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Fifteen-year-old Nina and her family are struggling to hold things together in the wake of the accidental death of her brother several years earlier. Seeking refuge in art, Nina's mother has painted a series of nude portraits of her remaining child. As these haunting images go public, Nina is forced to deal with her burgeoning sexuality in front of a large and critical audience.

Nina è una storia insolita di mafia, d’amore, di merda.Una storia triste intrisa di sangue e White Russian. Ma Nina non è solo una donna, è anche una pasticca. Una sostanza naturale che produce stati estremi di piacere.Presenta però due effetti collaterali. E uno di questi è la morte. Voce: Monica MantegazzaSoggetto, testi e montaggio: Masanumero10

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. “I just loved how intriguing the mystery is but also the dynamics between a grandmother, a mother, and a teenage daughter."" —Reese Witherspoon Think: Gilmore Girls, but with murder...

Set against the enchanting backdrop of Prague, this poignant romance tells the story of a love that transcends boundaries between a Catholic and a Jew. In this captivating short novel, Trollope departs from his typical themes to delve into a narrative that resonates universally. - Summary by Anthony Ogus

Jun Nakayama was a silent-film star in the early days of Hollywood. By 1964, he is living in complete obscurity, until a young writer, Nick Bellinger, tracks him down for an interview. When Bellinger reveals that he has written a screenplay with Nakayama in mind, Jun is intrigued by the possibility of returning to movies. But he begins to worry that someone might delve too deeply into the past and uncover the events that abruptly ended his career in 1922. Like the changing social and racial tides in California - and the unsolved murder of his favorite director.

With sheer determination, purpose, and a little bit of luck, Alesha takes charge of her own destiny, refusing to leave her life to chance. She creates Unleash for Love, a reality TV show, aiming to discover genuine love and propel her career to new heights. Alesha is not alone in this adventure—her besties, Melissa (Pretty Vee), and Candi (Logan Browning), are by her side; her most successful friend, Teddy (Lamorne Morris), lends his money and talent to get the show made; and a hilarious cast of bachelors and characters are along for the ride....

Für Marina Hansen ist ihre Sylter Heimat das Paradies auf Erden. Doch nach dem Unfalltod ihres Mannes verliert ihre Welt mit einem Schlag alle Farbe. Nur ihr Familienzusammenhalt, die Liebe zu ihrer Tochter Lisa und das turbulente Treiben in ihrem Restaurant "Sölbloom" geben ihr Halt. Und dann ist da noch Oliver, der beste Freund ihres verstorbenen Mannes und Lisas Patenonkel, der ihr steter Anker ist. An seiner Seite gelingt es ihr sogar, kostbare Momente der Leichtigkeit zurück in ihr Herz zu lassen. Und plötzlich ist da diese besondere Anziehung, die alles verändert.

As a single mother, Annie has an especially close relationship with her son, Ben. They have always been together. Just the two of them. So, when Ben brings home his mysterious beautiful new wife, Daisy, immediately Annie doesn’t trust her. Who is this woman who has taken her son away from her? And what is she hiding? She’ll protect him with her life....

In 2003, television journalist Daryna Goshchynska unearths a worn photograph of Olena Dovgan, a member of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army killed in 1947 by Stalin’s secret police. Intrigued by Olena’s story, Daryna sets out to make a documentary of the woman’s extraordinary life and death - and unwittingly opens a door to the past that will change the course of the future.

"The finest historical novel our 20th century has yet produced; indeed it dwarfs most of the fiction of any kind that Europe has produced in the last twenty years." -- Contemporary Movements in European Literature, edited by William Rose and J. Isaacs "As a novel it must be ranked with the...

Creon seine Stimme wiederzugeben, hätte sie nie für möglich gehalten. Doch dank ihrer einzigartigen Magie konnte Emelin den Fluch brechen, der auf ihm lag. Was auch bedeutet, dass sie die abertausend anderen Flüche der Fae-Königin zerstören könnte. Eine Schlacht beginnt, welche nur auf zwei Arten enden kann – mit dem Sieg oder dem Tod.

Desde su insólita infancia y a lo largo de su estrambótica carrera, la vida de las gemelas es una sucesión de episodios grotescos: entre identidades equivocadas, novios prestados, rivalidades acérrimas y fiestas que culminan en incendios, el mundo de Dora y Nora, poblado por una legión de personajes improbables, es un lugar que no admite reglas y en el que reina la despreocupación suprema. Es 23 de abril, fecha de nacimiento de Shakespeare, y las gemelas Dora y Nora Chance, actrices y coristas de segunda fila, se disponen a celebrar sus setenta y cinco años.

Essence Knox never thought she'd be starting over at her age. After two decades of teaching math at Hardwood High, raising her daughters, and keeping everything together, she's faced with a quiet house and tough decisions. Selling the family home seems like the right move, but letting go of the past and the pain that comes with it is easier said than done. Little did she know, her fresh start would come in the form of a new colleague. Enter Xavier Sharpe, the retired military man turned high school teacher.

Guadalupe Loaeza ha retratado como nadie a la burguesía mexicana: sus tardes con el psicoanalista, sus excursiones a la Lagunilla, sus vacaciones frustradas, sus fiestas de happy birthday y hasta sus dramas de Navidad. Con un estilo crítico, ingenioso e incómodamente divertido, captura la esencia de unas «niñas bien» que, aunque hoy se visten con huipiles combinados con pantalones carísimos, siguen siendo reflejo de una clase social...

Kafka’s finest works adapted for BBC radio – plus a biographical play, three discussion pieces and the award-winning Kafka The Musical A lawyer by day, Franz Kafka spent his nights writing visionary stories and novels exploring bureaucracy, power and alienation – iconic fiction that gave...

From amnesiac vampire slayers to fallen angels, space vampires to cursed tattoo artists, sleep paralysis demons to ancient wish-granting entities—six stories prove that even monsters deserve a happily ever after. Treat yourself to a collection that's equal parts spooky and steamy.

Alfredo è certo che sua sorella Nina, ormai quattordicenne, abbia visto e sentito qualcosa di tremendo che l’ha portata a chiudersi in un silenzio impenetrabile. Soprattutto, si è convinto che c’entri con una serie di morti che la cronaca definisce suicidi e, come tali, vengono archiviati nell’indifferenza generale. Intanto, l’unico che riesce a strappare Nina al suo isolamento è Leonardo, un quindicenne in affido.

Nina Stibbe came to fame with Love, Nina, a memoir of her time working as a nanny in 1980s literary London. It won Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the 2014 National Book Awards, and was adapted into a hit BBC TV series. She has since written six more books, four of them novels, and a sparkling selection of her work is included here, alongside two fascinating interviews with Nina herself.

En una noche de 1991, en los camerinos del Metropolitan Opera House de Nueva York, nace Venus, una niña prematura y abandonada por sus padres biológicos, bailarines del Teatro Bolshói. Rescatada por Raquel Washington, intendente del teatro, Venus es criada en Queens, donde su talento la lleva a brillar como bailarina en el American Ballet Theatre. Años después su vida da un giro cuando sus padres biológicos, ahora parte de la élite rusa, descubren su paradero y buscan recuperarla.

Als ein Bauer in einem abgelegenen Feld in der Nähe von Salisbury Knochen entdeckt, wird Atticus Priest in ein dunkles Geheimnis verwickelt, das bis zu den gewalttätigen Unruhen von 1830 zurückreicht. Als ein aktueller Mordfall mit längst begrabenen Wahrheiten verflochten wird, muss Atticus die Wahrheit hinter einem brutalen Erbe aufdecken – bevor weiteres Blut vergossen wird.