**An Immediate Bestseller | A Bloomberg Best Book of 2025'Philippe Collin is a magnificent storyteller. This novel fascinates at every turn.' ElleWhen the Ritz becomes the Nazis’ favourite spot, its Jewish bartender has no choice but to keep working.**Paris, 1940. Despite the Occupation, the prestigious Ritz Hotel has managed to remain open. Its bar becomes a favourite spot for Nazis eager for a taste of French refinement. Its celebrated barman, Frank Meier...

Jane Collins-Philippe loves the sea – after all she has spent many years living on a sailboat – and she has collected verses old and new to share her understanding and affection. Some of the poems will be familiar, like Eugene Field’s “Wynken, Blynken and Nod.” Others are from Collins-Philippe’s own pen and are sure to become favorites. Who could resist a poem about a ship with a hippo for a captain and a giraffe named Joyce for a lookout?Laura Beingessner’s charming art is the per...

**Brought to you by Penguin.An Immediate Bestseller | A Bloomberg Best Book of 2025When the Ritz becomes the Nazis’ favourite spot, its Jewish bartender has no choice but to keep working.**Paris, 1940. Despite the Occupation, the prestigious Ritz Hotel has managed to remain open. Its bar becomes a favorite spot for Nazis eager for a taste of French refinement. Its celebrated barman, Frank Meier, is forced to adapt to this new clientele. But he is hiding a secret tha...

A long road trip. A quarrelling couple. On a lonesome highway a tire goes flat and without a sound an infant disappears.Is it a kidnapping? Or an act of god?Not far away, Gracie Fortune is acting strange. She sees dancing fruit trees and encroaching horizons over which she's tempted to go. In desperation she's begun making demands of her wayward god. But when her prayers are answered all hell breaks loose.

Claudia Stone is useless. No matter what she does, no matter how hard she tries to grab the reins and steer a course, her life is not her own. From an early age she learned that there are those who know better than she how to make things happen. Trouble is - the happenings are not of her choosing. Despite the recurrent blows and losses, she struggles to gain some autonomy. But her efforts are futile. Claudia has no control over her life, the only power she possesses is the power to end it....