Coming of Age

Kara McIntyre is supposed to be jetting off to her destination wedding in Hawaii. However, a last-minute hitch appears to have left her without a job, home and, more importantly, a fiancé. TV sensation Ollie Chiles and Kara always have each other’s backs. But when his wife goes viral in a compromising clinch with another man, Ollie must choose between supporting his best friend in her hour of need or going home to save his marriage.

Griffin Hurt is in over his head. Between his role as Peter Proton on the hit TV show The Nuclear Family and the pressure of high school at New York's elite Boyd Prep—along with the increasingly compromising demands of his wrestling coach—he's teetering on the edge of collapse. Then comes Naomi Shah, twenty-two years Griffin’s senior. Unwilling to lay his burdens on his shrink—whom he shares with his father, mother, and younger brother, Oren—Griffin soon finds himself in the back of Naomi’s Mercedes sedan, again and again, confessing all to the one person who might do him the most harm.

When 16-year-old Gabriel Lazris, an American in Santiago, Chile, meets Caro Ravest, something clicks. Caro, who is Chilean, is charming, curious, and deeply herself. Gabriel dreams of their future together. But everybody’s saying there’s going to be a coup—and no one says it louder than Gabriel’s dad, a Nixon-loving newspaper editor who Gabriel suspects is working with the C.I.A. Gabriel’s father is adamant that the moment political unrest erupts, their family is going home. To Gabriel, though, Chile is home.

Harry White grew up in blue-collar Brooklyn, but the young man's charm, smarts, and good looks have helped him earn a place as an uptown junior executive. White's gifts have also made his love life easy, and he takes special pleasure in seducing married women. But when "Harry the Lover" is ready to grow up and leave his womanizing behind, White finds that suppressing his libido has dangerous consequences. His attempts at restraint awaken something sinister, causing White to seek excitement in a new form of violence and depravity.

東京で挫折し、故郷の丹馬九重市に戻った主人公・弓沢は、市役所のアルバイトに採用され、正規職員を目指していた。

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK: Se doresc, se amăgesc, își fac griji despre sex și despre lumea în care trăiesc. Poate că, pur și simplu, ne naștem ca să iubim și să ne facem griji pentru oamenii pe care îi știm și ca să continuăm să iubim și să ne facem griji chiar și atunci când există lucruri mai importante pe care ar trebui să le facem. Alice, romancieră, îl întâlnește pe Felix, care lucrează la un depozit, și îl întreabă dacă i-ar plăcea să meargă cu ea la Roma. În Dublin, prietena ei cea mai bună, Eileen, trece printr-o despărțire și începe din nou să flirteze cu Simon, pe care îl știe încă din copilărie.

If ‘Life Begins at Forty’, then Charlotte Turner's not off to the best of starts. On top of a recent divorce, and trouble with her twelve-year-old son, the husband of her closest friend has just started to show a bit too much interest in her as a newly-single woman. But only when Charlotte has faced up to some uncomfortable truths about her past can she finally shed the unhappy skin she's been so comfortable in and open up her life – and her heart – to all the promise and possibility that her future holds.

David Copperfield war Charles Dickens der liebste Roman, es ist auch sein persönlichster. Das Buch hat Generationen von Lesenden in seinen Bann geschlagen, vielen war und ist es prägende Jugendlektüre, große Autorinnen und Autoren – Leo Tolstoi, Virginia Woolf, Vladimir Nabokov, Elias Canetti – verehrten ihn ein Leben lang. Es ist zunächst eine Leidensgeschichte im viktorianischen England. Nach dem Tod des Vaters geboren und nach einer unseligen Neuvermählung der Mutter muss der junge David eine höllenhafte Schulzeit durchleiden, wird bereits als Zehnjähriger zur Arbeit gezwungen.

Ophélie déteste Noël et sa coloc et amie Zoé adore cette fête. Cette année, Ophélie se sent dans un creux de vague : son chum l’a laissée pendant l’été et son avenir en tant prof de littérature au cégep est loin d’être assuré, puisqu’elle est en début de carrière. Zoé propose donc un pari à son amie : si elle réussit à lui faire aimer Noël, elle aura le droit de décorer l’appartement plus tôt l’an prochain. Le bal des activités de saison est lancé. Zoé ne lésine pas sur les classiques des fêtes, ce qui permet à Ophélie de rencontrer Laurent, avec qui le potentiel amoureux est au rendez-vous.

Trotter, Harding, Anderton e Chase: sembra il nome di un prestigioso studio legale; in realtà si tratta di un quartetto di giovani amici, che frequenta un liceo elitario di Birmingham, quel tipo di scuola che preleva giovani intelligenti dal loro background ordinario e li fa atterrare in una classe sociale diversa da quella dei loro genitori. I ragazzi sono destinati a Cambridge e Oxford, a carriere importanti, mentre i loro genitori rimangono impantanati nel loro mondo di matrimoni sciovinisti, scontri sindacali, guerre di classe e di razza, di ignoranza culturale.

Shaken by problems at home, confused by the motives of a new love, and reeling from a public meltdown, high school hockey star Walt McNamara joins an exclusive new leadership program controlled by the ultra-wealthy summer residents of Whaleback Island, a granite and spruce oasis off the coast of Maine. But this is no paradise; secrets lurk in its murky waters.

Thomas Hart e Grace Macaulay sono spiriti affini, divisi tra l'impegno religioso e il desiderio di esplorare il mondo al di là della loro piccola comunità battista. Quando un evento incrina la loro amicizia, allontanandoli, Thomas inizia a sviluppare un'ossessione per un’astronoma scomparsa nel XIX secolo e Grace fugge da Aldleigh per raggiungere Londra e un’esistenza che immagina più indipendente, più libera.

The prequel to the critically-acclaimed novel, The Conjurer, has arrived. The paths of three boys intertwine at an unlikely junction in this fantastic tale of treachery, hope, and power. When opportunity knocks for Mikalla to become The Conjurer’s assistant, he is quickly rivaled by Gobi, the jealous and talented apprentice. Gobi will do anything for a chance to rid Mikalla of his position. Meanwhile, the second prince of Idaza is a pudgy royal with not much to do and even less to be proud of.

In the heart of a small mountain town where football reigns supreme and tradition casts long shadows, Ms. Chelsea Deal defies the norm. Amid the echoes of clashing helmets and the roar of a crowd, Chelsea, a former big-city lawyer now cast as the interim head coach for the undefeated Rabon Knights, becomes the unexpected mentor for two young players whose dreams echo her own. Palmer, a reclusive teenager brimming with untapped talent, and Ty, an old soul fighting the gravest of battles, join forces with Chelsea to overcome their differences and fight for a championship.

"Era o final dos anos 80, e tudo isso era normal. Pessoas levavam a filha das outras para casa sem avisar, crianças passeavam na caçamba dos carros, ninguém usava cinto de segurança, ansiedade era coisa que se curava com chinelada e/ou benzedura. E o mais maluco de tudo: existia uma bala assassina, a terrível e deliciosa bala Soft." Nesse universo tão real quanto imaginativo, Natalia Borges Polesso apresenta duas histórias que trazem um olhar sensível sobre a passagem da sua própria infância para a adolescência.

Estate 2001: in tutte le radio impazza il singolo-tormentone Ossessione Onirica di Boavida. Non è una stagione come le altre: a Genova va in scena il G8 più discusso della storia, Carlo Giuliani viene ucciso, qualche giorno dopo si consuma la mattanza della scuola Diaz; le Torri Gemelle cadono giù, a settembre, per mano dei terroristi. Ernesto Celi, in arte Boavida, continua a cantare canzoni disimpegnate perché così vuole la sua etichetta discografica. Interviste, ospitate, il Festivalbar in cui deve esibirsi dopo che una star si è rifiutata di cantare in playback.

Dal cassetto del mio comodino sbuca un portafoto in plastica arancione pieno di fotografie brutte, ed è subito estate del 1990. C'è Claudia con la frangetta e un paio di occhiali da sole con lenti fumé, Gina un po' più magra e con i capelli bagnati sciolti sulle spalle, io con gli occhiali da vista e sottile come un orbettino. Lulù era già andata via. Mi ricordo gli anni dopo la sua fuga, quella strana assenza mista a sollievo. Non sapere dove fosse e cosa stesse facendo era inquietante, ma la vita senza di lei era diventata più semplice, almeno per noi.

Beneath the Mango Trees is a beautiful coming-of-age novel that transports readers to a small coastal village in Jamaica, where young Marley James lives under the warmth of her family's heritage and the wisdom of her beloved grandmother, Nana Liz. Every day, under the sprawling branches of an ancient mango tree, Marley hears tales of her family's past, deepening her connection to the land and culture that shaped them.

Azul Morgan, a young Native/Indigenous woman is the next rock star to break. Trapped in M-town, Iowa during the "Next Seattle" Midwest Music Scene explosion during the aftermath of 9/11, she takes her guitar, named Mocha, & her composition notebook, The Bastard Chronicle, to write the greatest songs ever & form the perfect band.

Cette histoire évocatrice et chargée d'émotion, saluée par Publisher's Weekly et Kirkus Reviews, suit un enfant illégitime placé dans une famille puissante et excentrique d'Hollywood après une liaison scandaleuse. Ses origines sont méticuleusement dissimulées par un avocat notoire à la demande d'un célèbre compositeur. Déterminée à enterrer la vérité, sa mère adoptive tire les ficelles et fait appel à des alliés influents, dont une icône de la télévision, pour s'assurer que le garçon ne découvre jamais son passé.

Moving between the landscapes of fictional Runion, North Carolina, and Nashville's Music Row, Gabriel's Songbook follows a songwriter and singer through his search for fame and belonging. As he juggles ambition, love, and occasional despair, he finds that his dream of success and his love of music become increasingly at odds.

Raven Ledger was born two minutes before her twin brother Matthew. The newborns shared the same blood, the same womb, and the same parents. But everything about the siblings was different . . . one was darkness and one was light. Raven was born into poverty to a mother who couldn’t care for her, and a father who would do anything to see his twins thrive. Eventually, Raven becomes a pawn between her parents.

Cosimo, Italo e Vanda sono bambini di appena dieci anni con i sogni, la voglia di scoprire il mondo e la spensieratezza dell’infanzia intrappolate dalla Seconda guerra mondiale. Mentre l’intera nazione vacilla, i tre, di fronte alla scomparsa di un amico, non hanno dubbi: devono partire per una missione di soccorso. La loro fuga darà il via a una seconda, disperata missione di soccorso, quella di una suora e di un militare in convalescenza che subito si mettono sulle loro tracce. Nel 2023 da questo libro è stato tratto un film omonimo diretto da Claudio Bisio.

If throwing a stone into a well brings joy, some pigeons’ lives must be disrupted—that’s the harsh reality of Aahil’s world. Born and raised in a modest home in a small village, Aahil’s journey is shaped by pain and hatred, leading him to a perspective vastly different from ours. This book offers a glimpse into that world. For Aahil, the world comprises two kinds of people: those who walk a path to reach a destination and those who take any path just to escape where they are.

Questa è una storia che comincia una sera a cena, quando Libero Marsell, dodicenne, intuisce come si può imparare ad amare. La famiglia si è da poco trasferita a Parigi e la madre ha iniziato a tradire il padre. Questa è la storia, raccontata in prima persona, di quel dodicenne che da allora si affaccia nel mondo guidato dalla luce cristallina del suo nome. Misura il fascino della madre, gli orizzonti sognatori del padre, il labirinto magico della città. Avverte prima con le antenne dell’infanzia, poi con le urgenze della maturità, il generoso e confidente mondo delle donne.