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Quando la protagonista, chiamata semplicemente la Scrittrice, ha un aborto spontaneo, nel mezzo di un periodo già turbolento della sua vita caratterizzato da relazioni sbagliate e lotte professionali, perde del tutto non solo la capacità di parlare e scrivere ma anche quella di comprendere il proprio posto nel mondo. In questo scenario di smarrimento interiore, dal Dipartimento di Ricerca Celeste viene inviato sul posto uno Spirito Guida per aiutarla.

Going into the second semester, all Dorian wants to do is explore his relationship with Milo and prepare his students for the upcoming academy showcase. But Enchanter Evergreen’s fame makes Dorian question his place in Milo’s world. His fear of going public is complicated when he notices a shift in his telepathy that strengthens his bond to Milo in a way it never has before. Dorian finds himself forced to simultaneously navigate his work life and Milo’s enchanter cases. This amplification in his magic puts a strain on Dorian’s mind, making it difficult to prioritize his students.

At Naysay, Inc., rising star Megan’s job is to whisper negative thoughts straight into the minds of clients in the Real World. It’s all in a day’s dirty work in Naysayland, the parallel reality where your negativity is manufactured and self-doubt is a commodity. But when she is assigned to sabotage a romance between lifestyle influencer Lily and author Jasper, Megan’s carefully constructed reality begins to unravel. The project teams her with Ben, the smug but cute whisperer in the next cubicle.

Jiwon's life has been slowly disintegrating since her mom died. Until one day, caught in a downpour, she comes across a mysterious bookstore. The Memory Bookshop stores all of one's memories within an infinite number of books and appears to those who are looking for a reason to live. Its manager, 'K', offers visitors the chance to travel back three times, in exchange for part of their futures. Browsing the shelves, Jiwon must choose whether to revisit three chapters of her life.

Chichirim is a plain 13-year-old girl. An ordinary, misunderstood, lonely seventh-grader. A girl with a terrible secret. Her dad is worse than useless. And her mum spends all her days tattooing thick ugly eyebrows on old women. Her parents forget her birthday and her sister hates them so much she wishes they were dead. Chichirim does bad things at school. And still, no one cares. Until, one day, an older man picks her up on the side of the road. He tells her she is pretty. He tells her what to do.

Mit leichten Booten aus Schilf wagen sie sich auf den wilden Atlantik, um eine neue, sichere Heimat zu finden. Sie entdecken die Glücklichen Inseln. Der Roman schildert ihren Überlebenskampf, Seestürme, Vulkanausbrüche und verheerende Waldbrände. Aber es geht auch um Freundschaft, Liebe, Mord und Magie.

Saffron finally has the one thing he's always wanted: a chance to attend school. To be able to do so alongside Prince Cylvan, even while glamoured as a high fey and pretending not to know one another, Saffron is eager to finally experience the education he's always dreamed of. But the expectations of being a perfect fey lord are suffocating enough, and are only made more difficult as the unfettered rowan magic in his body runs wild.

A sister disappears and returns as a tiger. A mother’s voice compels the truth from any tongue. A granddaughter divines secrets in others’ dreams. These women are all of one lineage—a Korean family split across decades and borders by Japanese imperialism. At this saga’s heart is Young-Ja, a girl who infuses food with her emotions. She revels in her gift for cooking, nourishing the people she loves with her cheerfulness. But her sunny childhood comes to an end in 1931 when Japanese soldiers crush her family’s defiance against the Empire.

Joey Vasquez’s life is the definition of good on paper. At thirty-two, she’s a Los Angeles lawyer on the cusp of making partner, but while she’s a professional success, she’s a personal disaster. Her social life mostly consists of nights spent watching TV with her elderly cat. Life isn’t quite what she dreamed when she was younger, but really, whose life is? But a dinner party with the best friend she’s secretly pined after for years and its aftermath changes everything.

Good Bones, Simple Murders and The Tent collects together three classic books of short stories. Queen Gertrude gives Hamlet a piece of her mind and a reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got Dracula hopelessly wrong in Good Bones Knowing when to stop is of deadly importance in a game of Murder in the Dark . And a cat goes to heaven and discovers new playthings in The Tent In this bewitching cocktail of prose and poetry, fiction and fairytales, Margaret Atwood brings her astonishing world view to the comings and goings of ordinary life.

1943, El Paso, Texas. La adolescente Nena pasa sus días cuidando de los hijos pequeños de sus hermanas mayores y anhelando una vida de aventuras. Las premociones y desvanecimientos que ha padecido desde la niñez están empeorando, y a Nena le preocupa acabar como la espeluznante curandera de su calle. Reza por recibir ayuda y cuando la misteriosa Hermana Benedicta llega una noche, la sigue a través de los límites del espacio y del tiempo. En el México colonial, Nena desarrolla su poder, encuentra el amor y aprende que la magia siempre tiene un precio.

Grace Schaffer is adrift. Raised by an eminent but emotionally withdrawn scholar, her talent landed her a coveted spot on Antiques Roadshow, where she charmed legions of viewers. But she's recently fallen from her gilded perch, losing her career, her marriage and her very identity in the process, leaving her with the same question her clients so often ask of her: What is it worth? Or, the question that beats beneath it, What am I worth?

Michael M. Naydan’s Seven Signs of the Lion is a mesmerizing blend of magical realism, cultural exploration, and spiritual discovery. Set in the enchanting city of Lviv, this novel takes listeners on a vivid journey through Ukraine’s rich history and mythology. The protagonist, Nicholas Bilanchuk, meets a cast of unforgettable characters—each symbolic and deeply connected to the city’s spirit—while seeking the mysterious “seven signs of the lion.”

Many people experience going to places or meeting people for the first time, yet feeling they recognize them as already familiar. Scientific research and neuroscience are now seriously exploring the phenomena of past life memories, and finding increasingly persuasive evidence that our consciousness is not limited to the present.

Band 1Er ist mein Schicksal. Er ist mein Verderben. Er ist mein Untergang. Breanna glaubt fest daran, dass Vampire nur in Geschichten existieren, bis sie von dem unverschämt attraktiven Vampir Coldan entführt wird. Sein Clan braucht sie im Kampf gegen den unsterblichen Vampirkönig, denn ihr einzigartiges Blut ist eine mächtige Waffe. Breanna gerät zwischen die Fronten und muss nicht nur um ihr Leben, sondern auch um ihr Herz kämpfen, denn Coldan übt eine verbotene Faszination auf sie aus.Gefährlich heiß. Übernatürlich romantisch. Der Auftakt der Vampir-Romantasy-Dilogie.

When twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa loses her grandmother, enigmatic and distant proprietor of the Hwawoldang, she decides to respect her wishes by keeping the store going for at least another month, between the hours of 10pm and midnight. She has never learnt to make the traditional desserts herself, and hopes to learn more about her grandmother in the process. On her very first day at work, she is soon interrupted by one of her grandmother’s most regular visitors, who hints that Hwawoldang is no ordinary pastry shop, and its customers not entirely alive…

Most humans cower in the face of Death. Not Nella May Carter. She sees him. She doesn’t hide. Instead, she bargains. Born enslaved in eighteenth-century Georgia, Nella still believes in the will to survive amid the most untenable of conditions, in the glory of life, and in the ultimate goodness of the human race. She asks that Death, doubtful and curious, allow her to live long enough to prove it. He’s giving Nella all the time in the world.

Saunter James, a true spirit in the west of the wild, runs from her Stone Ranch just in time. With her father away and her mother dead, Saunter barely escapes her ghastly aunt, leaving the only home she's ever known. Her pony and the blue dragonfly ever with her through the sacred forest, danger follows her at every turn. The silver moon and twisted trees lead the way to her realizing who she really is. The crooked cottage is a place to rest but, while there, Saunter encounters mystical beasts and new friends with magical gifts that help her on this journey.

When down-on-her-luck writer Eva Blake returns to her seaside hometown to inherit her grandmother’s crumbling bookstore, the last thing she expects is a magical typewriter—or a talking cat who edits her prose. But when the characters she writes come to life, Eva finds herself caught in a whirlwind of imagination, responsibility, and redemption.

Katagiri found a giant frog waiting for him in his apartment. It was powerfully built, standing over six feet tall on its hind legs. A skinny little man no more than five foot three, Katagiri was overwhelmed by the frog's imposing bulk. ‘Call me “Frog,”’ said the frog in a clear, strong voice. Katagiri stood rooted in the doorway, unable to speak. ‘Don't be afraid. I'm not here to hurt you. Just come and close the door. Please.’ Briefcase in his right hand, grocery bag with fresh vegetables and canned salmon cradled in his left arm, Katagiri didn't dare move.