検索キーワード： 成長

"Run through the jungle." The phrase means so many things. For the Morrows, it means a new sense of being. Natalia and her friends have found success as a band who rivals Elvis in popularity. Natalia's dreams are finally coming true. But fame is a jungle fraught with danger and uncertainty. But for Mark Standish, run through the jungle has a totally different meaning as he literally runs through the Vietnam jungle to get away from his decisions. His sole purpose, to destroy the one person he sees as the root of all his bad decisions. Natalia Morrow.

تدور أحداث رواية "أطياف كاميليا" للروائية نورا ناجي، في حقبة التسعينيات حيث الإيقاع البطيء، حول طفلة تسمى كاميليا تشاهد عمّتها تذوب أمامها في المرآة ذات صباح، فتشعر بدهشة وذعر من العالم يستمر معها حتى الكِبر.

Alexander, Alex to his friends, sat on a wobbly wooden chair much too large for him. At his kitchen window, he spent time alone watching the raindrops slide slowly down the uneven window panes and fall onto the window sill. His childhood wrecked by turmoil and deprivation, was not unlike all of the other children in the coal camps that filled the hollers. The houses, nothing more than lap siding and rusting nails, held many dark secrets, many untold stories, and many hateful words.

ארבע האחיות לבית מארץ' מתבגרות בארצות הברית בשנות ה-60 של המאה ה-19: מג, הבכורה, הבוגרת והאחראית; ג'ו, עזת היצרים, השואפת להיות סופרת; בת' העדינה והטובה שגופה בוגד בה, ואיימי, האחות הקטנה המפונקת והיהירה. התבגרותן מחזיקה כל מה שהתבגרות יכולה להכיל: הן חוות תקוות ואכזבות, לבטים וחרטות, אהבות נכזבות והתוודעות, כואבת לעתים, למורכבותו של עולם המבוגרים. אישיותן מתעצבת, גחמות הילדות מושלות מעליהן, וכל אחת מוצאת את מקומה בעולם.

Tara finds herself at a crossroads during her final year of college following the sudden disappearance of her lifelong best friend, Marley. While their relationship appeared idyllic, Tara soon realizes the toxic dynamic that existed beneath the surface. Marley's narcissistic tendencies and manipulative behavior cast a shadow over their friendship, with Tara unknowingly falling victim to her friend's covert bullying. As Tara grapples with Marley's absence, she is forced to confront the tangled web of identity that she had woven around her friend's vision.

Prima ballerina Natalia Leonova was once celebrated across the world, her signature bravura in demand on stages from St. Petersburg to Paris to New York. But at the top of her career, an accident forces her into sudden retirement. Injured and alone, she turns to pills and alcohol to numb the pain of her past, still haunted by her relationships with two gifted dancers, Dmitri and Alexander.

Samson Kabarebe is on the verge of stardom. At just nineteen, he's poised to take the football world by storm. Joining a struggling Premier League team, he steps into the spotlight, taking over the position-and squad number-of a rising homegrown talent who is wrestling with his own dreams and desires.

זוכה פרס ספיר לספרות לשנת 2001. 'מישהו לרוץ אתו' הוא סיפור מתח, וחיפוש, ואהבה. אסף, נער ביישן וגמלוני בן שש-עשרה, נעקר משגרת-יומו כשהוא נשלח למשימה חסרת-סיכוי: לאתר את הבעלים של כלב גדול ופרוע שנמצא משוטט ברחובות ירושלים – והוא זה שיריץ כבסחרחורת את העלילה של אסף בספר. כך מגיע אסף לאנשים ולמקומות שבאמצעותם נגלה לו, כמו בפאזל, סיפור מופלא השואב אותו לתוכו – סיפורה של תמר, נערה בודדה וסוערת, שנלכדה בסבך של עולם אפל ומסוכן, ונאבקת בו באומץ. לתמר תוכנית-הצלה נועזת, כמעט מטורפת, ולאסף הנדהם והמוקסם אין ברירה אלא להילכד איתה בסיפור שלה, לרוץ איתה עוד לפני שהוא פוגש אותה ממש.

Written in the voice of a 10-year-old girl with a heart full of questions, Tangerines is a lyrical, tender story about family, friendship, and about the quiet magic of believing in what matters most.

നഗരജീവിതത്തിൽ, കോൺക്രീറ്റു ചുമരുകൾക്കിടയിൽ തളച്ചിടപ്പെട്ടു ജീവിയക്കാൻ വിധിയ്ക്കപ്പെട്ട ഒരു കുട്ടിയുടെ ജീവിതാനുഭവങ്ങളിലേയ്ക്ക് ഉള്ള ഒരു എത്തിനോട്ടമാണ് 'ഹെർബേറിയം' എന്ന കൃതി. പ്രകൃതിയുടെ മടിത്തട്ടിലേയ്ക്ക് ഇറങ്ങാൻ കുട്ടിയ്ക്ക് ഇട കിട്ടുമ്പോൾ ഉണ്ടാവുന്ന സ്വാഭാവിക പരിണാമങ്ങൾ കൃതിയെ സുന്ദരമാക്കുന്നു.

Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America – but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve.

Erica Skyberg is thirty-five years old, recently divorced—and trans. Not that she's told anyone yet. Mitchell, South Dakota, isn't exactly bursting with other trans women. Instead, she keeps to herself, teaching by day and directing community theater by night. That is, until Abigail Hawkes enters her orbit.

It's 1967 in Montreal, the Expo is in full swing, and Audrey Parker has just moved with her dad to Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, a whole new neighbourhood full of different kinds of people to spy on. Audrey is a lot of things: articulate, disarming, forthright. And, as her father reminds her often, indecently nosy. Audrey scribbles every observation down in her notebooks—from which foods her new teacher eats for lunch, to how blue the water is in Greece, to what time the one-legged man across the street gets home. She is certain she will soon root out a murderer or uncover a mystery.

Audrey Sweetman wakes up one morning next to her husband, excited for the promotion she's been working towards for years. But by nightfall, everything in her life has been upended. She escapes to the seaside village of Whitehaven Bay, but her plan to hide is derailed by her meddlesome new neighbours. The Coffin Cheaters bikie gang. A cranky pensioner with a habit of naked swimming. Shez, the dubious 'CEO' of the holiday flats. A mouthy teen who's nothing but trouble. And a handsome yet elusive retiree, Dr Flood.

Growing up on his family’s cattle farm in western Iceland, young Orri has gained an appreciation for the beauty found in everyday things: the cavorting of a newborn calf, the return of birdsong after a long winter, the steadfast love of a good (or tolerably good) farm dog. But the outer world still beckons, so Orri leaves his no-nonsense Lithuanian Jewish mother and his taciturn father, Pabbi, to attend university in Reykjavík.

The royal court is in turmoil, following a massacre. So Kel, Prince Conor’s body-double, is hunting for traitors. The notorious Ragpicker King, ruler of Castellane’s criminal underworld, holds the only clues. But they lead to a dark conspiracy to destroy the royal family – headed by the man set to marry the women Kel loves. Lin will be judged, after claiming to be the legendary Goddess Reborn. And her people’s charismatic leader is ready to test her powers. Failure will mean exile, and only further dangerous deception can save her now.

Kel Saren, body double to Conor, crown prince of the dazzling city of Castellane, is caught between two worlds. In order to protect his beloved prince, Kel must find the culprits responsible for a massacre at the royal palace—and the only clues are held by the Ragpicker King, the notorious criminal who rules Castellane’s underworld. The trail Kel follows leads back to the Hill, where among decadent nobles and glittering parties a dark conspiracy to destroy the royal family has taken hold—a conspiracy headed up by the monstrous Artal Gremont, the man engaged to marry the woman Kel adores.

Ahead of looming layoffs within the ongoing decimation of media, Jacob Goldberg, a culture writer in New York, knows what will save him: a podcast. Not just any podcast, but something that will demonstrate his singular thoughtfulness in an oversaturated, competitive market. When Jacob learns the true, tragic circumstances behind the mysterious death of Seth, one of his best friends from high school, his world is turned completely upside down. But when the dust settles, he realizes he has an idea worth digging into. Of course, it’s not so simple.

My son George is everything to me, but he’s slipping away, and no one can tell me why. Every test comes back inconclusive, every doctor leaves me with more questions than answers. I’m terrified – each day brings new fears, and my heart aches knowing how much he’s suffering. Then Barbara appears – my biological mother, a stranger for most of my life. She’s in poor health, struggling with the weight of her past, and her sudden arrival stirs a mix of emotions in me. Part of me wants to believe she’s here to help, but I can’t shake the feeling there’s something very wrong.

高校を卒業後、楽に稼ぎ、好きなことをして遊んでいたいとバイトを転々とする日々を送っていた19歳の翔馬。楽に稼げると聞いて飛び込んだ警備員バイトの仕事先は、まさかの大学の守衛室。