**'One of the very great writers of the last century' Guardian'Lispector had an ability to write as though no one had ever written before' Colm Tóibín**'He'd wait for her, she knew that now. Until she learned'Lóri yearns for love yet is scared of herself, and of connecting with another human. When she meets Ulisses, a Professor of Philosophy, she is forced to confront her fears. As both of them will learn, to be worthy of another person, they must first be ...

Food & Wine Best Cookbooks of 2024 • New York Times Best Cookbooks of 2024 • 2025 James Beard Award Nominee for Baking and Desserts • 2025 IACP Julia Child First Book Award Nominee“Breaking Bao is the rare cookbook that stops you in your tracks. Visually arresting, thoughtfully researched, and both whimsical and grounded in serious baking expertise.”

For twelve years she has been the perfect wife.Respectable. Controlled. Careful not to draw attention to the body her husband insists she should hide.Short, voluptuous, and unapologetically curvy, she learned long ago that the world can be unkind to women who take up space. Her husband reminds her of that often—masking criticism as honesty while quietly claiming ownership over the very curves he pretends to despise.But the day she shows a luxury home to a confident ...

What happens when the life you built leaves you starving for more?Elina, 51, has two adult kids and one grandkid.She has the perfect, peaceful marriage. She also has a secret: a hunger her husband can no longer satisfy. Believing her passionate years are behind her, she seeks an escape in piano lessons—only to find a devastating temptation in her maestro, Laurent.He is everything she's been missing: a man who worships her mature BBW curves, who draw...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In a not-so-distant future, a phenomenon has swept across the world, silently erasing the vibrant tapestry of plant species that once filled the Earth. Bleeding Green takes us on a journey deep into the heart of this dire situation, exploring the rapid decline of plant diversity and uncovering the haunting consequences that ripple through our precious ecosystems.In the midst of this ecological crisis, scientists strive to compre...

The two of us is a love letter to our grandmothers. When we are little, they take care of us; They sing for us and give us a thousand little dreams. Then, as the time goes by, it is our torn to look after them.

'The morning became a long, drawn-out afternoon that became depthless night dawning innocently through the house'Tales of desire and madness from this giant of Brazilian literature.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem...

To swim in that river full of shining stones was one of the most beautiful things that ever happened in her life. Somehow she knew the names of the stones: emerald, ruby, topaz, sapphire, sardonyx, onyx, jade, pearl, lapis lazuli... she just didn't see any diamonds. It made her think of her grandma’s jewelry box, the one she found in the room where grandmother lived. It was one of those boxes that, when you lifted the lid, a ballerina appeared twirling at the sound of a funny song.” After ...

Expect Nothing is a lighthearted and insightful guide to Zen Buddhism and mindfulness.Using down-to-earth, conversational autobiographical anecdotes, witness pieces, and inspirational quotes, Clarice Bryan pays tribute to the myriad teachers who have graced her days. These teachers range from a mentally ill relative who moves in with her and teaches her that her way of living is not the way of living, to cats as they sit resting on her manuscript pages, il...

Do you like to laugh out loud? Can you use a mystery with many twists and turns? Slanderley is an estate on Cornwall with a twisted past, in part due to the tainted blood of the de Loverly family. Butler Eddie Quirk grew up on the estate and imagined a quiet life. Then deaths fall like spiders, and he falls into the web. He gets no help from co-workers Sloth or Mrs. Anvil. Slanderley is a refreshing riff on a classic. The haunted ancestral mansion, scheming firebug housekeeper, sk...

An erotic contemporary novel with mixed themes including m/f, fem dom, fem sub, BDSM and interracial.April desires only one man, the man she’s always loved, the man who recites Shakespeare sonnets while tracing a crop over her tightly bound body. But after a failed marriage proposal, her lover orders her away from him and tells her she needs to experience more things and different men. When April meets a male slave called Daisy she discovers that her own sexuality extends beyond wi...

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