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David’s girlfriend dumped him, he writes about bars for a shrinking newspaper, and he’s desperately searching for meaning amongst Sydney’s shallow social and dating scene.<br /> <br />Then he meets a young woman at a party who just might be the answer to his life’s meaninglessness. However, she’s only 19 – and one of his journalism student’s friends.<br /> <br /><b><i>Drowning in the Shallows</i></b> is about a man who tries to curb his sleazier...
| Автор | Dan Kaufman |
Let's take a journey into the world of Vera Wright-Turner, who leads you to wonder if she will play or be played. Will she learn that love is all she needs or will the love she has be too much for her to stand? Only knowing the life of gold diggin', hustling men and rejecting love, Vera has suddenly found herself in a world where her game has ''flipped…and slipped through her fingertips.'' While trying to retrace her footsteps in search of where her game could be,...
| Автор | Tu-Shonda Whitaker |
Robbing men, getting money and living lavishly is all they know. For Unique a.k.a. Nique, Kiara, Kay Kay and Zo', tomorrow isn't promised, love doesn't exist and men ain't shit. Stealing cars is their hustle and their way of doing it is Simply Unique. But jealousy, greed, love and envy are lurking in the shadows. For only the strong will survive and the weak shall fall. Unique knows this but the game of love has won her over. Once she decides to leave the only hustle she...
| Автор | Keisha Ervin |
Oma uues raamatus „e-armastus“ räägib Erik Tohvri tänapäeva inimeste võõrandumisest üksteisest, millele aitab kaasa ka nn sotsiaalmeedia. Autor kirjeldab sageli halenaljakaid olukordi, millesse võivad sattuda inimesed, kes suhtlevad üksteisega peamiselt või ainult interneti teel, n-ö silmast silma nägemata. Tehnoloogia arengut siiski ei rünnata, vaid esitatakse küsimus, kust jookseb selle kasutamise piir ja mil määral see mõjutab inimelusid ja -saatusi.
| Автор | Erik Tohvri |
Sa ärkad ja sul pole aimu, kus sa oled, lisaks raputab sind suur valgekarvaline tegelane. Sa saad kuidagimoodi jalad alla, kuid iga mööduva hetkega läheb lugu aina hullemaks. Sa oled kodust kirjeldamatult kaugel ja lisaks aetakse sind teadmata põhjusel taga… «Keskpäevapimedus» kuulub samasse maailma 2001. aastal ilmunud romaaniga «Operatsioon „Ogaline päike“», kuid kattuvaid tegelasi peale anonüümseks jääva ülestähendaja raamatutes ei ole.
| Автор | Siim Veskimees |
Barbar Conani lugude autoril on veel kaks vähemalt sama kuulsat tegelast – Valuusia kuningas Kull ja piktide kuningas Bran Mak Morn, kes hoolimata erinevatel aegadel elamisest ühes loos ka nõidade abil kokku saavad.
| Автор | Robert Ervin Howard |
For years, Lou-Loc – an efficient assassin and O.G. of the Crip organization – did dirt. After dancing on the razor's edge, he becomes weary of the street life that consumed him during his years of service to his set. He begins to wonder, Is there a better way to make a living? Lou-Loc and his sociopath counterpart, ''Gutter,'' leave L.A for the colorful streets of New York. Lou-Loc has dreams of becoming a writer. Gutter has dreams of becoming a King Pin. Conflicting,...
| Автор | K’wan |
Behind the moss-draped trees, Mint Juleps and stately mansions of the American Deep South lies a foreboding and deadly dark side. Multimillionaire drug lords do power lunches with Southern aristocrats by day and lay waste to their rivals by night in a bloodbath not seen since the Civil War. At the helm of the million-dollar drug deals, bling-bling lifestyle and widespread murder hails the power Lake Clan, led by ruthless New Orleans kingpins Marion ''Snookey'' Lake and his...
| Автор | Darrell King |
With her passion for love and food, Chilli Montgomery is at a stage in her life when it seems life itself could not get much better: a happy marriage to her childhood sweetheart, and a successful business with her son in their restaurant. However, all is not as it seems and Chilli is unprepared for what this next chapter of her life brings. In minutes, the world she once knew is shattered and nothing will ever be the same again. Not even her infatuation and adoration of food.<br /> <br...
| Автор | Tracy Madden |
Australian Arnold Rosen is celebrating his 70th birthday with his family aboard a cruise ship in the Mediterranean.<br /> <br />By coincidence, on the same cruise ship, the American Gus Smith and his family are also celebrating his 70th.<br /> <br />The two men meet. They are identical in appearance but clearly not related. Arnold is the son of Jewish Holocaust survivors, while Gus' parents were German – indeed, his father was a rabid anti-Semite.<br /> <br...
| Автор | David Finchley |
An expose of contemporary life seen from the perspective of an eleven-year-old boy.<br /> <br />Shaun, a country boy, is orphaned after a bushfire and must now live in the city where he meets many lonely, mixed-up residents. Can his world of benign nature and theirs of dispirited culture, be reconciled?<br /> <br />It is a story of polarities: the country and the city; nature and culture; the material and the digital; the spirit and the flesh; lost faith and renewed...
| Автор | Robert Hollingworth |
Kuumal Egiptuse rannal tutvuvad kaks noort inimest – austerlanna Anna ja inglane Robert. Loomulikult kujuneb sellest kohtumisest romaan. Isegi otseses tähenduses, sest Robert kirjutab armastusromaani ja palub Annal olla «konsultant naiste psühholoogia alal». Ärialane koostöö ei taha neil aga kuidagi laabuda. Välja tuleb hoopis midagi muud…
| Автор | Violet Slade |
Teet Kallase romaani „Niguliste” tegevusajaks on kuuekümnendad aastad, peategelasteks neli sõpra, kes ühel või teisel määral kannavad toonase vaimsuse – aga ka naiivsuse – pitserit. See on romaan noorusest, ent mitte ainult. Ei teadnud ju keegi neist näiteks 1967. aastal täpselt öelda, et juba on ta saabunud, kafkalik stagnatsiooni-periood, mille kätte murenesid mitmed põlvkonnad – ka „Niguliste” elu-ummikus kangelased.
| Автор | Teet Kallas |
Carrots and Jaffas tells the story of two red-headed identical twins whose oneness is ruptured when one of them is kidnapped. Their startling intimacy is both a strength and a fault line in their being, and once separated, their individuality emerges. In the course of this exhilarating domestic tale set in Melbourne and the Flinders Ranges, the reader encounters the twins' parents – emotional, scripture-quoting Luisa and calm Bernard – as well as two remarkable storytellers, Doc, an...
| Автор | Howard Goldenberg |
'All I Need In This Life of Sin is Me & My Boyfriend.'' Here comes a honey colored, hazel-green eyed St. Louis bombshell named Meesa. With money in the bank, designer clothes in her closet and true friends by her side, Meesa still longs for more. All of her life she's wanted for one thing and one thing only, love. When she meets the infamous Black, a street pharmacist from the North side of The Lou, finally love is in her grasp. Follow Meesa and Black, this century's...
| Автор | Keisha Ervin |
Lindsay, an Aboriginal elder, and Rob, a young white traveller meet in the Outback and make discoveries that may re-write Australia's history. Based on facts this story takes the reader on a journey through inner, personal landscapes and traditional Aboriginal country. Lindsay's challenge is to locate three sacred objects ( tjurunga ) that are needed to revive important ceremonies. They disappeared decades earlier and could be anywhere in the world. Through personal contacts, a...
| Автор | Paul Bryden |
When we last visited the South Bronx, the South Bronx Bitches and an infamous drug ring, promoted lies, betrayal, and disloyalty resulting in drama and death. Nobody s lives were ever the same. Six weeks later, Dink and Laci are adjusting to life as college students at Boston University. But with Laci fighting the demons of her past addiction at the hands of the South Bronx Bitches, and Dink struggling to adapt to the legit life away from his former drug empire, will their pasts keep them from...
| Автор | Lisa Lennox |
Nad on põlised oponendid. Michael on ufoloog, kes usub teiste maailmade ja tulnukate olemasolu. Roberta uurib meteoriite ja usub ainult seda, mida oma silmaga näeb. Tundub, et mitte miski ei suuda neid lepitada, kuni nad kohtuvad „Päikese pojaks” nimetatud meteoriidi kraatri juures. Võiks arvata, et see salapärane keha kukkus kosmosest tuhat aastat tagasi Maale just selleks, et need kaks põikpead kokku viia.
| Автор | Carrie Croft |
Tammsaare lühiproosakogumik, mis sisaldab klassiku novelle, jutustusi ja proosalaaste: «Kooli Alma», «Lehekandja nr 17», «Looja», «Päästmisel», «Pärast võitlust», «Sõprus», «Tähtis päev», «Tõsi jah», «Vanad ja noored», «Vastukaja», «Võsaküla uus koolmeister», «Mäetaguse vanad».
| Автор | Anton Hansen Tammsaare |
Funny, Passionate, and straight from the soul, Vera Wright-Turner thinks she has it all under control until she meets and greets herself. Born on the Flip Side of the hustler's game, she is the child of a fifteen year old drug addict who places her in a trash dump, with a note that read, ''Please forgive me . . . my mother's only fifteen . . .'' Well that is of little consolation to Vera as she lives her gold diggin' life full speed ahead, only to come to a...
| Автор | Tu-Shonda Whitaker |