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When a young man finds himself thrown into the world of cowboys, ranch life, and an Arabian stallion named Old Smokey Joe, he discovers that the ride isn’t just about learning to stay in the saddle. It’s about learning to stay the course. Guided by two old hands who know the cowboy way, he comes to see that true strength lies not in conquering, but in respecting. Through moments of silence, connection, and unspoken understanding, Smokey Joe teaches him about humility, courage, and the bond between body and soul.

Some summers don't just pass; they redefine you. It’s a season measured in a cascade of firsts: the nervous energy of a first date, the terrifying, liberating weight of a first confession, the breathtaking moment you feel truly seen by someone else. Suddenly, the simplest things become landmarks etched in your memory, the way the afternoon sun slants through the trees, the melody of a shared song on the radio. The future, once a predictable line on a map, explodes into a constellation of thrilling, uncertain paths.

Clara ist mit ihrer Kraft so gut wie am Ende. Seitdem beim gemeinsamen Sohn eine schwere Atemwegserkrankung festgestellt wurde, stehen sie und ihr Mann Paul unter Druck. Da tritt von einem auf den anderen Tag ihr alter Jugendfreund, ihre erste große Liebe Max wieder in ihr Leben. Er bietet der erschöpften Familie völlig überraschend sein Ferienhaus auf Sylt an, um dort wieder zu Kräften zu kommen. Doch kaum auf Sylt angekommen, bemerkt sie, dass ihre Gefühle für Max immer noch stark sind.

The future is not a safe place. When Tay Maslov was a girl she lived in New York State, and her playground was the sun-drenched fields of her parents' farm. But all that changed the day the Servitors came, looking for new recruits for their master, the Archon Jeremiah of Brooklyn. The vampires—or Elders—rule the cities now, and hardly any humans are left out in the wilderness. All the land is given over to the bizarre animal-like Shifters. The Elders run the Blood Banks, enforce Blood Donations, as well as the Blood Clubs and the culls of insurgents.

Non è facile iniziare l'università in una grande città come Kyoto: le aspettative sociali e la scoperta di sé non sempre coincidono, e può capitare di sentirsi persi e soli. È proprio la ricerca di un posto sicuro che fa incontrare Nanamori e Mugito. Si sono conosciuti in un club per amanti dei peluche, un luogo dove sono custoditi più di trecento pupazzi, ma soprattutto dove chi ha bisogno di un supporto emotivo può parlare con il proprio animale di pezza senza temere il giudizio degli altri.

When Ingram is forced by overwhelming poverty and spiritual exhaustion to walk away from his home, he leaves behind a neglectful childhood on a dirt farm on a dead-end road. With no family, no resources, and no practical understanding of the world, Ingram’s only compass is the daily fight to survive and the narrow dream of one day owning a truck.

All roads lead to Ecbatana, as the trading masters say. This ancient fortress with its multi-colored interlocking walls, vibrant bazaars, and powerful sorcerers who use a mysterious magic called metamorphistry lies in the path of the rag-tag group of refugees from fallen Clairvaux. But as Cimree, Azra, Trinati, and the others soon learn, there is a tradition in Ecbatana both perilous and promising—Ecbatana is periodically ruled by a tyrant queen, chosen to wield absolute power while the scheming nobles react to drastic changes in fortune.

This riveting story is told through the eyes of a young bull elk calf that is born into the wilds of Southwest Montana. Experience the incredible exploits of this young elk as he grows to become a great leader of his kind. His life is one of challenge and near tragedy as he struggles to survive the often violent life that is nature. Under the guidance of great bulls and mysterious spirit guides, this brave young bull grows to understand the never-ending circle of life and the oneness that he and all living things share.

At ten years old, Ivy Schrock’s world shatters when she is forced into foster care after suffering abuse at the hands of her father. Torn from her Amish home, she is thrust into a string of foster families where every day feels like survival. But Ivy is determined to find her place, slowly learning independence and forming fragile friendships that help her heal. As she grows into adulthood, Ivy discovers a passion that fuels her spirit, even as shadows of her past resurface to test her strength. Heartbreak and painful memories threaten to pull her under, but Ivy refuses to break.

Ogni mattina Kristi si sveglia in attesa dell’inaspettato. Non ha paura del cambiamento, anzi, la sua filosofia è abbracciare tutto ciò che la vita le dona. Ne è talmente convinta che prova a trasmettere il messaggio anche ai clienti del suo negozio. Ma non è stato sempre così. Quando Kristi era solo una ragazza, è rimasta incinta della figlia Iben e ha dovuto prendere le distanze dalla famiglia per costruirsi un futuro in città. Era sola e spaventata.

In the brutal, concrete landscape of Diston Town, teenage Des Pepperdine is doing his best to stay invisible—reading poetry, avoiding trouble, and nursing a dangerous secret. But his guardian, Lionel Asbo, is a ferocious presence: a pit bull-breeding, tabloid-devouring career criminal with a...

A prizewinning, semi-autobiographical debut novel that explores a young woman’s struggle with mental illness at Oxford University in the 1950s—for readers of Ottessa Moshfegh, Melissa Broder, and Sally Rooney. At a tea party at Oxford University in the 1950s, earnest undergraduates in floral...

A brilliant and compelling debut, Ravishing shines a light on the dark enticements of the beauty industry and how it capitalizes on our desire to be someone we are not. A provocative, darkly surreal novel of two Indian American siblings caught in the clutches of a beauty tech company, Ravishing...

For fans of The Reader and inspired by historical events in 1940s Italy, a poignant and hopeful novel in which a young, illiterate herdsman learns to read with the help of his two friends— rewriting his destiny in the process September 1942. Young Davide is no stranger to hunger or cruelty...

A Lion in the Way is the story of Annerley’s friendship with two contemporaries whose characters and personalities differed widely from her own: the temperamental and quick-tempered Shareen Prebdel, daughter of wealthy Indian parents—and Moira Fenwick, a difficult and self-willed girl whose parents had never concerned themselves with her well-being. It is also the story of Annerley’s development from Childhood to womanhood, and her marriage. Above all it is the story of India, of the people’s fight for independence and the dawning of the end of British rule.

Nacida fuera del matrimonio y rechazada por la sociedad, Alma ha aprendido a vivir en soledad y es feliz así, siempre que tenga a su madre a su lado. Pero, cuando esta enferma gravemente, descubre una pista sobre su padre, del que hasta ese momento no sabe nada, y le escribe pidiéndole ayuda. No sospecha entonces que es una bastarda de la Casa de Avera, una de las cuatro familias nobles que, imbuidas de poder divino, sirven a los dioses, y que su padre es un recipiente de la Bestia Pavorosa, el dios más aterrador de todos, el heraldo de la muerte.

When fifteen-year-old Jay becomes separated from his class during a field trip into the Florida slough, he’s armed with almost nothing: a half-charged drone, a paper map, and a bottle of warm water. Every step through the swamp is a fight against mud that pulls, roots that trip, and eyes in the water that might belong to logs—or alligators. But the swamp isn’t empty. Moss, a scarred, ancient alligator, shadows Jay’s journey. Not as protector, not as hunter—simply as presence. In the fog and silence, that presence feels like guidance.

Nu er hun der, 43 år og rustet til tænderne med oplevelsestrang og gåpåmod, klar til at »gøre« New York alene, til fods, for – som hun siger – »at se det hele selv«. Hun går, gade op og gade ned; først på tværs og så på langs af Manhattan. Men først besøger hun Museum of Modern Art – kaldet MOMA og er rundt og hilse på hos venner og kolleger på små alternative bogforlag. Rundtursbilletten muliggør en afstikker til Lincoln, Nebraska og – i anledning af en forestående udgivelse af Vinterbørn i USA, et besøg på byens fødeafdeling.

Sotto il cielo terso di un pomeriggio di fine marzo, in una stanza dell'ala ponente dell'hospice, Piera Raccis sta morendo. Al suo fianco, il fratello prediletto Claudio raccoglie le sue ultime parole: un'eredità inattesa, destinata esclusivamente a lui. Ma è proprio allora che Claudio precipita in una rovina che squaderna tutti i suoi equilibri. Da una parte la famiglia d'origine, che rivendica diritti che non ha sull'eredità che Piera ha scelto di lasciargli, aprendo gli argini al caos di antichi rancori mai riconosciuti.

Rosa sa di avere un vuoto nella memoria, un lungo intervallo di tempo che segna con una riga netta la fine della sua adolescenza: la ragazzina vitale, inquieta, fantasiosa è diventata una giovane diligente e fin troppo responsabile. Quei mesi – persi, cancellati – sono gli stessi in cui i genitori, spaventati dalla sua esuberanza e dai cattivi risultati a scuola, l'avevano ricoverata in una clinica del sonno, come usava negli anni settanta. Ora che Rosa è una donna matura, dopo anni trascorsi all'estero in missioni umanitarie, rientra in Italia.