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Zephyr, Alabama, is an idyllic hometown for eleven-year-old Cory Mackenson - a place where monsters swim the river deep and friends are forever. Then, one cold spring morning, Cory and his father witness a car plunge into a lake - and a desperate rescue attempt brings his father face-to-face with a terrible, haunting vision of death. As Cory struggles to understand his father's pain, his eyes are slowly opened to the forces of good and evil that surround him.

Il bel viso della bambina Giovanna si è trasformato, sta diventando quello di una brutta adolescente. Ma è proprio così? E in quale specchio bisogna guardare per ritrovarsi e salvarsi? La ricerca di un nuovo volto oscilla tra due Napoli consanguinee che però si temono e si detestano: la Napoli di sopra, che s'è attribuita una maschera fine, e quella di sotto, che si finge smodata, triviale. Giovanna oscilla tra alto e basso, in una città che pare non offrire né risposte né scampo.

Miller Stratton is a survivor. After a harrowing childhood of poverty, he will do anything it takes to find security for himself and his mom. He’s putting all his hopes and dreams in the fragile frame of his guitar and the beauty he creates with its strings and his soulful voice. Until Violet. No one expects to meet the love of their life at age 13. But the spunky rich girl steals Miller’s heart and refuses to give it back.

Ava Thompson left her one true love, Jasper White, to unearth her destiny. It was the only way for Ava to grow into the woman she’s always wanted to become. Sadly, that destiny has led her back to the place that broke her…Singapore. And more importantly, it has led her back to the man who broke her…Harper. Ava is no longer the scared, lost girl she once was. She is stronger and determined to accomplish her dreams in order to find happiness. Hopefully, at the end of it all, she will return into the loving arms of Jasper White.

In 1987, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life. Thirty-five years earlier, when Miri was 15, and in love for the first time, a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving a community reeling. Against this backdrop of actual events that Blume experienced in the early 1950s, when airline travel was new and exciting and everyone dreamed of going somewhere, she paints a vivid portrait of a particular time and place....

One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them are a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured veteran returning from Afghanistan, a business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband. Halfway across the country, the plane crashes. Edward is the sole survivor.

Culture shock is nothing compared to this. Eva Calabrese lives with her parents and wants out of her dead-end job, so when her former college classmate, Tobio, reconnects with her, she makes the leap across the planet to teach English in Japan. In Osaka, Eva is confronted by the Japanese language and culture, while navigating her feelings for Tobio, but everything changes one night at karaoke when she's kissed by the intimidatingly handsome tattoo artist, Yuya.

A mysterious disappearance leaves fourteen-year-old Emma on her own with a necklace and a cryptic story about a magical place called Miren. Soon, she, along with two cousins she never knew, finds herself on a quest to fulfill a prophecy and save a world on the brink of war against a dark and evil force. Magic and bravery collide with hope and faith in this adventure to Miren.

En esta novela, el sexo y la cultura coinciden en un extraño mundo que mezcla el despertar sexual de un grupo de jóvenes con las citas de películas y libros que satisfacen la curiosidad de los personajes. La narrativa realiza descripciones que pasan permanentemente del cinismo al éxtasis y viceversa, donde toman un valor particular las amistades, los amores, el alcohol, la política, y los detalles más insignificantes del día a día.

Una delicia costumbrista en forma de colección de cuentos que abordan la vida rural, la adolescencia, el paso del tiempo y el fracaso en retrospectiva con una prosa inigualable. Hombres anodinos atrapados en una cárcel de rutina en forma de trayecto de metro, viajeros sumidos en su propia amargura, amas de casa que intentan encontrar un oasis de paz en medio de su asfixiante vida. Pablo Sanz es un autor español nacido en Madrid.

Zanzíbar, años noventa. Karim, Fauzia y Badar, tres muchachos que han crecido en entornos muy distintos, sueñan con las enormes posibilidades de su naciente país. Karim regresa a su tranquila ciudad natal con nuevos bríos y ambiciones tras sus estudios universitarios. Fauzia, apasionada por la escuela y con el sueño de ser maestra, ve en él una oportunidad para escapar de una educación asfixiante. Para Badar, en cambio, un sirviente sin estudios que nunca conoció a sus padres, parece que todas las puertas están cerradas.

Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer (“A great chronicler of our times.” –San Francisco Chronicle) showcases his wit, sophistication and deep knowledge of focaccia in this magical and madcap tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her...

Told in incandescent prose, Cay Kim’s debut novel is a portrait of a brilliant young woman growing up between worlds, and a glorious love letter to girlhood, family, and the great dreams we hold for ourselves, no matter where we’re from.

Written as a confessional letter to his son, an 18th century opera singer recounts how his gift for sound led him on an astonishing journey to Europe’s celebrated opera houses and reveals how he came to raise a son who by all rights he never could have sired.

Radically open-minded, formidably strong, and unusually clear-eyed about herself and others, Evelyn Bednarz has always been a misfit. She’s easily bored, unsuited to life at school, asks odd questions about faith and time, and sees through conventions others take for granted. Seeking to be true to herself, she hitchhikes across the American West taking odd jobs. In distant Tibet, another life unfolds as remote from Evelyn’s as can be: the life of a boy named Tsering, raised as a Buddhist monk in the mountains of Tibet, who eventually becomes a high lama.

Först och främst gäller det att välja sida i det påhittade kriget mellan syntare och hårdrockare. Sen att bli av med oskulden och börja festa. Efter en omvälvande spelning med Depeche Mode känns det lika självklart att skaffa syntfrisyr och artistnamn som att starta ett eget band. Ambitionen är att ta över världen. Men resan från den hemmabyggda studion i göteborgska Majorna till de slutsålda arenorna på andra sidan jorden visar sig längre och farligare än han tror.

Charlie is a gamer stuck in a life that feels like a loading screen. He’s deep in debt, his boss is a jerk, he barely speaks to his family, and his relationship is glitching beyond repair. But none of that matters this weekend. BattleTheatre, a new game Charlie and his crew have been waiting years to get their hands on, is finally releasing. And they’ve signed up for a tournament with a chance to win twenty thousand dollars—more than enough money to help Charlie turn everything around. All he has to do is log in on Saturday at midnight. Nothing can stop him from gaming glory… or can it?

Voices follows Gabriel’s transformative journey of self-discovery, courage, and authenticity. In a world filled with noise and expectations, Gabriel dares to step away from conformity to seek his true identity and purpose. Along the way, he faces struggles we all share—questions of belonging, meaning, and connection. This inspiring story is a reflection of the human experience, reminding us that growth is not found in certainty, but in vulnerability, resilience, and the willingness to embrace the unknown.

For readers of Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street and Justin Torres’ We the Animals, this striking debut brings to life an unforgettable young narrator and the complicated, loving, cruel, and generous figures that make up her universe. Sofia’s mother promises that she’ll have her...

A young college misfit opens a nightclub in rural Appalachia and achieves great success. Then, loses everything except the woman he loves. Tommy is a lonely college misfit, working his way through school as a mobile DJ. The demands of his business prevent him from engaging in the college experience. His grades and relationships suffer. Alienated from school and classmates, he feels like an unworthy outsider, unable to achieve the academic, relationship, and romantic success others in his world seem to easily obtain.