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Five years ago, Benji Green lost his beloved father Big Eddie when his truck crashed into a river. Everyone called it an accident, but Benji knows it was more. Even years later, he's buried in his grief, throwing himself into managing Big Eddie's convenience store in the small-town of Roseland, Oregon. Surrounded by his mother and three aunts, he lives day to day, struggling to keep his head above water. But Roseland is no ordinary place.

An android who knows nothing besides his work in a factory is given one final week to explore the world before he is forced to undergo mandatory reprogramming in this bittersweet precursor to TJ Klune’s In the Lives of Puppets.

Together with their families and friends, Paul Auster and Vincent Taylor request the honor of your company at the celebration of their marriage. Paul Auster and Vince Taylor just want to have a simple wedding. Really, is that too much to ask? As the big day approaches, they struggle to keep everything from spiraling out of control. From meddling friends and intrusive family, to a certain drag queen's idea as to what constitutes a normal bachelor party, Paul and Vince have their work cut out for them.

Josiah Erickson wants to be a movie star. The problem with that is so does half of Los Angeles. But he's on his way, what with memorable roles as a TV show background cadaver and a guy in a commercial for herpes medication. All he needs is his big break. And that break may come in the form of a novelist who goes by the enigmatic name of Q-Bert.

Bear, Otter, and the Kid survived last summer with their hearts and souls intact. They've moved into the Green Monstrosity, and Bear is finally able to admit his love for the man who saved him from himself. But that's not the end of their story. How could it be? The boys find that life doesn't stop just because they got their happily ever after. There's still the custody battle for the Kid. The return of Otter's parents. A first trip to a gay bar. The Kid goes to therapy, and Mrs. Paquinn decides that Bigfoot is real.

Do you believe in love at first sight? Sanford Stewart sure doesn't. In fact, he pretty much believes in the exact opposite, thanks to the Homo Jock King. It seems Darren Mayne lives for nothing more than to create chaos in Sandy's perfectly ordered life, just for the hell of it. Sandy despises him, and nothing will ever change his mind. Or so he tells himself.

Do you believe in love at first sight? Corey Ellis sure doesn't. Oh, everyone around him seems to have found their happy ending, but he's far too busy to worry about such things. He'll have plenty of time for romance after he survives his last summer before graduation. So what if he can't get his former professor, Jeremy Olsen, out of his head? It's nothing more than hero worship. And that's the way it should stay. Except bi-gender Corey - aka Kori - is interning at Phoenix House for the summer, an LGBTQI youth center, and the director just so happens to be a certain former professor.

Una novela que abrirá tu mente y tu corazón: el fenómeno que está fascinando al mundo entero. Trabajo, trabajo y más trabajo. Linus Baker podría ser una persona cualquiera, en un lugar cualquiera, viviendo una vida cualquiera. Él estaba convencido de esto, y si tú lo hubieras conocido, tampoco habrías dudado en asegurar que Linus pertenecía al montón, ni más, ni menos. Y así era, hasta el día en que este funcionario del Departamento de Jóvenes Mágicos es llamado por Altísima Dirección para supervisar un orfanato del que apenas hay registros.

New York Times best-selling author TJ Klune invites you back to the land of Verania in a new collection of short stories starring the beloved characters from the Tales of Verania series.

Tyson Thompson graduated high school at sixteen and left the town of Seafare, Oregon, bound for what he assumed would be bigger and better things. He soon found out the real world has teeth, and he returns to the coast with four years of failure, addiction, and a diagnosis of panic disorder trailing behind him. His brother, Bear, and his brother's husband, Otter, believe coming home is exactly what Tyson needs to find himself again

Family is not always defined by blood. It's defined by those who make us whole - those who make us who we are. And here, at the end, Bear and Otter will be tested like they've never been before. There's a knock at the door from a little girl who has nowhere else to go. There's a phone ringing, bringing news they do not expect. There's a brother returning home after learning how to stand on his own. As these moments converge, all of their lives will change forever.

In the small mountain town of Amorea, it's stretching toward autumn of 1954. The memories of a world at war are fading in the face of a prosperous future. Doors are left unlocked at night, and neighbors are always there to give each other a helping hand.

"Ein modernes Märchen über die Suche nach der eigenen Identität." Linus Baker ist ein vorbildlicher Beamter. Seit Jahrzehnten arbeitet er in der Sonderabteilung des Jugendamtes, die für das Wohlergehen magisch begabter Kinder und Jugendlicher zuständig ist. Linus' eintöniges Dasein ändert sich schlagartig, als er das Waisenhaus eines gewissen Mr. Parnassus' genauer unter die Lupe nehmen soll. Kaum dort angekommen, stellt Linus fest, dass Mr. Parnassus' Schützlinge eher etwas speziell sind - einer von ihnen ist möglicherweise sogar der Sohn des Teufels!

It begins with a message that David cannot ignore: I want to see you. He agrees, and on a cold winter's night, David and Phillip will come together to sift through the wreckage of the memory of a life no longer lived. David is burdened, carrying with him the heavy guilt of the past six years upon his shoulders. Phillip offers redemption.

Arthur Parnassus vive una bella vita costruita sulle ceneri di una brutta vita. È il direttore di uno strano orfanotrofio su un'isola lontana e spera di diventare presto il padre adottivo di sei bambini magici che vi abitano. Nessuno di loro deve provare quel dolore che lui stesso ha provato da bambino. A fianco ha il suo grande amore, Linus Baker, ex assistente sociale del Dipartimento della Gioventù Magica; e ci sono Zoe Chapelwhite, spiritello dell'isola, e la sua fidanzata, la sindaca Helen Webb.

Bienvenido a El cruce de Caronte. Aquí el té está caliente, los bollos recién hechos y los muertos, de paso. A veces el final, no es más que un principio. Vuelve TJ KLUNE,un abrazo en forma de libro. Bienvenido a El cruce de Caronte. El té está caliente, los bollos recién hechos y los muertos de paso. Cuando Wallace Price se ve asistiendo a su propio funeral, descubre que está muerto. Pero Wallace no está preparado para abandonar este mundo que apenas ha sabido disfrutar en vida.

Cuando la muerte golpea a las puertas de Green Creek, Joe parte detrás de un monstruo, cegado por la furia y la venganza. Y Ox deberá demostrar su verdadero valor para proteger a quienes ama.

Dans les ruines de Caswell, Carter Bennett a découvert la vérité. Une vérité qu'il avait sous les yeux depuis le début. Une vérité qui a disparu en emportant avec elle toutes les réponses à ses questions. Désespéré, Carter prend la route, abandonnant sa famille et la sécurité de la meute, pour retrouver un homme qu'il ne connaît presque pas. Là réside le danger : les loups sont des animaux de meute, et plus Carter reste seul, plus son esprit dérive vers le vide insondable de la folie Oméga.

Tout ce que Robbie Fontaine a toujours voulu, c'est un endroit où être à sa place. Après la mort de sa mère, il passe de meute en meute, tissant des liens temporaires afin de ne pas devenir sauvage. Cela lui suffit - jusqu'à ce qu'il reçoive une convocation du bastion des loups de Caswell dans le Maine. La vie en tant que fidèle second de Michelle Hughes - l'Alpha suprême - enseigne à Robbie - devenu l'ami proche d'un gentil vieux mage - ce que cela signifie de faire partie d'une meute, d'avoir une famille.

Gordo Livingstone n'a jamais oublié les leçons gravées dans sa peau. Endurci par la trahison d'une meute qui l'a abandonné, il a cherché le réconfort dans le garage de sa minuscule ville de montagne, se jurant de ne plus jamais s'impliquer dans les affaires des loups. Cela aurait dû être suffisant. Et ça l'a été, jusqu'à ce que les loups reviennent, et avec eux, Mark Bennett. Au final, ils ont affronté la bête ensemble en tant que meute... et ont gagné.