Títulos em Amadurecimento

Det är juletid i Seagrove! Är du redo att träffa dina favoritkaraktärer på den lilla ön i South Carolina? När vi lämnade familjen hade de just firat bröllop och fått ett litet tillskott till familjen. Men, vad händer när en ny invånare flyttar till stan och rör till lugnet som äntligen lagt sig? Och vad ska alla göra när ett bekant ansikte dyker upp och rubbar julfriden?

Thomas Hart e Grace Macaulay sono spiriti affini, divisi tra l'impegno religioso e il desiderio di esplorare il mondo al di là della loro piccola comunità battista. Quando un evento incrina la loro amicizia, allontanandoli, Thomas inizia a sviluppare un'ossessione per un’astronoma scomparsa nel XIX secolo e Grace fugge da Aldleigh per raggiungere Londra e un’esistenza che immagina più indipendente, più libera.

Lia Juma thought she’d buried the dreams of her heart long ago. But when she’s forced to return to her family’s summer cottage on Pike Bay, the life she’s carefully crafted begins to unravel. The perfect immigrant daughter, Lia has carved a successful career as a corporate lawyer and has just started dating a man who fulfills all her mother's criteria for the ideal son-in-law. But underneath her polished life lies a secret she’s never spoken of—one she fears could have destroyed her family a decade ago.

Dal cassetto del mio comodino sbuca un portafoto in plastica arancione pieno di fotografie brutte, ed è subito estate del 1990. C'è Claudia con la frangetta e un paio di occhiali da sole con lenti fumé, Gina un po' più magra e con i capelli bagnati sciolti sulle spalle, io con gli occhiali da vista e sottile come un orbettino. Lulù era già andata via. Mi ricordo gli anni dopo la sua fuga, quella strana assenza mista a sollievo. Non sapere dove fosse e cosa stesse facendo era inquietante, ma la vita senza di lei era diventata più semplice, almeno per noi.

Trotter, Harding, Anderton e Chase: sembra il nome di un prestigioso studio legale; in realtà si tratta di un quartetto di giovani amici, che frequenta un liceo elitario di Birmingham, quel tipo di scuola che preleva giovani intelligenti dal loro background ordinario e li fa atterrare in una classe sociale diversa da quella dei loro genitori. I ragazzi sono destinati a Cambridge e Oxford, a carriere importanti, mentre i loro genitori rimangono impantanati nel loro mondo di matrimoni sciovinisti, scontri sindacali, guerre di classe e di razza, di ignoranza culturale.

When a sudden crisis lands Aria and her friends in trouble, they turn to an unexpected ally…only to get a little more than they bargained for in return. Between their PC training schedule and their after-hours practice with Dorian, the friends barely have time to think. But when a secret revelation shocks the gang to the core, unsettling questions rise to the surface. The doors to the Privy Council are finally open, but how far do they truly lead? What is the point of having such unparalleled gifts, if they come with a leash?

Seventeen-year-old Akane has everything she could ever want: friends, a boyfriend, and an all-round perfect life. No one knows that her every move is a calculated performance, dictated by a compulsive need to be liked. Her flawless act is disrupted when she meets a man named Ai, who looks and sounds exactly like the protagonist of Akane's favorite novel. Can this be a coincidence? And if not, what does it mean? From Yoru Sumino, bestselling author of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, comes this ensemble drama of fragile hearts and intersecting fates.

Chase never had many friends, but at college, he meets and forms close ties with straight jock Tyler Davidson—a connection he fears he’ll lose if he tells Tyler he’s gay. Keeping his sexuality secret becomes harder for Chase as he joins Tyler and his family at their idyllic lake house for the summer. It grows more and more difficult for Chase to avoid Tyler’s attempts to set him up with girls, and he’s tired of making excuses. Chase is ready to embrace the man he is, but he’s afraid of what it will cost him.

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على رصيف المحطة، وقفت ورد لتودع حبيبها قبل الرحيل... وقفت هناك ولم تتحرك بعد ذلك ثانية. وقفتها المتسمرة تلك دفعت ببطل الرواية في رحلة من مدينته الصغيرة إلى القاهرة التي تغلي من شدة القهر، ورغما عنه يهجر براءته ويدخل إلى عالمها المليء بالقسوة والصراع لحافة الموت، ينتقل من الأحياء العشوائية إلى ضواحي القاهرة الفخمة التي يحتمي سكانها خلف الأسوار، من الجامعة حتى السجون المكتظة بكل أنواع البشر كبطن الحوت، يشاهد كيف تموت البراءة ويسحق الإنسان ويظهر أسوأ ما فيه من خصال، فهل يمكنه التمسّك برمق الصدق الأخير؟.

تدور أحداث هذه الرواية مع مجموعة من الأشخاص يرتبط بعضهم ببعض بصورة رائعة من جانب المؤلف ويتشابهون جميعًا في رغبتهم العارمة في السفر إلى الخارج فتبدأ الحكاية مع أحمد عز الدين أول من لحق بسفينة نوح والذي تخرج في كلية الحقوق بتفوق مبهر وكان حلمه هو العمل كوكيل للنيابة وتبدد حلمه فور تخرجه لفشله في إيجاد من يسانده للعمل في تلك الوظيفة وبالطبع لم يسانده تفوقه في ظل عدم وجود الواسطة ليقرر البحث عبر الانترنت عن أي فتاة أجنبية تساعده على السفر والخروج من مصر وبذلك يتنازل عن خطيبته هاجر حتى لا يشعر بذنب الخيانة وهو يحاول مع فتيات الانترنت.

Alison is mired in loneliness and grief. Freshly twenty-three and mourning the loss of her younger sister, who has drowned at sea, she’s moved out of her hometown and into a cramped apartment on New York’s Lower East Side. Now she’s living the cliché—barely making rent as a restaurant hostess, avoiding her roommates, and watching the bright, busy passersby from her bubble of grief. She doesn’t need originality; she just needs to be alive. So why does she feel she isn’t truly living? Until late one night, when she rounds the corner and sees a shape in the air—a ghost.

When 16-year-old Gabriel Lazris, an American in Santiago, Chile, meets Caro Ravest, something clicks. Caro, who is Chilean, is charming, curious, and deeply herself. Gabriel dreams of their future together. But everybody’s saying there’s going to be a coup—and no one says it louder than Gabriel’s dad, a Nixon-loving newspaper editor who Gabriel suspects is working with the C.I.A. Gabriel’s father is adamant that the moment political unrest erupts, their family is going home. To Gabriel, though, Chile is home.

At Raven House, teenage girls who have found themselves in the family way are partnered with suburban families to hide out and help out until their due date. Once their babies are given up for adoption, they agree to never speak to their host families again. Fifteen-year-old Betsy Ann Eubanks had no idea that what she was doing could lead to a baby. Thankfully Mrs Berg – a perfect housewife and loving mother to a seventeen-month-old with another on the way – is happy to welcome her into her family and teach her about her body and how a woman is supposed to behave.

What Emma Caroline Blake has planned at New Hampshire’s Ridgemont Academy is shocking. Her school blames a heartbreaking tragedy in her family. Her best friends point to her most recent social media. Her teachers, even her father, say it’s a drastic cry for help. But Emma doesn’t want help. She wants to make a difference. Now. Today. Not tomorrow. She’s going to walk through fire to change the world.

Amy Webb is a chef. Or rather, she was a chef. Somewhere along the way she also became a wife and a stepmother and an emergency contact, and the part of her that was a chef disappeared entirely–along with her sense of self. Which is why she is currently in the republic of Georgia, on a mission to find a lost dog named Angel, and, more importantly, the life’s purpose she once took for granted. For months, Amy has escaped by watching Youtube videos of Angel walking the children of Tbilisi to school. When Angel goes missing, Amy volunteers to go find him.

Seven years ago, Quinn finally dared to transform from a seal into a human and took her first steps on land. As a selkie, she is both a daughter of land and sea. But when a human stole her pelt, he stole her freedom as well, forcing Quinn to become his wife and bear his children. As legend tells, capturing a selkie will bring you luck, and she became a coveted prize. Constrained to a life that was no longer her own, Quinn longed for nothing more than to find her pelt and seize her freedom.

The Reznick family is new to the small, midwestern town of Meadow Bend, Kansas. As they settle into their new home, they find themselves drawn into a whirlwind of events that reveal not only the true purpose of their presence but also hidden depths within themselves and their neighbors. The story begins with Sammy Reznick and his loyal dog, Segway. Sammy’s mother, Fanny; father, Joe; and little sister, Fresca, embark on a journey filled with surprises and adventures as they get to know their neighbors.

Cosimo, Italo e Vanda sono bambini di appena dieci anni con i sogni, la voglia di scoprire il mondo e la spensieratezza dell’infanzia intrappolate dalla Seconda guerra mondiale. Mentre l’intera nazione vacilla, i tre, di fronte alla scomparsa di un amico, non hanno dubbi: devono partire per una missione di soccorso. La loro fuga darà il via a una seconda, disperata missione di soccorso, quella di una suora e di un militare in convalescenza che subito si mettono sulle loro tracce. Nel 2023 da questo libro è stato tratto un film omonimo diretto da Claudio Bisio.

Back in her troubled school days, kind-hearted Violet always dreamed of a life where she was happy. Now it feels like she’s just about getting there. She has her dream job working with books, and she’s living with her handsome boyfriend, Lenny. But when her relationship with Lenny falls to pieces and he moves out, Violet, hurt and alone, decides it’s time to really take her happiness in hand. With help from her new flatmate, Bella, she changes her image and takes control at work, ready to show the world that she doesn’t need Lenny in her life.