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Libby Duncan is on the cusp of having her dream come true. She has landed a role in a Broadway musical, and all of the hard work, dedication, and devotion to her craft are finally paying off. It's not the starring role she's hoped for, but she knows that it's a step in the right direction, and if she can keep her focus where it needs to be, she'll finally get the solo she deserves. If that happens, the entire path of her career will change, and her remarkable talent will finally be noticed.

Wally Roux is a teenage genius with a big imagination and a big heart, who just moved to Savannah, GA, from Maine with his mom, who adopted him when he was an infant. In this charming and sweet solo performance, Wally investigates what is causing a number of strange events and occurrences. He explores and gets lost within space-time - an infinite, indefinable, and mysterious void that you can’t see but when you slice into it you can feel it.

"Meine Mission hieß Rache. Die zog ich jetzt durch." Die niederbayerische Provinz in den Achtzigern: In Artlhofen tobt der Kulturkampf zwischen Kirche, CSU und der Anti-Atombewegung. Mittendrin der 18-jährige Oberministrant Vinzenz Bachmaier, der endlich auch einmal cool sein möchte. Aber statt zur Demo nach Wackersdorf muss er zur Wallfahrt nach Altötting mitfahren. So wird das nichts mit seiner Ricarda und der Karriere als Rockgitarrist. Als er schließlich mit seiner Band aus der katholischen Enge ausbricht und das Glück greifbar nah scheint, nimmt sein Leben eine tragische Wendung.

Joel, a sus diecisiete años, comienza su trabajo en el videocentro ROYO. Es exactamente lo que le recetó el terapeuta: un nuevo comienzo. Después de pasar varios años entre doctores y hospitales psiquiátricos a causa de "el incidente", finalmente está listo para ser un chico normal. Ahora, con un nuevo nombre inspirado en su personaje favorito de La guerra de las galaxias, Solo está decidido a iniciar un nuevo capítulo con toda la actitud.

"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.

Una fría madrugada de primavera, Santiago Albiol coge a su único hijo, de apenas cinco años, lo sube al coche y emprende un viaje, sin destino y a la desesperada, que le lleva a cruzar media España. Es una huida: Santiago acaba de matar a su esposa. Dos años después de ese luctuoso hecho, Jorge Canal, arquitecto y escritor en ciernes, se decide a retomar su afición por la escritura—abandonada desde la época universitaria—con la pretensión de escribir una novela que cuente la historia de Santiago.

Cinque racconti come un romanzo sul male di vivere. Infanzia e memoria, sentimento e comprensione sulle storie atroci e dolcissime di bambini soli e molto infelici. È un libro che accompagna alla maturità del sentire, alla rivelazione di una verità e alla possibile rinascita.

L'amicizia è affrontare insieme la paura. Lo sanno bene Filo e Rullo, due ragazzini diversissimi eppure inseparabili, che decidono di scappare da casa e di avventurarsi tra i boschi, alla ricerca del cane di Filo, perso durante un temporale. Per ritrovarlo si spingono fino alla cascina di Guelfo Tabacci, uno schivo montanaro di cui si mormora che anni prima abbia ucciso suo figlio. Così, l'ingenuità della loro fuga lascia il posto ai terribili segreti del mondo degli adulti. Molto tempo dopo, nella cantina di quello stesso casolare vengono ritrovati due diari.

Can a man who loves his small hometown trust it to love him back? Jared Thomas has lived in the mountain town of Coda, Colorado his whole life. He can't imagine living anywhere else. But Jared's opportunities are limited—the only other gay man in town is twice his age, and although Jared originally planned to be a teacher, the backlash that might accompany the gig keeps him working at his family's store instead. Then Matt Richards moves to town. Matt may not be into guys, but he doesn't care that Jared is.

Anna, una mujer que dejó su trabajo en la gerencia de un hotel para ocuparse de sus hijas y de su marido, recibe un mazazo al conocer la noticia de la muerte de su esposo en un accidente. El golpe es doble al enterarse de que, en el momento de ser atropellado, salía de un hotel de la mano de su mejor amiga.

Villa Bohème is a Puerto Rican motel where, in the words of one of the "strays" who have assembled there, the people are biding their time. They drink, they play darts, they wait on the beach for something to happen. This washed-up place is run by a washed-up lawyer with one remaining client, and into it steps Tito, the lawyer's son, 14 years old, smart and surly, fleeing his mother and her annoying boyfriend.

High school wrestler Jake Persson is living on vitamins and diet Mountain Dew as he fights to make weight at the height of championship season. In the small mining town in northern Minnesota's Iron Range where Jake lives, this is the most exciting thing that has happened in years. During his last meet, Jake confronts his future and the unnerving sense that his own body and desires are starting to betray him. Chelsey Johnson writes a gripping story about hunger, control, and wrestling down desire.