The book guild ltd jul 2026 (5 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It's 2023, and life in Cambridge is good for Chester 'Cheshire' Sommer. He has it all; however, he can't help but feel that he deserves. more. When a flawless version of himself begins speaking to him in dreams, Chester listens. Other Chester understands his hunger for power and his resentment towards his watchful younger sister, Faye. When Chester discovers the legend of a supernatural staircase hidden in the woods, he makes a wish that warps reality, causing Faye to vanish from his life and granting Other Chester a will of his own. Together, they chase fame and validation, convinced they're destined for greatness. But ambition curdles into obsession, and perfection demands a terrible price. Chester soon discovers that wanting more than what came before can destroy everything that comes after.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Retired council administrator George Barry heads to a Spanish resort hoping to rekindle his marriage. Instead, boredom awakens his long-dormant alter ego: Fairness Man. When the Palm Oasis Social Committee launches a fiercely patriotic 'Great British Week' to keep local culture at bay, George rebels. Armed with an anorak cape, a Level 42 mask and an unshakeable belief in decency, he teams up with Spanish farmers battling a corrupt water-theft scheme. From donkey-led charges through tomato fields to flamboyant confrontations, George takes on small-mindedness, injustice and his own fading sense of purpose. Along the way, he rediscovers not only romance, but himself. Sun-drenched, comic and warm-hearted, this post-Brexit reimagining of Don Quixote asks a simple question: what divides us and what brings us together.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The four Bytheway sisters have been keeping secrets for years, but now the youngest, Jane, has one she's ready to share. On the night of her sister Suzie's Christmas present-swap, Jane plans to introduce Laurie, the lover she's been keeping a secret for almost two years. First, though, she must survive a day of Christmas shopping with her other sisters, Ronnie and Di - a day filled with sisterly bickering, unresolved family issues, snow-delayed trains, awkward encounters and the weight of long-buried family tensions. As memories of their childhood resurface, Jane is forced to confront the complicated legacy that has shaped their lives since their mother's death. What begins as a simple plan for a joyful reveal soon threatens to unravel decades of carefully guarded truths.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 1914. As war looms over Europe, the quiet village of Stainwick prepares for change. Acland's Black Powder Works must expand to meet the demands of conflict, and young accountant David Ainsworth is sent to oversee the transformation. He meets Sarah Liddell, a widowed schoolteacher and mother, whose life is already shaped by loss. Before he is deployed to serve in the Army, David persuades Sarah to marry him, despite her reservations. When David returns from the trenches four years later, mentally scarred by war, he and Sarah try to salvage their marriage. But when a lightning strike on the powder works triggers a series of explosions and her husband's secrets are revealed, Sarah's life is turned upside down. False Heart is a story of love, deception, and the courage it takes to rebuild after everything has been torn apart.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Raegan Oaks has spent her life fighting invisible battles of pain with no name, and grief that never lets her breathe. When betrayal shatters the fragile bridge she's built with her flatmate, Ethan Zarik, she flees into the night towards an ancient oak, which mysteriously opens to the realm of Liravel: a world of magic long thought lost. There, beneath its epic sky and ancient peaks, embers of power begin to spark, shadows whisper her name, and a dangerous Fae warrior sees what she cannot.Back in the mortal world, Ethan is unravelling, haunted by nightmares and clawed by demons and darkness he can barely control. When fate rips their worlds apart, he surrenders to the monster within, knowing it's the only way to tear open the realms to reach her. Two souls bound by a curse older than time. Light and shadow. Love and ruin. And a starlit flame that could reduce even the darkness to ash.…