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Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at an all-girls school in Washington, DC. Everything changes when she’s recruited into the Office of Strategic Services by family friend and legendary WWI hero Major General William Donovan. Donovan has faith in her - and in all his “glorious amateurs” who are becoming Anna’s fast friends: Maggie, Anna’s down-to-earth mentor; Irene, who’s struggling to find support from her husband for her clandestine life; and Julia, a cheerful OSS liaison.

A moving novel on the power of friendship in our darkest times, from internationally renowned writer and speaker Elif Shafak. In the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating, but her brain is still active - for 10 minutes 38 seconds. While the Turkish sun rises and her friends sleep soundly nearby, she remembers her life - and the lives of others, outcasts like her.

The painter Mario Minniti has travelled to Naples to seek out his old friend and former mentor Caravaggio. But on arrival, the great painter is nowhere to be found. In a bid to find him, Mario retraces Caravaggio's last known movements. His search reveals a life lived dangerously. Starring David Tennant as Mario Minniti, with Anton Lesser, Peter Hamilton, Joe Dempsie, Tracy Wiles and Harry Livingstone.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Tanya Reynolds, star of Sex Education. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Fiona Stafford. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane...

No primeiro audiolivro, Júlia, uma advogada independente, solteira, que vive sua regrada vida dentro dos limites, recebe a oportunidade de escapar da atual rotina para um refúgio de alguns dias numa bela fazenda, em celebração ao casamento de um amigo de infância.

In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them. Set again in the beloved Japanese...

It’s been three years since Claire Kite lost her husband, David, an aspiring novelist, in a tragic car accident. Claire finally finds the courage to move on; then she discovers among the remnants of her shattered world her husband’s last manuscript. It’s intimate, stirring - and unfinished. An idea comes to her.... What if she can find someone to give David’s novel the ending it deserves?

Pre-order THE angsty romance of summer 2026 Tropes: Single Dad! 👨‍🍼 Grumpy/sunshine 🌞 Angst 🌩️ Spice 👀 Jordan loves lacrosse. She loves the idea of being a counsellor at a lacrosse camp even more. Rod is exhausted from being a single Dad. But he loves teaching kids, and his...

Seventeen-year-old Jean, a troubled Jewish boy caught in the countercultural swirl of 1970s London, arrives at Compton Manor, a rural alternative boarding school for boys with “problems.” Dyslexic, antisocial, and prone to violent outbursts, Jean has never made friends easily and school has never been a place of safety or enjoyment.

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Concealed in his jacket are ingots of gold; he just doesn't remember why. A young girl running from an abusive foster home kidnaps an older biker with a mystery for a past. Leaving the mining town in Colorado and crossing state lines, anything can happen. What neither is looking for or expecting is friendship. But in the cold of the desert night, life lessons can go both ways—even if they are not about a million dollars in gold. Growing up is hard enough, even without the shooting. "

Sommer 2007: Der 15-jährige Kian, aufgewachsen bei seinem kleinkriminellen Vater, landet nach einem schweren Schicksalsschlag im Heim. Er weiß sofort, dass er dort nicht bleiben kann. Bei einem nächtlichen Fluchtversuch trifft er Marco, der ganz andere Gründe hat abzuhauen. Nach einsamen und harten Jahren im Waisenhaus hat er erfahren, dass er eine Halbschwester an der Nordsee hat. Als es den beiden ungleichen Jungen gemeinsam gelingt auszubrechen, beginnt eine abenteuerliche Reise Richtung Meer. Sie berauschen sich an der neuen Freiheit.

Mitte der Siebzigerjahre ist Johanna die erste in ihrer Familie, die an die Uni geht. Mit ihrer Freundin Luzie zieht sie in eine WG nach Freiburg und genießt neue Freiheiten. Als wenig später ihr Vater stirbt, muss sie jedoch zurück nach Hause und den Winzerbetrieb der Eltern übernehmen. Gemeinsam mit ihrer Mutter und Großmutter bewirtschaftet sie den Hof am Kaiserstuhl. In einer Welt, in der weibliche Arbeitskräfte nur die Hälfte zählen, müssen die Frauen sich behaupten. Erst recht, als Johanna ein Kind bekommt und sich entschließt, es ohne Vater großzuziehen.

Gary and Brenda move across town and we join their chaotic life and friends.

Struggling under the expectations and intentions of others, Maggie and Elsa's chance meeting on the park bench offers them each a lifeline and a friend. As they reveal their hopes and heartaches, can they see themselves - and each other - clearly enough to help, before it's too late?

Vivienne's perfect life is a façade, and she at last wants out. She needs a divorce fast. Helen's nightly glass of wine has become a bottle or two, and her drinking is threatening her marriage. Clara feels she must lie to her husband to save her sanity and reach towards some freedom. Miriam, wanting to change her life, does so in the most dramatic way possible...

Tully und James, der eine bereit für das Leben, der andere offen, sich von seinem Freund mitreißen zu lassen, wachsen in den Achtzigern in einer schottischen Kleinstadt auf. Einer Stadt ohne Perspektiven und Zukunft, mit vorgezeichneten Lebensläufen und Schicksalen. Die Musik ist ihnen Zuflucht und Ausweg, Manchester im Jahr 86 ihr Mekka. Ein Wochenende lang spielen dort ihre Heroen, Bands wie The Smiths, New Order oder Joy Division. Mit ihrer Clique ziehen die beiden durch die Clubs, getragen von den Riffs der Gitarren, der Magie des Fortseins von zu Hause.

Kitty Collins was once a confident, carefree fashion history student living her best life in Paris. But then Tomas Laurent broke her heart and she retreated back to England. A year later, Kitty’s a married stay-at-home mum...

Di fronte a un aperitivo, nel cuore di Bari, Barbara e Lucrezia si ritrovano, assieme a un vecchio compagno di studi in sedia a rotelle, dopo oltre vent'anni: Barbara ora vive a Milano e conduce un'esistenza fatta di delusioni e solitudine, Lucrezia è sempre bellissima nonostante la malattia progressiva che l'abbia resa quasi cieca. È la ricorrenza della morte della loro più cara amica ad averle ricongiunte: Lucrezia, Barbara e Mariarosa, un trio inseparabile sin dalla scuola media.

1993. Sotto il cavalcavia del Corvetto, quartiere fra i più malfamati di Milano, dal nulla compare un barbone che, seminascosto da un eskimo, passa le sue giornate fra il fumo di mille sigarette e le note della sua chitarra. Davide Buzzi, venditore di successo presso una concessionaria FIAT e che da sempre in auto si trova a passare sotto a quel ponte, come attratto da una specie di richiamo invisibile decide di avvicinarlo.