpiece of naturalistic fiction portrays the hardships of a mining community in which backbreaking ...

Reducere. An icy chill foretells a harsh winter for the Navajo people-and for perpetually down on his luck Harley Ponyboy the situation grows increasingly de...

Reducere. 1890's Colorado. Desperate following her mother's sudden death, thirteen-year-old Hannah Owens apprentices as domestic help with a wealthy doctor's...

Reducere. From Deadwood to Aberdeen, Vermillion to Belle Fourche, the frontier towns of South Dakota were populated by some of the toughest and most dangerou...

'Doyle is as good as everyone - from John Boyne to Colm Toibin - says he is' Daily Mail A young man in a dark depression roams the vast, formless l...

Reducere. A beautiful hardcover edition of The Horse and His Boy, book three in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. The full color jacket f...

Reducere. In this love story of impossible odds, award-winning writer Tim Z. Hernandez weaves a rich and visionary portrait of Bea Franco, the real woman beh...

Reducere. One Dragon Egg Holds the Key to the Future. Once a slave, Kale is given the unexpected opportunity to become a servant to Paladin. Yet this young g...

Reducere. Come home to Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania--the beloved setting where Beverly Lewis's celebrated Amish novels began--with new characters and new sto...

Reducere. Discover the world of the Queen's ThiefNew York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner's entrancing and award-winning Queen's Thief novels br...

Reducere. DescriptionKiki Swinson delivers startling twists, unforgettable characters--and a stark, unforgettable portrait of life in the South. Now she deto...

DescriptionWhile Liss MacCrimmon preps the Scottish Emporium for November's inevitable shopping rush, other local businesses aren't half as lucky. ...

Jobremus Bojeffries is like any other father trying to maintain order in his oversized family. Never mind that family contains a werewolf, a vampir...

Reducere. DescriptionAn abusive father. A devoted sister. When danger strikes, she'll walk through fire to protect her family. Despite years of trauma, Kimmi...

Reducere. A beautiful paperback edition of C. S. Lewis's Prince Caspian, book four in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, featuring cover a...

Reducere. All were shocked at the announcement of the ``cursed`` Lady Claire Cavensham to Lord Alexander Hallworth, the Marquess of Pembrooke, especially sin...

Reducere. "A gift for Austen fans everywhere - full of wit, informed imagination and palpable affection for Austen's characters." Natalie Jenner, author of T...

American doctor Tara Moore wants to disappear. On the run from an abusive husband, she seeks shelter on a windswept Irish island and dismisses the ...

Reducere. Dr. Waycross knows bleeding and blistering, the best scientific medicine of 1822. He arrives in the Georgia mountains to bring his modern methods t...

Reducere. A woman wakes up in the middle of the night. A strange man is in her bedroom. She lies there in silence, paralyzed with fear. The woman is an autho...

Reducere. The epic conclusion to the long-awaited trilogy featuring one of the most beloved characters in all of fantasy--Drizzt Do'Urden--a rollicking tale ...

The "exhilarating conclusion to Salvatore's Generations trilogy" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) featuring one of the most beloved characters i...

Reducere. Rich, beautiful and free to do as they please, Anthony Patch and Gloria Gilbert seem made for one another and the carefree world of Jazz Age Americ...