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  1. Motherthing
    1. Ainslie Hogarth

    Motherthing

    'A gruesome, blackly funny feminist horror story'

    A darkly funny domestic horror novel about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husband and herself from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law

    € 13,95
  2. Detective Dion
    1. DDL Smith

    Detective Dion

    Tech Titans
    € 30,50
  3. Titan
    1. Jean Paul
    2. Charles Timothy Brooks

    Titan

    A Romance.: V. 2 (of 2) (Cram Edition)
    € 34,50
  4. Detective Dion
    1. DDL Smith

    Detective Dion

    Tech Titans
    € 18,50
  5. Midsummer Nights
    1. Lara Stokes

    Midsummer Nights

    A Novel

    Praise for Midsummer Nights “Fans of the Bard, rejoice—Lara Stokes’s stellar debut, Midsummer Nights, is here to scratch your theater-and-hijinks itch. When burned-out big-city actor Miranda returns to her childhood small town of North Lake to perform at a community theatre owned by her thespian parents, she views the move as a giant step backward. What she finds instead is community, rekindled friendship, Shakespearean magic, and a swoony love story. Stokes has created a hilarious, lovable, wisecracking force in Miranda, a character you will cheer and laugh alongside as she stumbles toward transformation. Highly recommend—Midsummer Nights is a pleasurable read from start to finish!” —Uzma Jalaluddin, bestselling author of Yours for the Season “Put Midsummer Nights on your must-read list, and you can thank us later! Lara Stokes brings this moving story to life in the rich setting of a small town and its beloved community theater. Her characters brim with an oh-so-satisfying blend of wry humor, emotional depth, and meaningful reflections on the pursuit of fame—and what that can cost us. Midsummer Nights will leave you cheering for an encore!” —Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman, coauthors of Ten Thousand Light Years from Okay

    € 12,50
  6. Der Titan
    1. Theodore , Dreiser

    Der Titan

    Der Titan, der zweite Teil von Theodore Dreisers Trilogie der Begierde, verfolgt den Aufstieg Frank Cowperwoods nach seiner Flucht aus Philadelphia in das expansive Chicago des späten 19. Jahrhunderts. Mit dokumentarischer Genauigkeit und naturalistischer Wucht schildert Dreiser die Verflechtung von Finanzspekulation, kommunaler Politik, Verkehrsimperien und erotischer Selbstbehauptung. Sein Stil ist breit angelegt, analytisch und zugleich erzählerisch drängend; im Kontext des amerikanischen Realismus erscheint der Roman als Anatomie einer Gesellschaft, in der Energie, Geld und Macht moralische Ordnungen verdrängen. Dreiser, 1871 in Indiana geboren, kannte Armut, religiöse Strenge und die Härten sozialer Mobilität aus eigener Erfahrung. Als Journalist beobachtete er Städte, Korruption und das moderne Wirtschaftsleben mit skeptischer Faszination. Die Figur Cowperwood, teilweise an den Unternehmer Charles T. Yerkes angelehnt, bot ihm die Möglichkeit, den amerikanischen Erfolgsmythos ohne sentimentale Beschönigung zu prüfen: nicht als Heldengeschichte, sondern als Studie biologischer Triebe, gesellschaftlicher Bedingungen und unersättlichen Willens. Dieses Buch empfiehlt sich Leserinnen und Lesern, die große Gesellschaftsromane schätzen und verstehen möchten, wie die moderne Metropole literarisch als Maschine des Begehrens sichtbar wird. Der Titan ist keine einfache Anklage, sondern eine intellektuell herausfordernde Darstellung von Ambition, Schönheit, Rücksichtslosigkeit und historischer Veränderung. Wer Balzac, Zola oder den amerikanischen Naturalismus ernst nimmt, findet hier ein monumentales, noch immer beunruhigend aktuelles Werk.

    € 18,20
  7. The Titan Paradox
    1. G Minerva

    The Titan Paradox

    € 21,95
  8. Back to Titanic
    1. Id Johnson

    Back to Titanic

    Love Throughout Time Book 1
    € 24,95
  9. Back to Titanic
    1. Id Johnson

    Back to Titanic

    Love Throughout Time Book 1
    € 27,50
  10. It Was A Dark And Stormy Night - Time After Time
    1. John , Chapman

    It Was A Dark And Stormy Night - Time After Time

    Hold on to your time-hopping hats and chronological compasses, you're about to embark on a tempestuous trek through the tangled threads of time! Prepare to be propelled into a paradoxical panorama of temporal tampering, tantalizing twists, with a temporal traveler named Alex. This isn't your typical historical escapade - this is a heart-pounding, mind-bending odyssey where the past pirouettes on a precarious precipice, and the future teeters on the brink of temporal turmoil.Join me, your reluctant guide, as I'm thrust into this tumultuous tapestry of time by a chance collision with Alex Pearin, a.k.a. Jack the Ripper. (Fear not, he's not the macabre menace you might imagine. Time travel has a knack for confounding expectations.) Our convergence sparks the genesis of the enigmatic Time Agency Chronoclasm Organisation (TACO), a clandestine agency wielding the power to reshape history's tapestry.Suddenly, I'm staring down the barrel of choice: join TACO, or become... slightly dead. No pressure, right? So I find myself on a mission to pluck the Blair Witch from the jaws of temporal oblivion, caught in a time-war between TACO and their rivals, the enigmatic BELL (Bureau of Enfolded Loopback Logistics, maybe? They won't say.).But the stakes escalate with each tick of the temporal clock. My subsequent assignment? Ensuring the Titanic's tragic trajectory, 1,500 will perish, yes, but it's a grim necessity to safeguard countless lives across the boundless expanse of the multiverse. Time travel, as you'll discover, is a treacherous tapestry of triumphs and tribulations.Then there's 1493. Leonardo da Vinci, on the cusp of aviation genius. But meddling with the timeline is a delicate dance. So Alex and I waltz into Florence, trying to convince Leonardo da Vinci to hold off on his airborne dreams. But the allure of flight proves irresistible, and we'll find ourselves soaring alongside him, rewriting history with every wingbeat.And amidst the temporal paradoxes, I uncover a shocking truth: I founded BELL.

    € 10,20
  11. Draxton
    1. Kashel Char

    Draxton

    Children of Anzulla, Part One of Book One. Finding Love in the World of Titans
    € 24,95
  12. The Titan
    1. Theodore Dreiser

    The Titan

    American Novel Business Tycoon Ambition
    € 58,95