reliable ole boy Dickie Frye vanishes from the Georgia hills and the urbane Fletcher Carlyle bursts onto the recent York publishing scene, profitable the Nobel Prize for literature. but if a psychotic rampage lands Carlyle in Weatherhaven, eminent psychologist Anton Kohl unearths himself chatting with Dickie Frye. Kohl’s instincts inform him Frye isn't really lying—but what he says can’t in all likelihood be true.

A fallen priest comes out of Sumerian mythology, the affection of Kohl’s existence comes out of his previous, and a fowl comes out of a fancy condo on critical Park West to fulfill his destiny. Anton Kohl’s rigorously developed global is ready to be deconstructed.

One half delusion and one half Southern yarn, Kiss of the Jewel poultry soars from old Mesopotamia to modern day new york, rewriting heritage and commencing a window onto a much wider, extra magical global, the place the trail to future is something yet straight.

Maureen Foss's off-beat and darkly humorous 3rd novel starts off while 4 quirky and mismatched ladies resolution an advert to hitch a writing staff. not likely friendships and wild adventures take place as their lives begin to get to the bottom of round them. Bunny, the spouse of a calculating, dishonest husband, is writing a unique in regards to the most sensible approach to perform spousal disposal and break out with it. Mariah, a closet lesbian, is making plans to make a fortune by way of advertising and marketing her romance novels while her house is unexpectedly invaded via her mom and her mother's blaspheming parrot. The sentimental poet, Sari, makes her residing as a funeral domestic cosmetician, but if her husband kidnaps their son and runs off for a brand new lifestyles with no her, quiet, introverted Sari transforms right into a wildcat. because the gardening, recipe and etiquette columnist for the neighborhood paper, Jemima blends her a bit unorthodox recipes along with her motherly recommendation. yet she suffers a foul case of writer's block while her husband Joe, a wheelchair-user, has a stroke and falls face-first into her experimental lima bean casserole. The women's lives intertwine; stable scotch is ate up, enthusiasts come and cross and virtually every little thing round them adjustments, yet writing is the glue that holds their friendships fast.

Life turns into advanced for Simon – a fundamentalist preacher and marriage information counsellor – while he realises in among adulterous affairs that he's, actually, an atheist. From his dingy workplace in Kings move, from the pulpit, and from the beds of his enthusiasts, Simon sorrowfully observes the hypocrisies and corruption of the worlds that he inhabits. and occasionally he embraces them.

Raunchy and blasphemous, provocative and humorous, Falling Backwards follows Simon from his flock at Sunday tuition to his ministry within the brothels of Kings pass, and asks us to wonder if Simon will not be anything of a saint after all.

James Quinn lives in Sydney, Australia. Falling Backwards is his first novel.

Henry Kessler wrestles. now not that he fairly loves to, in particular whilst it’s with one among his top neighbors’ mom. Or whilst he wrestles with notions of ways to coax his father out of the Airstream parked in the course of the barren region and again into the relations domestic. Or the best way to get his fly-fishing classmate Julie to determine him as greater than simply one other trout swimming upstream, or how one can support Lenny out of going to Vietnam or Greg from self destructing on medicinal drugs. and never that he quite likes wrestling along with his personal lifestyles both and knowing the place precisely he suits after eighteen years in Grand River. Set in western Colorado, the place mountains meet desert—against the backdrop of Vietnam, Nixon as opposed to McGovern, and Jim Morrison and the Doors—this booklet is a romp, either actual and imagined, throughout one summer season after highschool commencement. 4 neighbors, 4 households, and a colourful forged of quirky characters humans this poignant tale of loss and redemption, from leave out Darling, the fortuneteller who lives in a dust hut at the canal financial institution by means of day and travels the celebrities via evening, to Peefee Maldonado, whose staccato laughter resembles the glass-packed mufflers of his ’55 pickup; from Mr. Shimizu, the neighbor guy who digs up his bonsai backyard in desire of xeriscaping, to Mrs. Woods, a denizen of the rustic membership, who prefers tennis whites, bikinis, and extra-dry martinis; from Redd Morgan, who’d simply as quickly belch out a beery insult than approximately anything, to Mrs. Bartelli, whose zeal for Jesus is just matched via her disdain for her offspring. Magic Club—a significant other novel, no longer sequel, to Brown’s Sundays in August, additionally from Sunstone Press—has a similar wealthy, sensory-driven prose, seamlessly melded galaxy of characters who dazzle and befuddle, and unpredictable twists that maintain the reader guessing and off-balance. In a note, a gem.

Warschau in den fünfziger Jahren: Die Lyriklektorin Sabina lebt mit ihrer Großmutter, ihrer Mutter und ihrem Bruder Arkadiusz zusammen. Sie ist schon quick dreißig, aber unverheiratet und damit in den Augen der anderen eine alte Jungfer. Die Großmutter ist das Familienoberhaupt, die Mutter beugt sich widerspruchslos allen Anordnungen des Regimes, der Bruder malt Traktoristinnen und pflegt Kontakte zu den Parteigranden - zu seinem eigenen Vorteil.

In Sabina regt sich zaghafter Widerstand, als ihre Familie nach einem Dekret eine alte Dollarmünze aushändigen soll, ein Erinnerungsstück an den Großvater. In ihrem Bauch soll die Münze ein sicheres Versteck finden. Da tritt überraschend ein anscheinend perfekter Verehrer in ihr Leben. Leider entpuppt er sich als Geheimdienstagent, der von ihrem Geheimnis weiß und Sabina erpressen will. Sie muss handeln.

In knapper, lakonischer Sprache beschreibt Andrzej Bart in »Knochenpalast« die Repression im kommunistischen Polen und erzählt gleichzeitig eine rasante Kriminalkomödie voller schwarzem Humor.

Un matrimonio húngaro, él ingeniero en una fábrica, ella empleada en el museo de los angeles ciudad, presencia los angeles revolución húngara de 1956. Él vive paralizado por el miedo a que le consideren sospechoso de participar en los angeles sublevación, mientras ella asiste atónita al rechazo que el Partido muestra hacia l. a. Exposición de Primavera, en los angeles que ha intervenido, por no concordar con sus directrices. Un fresco vigoroso y lleno de humor que retrata magistralmente el ambiente de terror y degradación humana que testó los angeles ciudad de Budapest bajo el dominio soviético.

De l. a. littérature érotique. Assumée. Celle qui donne chaud dans le ventre, qui fait rougir de plaisir et d’excitation. Du sexe, des pulsions, de l’émotion. Des histoires pour adultes consentants où le plaisir des sens n’exclut pas l’élégance. Des histoires de tentations, de désirs qui nous font basculer, ce second où l’on se dit « je sais que je ne devrais pas, mais… »
Succombez aux charmes de ces grab auteurs délurés.
Charles Bolduc
Marie Hélène Poitras
Roxanne Bouchard
Guillaume Corbeil
Véronique Marcotte
Nancy B. Pilon
Isabelle Massé
Miléna Babin
Matthieu Simard
Eza Paventi
Patrick Senécal
Chloé Varin
Stéphane Dompierre
Geneviève Janelle
Sophie Bienvenu
Guillaume Vigneault

ultimately – a singular that offers squarely with existence post-sixty.

Barney Roper is a ‘sixty-something’ looking for a few aspiring to this third age of his existence. His youngsters have all left domestic and his marriage turns out an empty shell. After years of agonising approximately it, he eventually makes a decision to wreck from his spouse, Alice, depart the united kingdom and return to his roots in Canada to make a clean commence with all these principles, plans and trips that by some means received waylaid.

His relatives item strenuously yet he's decided and starts off a brand new existence in Vancouver – revelling in his new-found freedom to pursue any and each street to fulfilment.

Having resisted fiercely initially, Alice, in her flip determines to alter course and follow-up on her long-cherished desire to learn archaeology. She plunges into her new lifestyles as a 60 year-old Oxford undergraduate and fast turns into entangled in an unforeseen relationship.

Barney in the meantime starts off hares in all instructions with a few a laugh and unpredictable effects – his said objective to persist with TS Eliot’s dictum that ‘old males can be explorers’ takes him into the seamier aspects of Vancouver. right here he turns into seriously concerned with many of the city’s denizens suffering to make experience in their lives, too.

His teenagers make their calls for in various methods and he and Alice locate themselves inexorably drawn again jointly in an try and resolve those difficulties. They unravel to proceed with their new lives regardless of the entire hindrances this throws up.

Whatever else they anticipated their third age to be, it's definitely hard they usually either willingly upward thrust to satisfy it.

This is a third Age novel which bargains head-on with all facets, either humorous and unhappy, of dwelling totally during this undiscovered state of the ‘sixty-somethings'.

Barney and Alice take on their sixties from contrary instructions and either make worthwhile, if unforeseen discoveries.How they take care of those new insights leads them into unexplored territory the place they study a few worthwhile new coping concepts for residing within the third age.

If you lengthy for a narrative which speaks on to you, as you too discover this attention-grabbing interval of your life,look no further.

The sour candy Philosophies is a collaboration among the artist Nick Fedaeff, and a collective of writers often called KK Jart.

Nick Fedaeff is a Russian artist dwelling and dealing in New Zealand. His artwork is exhibited and bought round the world.

This specific choice of his paintings is an exploration of lifestyles via a child’s eyes. every one portray has, Fedaeff says, “a genuine existence in the back of it” and is electrified by way of a early life reminiscence. the photographs depict the common feelings of pleasure, interest and worry, which converse to adults and kids alike.

The paintings of Nick Fedaeff inspires diverse responses from various humans, counting on their view of existence. it really is this complexity that has sparked the KK Jart writers to answer every one photograph during this great ebook, bringing their very own creativity to the adventure of viewing Fedaeff’s art.

A photograph is worthy 1000 phrases – yet each one Fedaeff portray incorporates a thousand stories.
On any web page right here you'll discover a suggestion that mirrors your individual reaction. otherwise you won't. a few will make you snort. a few will circulation you. Others might be incomprehensible or look unrelated to the picture in query. this doesn't lead them to incorrect and it doesn't lead them to correct – that is exactly the element. As Fedaeff says:
“I’ve performed my half. My photographs are very noticeable. yet then you definitely have various takes on every one. The writers have their very own autonomous imaginative and prescient and issues of view. it's been a truly strange experience.”

Hopefully, the results of this collaboration will convey smiles of popularity. Or higher nonetheless, invite your personal reaction. simply because, as we know, there are some distance too many sour candy Philosophies to be contained in a single book.

Un jeune stagiaire va de découvertes en étonnements pour sa première expérience professionnelle...

Jean-Hubert, dit Jub, est en 2e année de l’Ecole des Managers. Il est recruté par l’entreprise velocity, chief européen de los angeles bougie, pour faire un degree de 6 mois auprès du directeur de l. a. potential et du Numérique.
De sa visite à l’usine de Lentillac-Saint-Blaise, à sa rencontre avec le directeur advertisement, le truculent Kubikus, ou avec le directeur financier, Jean Lepingre, notre jeune stagiaire s’étonne un peu plus chaque jour.
Ahuri, il découvre le monde de l’entreprise : empilement hiérarchique, bureau avec ou sans fenêtre, querelles de chef, réunions interminables, concurrents féroces, prises de décision sans queue ni tête, potins et médisances, système d’information d’un autre siècle…
Jub est impacté au projet Bougie 2.0, l. a. bougie numérique du 21è siècle. Las, les commerciaux et le advertising lui mettent des bâtons dans les roues. Sans compter l. a. responsable de los angeles RSE, qui défend becs et ongles le retour de l. a. bougie au suif pour une clientèle bobo haut de gamme.
Heureusement, le jeune homme a plus d’un journey dans son sac. Et un seul objectif : découvrir enfin le bonheur au travail.

Un roman humoristique et décalé sur l'envers du monde du travail. À découvrir absolument !

EXTRAIT

Et me voilà à Levallois-Perret, au siège du groupe velocity, pour un entretien de recrutement. Bon, j’ai un peu l’air d’un guignol dans ce costard, mais vous connaissez ma mère, maintenant. los angeles veste est un peu serrée, non ? Ouais, et le pantalon un chouïa trop court docket, on voit mes Zike flambant neuves. Ma mère a insisté pour que je mette mes mocassins, mais là, j’ai dit cease. Des mocassins à glands ! Toutes ces frusques c’était en l’honneur de los angeles communion de mon cousin, mais, mais, mais : en famille, okay, en dehors, j’ai mon picture, moi ! En fait ma mère a un vieux compte à régler avec sa sœur, et c’est à celle qui air of mystery le rejeton le plus magnifique. « T’es beau, mon fils », elles répètent toutes les deux à longueur de journée.
Bref.
J’ai un petit quart d’heure de retard, rien de bien méchant. Mais ça fait une demi-heure que j’attends, faut pas pousser quand même. Je m’ennuie grave, là. Y’a rien pour se distraire, dans cette espèce de salle d’attente model luxe. Des lampadaires layout, des fauteuils profonds, un canapé en cuir hyper classe, une desk basse en chrome et verre, mais rien, nada, pas le moindre Foot Magazine ou Auto Moto, juste des plaquettes à los angeles con qui présentent l’univers des bougies. Des bougies ! Comme truc qui sert à rien !
– Bonjour, vous êtes bien M. Trovit ?
Une dame passe l. a. tête, puis le corps tout entier. Je m’attendais, je ne sais pas moi, à une créature chic, qui aille avec le décor. Mais non, c’est juste une femme entre deux âges, habillée d’une gown informe et chaussée de mocassins plats.
Elle se présente comme Melle Leteinturier, responsable du recrutement à l. a. path du Personnel.
Elle me fait presser, allez, allez, dépêchons, nous sommes en retard. l. a. faute à qui ? Les gens sont incroyables, non ?

À PROPOS DES AUTEURS

Corinne d’Argis a travaillé dans un cupboard de chasseurs de tête, puis 15 ans dans un grand groupe bancaire et enfin dans los angeles lutte contre l. a. discrimination à l’embauche. Elle connait maintenant le bonheur de l. a. toute petite entreprise. Jub ou le bonheur au travail est son 7e livre.
Anne Chanard a travaillé pendant 20 ans dans des entreprises qui ont tantôt mené, tantôt subi les modifications technologiques de ce début de 21e siècle. Le bonheur au travail, elle l’a trouvé… de temps en temps. Récemment, elle a découvert le bonheur de l’écriture en rédigeant sa thèse de MBA, en 2015 sur « Innovation et intrapreneuriat dans les grandes entreprises multinationales ».
Jub ou le bonheur au travail est son preferable roman.