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The carefree existence of a young New Yorker is upended on a Friday afternoon at the office. His recruitment by the high flyers at his Wall Street firm for a special project thrusts him into life in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. There, he experiences incredibly odd happenings and paranormal activities that have him question his own sanity. However, a special errand takes him to the United Kingdom and back; all to deliver an ancient remedy to the special client.

In 2024, after a lifetime of bad luck, Blake Sims dies alone and angry about what could have been. But that was not the end of Blake's story. It's the beginning of a new version of his life when fourteen-year-old Blake wakes up in 1994 with the memory of a vivid dream. A dream of living a whole life filled with disappointment, which all started in his sophomore year of high school when his father died.

Ophelia Blue Rivers is the specificity of her circumstance. She’s not just mixed in the American binary sense of being a racial amalgamation of two races; she’s a mix of two of the distinct racial identities that make up the politics of this continent. She’s Black and she is Native American, raised by her grandmother who is a Black descendent of Cherokee freedmen.

Everyone at Ridgemont Academy knows what to expect from Emma Caroline Blake. Perfect grades. Perfect record. Perfect life. Then she stands up in class and commits an act so shocking her reputation will never recover. And that’s exactly what Emma wants. In a world where the path forward is uncertain, expectation is the enemy.

Swanee Burrows, the restless, razor-sharp fifteen-year-old daughter of a scandal-ridden congressman and a flawed yet magnetic socialite, struggles to find her footing as her parents' bitter and very public divorce spirals out of control. In the rain-soaked landscape of the Pacific Northwest, Swanee's runaway attempts and the intricate web of deception surrounding her family bring her dangerously close to the edge of no return.

Do vencedor do prêmio Jabuti, a história de luta e coragem de uma adolescente negra que sonha em ser filósofa e encontrar seu lugar no mundo. Um pouco antes das eleições de 1989, a protagonista deste romance migra de Porto Alegre para o Rio de Janeiro. Entre as duas cidades, entre a infância e a adolescência pobres, acompanhamos a trajetória de Estela em meio a uma sequência de violências, faltas e desamparos a que ela, a mãe e o irmão são submetidos. Manifestando suas inquietações com a vida, as perguntas da jovem perscrutam seu mundo e as dores que carrega.

Após episódios de censura e duzentas mil cópias vendidas de O avesso da pele, o novo romance do autor vencedor do prêmio Jabuti. Com a lei de cotas raciais como tema, uma história sobre preconceito e luta, exclusão e sonho. De onde eles vêm tem como pano de fundo o ingresso dos primeiros cotistas na universidade brasileira. Na história, que se passa em Porto Alegre, por volta dos anos 2000, acompanhamos o despertar racial do narrador, Joaquim, em meio a um ambiente hostil.

Niet elk kind groeit zorgeloos op. Zoals Esmée, wier ouders gescheiden zijn. Haar moeder worstelt om haar eigen leven op orde te krijgen, terwijl haar vader een bedreiging vormt voor zijn dochters. Esmée zoekt houvast bij haar knuffelbeer, haar verbeelding, haar beste vriendin Arisa en haar oudere zus Nel. Uiteindelijk vindt ze troost in een hardnekkig verlangen om te verdwijnen.

Знаете ли вы, что чаи, заполняющие полки магазинов, в реальности не лучше соломы, а выращивание чайных кустов на террасах — профанация? Как же изготавливают настоящий чай? Это знает народ акха, на протяжении столетий занимавшийся изготовлением целебного пуэра. В горной деревне крестьяне ухаживают за чайными деревьями и свято хранят древние традиции. Этому же учили и девочку Лиянь, но, став свидетельницей ритуального убийства новорожденных близнецов, она не хочет больше поклоняться старым идолам.

Дух был вечным и продолжал жить, сменяя смертные оболочки, в своем любопытстве наблюдая за становлением того мира, который мы знаем сегодня. Дух станет человеком и передаст свою историю потомкам. А они — своим. И те — своим, поддерживая вечный, необратимый цикл.

Никто не помнит, как сюда попал. Никто не может отсюда уйти. И когда зловещий некто начинает убивать учеников по одному, она одна способна выяснить, кто это делает, и остановить резню. Она кошка — кошачья маска приросла к ее лицу. Глаз у нее больше нет. Она сильная, она быстрая.

Embark on an unforgettable journey with She Talks to Fish–a novel that offers a rich tapestry of experiences for every listener. This riveting story highlights the serenity of nature, the importance of family, exhilarating adventures, and a connection that grows into an enduring love. Prepare to be captivated, inspired, and empowered as you are immersed in a world unlike anything you have ever experienced before.

"Ava’s Façade" by Kinsley LeRoy is a compelling narrative that analyzes the complications of identity and relationships. The book examines Ava Stewart's journey as a therapist who helps children handle their emotional grinds while she herself struggles with the dissonance between her professional conquest and personal life.

It is said that when one person in a family is unstable, the whole family is destabilized. Meet the Shreds. Olivia is the sister in the spotlight until her stunning confidence becomes erratic and unpredictable, a hurricane leaving people wrecked in her wake. Younger sister Amy, cautious and studious to the core, believes in facts, proof, and the empirical world. None of that explains what's happening to Ollie, whose physical beauty and charisma mask the mental illness that will shatter Amy's carefully constructed life.

The Tiny Things Are Heavier follows Sommy, a Nigerian woman who comes to the United States for graduate school two weeks after her brother, Mezie, attempts suicide. Plagued by the guilt of leaving Mezie behind, Sommy struggles to fit into her new life as a student and an immigrant. Lonely and homesick, Sommy soon enters a complicated relationship with her boisterous Nigerian roommate, Bayo, a relationship that plummets into deceit when Sommy falls for Bryan, a biracial American, whose estranged Nigerian father left the States immediately after his birth.

Christmas, 1983. In the aftermath of yet another furious argument, seven-year-old Andrev’s mother lets him in on a secret: his father is, in fact, not his father. And so begins a new kind of childhood, in which fathers come and go, arriving in red Volvos and sweeping his mother off her feet. Fathers can be magicians or murderers, artists or canoe enthusiasts, and, like growing pains, or the weather, they appear uninvited and leave without warning. Fathers are drawn to his mother like moths to a flame – but even she can’t control how they behave.

When Nina was just five years old, her family’s whole world was torn apart when her seventeen-year-old sister Tamara was found dead in the pool of their Cote d’Azur property. Nina’s evidence led to the conviction of their housekeeper’s daughter and occasional babysitter seventeen-year-old Josie for Tamara’s murder. But when new evidence emerges to suggest that Josie was innocent, Nina is forced to question the accuracy of her memories, her role in one of the most notorious cases of the past twenty years, and what actually happened to her sister on that hot summer day.

King Maddox Kyronan’s fire magic has earned him a ruthless reputation on the battlefield, but now his kingdom is slowly burning. Ky’s only chance to save his people is to enter a marriage alliance with the neighboring nation of Astranza, and hope that the royal family’s power to manipulate the weather will help his land flourish once more. He just needs to ensure no one finds out how the blaze began.

When Julia’s first-love-turned-best-friend Gabe, a musician with a cultish following, dies unexpectedly aged 29, Julia launches herself into an intercontinental quest to recover the possessions he left with friends and acquaintances across the world. Along the way, she encounters Elizabeth, Gabe’s effortlessly perfect and endlessly cool last ex-girlfriend. Now, Julia can’t stop talking to, thinking about and googling Elizabeth. As the two women struggle to reconcile their respective claims on Gabe’s memory, can they find their way from rivalry to friendship?

Welcome to a continent on the brink of war. Two powerful nations stand at each others' throats, both with rigid ideologies that demand the annihilation of the other. In the middle stands beautiful Chateau Cascade, the castle on the waterfall. Young Jak dreams of the Chateau and of becoming one of its glorious Cascadian Knights, the keepers of this world's peace.