**WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION******A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**A stunning first graphic novel by a Cape/Comica/Observer graphic short story competition winner - a tale of a skirmish in the ice-cream wars that is worthy of Alan Bennett**In the small seaside town of Dobbiston, Howard sells ice creams from his van, just like his father before him. But when he notices a downturn in trade, he soon realises...

»Ich trete auf das Rad des Kessels, um mich hineinzuschwingen, stelle aber wieder mal fest, dass dort kaum noch Platz fu¨r mich ist, denn da steht schon die Gasflasche fu¨r die Flammen drin. In den Boden sind Lampen eingebaut, an die ich nicht rankommen darf, weil die viehisch heiß werden. Ich habe mich bei einer Probe mal darauf abgestu¨tzt und mir dabei fu¨rchterlich die Ha¨nde verbrannt, da blieb richtig meine Haut an dem du¨nnen Schutzgitter davor kleben. Es hat ganz eklig nach verbran...

Saksalaisyhtye Rammsteinin kosketinsoittajan Christian ”Flake” Lorenzin kirja on hilpeintä mutta myös älykkäintä tekstiä, mitä rokkimaailmasta on aikoihin julkaistu. Vuonna 1994 Berliinissä perustettu Rammstein on noussut maailmanmaineeseen mahtipontisella, saksankielisellä metallimusiikilla. Suomessakin bändin neljä viimeisintä albumia ovat nousseet myyntilistojen ykkösiksi.Ensimmäinen yhtyeen jäsenen kirjoittama omakohtainen muistelmateos.on otettu kiittäen vastaan niin fanien ku...

A little flutter, a dizzy spell, an imperceptible narrowing of the arteries and then the rest of your life is a series of doctors advising you against things.On the outskirts of Hanoi, a late night motorcycle ride leads to an encounter in a cluttered kitchen where no-one quite belongs.Duyên is a young woman reluctantly returning to her roots. Murph is coming to see his old mate, Bob, whose shady past is slowly catching up with him.Dan Lee's wry new play dra...

"This marriage cannot happen," Coty's voice rang through the hall."She's pregnant with someone else's child.""I hate her too much to ever share a bed with her," Damien said coldly."Then who is the father?""The child is mine."Ryker Stones—the dreaded Alpha of the Silvercrest Pack.Damien's uncle.Her fiancé's blood.And her father's sworn enemy.Jenna Spears, the legitimate daughter of the Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack, n...

A tredici anni Maleeka sa già che non importa cosa indossi, come ti pettini, quanto ci provi: a scuola qualcuno troverà comunque il modo di farti sentire diversa e sbagliata. Ecco perché ormai si lascia comandare a bacchetta da Char, la bulletta peggiore dell'istituto. Fino all'arrivo della professoressa Sanders, con i suoi completi di marca e la voglia sul viso che la renderà subito oggetto di scherno. Sarà lei a vedere il potenziale di Maleeka, aiutandola ad affrontare i pregiudizi dei c...

"I have no idea how late it actually is. We flew off somewhere this morning, and my cell phone automatically turns off the clock if we're getting close to a new time zone by plane. Mile by mile, the bus pushes through the inner city. Budapest seems to be quite big. We are in the middle of rush hour traffic. As it is Friday, everyone wants to get out of the city very quickly. But nothing works quickly here at all." Flake, the legendary keyboardist for the German band Rammstein, takes reader...

Entre récit de voyage, peinture de société et expériences loufoques, cet impertinent et savoureux portrait de l'Angleterre des années 1990 (épicé de flash-backs dans les années 1970) a consacré Bill Bryson comme le plus british des écrivains américains.

Léna a un rêve : fêter Noël sous la neige. Difficile à réaliser quand on vit sur les terres arides du Togo. Depuis le décès de ses parents, elle a repris le centre Eden qu’ils ont fondé pour venir en aide aux enfants, et elle se bat pour le maintenir à flot.Stéphane n’a plus qu’un but : rendre sa fille Mya heureuse. Pour faire le deuil de sa femme partie trop tôt, il fuit New York pour un tour du monde avec sa fille. Il n’attend plus rien de la vie, mais son escale au Togo pourrait...

What do you do when both of your daughters have been diagnosed with autism, your wife is depressed and your job has been made redundant? You become a comedian! After years of feeling like he was losing at life, Aidan Comerford was on top of the world. He had just stepped off stage after being crowned the winner of So You Think You're Funny? at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014, joining previous winners such as Peter Kay, Dylan Moran and Tommy Tiernan. This was it! His big break. Back i...

"This marriage cannot happen," Coty's voice rang through the hall."She's pregnant with someone else's child.""I hate her too much to ever share a bed with her," Damien said coldly."Then who is the father?""The child is mine."Ryker Stones—the dreaded Alpha of the Silvercrest Pack.Damien's uncle.Her fiancé's blood.And her father's sworn enemy.Jenna Spears, the legitimate daughter of the Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack, n...

"This marriage cannot happen," Coty's voice rang through the hall."She's pregnant with someone else's child.""I hate her too much to ever share a bed with her," Damien said coldly."Then who is the father?""The child is mine."Ryker Stones—the dreaded Alpha of the Silvercrest Pack.Damien's uncle.Her fiancé's blood.And her father's sworn enemy.Jenna Spears, the legitimate daughter of the Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack, n...