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Two brothers, Alexander and Seb, are well-educated but hunger for adventure. Intrigued by some ancient maps and stories of old, the boys slip off on what begins as an innocent excursion from their home along the shores of a vast lake, Sempersee, to a nearby island. After finding a mysterious stone, their outing leads to a quest to discover the rightful owner of the Flame Stone, an ancient artifact that holds the power of goodness.

Billy Wheatley ist verschwunden. Mutmaßlich gestorben. Als Billy Wheatley aufs College geht, tauscht er das Leben auf einer kleinen Insel gegen das aufregende Leben auf dem Festland. Und obwohl er den Versuchungen von Alkohol, Drogen und Sex, denen die weniger begabten Studenten um ihn herum erliegen, widerstehen kann, gerät er in große Gefahr, als er die Aufmerksamkeit einer gewieften Clique auf sich zieht.

Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn did not disappear into childhood legend. They grew up. Six years after losing track of one another, Tom and Huck meet again by chance aboard a Mississippi River steamboat. Their unexpected reunion sets in motion a chain of events that will test the very things they once held most dear—freedom, loyalty, friendship, and the meaning of becoming a man. Tom Sawyer is an eighteen-year-old professional con man, clever as ever and still tempted by the thrill of daring schemes.

Brought to you by Penguin. 1978. In the sleepy New York suburb of Tallmadge, eighteen-year-old Mira Winston is beguiling, talented, and full of youthful recklessness. She spends her summer perfecting her swing at her parents’ country club – and continuing her long-running affair with her...

A taut and powerful exploration of the complexities of female friendships and the fragile ties that hold us together. Perfect for fans of Alison Espach and Curtis Sittenfeld ***** Five friends, twenty years, one reunion trip. As undergrads, Gregg, Reba, Hillary, Bella, and Carson formed the kind...

Cuando los sueños comienzan a sentirse más reales que la vigilia… es hora de cruzar el umbral.Kamyl Kaplan nunca imaginó que una simple piedra negra pudiera cambiar el rumbo de su vida. Lo que comienza como una visita a la casa de su tía en la selva venezolana pronto se transforma en una travesía hacia lo desconocido, donde los límites entre los sueños y la realidad empiezan a desdibujarse. A medida que sus sentidos se afinan y su mundo interior se expande, Kamyl descubre que sus emociones no son solo reacciones… sino puertas.

Fleabag meets Big Swiss in this bold debut about a charismatic misfit who livestreams her life for seven days and nights to raise money to save her comatose sister—a poignant and darkly funny exploration of grief, forgiveness, and redemption. Dell Danvers is barely keeping it together. She’s...

Sibylla, an American-at-Oxford turned loose on London, finds herself trapped as a single mother after a misguided one-night stand. High-minded principles of child-rearing work disastrously well. J. S. Mill (taught Greek at three) and Yo Yo Ma (Bach at two) claimed the methods would work with any child; when these succeed with the boy Ludo, he causes havoc at school and is home again in a month. (Is he a prodigy, a genius? Readers looking over Ludo’s shoulder find themselves easily reading Greek and more.)

Brought to you by Penguin. THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF BBC'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024 'Hilarious, touching and hotly sublime' JULIA ARMFIELD 'Warm, witty and utterly idiosyncratic' ALICE SLATER 'Generous and tender' NEW YORK TIMES Siblings Greta and Valdin have, perhaps, too much...

Raised in Marrakech by a French mother and English father, a 17-year-old girl has learned above all to avoid mauvais ton ("bad taste" loses something in the translation). One should not ask servants to wait on one during Ramadan: they must have paid leave while one spends the holy month abroad. One must play the piano; if staying at Claridge’s, one must regrettably install a Clavinova in the suite so that the necessary hours of practice will not be inflicted on fellow guests.

A quiet character driven novel about coming home and a place you once ran away from

An Epiphany in Lilacs is a novel set in a displaced persons camp outside Hamburg, Germany, following the end of World War II. After liberation in May 1945, Daniel, a 14-year-old Latvian Jew, is treated in a field hospital in the British zone of partitioned Germany. A survivor of various concentration camps, Daniel fights to recover from starvation and disease. Racked by nightmares, a nearly nightly occurrence, Daniel finds sleep almost impossible. Through his love of nature and pre-war memories, Daniel struggles to find comfort.

From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner, a passionate, profound story of love and obsession based on the hopes, fears, and deep realities of Black urban life. With a foreword by the author. “As rich in themes and poetic images as her Pulitzer Prize–winning Beloved.... Morrison conjures up the...

Tizzy’s trying to keep her cool. It’s the 90s. She’s nineteen, fueled by caffeine, riot grrrl, and repression. She’s got a boyfriend, a job at the hip campus co-op, and a roommate who burns sage in the bathroom. But when her body starts to short-circuit, memories she’s spent years keeping at bay surge to the surface. To top it off, Tizzy finds herself drawn to TJ, her boyfriend’s best friend—all swagger, sarcasm, and unexpected tenderness in her leather jacket and combat boots.

Dans ce récit à la première personne, Tolstoï suit, depuis un matin d’août où Karl Ivanovitch, le précepteur, réveille un garçon de dix ans d’un grand coup de papier, la traversée qui mène de l’enfance à l’adolescence. Autour du foyer et des gestes du quotidien—une image d’ange gardien qui oscille, une mouche écrasée, une colère d’enfant—s’ordonnent des souvenirs nets, une éducation, des attentes et des doutes. Peu à peu se dessine la formation d’un regard: celui d’un jeune narrateur qui apprend à se connaître en observant les êtres qui l’entourent.

"His to Fly" by Richard Howells Watkins is a short story published in the late 1920s, where the characters navigate the challenges of early aviation. The narrative revolves around two pilots, Beak Becket and Jerry Tabor, as they grapple with their complicated partnership while flying a biplane...

Jordan O'Neill hat genug von Schubladen. Als schüchterner Bibliothekar fühlt er sich ohnehin schon oft fehl am Platz. Doch als ihm klar wird, dass das Label „asexuell" vieles in seinem Leben erklärt, gerät seine sorgfältig sortierte Welt aus den Fugen. Hennessy Lang weiß längst, wer er ist. Nach einer Trennung und einigen gescheiterten Beziehungen steht er offen zu seiner Asexualität – und gründet in Surry Hills eine neue Selbsthilfegruppe. Dort begegnet er Jordan, der noch nach Antworten sucht und nicht weiß, wo er hingehört.

A workhouse orphan, Oliver experiences the terror and brutality of the criminal underworld. His companions, a thief, a whore, a pickpocket, and a fence, are destined for gruesome ends, but Oliver emerges unscathed from the darkness of the underworld.

Kenny Silvers is on the fast track to becoming a pure-blooded punk rebel. It all seems so easy when he’s breaking every rule at school to the point of finding himself expelled. Then, it all changes. He’s becoming criminal, he’s becoming something dark and desperate, he’s fallen between the cracks, and redemption seems a far way off. It’s one thing to embrace the creed, but now he’s lost everything. He’s gone from a kid just having a lark, riding the gravy train until it all becomes sordid and sour, with no way out.

As a child, Daniel Sempere discovered among the passageways of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books an extraordinary novel that would change the course of his life. Now a young man in the Barcelona of the late 1950s, Daniel runs the Sempere & Sons bookshop and enjoys a seemingly fulfilling life with...