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The Viscount Who Loved Me: Bridgerton (Bridgertons #2)
by Julia Quinn# 1 New York Times BestsellerThe inspiration for season two of BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of Anthony Bridgerton in the second of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family.ANTHONY’S STORYThis time the gossip columnists have it wrong. London’s most elusive bachelor Anthony Bridgerton hasn’t just decided to marry—he’s even chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intended’s older sister, Kate Sheffield—the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kate’s the woman haunting his increasingly erotic dreams...Contrary to popular belief, Kate is quite sure that reformed rakes do not make the best husbands—and Anthony Bridgerton is the most wicked rogue of them all. Kate’s determined to protect her sister—but she fears her own heart is vulnerable. And when Anthony’s lips touch hers, she’s suddenly afraid she might not be able to resist the reprehensible rake herself...
The Visiting Professor: A Novel of Chaos
by Robert LittellIn one of his most original novels, Littell explores the relationships between randomness and God, chaos and sex, a butterfly tattoo and occasional rain, the going and the getting there. Lemuel Falk, a Russian theoretical chaoticist on the lam from terrestrial chaos, has been applying for permission to leave Russia every year for the past twenty-three years. Because he knows state secrets, he has not been allowed to cross the state s frontiers. Now, suddenly, his request for an exit visa is approved a sure sign that the situation is even more chaotic than he had imagined. Falk accepts a chair as a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Chaos-Related Studies in upstate New York. Arriving in the Promised Land under the impression that the streets are paved with Sony Walkmans, he plunges into the heart of another kind of chaos. No sooner has he arrived than he sets off on an academic cat fight, falls in love with a hairdresser half his age, and becomes a self-styled gumshoe tracking a serial killer.
The Visitor
by Renee DukeGarg is an alien from the planet Zarnos. His mission is to take an Earthling back to his planet. He asks the members of the Thompson family to go, but they are all too busy. What's a little alien to do when everyone says no?
The Volcano of Fire: Geronimo Stilton And The Kingdom Of Fantasy #5 (Geronimo Stilton and the Kingdom of Fantasy #5)
by Geronimo StiltonGeronimo's fifth journey to the Kingdom of Fantasy!I, Geronimo Stilton, was amazed to find myself in the Kingdom of Fantasy for a fifth time. The elves had called me there. The Volcano of Fire had been mysteriously reawakened! On top of that, the Princess of the Fairies had been kidnapped. I knew I had to help - and my friends were ready to join me. We set off through new realms to rescue the princess and save the Kingdom from destruction. What an adventure!
The Vows of Silence (Simon Serrailler #4)
by Susan Hill'They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.' It is late October, and the inhabitants of the Cathedral town of Lafferton are getting ready for the Remembrance Day parade. This year will be grander than usual because of a VIP visitor. Leonard Cramm is preparing himself, as he always does; his grandfather was a hero of the First World War, his father a hero of the Battle of Britain. But then a couple walking their dogs go into a copse on the outskirts of the town, and one of them breaks an ankle after falling over something deep in the undergrowth. Remembrance takes on a different aspect, and Simon Serrailler - recently promoted to Detective Chief Superintendent - faces a terrifying situation, in which a great many lives are threatened, not least his own.
The Vows of Silence: A Simon Serrailler Mystery
by Susan HillAnother wrenching Simon Serrailler novel of love, loss, dreadful crimes, and terror. We met the enigmatic and brooding Simon Serrailler in The Various Haunts of Men and got to know him better in The Pure in Heart and The Risk of Darkness. The Vows of Silence, the fourth crime novel featuring Chief Inspector Serrailler, is perhaps even more compulsive and convincing than its predecessors. A gunman is terrorizing young women in the cathedral town of Laffterton. What, if anything, links the apparently random murders? Is the marksman with the rifle the same as the killer with the handgun? With the complexity and character study that earned raves for The Pure in Heart and the relentless pacing and plot twists of The Various Haunts of Men, The Vows of Silence is truly the work of a writer at the top of her form.
The Vows of Silence: A Simon Serrailler Mystery
by Susan HillAnother wrenching Simon Serrailler novel of love, loss, dreadful crimes, and terror. We met the enigmatic and brooding Simon Serrailler in The Various Haunts of Men and got to know him better in The Pure in Heart and The Risk of Darkness. The Vows of Silence, the fourth crime novel featuring Chief Inspector Serrailler, is perhaps even more compulsive and convincing than its predecessors. A gunman is terrorizing young women in the cathedral town of Laffterton. What, if anything, links the apparently random murders? Is the marksman with the rifle the same as the killer with the handgun? With the complexity and character study that earned raves for The Pure in Heart and the relentless pacing and plot twists of The Various Haunts of Men, The Vows of Silence is truly the work of a writer at the top of her form.
The Voyage
by Murray BailFrank Delage, a middle-aged Australian, arrives in Vienna with the most daring of propositions. He has invented a revolutionary piano and means to market it to the grand old world of classical music. A chance meeting with one Amalia von Schalla brings new possibilities - a soirée, an introduction to her daughter Elisabeth, dinner with an avant-garde composer. But when the sheer audacity of his campaign dawns on him, he takes a slow boat home to the southern hemisphere. As it meanders through the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal, he is afforded ample time to reflect on tensions between the old world and the new. And, for all his travails, he is not going home empty-handed...
The Voyage
by Murray BailFrank Delage, a middle-aged Australian, arrives in Vienna with the most daring of propositions. He has invented a revolutionary piano and means to market it to the grand old world of classical music. A chance meeting with one Amalia von Schalla brings new possibilities - a soirée, an introduction to her daughter Elisabeth, dinner with an avant-garde composer. But when the sheer audacity of his campaign dawns on him, he takes a slow boat home to the southern hemisphere. As it meanders through the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal, he is afforded ample time to reflect on tensions between the old world and the new. And, for all his travails, he is not going home empty-handed...
The Voyage Out
by Virginia WoolfRachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on a course of self-discovery in this modern version of the mythic voyage. In one of Woolf's wittiest, most satirical novels, we are introduced to Clarissa Dalloway, the central character of Woolf's later novel, Mrs. Dalloway. The mismatched jumble of passengers on the ship provide Woolf with ample opportunity to satirize Edwardian life.
The Voyage of the UnderGod
by Kirby SmithPolitics is everywhere these days; we are drowning in it. The Voyage of the UnderGod holds up a mirror to this sad state of affairs by creating a world animated by partisan political feeling, every utterance up for grabs as an allusion or parody or gag or prank or desperate cry for help.In a reality TV show a 19th-century tall ship sails the south Atlantic, doubling back to Rio de Janeiro, then down the coast to the deadly Cape Horn. Its celebrity captain is Luther Dorsey, a presidential hopeful whose back-story combines elements of Reagan, Limbaugh, and George W. The tone is mock-heroic yet charged with dramatic intensity as Luther makes his last grasp at the greatness he thinks he deserves.
The WWW Club: A Novel of Sex and Bonbons
by Anita NotaroFour best friends “bring a new zaniness to the chick-lit genre” as they navigate the perils of dating and dieting in this Irish romantic comedy (Booklist).Dublin nanny Ellie Simpson and her three best friends are on a quest to lose weight and acquire a sexy self-image. But nothing has worked—not Atkins, Weight Watchers, South Beach, or even the Avocado and Rice Krispies Gut Cleanse. And the men in their life offer just as little promise. There’s the ex-husband who suddenly wants his kids; the rich playboy who has it all, including a wife; the boyfriend who never shares anything; and the boss who isn’t what he seems. So they decide to form the WWW (Women Watching Weight) Club. Every week they meet to talk sex, spider veins, and the grim digestive realities of the latest diet craze—all while freely indulging in wine, beer, and calorie-packed takeout. But when they agree that the first member to lose seven pounds will win a date set up by the other three, Ellie faces a new dilemma—torn between her loyalty to her best friends and her own deepening feelings for one man who just might be everything she’s ever wanted.
The Wackiest Joke Book Ever!: Over 476 Jokes to Crack Up Your Friends
by Editors of Portable PressKids will find giggles, groans, and belly laughs on every page!Kids can't resist sharing jokes (even when you try to stop them), so they always need a fresh supply. We've stuffed the pages of this little book with the silliest jokes we could find. Old favorites, new favorites, and a few festering stinkers—all guaranteed to make kids laugh out loud.Here's a sampling:Q. Why was the skeleton afraid to cross the road?A. He had no guts.Q. What did the lips say to the eyes?A. Between you and me, something smells.Q. Why did all of the students eat their homework?A. The teacher said the questions were a piece of cake.
The Wackiest Joke Book That'll Knock-Knock You Over!: Over 838 Jokes!
by Editors of Portable PressA collection of more than 800 wild and wacky jokes guaranteed to make kids giggle, guffaw, and groan!One-liners, riddles, puns, and loads of knock-knock jokes—this book has them all! Kids will be giggling, chuckling, chortling, and guffawing with this collection of over 800 jokes that covers kid-friendly topics, including dinosaurs, monsters, history, and wacky jokes that will make them (and you) laugh out loud. They’ll get a kick out of zingers such as: Q: Why did T. rex cross the road?A: To eat the chickens on the other side. Knock-knock! Who’s there? Beets. Beets who? Beets me, I can’t even remember my name. Q: Why did the elephant quit the circus?A: He was tired of working for peanuts. And many more!
The Waffler
by Gail DonovanWhen one boy waffles back and forth, it's going to take a few little kids-and one pet rat-to get him to finally make a decision. Monty is a waffler-he can never make up his mind, which always gets him in trouble. But when each student in his fourth-grade class is assigned a kindergarten buddy, Monty takes some left-out kindergarteners under his wing, even though it's against the rules to have more than one buddy. When his blended family and his teachers find out, they give him an ultimatum: choose just one buddy, or have none at all. That stinks! On top of that, his beloved pet rat escapes, and his twin sister stops speaking to him! Monty doesn't want to cast away his new friends, but he needs to come to a decision before everything spins out of control. With laugh-out-loud humor reminiscent of Andrew Clements, Donovan gets the agony-and the tremendous fun-of elementary school perfectly.
The Wage Slave's Glossary
by Joshua Glenn Mark Kingwell Pseud SethWhen The Idler's Glossary was released in October 2008 the world was on the cusp of experiencing its greatest economic collapse since the Great Depression. Depending on your sense of irony, this was either foolhardy or prescient. The Wage Slave's Glossary, a second volume of anti-economic etymology, comes as we climb out of recession, and continues to explore and challenge the interconnected world of work and leisure and labor and how the language we use continues to keep us in chains.
The Wager (The Bet #2)
by Rachel Van DykenFrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, THE BETTHE WAGERLose a bet, lose your heart...What is it about a junior-high crush that can send an otherwise intelligent woman into a tailspin? TV reporter Char Lynn wishes she knew. Jake Titus is too rich, too handsome, too arrogant: a trifecta that once lured Char into the best night-and worst morning-after-of her life. Now they've been thrown together in a wedding party. It's awkward, but survivable . . . until Jake stops acting like a jerk, and starts acting like the man she'd always hoped he could be.If watching your brother marry your best friend is weird, being attracted to your best friend's other best friend is downright bizarre. Unfortunately for Jake, Char hasn't forgotten how he once tossed her aside. Worse still, Jake's already-nutty grandma is even crazier about Char. Cue meet-cute shenanigans and all manner of meddling, and somehow, Jake's falling. For Char. Now all he has to do is make her believe it . . .85,000 words
The Wagered Widow: A Novel of Georgian England
by Patricia VeryanA woman gambles on her heart in this captivating Georgian romance from the author of the Golden Chronicles, “the superstar of the period romance” (Library Journal).A lovely young widow finds herself torn between two men—a dashing rake and a stodgy, but reliable admirer—in an eighteenth-century England confronted with the choice between the Hanoverian and Bonnie Prince Charlie.“The writing is witty and spry and makes use of expressions and idioms that feel authentic, and there is plenty of detail about the fashions, décor and customs of the day, so those of us who like a bit of history in our historical romance certainly won’t be disappointed . . . a light-hearted, frothy read overall.” —All About Romance
The Wagons
by R. A. LaffertyYou think you know all about prairie dogs but I bet you don&’t even know this. You see, in the very middle of every prairie dog town and about four feet down there is a pile of gold. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today&’s best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field has ever produced.
The Waiter
by Matias FaldbakkenIn the tradition of modern classics The Dinner and A Gentleman in Moscow comes The Waiter, in which the finely tuned balance of a grand European restaurant (that has seen better days) is irrevocably upset by an unexpected guest. <P><P>In a centuries-old European restaurant called The Hills, a middle-aged waiter takes pride in the unchangeable aspects of his job: the well-worn uniform, the ragged but solid tablecloths, and the regular diners. <P><P>Some are there daily, like Graham “Le Gris”—also known as The Pig—and his dignified group of aesthetes; the slightly more free-spirited drinking company around Tom Sellers; and the closest one can get to personal friends of the waiter, Edgar and his young daughter, Anna. <P><P>In this universe unto itself, there is scarcely any contact between the tables...until a beautiful and well-groomed young woman walks through the door and upsets the delicate balance of the restaurant and all it has come to represent. Like living in a snow globe, The Waiter is a captivating study in miniature. <P><P>Everything is just so, and that’s exactly how the waiter needs it to be. One can understand why he becomes anxious when things begin to change. In fact, given the circumstances, anxiety just might be the most sensible response... <P><P>With the sophistication of The Remains of the Day and the eccentricity of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, The Waiter marks the North American debut of an exciting new voice in literary fiction.
The Wake-Up Call
by Beth O'LearyTwo hotel receptionists—and arch-rivals—find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to return them to their owners, discovering their own love story along the way. It&’s the busiest season of the year, and Forest Manor Hotel is quite literally falling apart. So when Izzy and Lucas are given the same shift on the hotel&’s front desk, they have no choice but to put their differences aside and see it through.The hotel won't stay afloat beyond Christmas without some sort of miracle. But when Izzy returns a guest&’s lost wedding ring, the reward convinces management that this might be the way to fix everything. With four rings still sitting in the lost & found, the race is on for Izzy and Lucas to save their beloved hotel—and their jobs.As their bitter rivalry turns into something much more complicated, Izzy and Lucas begin to wonder if there's more at stake here than the hotel's future. Can the two of them make it through the season with their hearts intact?
The Wake-Up Call: The addictive enemies-to-lovers romcom from the author of THE FLATSHARE
by Beth O'Leary'Beth O'Leary is that rare, one-in-a-million talent who can make you laugh, swoon, cry and ache all in the same book' Emily HenryThey'll do anything to save the hotel, except work together . . .Welcome to Forest Manor Hotel, where the staff and guests are one happy family. Except for Izzy and Lucas - bitter rivals banned from working the same shift, for everyone's sake. After struggling for years, the hotel may soon have to close its doors forever. But when Izzy returns a guest's lost wedding ring, the reward convinces management this might fix everything. With four rings still sitting in lost property, Izzy and Lucas are forced to work together to try to save the day. But as their rivalry becomes something much more complicated, Izzy and Lucas start to wonder if there's more at stake here than the hotel's future . . .This Paperback Edition has Exclusive Extra Content'Heart-warming, touching, sharp and sexy' Lia Louis'Gorgeous, evocative' Carley Fortune'This is not just a great rom com, this is a Beth O'Leary rom com' Gillian McAllister'An utterly delicious read' Louise O'Neill
The Wake-Up Call: The addictive enemies-to-lovers romcom from the million-copy bestselling author of THE FLATSHARE
by Beth O'LearyThe much-anticipated new novel from the bestselling author of The Flatshare and The No-Show -- pre-order now!'Beth O'Leary is that rare, one-in-a-million talent who can make you laugh, swoon, cry and ache all in the same book' Emily HenryTwo sworn enemies. A failing hotel. One chance to save the season...It's the busiest season of the year, and Forest Manor Hotel is quite literally falling apart. So when Izzy and Lucas are given the same shift on the hotel's front desk, they have no choice but to put their differences aside and see it through. The hotel won't stay afloat beyond Christmas without some sort of miracle. But when Izzy returns a guest's lost wedding ring, the reward convinces management that this might be the way to fix everything. With four rings still sitting in lost property, the race is on for Izzy and Lucas to save their beloved hotel - and their jobs.As their bitter rivalry turns into something much more complicated, Izzy and Lucas begin to wonder if there's more at stake here than the hotel's future. Can the two of them make it through the season with their hearts intact?HEAR WHAT EVERYONE'S SAYING ABOUT BETH O'LEARY'Beth O'Leary crafts novels with such wit, heart and truth' Sophie Kinsella'A huge, heartwarming triumph' Josie Silver 'This delicious slice of feel-good fiction is a real tonic' Sunday Mirror 'Nobody does it like Beth does' Laura Jane Williams 'A Sleepless in Seattle for the 21st century' Sunday Express 'Heartwarming and uplifting' Heidi Swain 'This book is perfect' Rosie Walsh'Each novel is like if Richard Curtis and Nora Ephron made a story baby' Zoella Book Club'Brilliant, warm, funny, full of heart' Richard Roper 'Funny, relatable and tender' Red 'Such a clever, finely woven sweet and heart-rending story that I found myself utterly enchanted by' Bolu Babalola(P) 2023 Quercus Editions Limited
The Wakes: The hilarious and heartbreaking Australian bestseller
by Dianne YarwoodFOUR FUNERALS. TWO MARRIAGES. ONE PRECIOUS LIFE.'Delicious' LIANNE MORIARTY'A delight' SUNDAY EXPRESS'Uplifting' OBSERVERThis is a story about Clare, Chris and Louisa. It is about two failing marriages, two strangers falling in love and two friends embarking on a potentially disastrous funeral catering business. It is most certainly not about frittatas (a terrible concession) and more to do with lemon tart (a perfect contrast of textures).This is a story about all the things that make life worth living, and how joy breaks in even when you least expect it.'Life-affirming and joyful, even as it breaks your heart' EMILY ITAMI'Insightful' THE TIMES'Comfort food for your mind' HARPER'S BAZAAR
The Walking Bread
by Rick GrainsFrom the creators of BAKING BAD and GAME OF SCONES comes the ghoulishly funny spoof cookbook THE WALKING BREAD, inspired by the hit television series that viewers have been hungrily devouring for the past five years. Fans of the show will be dying to get their hands, and jaws, on this new pun-tastic, post-apocalyptic instalment that features edible recipes inspired by key moments on the show, such as Carol's Tough Nut Cookies and Rick's Ribs. Don your apron (and your eye patch) and prepare for the very best of dystopian cooking.