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Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai’s NO LONGER HUMAN narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. His attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a “clown” to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.

Now a critically-acclaimed Netflix original film directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) and starring Idris Elba (Mandela, The Wire)—the movie-tie in edition of the harrowing, utterly original debut novel by Uzodinma Iweala about the life of a child soldier in a war-torn African country. As...

Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late twenties. A sharp, smart and witty look at adulting - Fleabag meets Sorrow and Bliss with a splash of Dolly Alderton. 'No Hard Feelings is clever, funny and surprisingly sweet, and Penny captured...

INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A beautiful tale of hope, courage, and sisterhood—inspired by the real House of Mercy and the girls confined there for daring to break the rules. Growing up in New York City in the 1910s, Luella and Effie Tildon realize that even as wealthy young women, their...

Estate 2001: in tutte le radio impazza il singolo-tormentone Ossessione Onirica di Boavida. Non è una stagione come le altre: a Genova va in scena il G8 più discusso della storia, Carlo Giuliani viene ucciso, qualche giorno dopo si consuma la mattanza della scuola Diaz; le Torri Gemelle cadono giù, a settembre, per mano dei terroristi. Ernesto Celi, in arte Boavida, continua a cantare canzoni disimpegnate perché così vuole la sua etichetta discografica. Interviste, ospitate, il Festivalbar in cui deve esibirsi dopo che una star si è rifiutata di cantare in playback.

If you like Catherine Cookson, Dilly Court and Katie Flynn, then you will love this breath-taking saga of one of love, passion, betrayal, tragedy and longing by much loved author Jess Foley. This unmissable and unputdownable saga is one you will never forget... 'Compulsive and well-paced' --...

As a high school sophomore, Aiden Kelly's biggest problems should be his failing grades, his abusive father, being a self-proclaimed loner, or getting pummeled by the football team. Instead, Aiden's number one dilemma is a guy named Tony, a senior who seems to know all sorts of things that should be impossible to know. Oh, and he may also be a sociopath. So, you know: No. Big. Deal.

Two best friends from high school, Peggy Morrison and Constance Masters, reunite in Washington and continue their indecent behavior. One becomes a Capitol Hill gossip columnist and the other is a prize-winning journalist, and both exploit their feminine wiles to get what they want.

Dead Men Tell No Tales by E.W. Hornung is a gripping tale of high-seas adventure, treachery, and mystery. The novel follows a young man, Duncan, who finds himself entangled in a perilous voyage aboard a doomed ship. When disaster strikes and the vessel is wrecked, Duncan becomes the sole survivor, only to discover that escaping the sea is just the beginning of his troubles. A sinister conspiracy, hidden enemies, and a dangerous quest for truth unfold as he struggles to clear his name and uncover the dark secrets that threaten his life.

Einfühlsame, ehrliche und warmherzige RomCom und Coming-of-Age-Story mit Witz, Charme und Herz aus der Feder einer OwnVoice-Autorin Zoe Kelly fängt endlich ihr neues Leben an: die Highschool liegt hinter ihr. Zum Glück! Als Autistin hatte sie es nicht immer leicht und die Erinnerungen an Mobbing und Ausgrenzung begleiten sie immer noch. Doch das Journalismus-Praktikum bei Bubble soll ihr Leben ändern, sie ist bereit, sich selbst neu zu erfinden. Das ist leichter gesagt als getan, auch wenn ihre Schwester sich alle Mühe gibt, Zoe in die Welt der Dating-Apps einzuführen.

James e Amelia têm dezessete anos. Em comum, além da idade, têm o fato de estarem um a fim do outro e de serem tomados pelo nervosismo quando James chama Amelia para sair. Mas tudo parece perfeito para um primeiro encontro: um passeio de canoa pelos lagos, levando um cooler cheio de sanduíches e cervejas. À medida que se aprofundam na exploração, os dois chegam a um lago escondido e encontram algo impressionante debaixo d’água.

"Los deseos no son solo palabras" es una novela basada en hechos reales, sobre la vida de una mujer convencida de las segundas oportunidades. Crecer junto a una bruja alimenta a la protagonista a dejar su Veracruz natal y embarcarse en una odisea que la llevará primero a la ciudad de México y luego a media docena de países diferentes. De la noche a la mañana, con 17 años y una maleta, deja todo lo que conoce para convertirse en la mujer más bella de su país.

She was born to be a queen, yet she’s nothing more than a political pawn. With no name and no place to call her own, she’s doing her best to hold on to the only thing that belongs to her and her alone—her soul. A difficult task, given that she was kept alive for the sole purpose of being given to the formidable King Rowan of Northrend to fulfill the treaty signed by the three kingdoms of Greatland long before she was born.

«Conviértete en quien eres» dice un verso de Píndaro. Nietzsche se apropió de la sentencia como lema personal. Pero: ¿y si quienes somos es Don Nadie o Don Fracaso Reiterado o Doña Nostalgia Eterna? Los que no narra la saga rota de una generación de personajes que no llegaron a la meta de sí mismos. Por el contrario, con el paso del tiempo se fueron alejando.

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE Set in Senegal, this modern-day Oliver Twist is a meditation on the power of love and the strength that can emerge when we have no other choice but to survive. “I loved this book because it is a story about generations of parents and children saving one...

From post-punk Brighton to revolutionary Angola, an incredible coming-of-age story that stretches across nations and decades, reminding us what it really means to come home. "Weisman has written a tragedy of rare power and richness...If lately you've been shuffling through too many novels that...

Sussex, Inglaterra. Um homem de meia-idade volta à casa onde passou a infância para um funeral. A construção não é mais a mesma, e ele é atraído para a fazenda no fim da estrada, onde, aos sete anos, conheceu uma garota extraordinária, Lettie Hempstock, que morava com a mãe e a avó. Ele não pensava em Lettie há décadas, mas mesmo assim, ao se sentar à beira do lago (o mesmo a que ela se referia como um oceano) nos fundos da velha casa de fazenda, o passado esquecido volta de repente.

Um velho homem escreve suas memórias de infância, vivida num bairro proletário do RJ, na virada dos anos 1950/1960. Naturalmente, e logo nas primeiras páginas, uma criança, um menino pequeno, apodera-se da narrativa, pois é na sua visão que iremos conhecer as histórias de um tempo, cronologicamente recente, mas cujo resultado de passagem, porém, foi comparável a de todo um milênio, tamanhas as mudanças ocorridas em tão breve espaço de tempo.

Amélie est une jeune femme intense, fière et féminine, qui aime porter de jolies robes à pois, peindre des amas de couleurs abstraites, sortir dans les pubs et se livrer de temps à autre à quelques excès… Son quotidien devient particulièrement difficile lorsque la maladie de Crohn, une maladie inflammatoire intestinale chronique, s’empare de sa vie et de son corps.

As a child, writer Maggie Wadey was aware her mother was different from her father and his family, and that the difference was do with her Irishness, but she knew nothing of her Tipperary background. Then, before she died, Agnes Kavanagh began to talk about the past. Gradually, Maggie began to piece together her mother’s early life. But it was only after Agnes's death that she discovered another story - a life and a secret hidden in layers of silence.