Títulos em Ficção Literária

Obsession, betrayal, and redemption collide in the Tatum Art Museum and the Victorian home of our protagonist in San Francisco, California. William Frye, the museum's Registrar and a Gulf War Veteran with mood disorders, discovers something that turns his world upside down. As he becomes increasingly obsessed, those around him must also face their own struggles and secrets as they navigate the turbulent aftermath of a missing oil painting that is one step from beyond.

Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor is a forthcoming title from Celadon Books.

Camille has always preferred animals to people. The wild has nearly disappeared, but as a zookeeper at the last zoo in the world, on Alcatraz Island, she spends her days caring for playful chimpanzees, gentle tree frogs, and a restless jaguar. Outside, resistance groups and brutal cartels fight to shape the world’s future, but Camille is safe within her routines. That is, until a new zookeeper, Sailor, arrives from Paris. From their first meeting, Camille is drawn to Sailor, who seems to see something in Camille that no one has before.

Linda makes $20 an hour as a content moderator, flagging comments that violate a tech conglomerate's terms and conditions. Each night, she returns to the windowless room in a garage that she rents from a family who pretend she isn't there. But once a month, she escapes to San Francisco International Airport for clandestine meetings on the cheapest flight out that night. It's not pilots but planes that draw her there, with their intelligent windscreens, comely slats and playful turbulence - a trip on a Boeing 737 makes her feel a way that no man ever could.

Leila loves so much that she considers abandoning her religion and beliefs to service her desire. Rafia gives so much to her husband and family that she loses all sight of the woman she once was, and who she wants to be. Tabani turns 30 and is told she would be too much for any romantic relationship, but in her friendships she is able to be every inch of herself. Womanhood cannot be contained or summarised neatly, and each of these three women are fighting to carve out exactly what it means to them.

Stephen Crane was born 1st November, 1871 in Newark, New Jersey. Crane only began a full-time education when he was nine but quickly mastered the grades needed to catch up and move forward. Although educated at Lafayette and Syracuse he had little interest in completing university and was keener to move on to a career, declaring college to be ‘a waste of time’. By twenty he was a reporter and two years later had published his debut novel ‘Maggie: A Girl of the Streets’. In literary circles this was hailed as the first work of American literary Naturalism.

Nnu Ego, filha de um grande líder africano, é enviada como esposa para um homem na capital da Nigéria. Determinada a realizar o sonho de ser mãe e, assim, tornar-se uma "mulher completa", submete-se a condições de vida precárias e enfrenta praticamente sozinha a tarefa de educar e sustentar os filhos. Entre a lavoura e a cidade, entre as tradições dos igbos e a influência dos colonizadores, ela luta pela integridade da família e pela manutenção dos valores de seu povo.

Johanne Johansen muss kurz nach ihrem 65. Geburtstag erfahren, dass das traditionsreiche Familienunternehmen – die Elbreederei Kurt Johansen & Söhne – kurz vor der Pleite steht. Johanne, die nach dem frühen Tod der Eltern bei den Großeltern aufwuchs und sich bis zum Schluss um sie gekümmert hat, ist entsetzt und ratlos. Das Lebenswerk ihrer Eltern steht auf dem Spiel und sie weiß, dass sie es ohne Hilfe nicht schaffen kann.

"Papá acaba de matar a mamá". Tras la conmoción por la inaudita noticia que le dio su hermana, el primogénito alerta a la policía y toma el primer tren. Atenazado por el remordimiento por haberse ido a la capital a estudiar danza y haber dejado a la pequeña Léa con sus inestables padres, una vez en casa se topa con la dura realidad: policías, el cuerpo de su madre, su padre fugitivo y su hermana traumatizada. Tras el shock, el hijo retrocede en el tiempo para intentar indagar cómo terminaron en esta pesadilla. Las señales estaban ahí, pero nadie quiso verlas.

Jean est journaliste dans la presse régionale. Son métier l'amène à rencontrer différentes personnalités de la vie locale afin de faire leur portrait. Quand l'un de ses articles fait polémique, sa femme et son fils se dressent contre lui avec violence et lui reprochent d'être dépassé, infréquentable, irrécupérable.

Neste romance envolvente, somos transportados para o interior de Minas Gerais, onde acompanhamos a jornada emocional e espiritual da jovem Felipa. Acompanhando desde sua infância até a idade adulta e todos os desafios enfrentados por ela durante a narrativa.

Années 1980. Qui est Karin, la femme de Giles Barrington ? Espionne russe ou victime d'une conspiration dévastatrice ? Le mystère s'épaissit autour des familles Clifton et Barrington. Pendant ce temps, Harry Clifton, en fin de vie, se prépare à livrer son chef-d'œuvre littéraire tout en devant accepter la vente inévitable de l'empire maritime des Barrington. Et alors qu'Emma se voit proposer une place à la Chambre des Lords par Margaret Thatcher, sa petite-fille Jessica, est renvoyée de son école d'art.

Eine Geschichte von Liebe und Freundschaft über alle Grenzen hinweg. In einem Europa, wie es einst unsere Zukunft hätte sein können. Karlsbad, 1871. Die Zeit der Kriege scheint für immer vorbei, im böhmischen Kurort treffen sich Gäste aus ganz Europa. So auch Vicky, Tochter einer Londoner Industriellenfamilie, die den Ärmelkanal untertunneln will, um England mit dem Kontinent zu verbinden; Paul, ein Berliner Ingenieur, der hofft, am Bau einer Prachtstraße namens Kurfürstendamm mitzuwirken; und Auguste Escoffier, angehender Meisterkoch aus Paris, dessen Name zum Inbegriff der französischen Kochkunst werden soll.

Die wahre Geschichte eines Pflegekindes auf einem Bergbauernhof. Mitfühlend und Mut machend erzählt Nummer-1-Bestseller-Autorin Hera Lind in ihrem Tatsachenroman Verraten und verkauft das Schicksal von Steffi, die Furchtbares durchgemacht hat. Aber zum Schweigen hat sie sich nicht bringen lassen. Ein einsam gelegener, ärmlicher Bauernhof in der Steiermark wird 1970 zum neuen "Zuhause" der 2-jährigen Steffi: Das Wiener Jugendamt überlässt sie dem Bauern als Pflegekind. Von klein auf muss Steffi für ihre kargen Mahlzeiten schuften, ein eigenes Bett bekommt sie nicht, und auch keine Schuhe.

Inspiriert von einer wahren Geschichte erzählt #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautor Mark Sullivan das epische Drama zweier Kindersoldaten und ihren Kampf ums Überleben. Uganda in den 1990er-Jahren: Skrupellos entführt der Warlord Joseph Kony Kinder aus den Dörfern, macht sie zu Soldaten und schickt sie schwer bewaffnet ins Feld. Auch Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori werden aus ihrem Leben gerissen und Teil von Konys fanatischem Machtkampf. Fern von ihren Familien und der Hoffnung auf eine gute Zukunft bleibt den brillanten Schülern nur ihr tief verwurzelter Glaube an das Gute im Menschen, um zu überleben.

Alexandra Tashen is a brilliant student, adoring daughter, merry wit, and exuberant prankster. After a blissful childhood on a Texas ranch, she learns the truth: She is a refuse, an illegal refugee smuggled into the Allied Nations as an infant. Everyone from her birth region carries a harmless but detectable bit of viral DNA from a flu vaccine. If detected by the rapid genetic testing at security screens, Alex will be returned to the Federation and a likely death.

It is Autumn 2004 and in a farmhouse on the hills outside Llandudno, a family endures the agonising wait for their son to return from Iraq. John, the father, falls once more into his gambling habit, even as the farm sits on the brink of bankruptcy. And Catrin, the boys’ doting mother begins an affair with an old flame from the city, glimpsing a life entirely different from her own. As each member of the family grasps at their own tenuous lifeline, they drift further from each other – until one fateful knock at the door.

Summer, 1991. Dean: sun-stung and sticky with cool ice-pop juice, walks to the middle of The Green to get a good gawk at the new salon. And at the owner's kid. Hands deep in his pockets, his jet-black mop of hair hides the tension in his face and shoulders at the thought of going back home. Shauna: stands well hid behind her ma - her eyes dark and haunted like the rest of her. The salon is theirs, a fresh start. The smell of her ma's Body Shop perfume clings to her jumper - Shauna can't be anywhere else other than here. Instantly inseparable, their friendship blooms.

Emma Carter moves from the bustling city to a picturesque small town to escape her hectic life. She meets Liam Bennett, a single father and owner of a quaint bookstore. Despite their different backgrounds, they form a deep connection. As they navigate their growing feelings, they face challenges that test their relationship, ultimately leading to a heartwarming conclusion.

First glimpsed riding on the back of a boy’s motorcycle, fourteen-year-old Czeslawa comes to life in this mesmerizing novel by Lily Tuck, who imagines her upbringing in a village in southeastern Poland before her world imploded in late 1942. Stripped of her modest belongings, shorn, tattooed number 26947 on arriving at Auschwitz, Czeslawa is then photographed by prisoner Wilhelm Brasse. Three months later she is dead.