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Pubblicato originariamente in venti puntate mensili, tra il 1836 e il 1837, il romanzo incontrò già all'epoca un grande successo popolare, soprattutto a partire dalla comparsa di Sam Weller (nel quinto capitolo), che portò le vendite a oltre quarantamila copie per numero. Oreste Del Buono sottolineava che la pubblicazione dei fascicoli rappresentava una sorta di evento: li leggevano nei cortili ad alta voce a tutta la famiglia.

Pubblicato originariamente in venti puntate mensili, tra il 1836 e il 1837, il romanzo incontrò già all'epoca un grande successo popolare, soprattutto a partire dalla comparsa di Sam Weller (nel quinto capitolo), che portò le vendite a oltre quarantamila copie per numero. Oreste Del Buono sottolineava che la pubblicazione dei fascicoli rappresentava una sorta di evento: li leggevano nei cortili ad alta voce a tutta la famiglia.

Kat runs away with Don to take his business national in his bricklaying truck while she resumes her writing. He also commences his novelistic journey, expecting a great adventure, but is confronted by ghosts from their pasts.

Détective de renom, Justan Lockholmes est une pointure. Aucun coupable ne lui échappe et sa vérité triomphe toujours ! Pourtant, lorsqu'une certaine Elisabeth Smith met tragiquement fin à ses jours, rien ne va plus. Un cas insoluble, des éléments sans le moindre sens, et un assistant à la vivacité toute relative. Voilà que la vie du jeune Justan bascule et que tout se complique !

It's 1923, and Terrence Chalambert is celebrating the death of his father. Egbert Whistle celebrates with him. For Terrence, the death means inheritance, land, and titles. For Egbert, it's the motivation he needs to return to his spiritual home, London. In batty, blue-blooded Chalambert family tradition, however, there's a catch: Terrence has three days in which to return to the capital and claim his birthright or forfeit it all to his sister.

Meet Mr. Conley, a shooting instructor who trains people in the time-honored American custom of self-defense. He also practices self-defense, but only when he can’t come up with a better option. Most hitmen live in fear of the legal system, but Conley considers it his best friend. In a world where there’s nothing new under the sun, Conley has worked out a whole new twist for a very old game.

When Summer took a job as a nanny for a couple vacationing in Belize, she imagined it would be a fresh start before leaving for college in the fall. And while she adores her charge, Josh, she can’t say the same for her employers’ oldest son, Bray. He’s cocky, inconsiderate, and makes her feel she’s a chore he has to put up with. Bray had a plan for the summer: party, hang out with friends, and forget all the responsibilities waiting for him back home. But every time he’s forced to be around Summer, her dour, serious mood sets him off.

Author Joel Momberg takes listeners on an unforgettable and engaging ride in his third novel For Those Who Can - following the path through the mid-1970s of a young college prep teacher Alan Handler in an adventure filled with laughs, love, and a lingering sense that something is amiss.

Who is this "Odd Herbert"? Well, that’s hard to say really because he is yet to be a fully formed thing...And so, this is the tale of his journey towards self-discovery during his adolescent years...Born under unique circumstance, dare I say "Odd" nothing about Herbert is dull, straight-forward, or conventional. Instead, everything is a folly of interest, curiosity and unknown. To listen to this audiobook is to step in to the tumultuous, hilarious, and potentially heart-breaking adventure of thought that lies behind the purple lenses.

Quiet and shy, Pat Zaera only needs one thing in his life to be happy: his best friend Mark - a witty, athletic lothario who always includes Pat in the unfamiliar world where the cool kids roam. When Pat accidentally elbows a famous movie star in a scuffle, Mark can’t stop thinking about the actor’s response. Bored with his life, Mark wants a story of his own, and wonders how other celebrities would react to an “accidental” punch. [Accidentally] Punching Celebrities is about one really bad idea and two friends with a bromance strong enough to actually survive it.

Sid Lund just woke up from a convoluted nightmare to discover his waking life is even more complicated. For one thing, the young American pharmaceutical executive has no memory of how he wound up in a remote Indian hospital. No one knows him, except for fellow patient Afaq, who seems to be insane. When an anonymous phone call warns Sid to get out of the country, he discovers the police are after him. Without any idea of how he became a fugitive, Sid has no choice but to go along with Afaq's nutty plan to secure him a passport and plane tickets.

At the end of the 18th century, two brilliant and eccentric young scientists set out to measure the world. Measuring the World recreates the parallel but contrasting lives of two geniuses of the German Enlightenment - the naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt and the mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss.

When the fiery new girl, Jill MacGregor, in their international High School in the country of Turkey, captures Rick Foster’s heart, he is desperate to impress her. He conjures up a bodacious lie, but her capriciousness gets them both in hot water, imprisoned in the Russian Soviet embassy. With hidden inheritances, Cold War tensions, and the Beatles as a surprising soundtrack, "Danger 9b: and his Goddess of Fortune”, based on true experiences, is a Young Adult rom-com immersed in international intrigue as a fast-paced adventure.

Benjamin was never the sharpest tool in the shed. For as long as he can remember, he’s longed for adventure in far-away lands. But every day he wakes up in the same boring suburb, where nothing ever happens.

Sampson, a thief-turned-guild-leader, completed an Instance in the BloodHaven’s dungeon, revealing that his most powerful guild member wasn’t some starved prisoner Sampson had saved, but in truth, a far more influential person than anyone was ready to handle. And his intentions couldn’t be more unclear.

Meet Daniel Chesterfield, a six foot seven inch foul mouthed straight arrow with a trite sense of humor and deep love and respect for law, order, and justice. Trading in his detective shield in Palm Beach County, Florida for a Sheriff’s badge in the rural town of Cowbell, Montana, Dan is assigned to take over the Bear Creek County Sheriff’s Office Sub-Station.

Lillith Hemlock is the last in a long line of Hemlock witches, but her parents renounced magic as evil before she was born. After witch hunters burn down their house, Lilly's family moves in with her grandparents, who are practicing witches living in a town of magical creatures.

Somehow, Brandon Andrew Morgan survived the Omega Vaccine and the total collapse of society that followed it. And yes, he’s just as surprised about it as you are. But while his brother is off to unknown adventures, Brandon has decided to stick around, make a life for himself, and care for his best buds as they transition to their new lives as vampires.

Each and every year, the Sprin’ Bor came. It was the wave of water that flooded downriver, marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring. But this year, it was late! The panic among the creatures of White Waters Chase was just simmering away quietly, until one day, it reaches boiling point when an immigrant ferret, known by the name of Percy Polecat (though he prefers the name Black Paw), opens his big mouth. Within a matter of hours, Percy’s been arrested and tried on trumped-up charges

Maxi Dillion finds himself back home, living with his 80-year-old mother after living in New York City for 25 years. He thinks nobody knows the real purpose of his homecoming. He's wrong. Cillian Mulcahy knows the real reason...he owes money to the mob. While Maxi's out running errands for his mother, he bumps into Ella, a childhood acquaintance who is all grown up and strikingly beautiful. While over to Ella's house on a visit, Maxi discovers what he believes to be a treasure map. He, Ella, and two of her two girlfriends embark on a hilarious adventure to find the hidden treasure.