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Der Nachsommer mit dem Untertitel Eine Erzählung (1857) ist ein Roman in drei Bänden von Adalbert Stifter. Das Werk gehört zu den großen Bildungsromanen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Stifter erzählt im Nachsommer eine Bildungs-, Liebes- und Familiengeschichte.

Nel liceo di Clichy-sous-Bois, la giovane Kayden Abad scopre il potere della scrittura grazie alla sua insegnante di letteratura, che intravede in lei un talento capace di aprirle le porte di un futuro prestigioso. Ma dietro questa promessa si nasconde un rapporto ambiguo e pericoloso, fatto di manipolazione e seduzione. Attraverso il suo diario, Kayden racconta con lucidità e dolore le dinamiche di un sistema educativo rigido e spesso ingiusto, dando voce ai sogni, alle paure e alla forza dei legami tra adolescenti.

«Questo libro brucia. Brucia tra le mani di chi lo ha scritto. Dopo anni continua a bruciare.» Uscito per la prima volta nel 2010, La vita oscena è rimasto sin da allora un tizzone che non ha mai smesso di ardere. È il doloroso romanzo di formazione di un ragazzo che osserva il mondo colorato della propria infanzia mentre questo gli crolla addosso; ma è anche il racconto, sincero e violento, di una ricerca della purezza all'interno dell'oscenità più sfrenata.

Brought to you by Penguin. With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters - born to the same father but different mothers - struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become...

Una novela imprescindible y esperanzadora para los tiempos que corren. En el verano de 1943, Gina, una estudiante de familia acomodada, se enamora perdidamente de Betto, un intrépido muchacho judío que forma parte de una organización clandestina. Entre ambos surge una original, intensa y...

A STYLIST BEST QUEER FICTION BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026 'Immersive, queer and atmospheric. The perfect summer read' EMILY AUSTIN 'Montrone perfectly captures the Homeric, mythic power of childhood's edge, the paradox of days that feel like they last forever, while somehow always being much too...

Sembra la cornice di una grande avventura: un prestigioso, tradizionale collegio, circondato da un parco con colline e campi sportivi. Nella scuola d'élite in cui è stato iscritto dalla madre si formano la classe dirigente austriaca e i potenti del futuro. Till, che a quell'ambiente è del tutto estraneo, appena torna a casa si chiude subito in camera senza salutare nessuno, accende il pc e trascorre ore e ore online: quello del videogioco è l'unico mondo in cui sembra potersi esprimere, l'unico luogo in cui si sente davvero libero di essere se stesso.

Wie weit würdest du gehen? Eine Geschichte über Geldnot, Schuld und digitale Selbstvermarktung. Dell Danvers braucht dringend Geld. Ihre Schwester liegt im Koma, das Krankenhaus will die lebenserhaltenden Maschinen abstellen. In ihrer Verzweiflung startet Dell einen siebentägigen Livestream, um Spenden zu sammeln: schlagfertig, wütend, voller Schmerz und Schärfe – im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes, denn bald feiert das Internet ihre Chili-Challenges. Je größer die Aufmerksamkeit, desto mehr entgleitet ihr die Kontrolle.

A journey across continents becomes a journey into faith. When eleven-year-old Amraj travels from Canada to Punjab with his family, he expects adventure, new places, and stories from his grandfather. What he does not expect is a journey that slowly opens a corridor between the past and the...

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of New Boy by Tracy Chevalier, read by Prentice Onayemi. 'O felt her presence behind him like a fire at his back.' Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat’s son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden comes an emotional new story about two troubled souls sharing one all-encompassing love . . . The dark secret Kayden has kept hidden for years is finally out. Worse, he's facing charges for battery. The only way to...

Calcutta, 1757. Bengal is on the brink of war. The East India Company, led by the fearsome Sir Peter Chilcott, are advancing and nobody is safe. Meena, the Nawab’s neglected and abused daughter, finds herself falling under the spell of James Chilcott, nephew of Sir Peter, who claims he wants to betray the company...for a price. Caught between friend and foe, Meena and James escape Calcutta, their hands stained in blood and pockets filled with gold. In Ceylon, they’re cleansed of their sins by Meena’s beloved aunt Kiran, before the young lovers set sail for the Cape of Good Hope.

A runaway bride. A handsome stranger. Two pasts to put behind them. From the best-selling author of The Lucky Dress comes a story about love, finding yourself and living your dreams. Parker is ready to marry the man of her dreams. But he isn't ready to marry her. When she's dumped moments before walking down the aisle, she didn't expect to run into the arms of a handsome stranger. 

Florida, 1982. A nine-year-old watches as his dead father's possessions are hauled away: his clothes and tools, his faux-leather recliner. His sensei says it's a perfect time to turn his weaknesses into weapons. His PE teacher says he runs like a pregnant ostrich. His mother takes out a personal ad. Everyone is trying to teach him a lesson but he is, it seems, a slow learner. Meanwhile, with each passing day, his father recedes, growing less and less plausible, almost a myth.

Tatum Thompson is living the dream. Her life is perfect; with a loving boyfriend and loving parents, and as a soon-to-be college graduate, how can life get better? Life is good until it isn't. When tragedy strikes, Tatum runs to Josh, only to find him in a compromising position with someone else. Turning away from the only life she knew, Tatum is forced to alter her life plan. Blaise Richards is a tattoo artist who moonlights as a volunteer firefighter. Lies and deception leave his broken heart closed until the beautiful green-eyed girl casts her spell over him.

Con un lenguaje estético audaz que rompe los moldes tradicionales, Vimos casas hundirse es una novela «de iniciación a la disidencia amorosa, sexual y familiar, una reconstrucción sobre cómo el poder político y económico van tramando sus redes para enmarañar nuestro futuro. Una novela...

Twelve-year-old Ramona Donnelly knows what happens to kids left alone—the system takes them. So when her grandmother Tilly vanishes, Ramona doesn’t call for help. She tracks Tilly herself from the hospital to a nursing home. But something is wrong. Tilly doesn’t have dementia… does she? Then there’s Emily, warm and open, who believes the story Ramona spins. She welcomes the odd, brilliant girl with the animal bone collection into her life, unaware that Ramona needs far more than kindness—she needs saving.

“A delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth.”—Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake “Poignant and emotional, with touches of both humor and sorrow. . . . This book makes you think about what it means to be a...

Adunni and Ms Tia are back, now forced to confront their pasts and find the courage to roar for themselves 'A novelist of great power, wit, and invention' ELIZABETH GILBERT, author of City of Girls 'Daré has proved, once again, that she is a masterful storyteller to be reckoned with' TARA M...

It is 1597 and Kit Skevy and Mariner Elgin have just robbed the wrong grave. They are young criminals in the pocket of a gang Lord named Will Twentyman, the Grave Eorl of Southwark. Mariner is the best cutpurse around, a strange Calvinist girl who dresses like a boy and is partner in crime to Kit Skevy, Southwark's best brawler who carries a secret: he cannot feel pain. When caught out in their unfortunate larceny, Kit is kidnapped by the menacing alchemist Lord Isherwood.