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Why the hell am I placing this damn diamond ring on the trembling finger of this woman? Why the hell did I just sign my freedom away without a second thought? Oh, I’ll say it’s because my father threatened me, or I’m doing it for the sake of her, when I could give two shits about any of the countless women I’ve run through. I’ll keep up with the lie that I was too drunk to realize that the woman I took back to my room was the pimple-faced girl I used to take pleasure in bullying as a boy, which is what pushed both of us into this shotgun wedding. 

Maia ist die älteste von sechs Schwestern, die alle von ihrem Vater adoptiert wurden, als sie sehr klein waren. Sie lebt als einzige noch auf dem herrschaftlichen Anwesen ihres Vaters am Genfer See. Doch dann stirbt ihr Vater überraschend und hinterlässt ihr einen Umschlag - und plötzlich hält sie den Schlüssel zu ihrer unbekannten Vergangenheit in Händen: Maia fasst den Entschluss, in ihre Geburtsstadt Rio zu fliegen, und an der Seite des befreundeten Schriftstellers Floriano Quintelas beginnt sie, das Rätsel ihrer Herkunft zu ergründen.

Let there be light. My name is Calla Price and I'm broken. My pieces are all around me, floating on the wind, even as I desperately try to grasp them. Who is dead? Alive? Insane? What is the truth? I don't know. I do know this: The darkness is strangling me. With every breath, I choke on another lie. My mind has protected me, but that shield will soon be lowered. All will be revealed. Every answer to every question. It's all been leading to this. Don't be afraid. Be terrified.

Dreißig Jahre sind vergangen, seit Greta Marchmont das Herrenhaus verließ, in dem sie einst eine Heimat gefunden hatte. Nun kehrt sie zurück nach Marchmont Hall in die verschneiten Berge von Wales - ohne jegliche Erinnerung an ihre Vergangenheit, denn seit einem tragischen Unfall leidet Greta an Amnesie. Bei einem Spaziergang durch die winterliche Landschaft macht sie eine verstörende Entdeckung.

Despite being a straight-A student and voracious reader, eight-year old Sandrine Miller is treated as little more than a servant by her mother, who forces Sandrine to clean house, do chores and take care of her younger half-sister, Yolanda. On top of the despair of her life at home, Sandrine must confront growing up against the harshness of life in 1970s-era New Orleans, where men in cars follow her home from school and she is ostracized because she is a light-skinned black girl.

What’s a baby’s best friend? A pacifier of course! It is there to help babies soothe in the night, always nearby to make everything right. As children grow up, they need their soothers less each day.

Con el religioso respeto con que se ingresa a un templo; con la cálida ternura con que se acaricia a un niño; y con la cuidadosa delicadeza con que se cura una herida, me acerco a ti, hermano que estás de duelo y sufres el desgarrón de la despedida, provocado por la muerte, para entregarte estas simples palabras. René Juan Trossero es escritor y psicólogo de larga trayectoria en nuestro país y con repercusiones de su actividad en el exterior.

Olive Joshi is an imaginative sixteen-year-old with OCD. She checks and double-checks that the stove burners are off, avoids driving for fear of causing an accident, and constantly worries about hurting the people she loves. Olive finds refuge from her anxiety in writing stories about Coseema, a magical princess on the distant planet Lyria. Coseema is fearless, confident, powerful, and perfect—everything Olive thinks she’ll never be.

Agli anni di piombo, la metafora usata per raccontare in modo negativo gli anni settanta, Erri De Luca contrappone la visione degli anni di rame. Perché il rame? Perché questo metallo permette come nessun altro la conduzione, la connessione e dunque la possibilità dello scambio, della comunicazione e della parola. Gli anni settanta, quindi, come anni di grande comunicazione e di vibratile connessione tra gli esseri umani. Una fase straordinaria della nostra storia. Un decennio di grande felicità e di libertà.

Un vecchio criminale di guerra vive con sua figlia, divisa tra la repulsione e il dovere di accudire. Lui è convinto di avere per unico torto la sconfitta. Lei non vuole sapere i capi d'accusa perché il torto di suo padre non è per lei riducibile a circostanza, momento della storia. Insieme vanno a un appuntamento prescritto dalla kabbala ebraica, che fa coincidere la parola fine con la parola vendetta. Pretesto sono le pagine impugnate da uno sconosciuto in una locanda.

A best friends to lover romance. Willow: I did it. I fell in love with my best friend. Should I mention he’s a player? So, I make a proposition - we be friends with benefits. Surely, it won’t backfire. Rider: I’m in a motorcycle club and my best friend is a girl. She wants to be friends with benefits. I want forever. Somehow, someway, I’m going to convince her how good love can be between friends.

Esta adaptação de Alice no País das Maravilhas para o formato de audiolivro foi enriquecida por uma trilha sonora composta especialmente para ela. O pianista e compositor Kauê Lemos acompanhou as gravações e criou temas e ambientações musicais para os personagens principais e para as situações mais marcantes.

The story is told primarily through Andre's voice, but we also see things through the voices and points of view of his mother Ruby, a hard-working medical secretary, his older sister Nina, his mostly not-there-usually-drunk-and-high father Eddie, a halfhearted reggae musician, and Reggie and Smoke, the kingpins of competing drug crews.

Emily Bird was raised not to ask questions. She has perfect hair, the perfect boyfriend, and a perfect Ivy-League future. But a chance meeting with Roosevelt David, a homeland security agent, at a party for Washington DC's elite leads to Bird waking up in a hospital, days later, with no memory of the end of the night.

"Mosè, primo alpinista, è in cima al Sinai. Inizia così il suo corpo a corpo con la più potente manifestazione della divinità.". Erri De Luca racconta l'eroe Mosè con la grazia del grande scrittore che reimmagina, attraverso la Scrittura, la grandezza sofferente dell'uomo alla guida di un popolo in fuga. "E disse": con questo verbo la divinità crea e disfa, benedice e annulla. Dal Sinai che scatarra esplosioni e fiamme, vengono scandite le sillabe su pietra di alleanza. Nell'impeto di un'ora di entusiasmo un popolo di servi appena liberati si sobbarca di loro.

I knew Erik Chenault was dangerous the moment I saw him. Everything about him should have warned me away, from the scar on his face to the fact that mobsters call him Blade. But I was drawn like a moth to a flame, and I ended up burnt...and blushing, sore, and thoroughly used.

The 90th anniversary celebrations continue with this charming original title featuring everyone's favorite little train is the perfect book for bedtime. The train yard's still. There's not a sound. The setting sun glows all around. After a day of play, Little Engine settles in to sleep . . . but...

Anbruch einer neuen Zeit oder Ende der Vernunft? Isabelle und Annika haben verlernt, miteinander zu sprechen. Nun, am Sterbebett ihrer Mutter, müssen sie es tun. Auch ihre Tante Dagmar ist da. Drei Frauen, drei Einzelkämpferinnen. Und noch während sie sich an das Gefühl herantasten, als Familie zusammenzugehören, launcht ein internationaler Tech-Milliardär seine Idee einer revolutionär neuen Gemeinschaft. Er will der Gesellschaft ein Update verpassen. Per App. Und alle können sich dabei einbringen. Der Start für das Projekt soll ausgerechnet hier bei ihnen sein: in Weimar.

Dopo il suicidio del cugino, Lino cerca rifugio nel giardino del nonno, tra coltivazioni di fiori rari e profumi familiari. Affascinata dal suo mondo, gli propone di creare un blog per raccontarlo. Il nonno accetta, ma con un'unica condizione: non pubblicare nulla su un certo fiore giallo che Lino ha notato in casa sua. Pochi giorni dopo, lui è morto. E il fiore è sparito. Spinta da un'ossessione crescente, Lino infrange la promessa e pubblica una foto del fiore.

Ayesha is a world away from home when she meets the boy of her dreams. Like her, Suresh is from India but going to high school in Illinois. Once they get together, they are inseparable... until a twist of fate takes Suresh back to India right when Ayesha discovers she's pregnant. Suddenly she feels she's on her own, navigating the biggest decision she'll ever make. Seventeen years later, Ayesha's daughter Mira finds an old box with letters addressed to her from her birth mother. Although Mira loves the moms who adopted her, she's intrigued to discover something more about her history.