On the Road by Jack Kerouac is the exhilarating novel that defined the Beat Generation and is a 2012 major motion picture starring Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst and Sam Riley, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. 'What's your road, man? - holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow.' Sal Paradise, young and innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American Dream. A brilliant blend of fiction and autobiography, Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel defined the new 'Beat' generation and became the bible of the counter culture. 'On the Road sold a trillion Levis and a million espresso machines, and also sent countless kids on the road. The alienation, the restlessness, the dissatisfaction were already there waiting when Kerouac pointed out the road' William Burroughs 'Pop writing at its best. It changed the way I saw the world, making me yearn for fresh experience' Hanif Kureishi, Independent on Sunday Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. Educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell, he decided to become a writer at age seventeen and developed his own writing style, which he called 'spontaneous prose'. He used this technique to record the life of the American 'traveler' and the experiences of the Beat Generation, most memorably in On the Road and also in The Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums. His other works include Big Sur, Desolation Angels, Lonesome Traveler, Visions of Gerard, Tristessa, and a book of poetry called Mexico City Blues. Jack Kerouac died in 1969.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From the beloved actor and star of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Sex and the City comes a candid and deeply personal memoir. 'Charming, self-effacing, completely authentic, and slyly wise' Ethan Hawke 'Fascinating and insightful...big-hearted and revealing...I loved this book' Carrie Brownstein 'Enjoyable' The Sunday Times 'Intelligent, wry, inquisitive' The New York Times 'Like MacLachlan himself: full of unexpected depth and self-doubt, funny' GQ 'Doesn't pull punches' Rolling Stone 'Moving, honest and often hilarious' Woman's Own In this highly anticipated memoir, Kyle MacLachlan shares the funny, moving and utterly original story of his offbeat journey through Hollywood, the roles that shaped him and the making of a cult icon. Plucked from obscurity to star in David Lynch's Dune, MacLachlan went on to deliver a startling performance in Blue Velvet before taking on his career-defining role as Agent Dale Cooper in the TV phenomenon Twin Peaks. From critical acclaim to the infamous - and unforgettable - Showgirls, his career has been anything but predictable. Fictional Selves is a book of doppelgangers, with MacLachlan mirrored by his own prodding ego ("Other Kyle"), the iconic characters he inhabited, and the ones that eluded his grasp but gave him a profound and surprising lens onto himself as a person and a performer. Along the way, he offers candid insights into collaborators including David Lynch, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper and Anthony Hopkins , and shares lessons learned about fear, fame, ambition, love and fatherhood. Playful, self-aware and revealing, this is the remarkable story of one of Hollywood's most distinctive and enduring actors. .

The acclaimed book behind the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning movie "LGBTQ cinema is out in force at Sundance Film Festival," proclaimed USA Today. "The acerbic coming-of-age movie is adapted from Emily M. Danforth's novel, and stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a lesbian teen who is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after she gets caught having sex with her friend on prom night." The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and provocative literary debut that was named to numerous best of the year lists. When Cameron Post's parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief they'll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl. But that relief doesn't last, and Cam is forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother. She knows that from this point on, her life will forever be different. Survival in Miles City, Montana, means blending in and leaving well enough alone, and Cam becomes an expert at both. Then Coley Talor moves to town. Beautiful, pickup-driving Coley is a perfect cowgirl with the perfect boyfriend to match. She and Cam forge an unexpected and intense friendship, one that seems to leave room for something more to emerge. But just as that starts to seem like a real possibility, Aunt Ruth takes drastic action to "fix" her niece, bringing Cam face-to-face with the cost of denying her true self-even if she's not quite sure who that is. Don't miss this raw and powerful own voices debut, the basis for the award-winning film starring Chloë Grace Moretz. Forced Coming Out: After Cam’s parents die, her secret is the first thing on her mind. Soon, it’s a secret she can no longer keep from her conservative new guardians. An Unforgettable First Love: From a secret kiss in a hayloft with her best friend Irene to an intense, complicated friendship with the beautiful Coley Taylor, Cam’s journey explores the power and pain of first love. Gay Conversion Therapy: When Cam’s aunt discovers her secret, she is sent to God’s Promise, a religious center determined to “cure” her of her same-sex attraction. Small Town Setting: Miles City, Montana, is a world of blending in and leaving well enough alone—a conservative backdrop that makes Cam’s search for self all the more perilous. Grief and Identity: Cameron’s first thought after her parents’ death is relief that her secret is safe. This heartbreaking novel masterfully explores the complex intersection of grief, guilt, and self-discovery.

Drei Paare, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten und teilweise auch untereinander zerstritten sind, kommen an einem heißen Sommernachmittag zu einer Grillparty zusammen. Als ein Sommergewitter die sechs ins Haus zwingt, kommt die Gastgeberin Julia auf eine Idee: "Wir spielen jetzt Flaschendrehen." Angefangen mit kleinen Neckereien, bei denen sich immer deutlicher die vorhandenen Zu- und Abneigungen herauskristallisieren, werden die Aufgaben im Laufe der Zeit immer gemeiner und anzüglicher. Die Situation gerät außer Kontrolle. Gelesen wurde dieses Meisterwerk Marc Bergers von "Irina von Bentheim". Vielen auch bekannt als die deutsche Stimme der Carrie aus "Sex and the City". Bereits 2006 erschienen, war das Flaschendrehen bis zum Hype um "Fifty Shades of Grey" wahrscheinlich das meistgehörte Erotik-Hörbuch in deutscher Sprache. In den iTunes Charts bewegte es sich über 10 Jahre lang in den Top 200.

Ein mitreißendes Drama über die Lebensgeschichte der US-amerikanischen Dichterin Emily Dickinson, mit Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) in der Hauptrolle. Emily Dickinson, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts geboren, erfasste mit ihren gefühlvollen Gedichten auf unnachahmliche Art und Weise sowohl den Schrecken, als auch die Schönheit der Welt. Dabei hat sie davon selbst nicht viel gesehen. Nachdem ihr Vater die gegen die evangelistischen Lehren rebellierende Emily schon früh aus der Schule nahm, verbrachte sie fortan die Zeit zusammen mit ihrem Bruder Austin und ihrer Schwester Vinnie in ihrem Elternhaus, das sie selten verließ. Sie hatte nur wenige Kontakte außerhalb der Familie und verbrachte Nacht um Nacht mit dem Verfassen von Gedichten. A Quiet Passion beleuchtet das Leben und die Werke der herausragenden Poetin, die mit einem außerordentlichen Intellekt, aber einer labilen Psyche ausgestattet war, in ihrer großen Schaffensphase.

Das Lachen der Ungetäuschten ist ein Sachbuch, das sich mit der Kunst der Komödie auseinandersetzt und dabei die tiefgründigen Zusammenhänge zwischen Humor, Gesellschaft und Psychoanalyse beleuchtet. Der Autor Robert Pfaller untersucht in diesem Werk, was uns zum Lachen bringt und welche Rolle das Politische, Gesellschaftliche sowie das Anständige und Unanständige dabei spielen. Anhand von Beispielen aus der Filmgeschichte, wie den Werken von Ernst Lubitsch, und populären Serien wie "Sex and the City" wird der Zusammenhang zwischen Komödie und dem Unheimlichen, Materialismus, Sexualität und Polygamie aufgezeigt. Pfaller verbindet dabei theoretische Ansätze von Freud und Lacan mit praktischen Beobachtungen und liefert so eine überraschende und unterhaltsame Theorie der Komödie. Das Buch bietet einen tiefen Einblick in die Mechanismen des Lachens und regt dazu an, die eigene Wahrnehmung von Humor und Komik zu hinterfragen. Es richtet sich an Leserinnen und Leser, die an einer fundierten Auseinandersetzung mit den kulturellen und psychologischen Dimensionen des Lachens interessiert sind.

"A delight, the literary equivalent of a long catch-up with a brilliant friend." —New York TimesWhen you're a woman of a certain age, you are only promised that everything will get worse. But what if everything you've been told is a lie?Come to Paris, August 2021, when the City of Lights was still empty of tourists and a thirst for long-overdue pleasure gripped those who wandered its streets.After New York City emptied out in March 2020, Glynnis MacNicol, aged forty-six, unmarried with no children, spent sixteen months alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment. The isolation was punishing. A year without touch. Women are warned of invisibility as they age, but this was an extreme loneliness no one can prepare you for. When the opportunity to sublet a friend's apartment in Paris arose, MacNicol jumped on it. Leaving felt less like a risk than a necessity.What follows is a decadent, joyful, unexpected journey into one woman's pursuit of radical enjoyment.The weeks in Paris are filled with friendship and food and sex. There is dancing on the Seine; a plethora of gooey cheese; midnight bike rides through empty Paris; handsome men; afternoons wandering through the empty Louvre; nighttime swimming in the ocean off a French island. And yes, plenty of nudity.In the spirit of Nora Ephron and Deborah Levy (think Colette . . . if she'd had access to dating apps), I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself is an intimate, insightful, powerful, and endlessly pleasurable memoir of an intensely lived experience whose meaning and insight expand far beyond the personal narrative. MacNicol is determined to document the beauty, excess, and triumph of a life that does not require permission.The pursuit of enjoyment is a political act, both a right and a responsibility. Enjoying yourself—as you are—is not something the world tells you is possible, but it is.Here's the proof.

In this witty, feel-good sequel to Younger—the hit TV series from the creator of Sex and the City starring Sutton Foster and Hilary Duff—this romantic comedy of midlife reinvention follows a woman torn between New York and Los Angeles, career ambition and second-chance love. New York or Los Angeles? Romance or commitment? Younger…or older? Liza Miller never dreamed anyone would be interested in her life—let alone turn it into a bestselling novel. But everything changes when, on the eve of her fiftieth birthday, she publishes Younger, a thinly veiled story about a woman posing as a millennial, and her old friend Kelsey sets out to adapt it for television. Soon Liza is swept into the fast-paced world of Hollywood, heading to Los Angeles to help write the pilot. But chasing this new opportunity means leaving behind her on-again, off-again boyfriend Josh, her pregnant daughter, and her fiercely loyal best friend Maggie in New York. As Liza navigates writers' rooms, studio notes, and the intoxicating pull of a new life, she meets Hugo Fielding—a charming, flirtatious British actor who blurs the line between professional chemistry and something more. With one foot in her past and the other in an uncertain future, Liza must decide what—and who—she truly wants. Warm, hilarious, and sharply relatable, this uplifting women's fiction novel explores midlife transformation, second chances, career reinvention, and modern romance, proving it's never too late to start over and become the person you were meant to be.

Described as 'a metaphysical shocker' at the time of its release, Muriel Sparks' The Driver's Seat is a taut psychological thriller, published with an introduction by John Lanchester in Penguin Modern Classics. Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and new experiences takes on a far darker significance as she heads on a journey of self-destruction. Infinity and eternity attend Lise's last terrible day in an unnamed southern city, as she meets her fate. One of six novels to be nominated for a 'Lost Man Booker Prize', The Driver's Seat was adapted into a 1974 film, Identikit, starring Elizabeth Taylor. Muriel Spark (1918 - 2006) wrote poetry, stories, and biographies as well as a remarkable series of novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), The Mandelbaum Gate (1965) which received the James Tait Black Prize, and The Public Image (1968) and Loitering with Intent (1981), both of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Spark was awarded the T.S. Eliot Award for poetry in 1992, and the David Cohen Prize for literature in 1997. If you enjoyed The Driver's Seat, you might like Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'An extraordinary tour de force, a crime story turned inside out' David Lodge 'Her spiny and treacherous masterpiece' New Yorker

Nature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer! VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of “Papa” Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands--and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance... Epic in scope, and one of the best-selling shojo titles of all time in Japan, Akimi Yoshida put an electric shock into the genre and gained a huge crossover audience through Banana Fish 's stripped-down, non-stop style. The idea that Ash Lynx would be more controllable in jail has worked out for nobody, because in between gang rape and random assaults, Ash has not only managed to get Eiji to carry out info to his allies in Chinatown, but he's met cellmate Max Lobo, another survivor of his brother's unit in Vietnam. That means as soon as Ash makes bail, he's only headed for bigger trouble. But what's more dangerous for him, confronting Papa Dino or his real father...?

EIN WAGEMUTIGER UND LEBHAFTER DUFT VON SJP – Inspiriert von Sarah Jessica Parkers geliebter Heimatstadt fängt das Eau de Parfum SJP NYC Ladies die Energie, Aufregung und Faszination von New York City ein und macht es zum ultimativen Stilstatement in Sachen Duft. EIN KONZENTRIERTER COCKTAIL AUS DUFTNOTEN – Mandarine, weißer Osmanthus und Walderdbeeren führen zu einer blumigen Herznote aus Gardenie, Geißblatt und Mimose. Basisnoten aus Rum, Sandelholz und Moschus runden dieses Damenparfüm auf verführerische Weise ab. ELEGANZ FÜR JEDEN MOMENT – Dieses abenteuerliche Damenparfüm begeistert die Sinne und begleitet Sie mühelos vom Tag bis in die Nacht. Tragen Sie es zu Hause, um sich zu entspannen, oder sprühen Sie es auf ein kleines schwarzes Kleid, das Sie mit Manolo Blahnik-High-Heels für einen Abend in der Stadt tragen. EIN PERFEKTES GESCHENK FÜR DIE KOSMOPOLITISCHE FRAU – SJP's Leidenschaft für Mode inspirierte das Design der SJP NYC-Flasche, deren einzigartiges Muster aus Stoffmustern ihrer Lieblingsstoffläden in New York besteht und die ein unvergleichliches Damenparfüm hervorbringt. Echtes Parfüm von Sarah Jessica Parker – Bekannt für ihre ikonische Rolle in „Sex and the City“, fangen die Damenparfüms von Sarah Jessica Parker die Essenz ihrer zeitlosen Eleganz ein und verkörpern mit jedem Spritzer Raffinesse und einen Hauch von Prominentencharme.

EIN WAGEMUTIGER UND LEBHAFTER DUFT VON SJP – Inspiriert von Sarah Jessica Parkers geliebter Heimatstadt fängt das Eau de Parfum SJP NYC Ladies die Energie, Aufregung und Faszination von New York City ein und macht es zum ultimativen Stilstatement in Sachen Duft. EIN KONZENTRIERTER COCKTAIL AUS DUFTNOTEN – Mandarine, weißer Osmanthus und Walderdbeeren führen zu einer blumigen Herznote aus Gardenie, Geißblatt und Mimose. Basisnoten aus Rum, Sandelholz und Moschus runden dieses Damenparfüm auf verführerische Weise ab. ELEGANZ FÜR JEDEN MOMENT – Dieses abenteuerliche Damenparfüm begeistert die Sinne und begleitet Sie mühelos vom Tag bis in die Nacht. Tragen Sie es zu Hause, um sich zu entspannen, oder sprühen Sie es auf ein kleines schwarzes Kleid, das Sie mit Manolo Blahnik-High-Heels zu einem Abend in der Stadt tragen. EIN PERFEKTES GESCHENK FÜR DIE KOSMOPOLITISCHE FRAU – SJP's Leidenschaft für Mode inspirierte das Design der SJP NYC-Flasche, deren einzigartiges Muster aus Stoffmustern ihrer Lieblingsstoffläden in New York besteht und die ein unvergleichliches Damenparfüm hervorbringt. Echtes Parfüm von Sarah Jessica Parker – Bekannt für ihre ikonische Rolle in „Sex and the City“, fangen die Damenparfüms von Sarah Jessica Parker die Essenz ihrer zeitlosen Eleganz ein und verkörpern mit jedem Spritzer Raffinesse und einen Hauch von Promi-Charme.

THE DEBUT NOVEL THAT'LL STEAL YOUR HEART SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 'So beautiful ... Simply, it must be read' LISA TADDEO 'This feels like reading an Oscar-winning film' AISLING BEA 'Heart-shatteringly visceral and precise' WIZ WHARTON 'Compulsive, engrossing, and gorgeous ... Read it now' STEPHANIE SCOTT Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, suppressing not only her heritage but her growing desire for her best friend Fran. Yuki leaves the Japanese countryside to pursue her dream of becoming a concert violinist in London. Far from home and in an unfamiliar city, she finds herself caught up in the charms of her older teacher. Haruka attempts to navigate Tokyo's nightlife and all of its many vices, working as a hostess in the city's sex district. She grieves a mother who hid so many secrets from her, until finally one of those secrets comes to light . . . Shifting between three intertwining narratives, Mongrel reveals a tangled web of desire, isolation, belonging and ultimately, hope. 5 Star Reader Reviews: 'Utterly captivating' 'Achingly real' 'Moving and unforgettable' 'Stunning yet heartbreaking' 'Devastating, powerful' 'Easily one of the best books I've ever read'

In the second warm, funny and romantic novel in the Girls' Weekend Away series, four best friends embark on the ultimate girls' getaway filled with hijinks and a sprinkling of romance. For any fan of Bridesmaids and Sex and the City and readers of Jo Watson, Lauren Layne, Joanna Bolouri and Cate Woods. The single mom... When Celia Fox's ex-husband serves her with custody papers during the same weekend he's getting remarried, she expects things to go downhill from there. So when her best friends show up to whisk her away for a girls' getaway to San Francisco, it's just what the doctor ordered. Add in the chance to see Landon Bryant again, and she can't wait for the weekend to begin. And the playboy millionaire... Landon and Celia shared stolen moments of passion in Vegas, and Landon hasn't been able to stop thinking about her since. He knows she's under pressure to hold her family together, but he's determined to prove he's there for her - and that she deserves some fun of her own. Are about to get wild. As Celia rediscovers who she used to be and her relationship with Landon deepens, she begins to believe he's someone she can rely on. But Celia has been keeping a secret from everyone - if the truth comes out, will they play it safe or take a leap of faith? Each book in the Girls Weekend Away series is STANDALONE: * What Happens in Vegas * Meet Me In San Francisco * The Nashville Bet * A Match Made in Monaco

The Sunday Times Bestseller 'A full-spectrum triumph' Guardian A sensational new novel from the bestselling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of privileged Los Angeles high school friends as a serial killer strikes across the city. His first novel in 13 years, The Shards is Bret Easton Ellis at his inimitable best. LA, 1981. Buckley College in heat. 17-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past. Robert Mallory is bright, handsome, charismatic, and shielding a secret from Bret and his friends, even as he becomes a part of their tightly knit circle. Bret's obsession with Mallory is equalled only by his increasingly unsettling preoccupation with The Trawler, a serial killer on the loose who seems to be drawing ever closer to Bret and his friends, taunting them with grotesque threats and horrific, sharply local acts of violence. Can he trust his friends - or his own mind - to make sense of the danger they appear to be in? Thwarted by the world and by his own innate desires, buffeted by unhealthy fixations, Bret spirals into paranoia and isolation as the relationship between The Trawler and Robert Mallory hurtles inexorably toward a collision. Gripping, sly, suspenseful, deeply haunting and often darkly funny, The Shards is a mesmerizing fusing of fact and fiction that brilliantly explores the emotional fabric of Bret's life at 17 - sex and jealousy, obsession and murderous rage.

A hotshot snowboarder and a rebel with a cause try to let go of the past-and find a future with each other-in this intense and exhilarating romance from the New York Times bestselling author of the Crave series. Twenty-one-year-old professional snowboarder Z Michaels is the bad boy of Park City, Utah. He's always had his pick of any girl in town-and on the competition circuit. But underneath his cool exterior is a young man in turmoil, trying to take the edge off tragedy by overindulging in sex and shredding the slopes. In fact, Z's rash behavior is a thinly veiled attempt to blunt his emotional suffering with physical pain. Ophelia Richardson isn't like any girl Z has ever met. Though she's from New Orleans, she's no Southern belle-and she's not shy about being miserable in frozen, godforsaken Park City. But after nearly dying in the same drag-racing accident that killed her boyfriend, she needs a place to heal, both physically and emotionally. The last thing Ophelia wants right now is a boyfriend-especially one as rich and reckless as Z. But Ophelia soon discovers that he isn't what he seems. If anything, Z may be even more damaged than she is. Feeling alone in the world, Z and Ophelia find a connection unlike any they've ever known. But their tormented pasts pull them in every direction, forcing their relationship into a downhill slide before it even begins-unless they can find the strength in each other to trust, grow, and love again. Don't miss any of Tracy Wolff's seductive novels: The Ethan Frost series: RUINED ADDICTED EXPOSED FLAWED The Sebastian Caine series: PLAY ME WILD PLAY ME HOT PLAY ME HARD PLAY ME REAL PLAY ME RIGHT PLAY ME: THE COMPLETE STORY The Lightning series: DOWN & DIRTY HOT & HEAVY ROUGH & READY The His Royal Hotness series: ROYAL PAIN ROYAL TREATMENT And her standalone reads: LOVEGAME FULL EXPOSURE TIE ME DOWN

As a member of Big in Japan, The Slits and, most famously, Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Creatures, 'Budgie' was an era-defining drummer in the much-mythologised post punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. But before he was Budgie, Peter Clarke was a boy growing up in working class St Helens in the 1960s. The loss of his mum at a young age created the absence that haunts the pages of this book. As a teenager disenchanted with art school in Liverpool, Peter became Budgie and befriended the likes of Jayne Casey, Pete Burns and other luminaries of the legendary Eric's Club before taking off for London and the big city heat of punk. Budgie's unique technique and musical sensitivity endeared him to the all-female group The Slits, who asked him to play on their debut album Cut. Subsequent touring with former members of the Sex Pistols and others from the post punk aristocracy firmly established Budgie's reputation for innovation. But the beating heart of this at times painfully honest account of a life often sabotaged is, of course, his long-term position as Siouxsie and the Banshees' drummer and co-writer alongside his ex-wife Siouxsie Sioux. Their creative partnership produced some of the most seductive and celebrated pop music of the decade. Eventually, their personal relationship started to fall apart, with inevitable consequences for both bands. The Absence is bravely unflinching in its dissection of how and why this happened, and powerfully moving in its account of the angels that emerged to heal both these wounds and those of a mother's lost love. A man and musician whose creativity and singular style came to define the goth-pop 1980s, Budgie's life is both fabulously glamorous and a cautionary tale. For the first time the story of the era's most exalted and mysterious bands has been told by one who survived inside the belly of the beast.

Will a budding wedding planner and her bad boy neighbor stop banging heads and start hearing wedding bells in the sexy second novel in USA TODAY bestselling author Lauren Layne's irresistible new series that marries Sex and the City with The Wedding Planner? When small-town girl Heather Fowler finally gets promoted from assistant to actual wedding planner, she's determined to make it as one of Manhattan's elite Wedding Belles. Unfortunately, her first client demands an opulent black-tie affair at the Plaza...in five months' time. Heather's days quickly become a flurry of cake tastings, dress-fittings, RSVP cards, and bridal tantrums. But what she's really losing sleep over is the live music blaring from her playboy neighbor's apartment all night. Five years ago, Josh Tanner was an up-and-comer on Wall Street, complete with the penthouse and the migraines. But a grim cancer diagnosis made him realize there is more to life than the corner office. If only he could convince his pretty, workaholic neighbor to let loose, too. As Heather lets down her guard, Josh is surprised when he starts falling for the sweet, vulnerable woman hiding beneath those power suits. Soon, it's Heather's turn to convince Josh to take the biggest risk of all: love.

A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny! Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll. Although these two young women come from different backgrounds, they quickly become best friends in a whirlwind world of sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties! Nana K.'s perfect Tokyo life is crumbling around her. She can't keep a job, she can't keep any money, and now it looks like she can't even keep her boyfriend! But luckily, a tasty nugget of gossip about Nana O.'s past love life helps Nana K. keep her mind off her own troubles. If she can play the role of cupid for her best friend, can Nana K. get closer to her own happy ending?

A Sunday Times, Times, Irish Times and Mojo Book of the Year Rough Trade #1 Book of the Year Resident Music #1 Book of the Year 'Were you there? Well this is as close as it gets! Thurston Moore's compelling and spirited account of the streets, the songs, the clothes, the clubs and the contenders! A sensitive and authentic testimony to Moore's life lived through art and music. Beats with the heart of a true artist and mutineer.' Viv Albertine 'Downtown scientists rejoice! For Thurston Moore has unearthed the missing links, the sacred texts, the forgotten stories, and the secret maps of the lost golden age. This is history-scuffed, slightly bent, plenty noisy, and indispensable.' Colson Whitehead A music-obsessed retrospective, beginning with his childhood epiphany of rock 'n' roll in the early 1960s into an infatuation with the subversive world of 1970s punk and no wave blasting forth from New York City - where he eventually runs off to join a band in 1978. By 1981 Moore would form the legendary and notorious experimental rock group Sonic Youth, who proceeded to record and tour relentlessly for almost 30 years, always progressing, always exploring. Along the way we meet a constellation of artists and musicians who colluded and collided with Sonic Youth including Velvet Underground, Stooges, Patti Smith, Television, Sex Pistols, Clash, Nirvana, Hole, Beastie Boys, Neil Young and a cavalcade of other musical visionaries, as well as figures from the art world - Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Gerhard Richter. Simply put, Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth changed the sound of modern alternative rock music and opened the minds of a generation of artists to new possibilities within the form. This is essential reading. 'I thoroughly enjoyed Thurston Moore's trip down the gauntlet of memory lane, dodging beer bottles and pools of blood as he balances the demands of art and survival. Plus I'm a sucker for anyone who name-checks Saccharine Trust. A raw, rollicking document.' Nell Zink