This book takes place in South St. Louis city with the relationship between a middle-aged Alcoholic named Randal and a late twenty-year-old would-be writer named Lucas. This bizarre relationship morphs into an UNLIKELY friendship between two-neighbors and the eccentrically flawed characters that show up off the streets unannounced to soak up the St. Louis heat, while sitting under BUDWEISER labeled umbrellas drinking cold beer in RED BIRD country. The story is told from Lucas’s point-of-vi...

Brought to you by Penguin.'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?'A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including f...

An io9 Can’t Miss Science Fiction and Fantasy title.Martin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality being nothing more than a computer program. With every use of this ability, though, Martin finds his little “tweaks” have not escaped notice. Rather than face prosecution, he decides instead to travel back in time to the Middle Ages and pose as a wizard.What could possibly go wrong?

RUND DEN MUND! 150 JAHRE POSAUNENCHOR MELLE DAS JUBILÄUMSHÖRSPIEL – EINE HUMORVOLLE HÖR-CHRONIK DES MELLER POSAUNENCHORS Nach einem für sie missglückten Posaunenchorkonzert hockt Sophie auf dem Dachboden und bläst Trübsal. Nie wieder will sie Posaune spielen. Da setzt sich ihr Großvater zu ihr, um ihr die spannende Geschichte des Meller Jünglingsvereins, dem späteren Posaunenchor, zu erzählen. Dabei taucht Sophie in die längst vergessene Welt ihrer Vorfahren ein und begleitet diese auf ein...

Ever since Martin Banks and his fellow computer geeks discovered that reality is just a computer program to be happily hacked, they’ve been jaunting back and forth through time, posing as medieval wizards and having the epic adventures that other nerds can only dream of having. But even in their wildest fantasies, they never expected to end up at the mercy of the former apprentice whom they sent to prison for gross misuse of magic and all-around evil behavior.Who knew that the veng...

The adventures of an American hacker in Medieval England continue as Martin Banks takes his next step on the journey toward mastering his reality-altering powers and fulfilling his destiny.A month has passed since Martin helped to defeat the evil programmer Jimmy, and things couldn’t be going better. Except for his love life, that is. Feeling distant and lost, Gwen has journeyed to Atlantis, a tolerant and benevolent kingdom governed by the Sorceresses, and a place known as a safe ...

Even when finding oneself engaged in interstellar war, good form must be observed. Our story is set thousands of years after the Terran Exodus, where two powerful, planet-dominating families—the elegant House Jakabitus and the less refined Hahn Empire—have reached a critical point in their generations-long war. Master Hennik, the Hahn ruler’s only son, has been captured, and the disposition of his internment may represent a last and welcome chance for peace.Enter Wollard, the impec...