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Set in the underground bar and club scene of 1970s Tokyo, Set My Heart On Fire tells the story of Izumi in her turbulent twenties. Through a series of disarmingly frank vignettes, author Izumi Suzuki presents an unforgettable portrait of a young woman encountering missteps and miscommunication, good music and unreliable men, powerful drugs and disorientating meds. Izumi usually keeps her relationships short but complicated, until she meets Jun.

With her final novel, Villette, Charlotte Brontë reached the height of her artistic power. First published in 1853, Villette is Brontë's most accomplished and deeply felt work. Her narrator, the autobiographical Lucy Snowe, flees England and a tragic past to become an instructor in a French boarding school in the town of Villette. There, she unexpectedly confronts her feelings of love and longing as she witnesses the fitful romance between Dr. John, a handsome young Englishman, and Ginerva Fanshawe, a beautiful coquette.

When jobs are scarce, a hard working father is let go to make way for the boss's son. An opportunity opens to look for work on the mainland, but when the family arrives they encounter more difficulties than they had first planned on. Bullied and beaten, the teen son goes through a rough transition. Not wanting to further trouble his parents, he is soon faced with a decision of whether or not to join a gang?

"كان مجيئي إلى الدنيا صدمة حقيقية لعائلتي، كانت والدتي في الخامسة والأربعين عندما رُزِقتْ بي، أما أبي فكان في الخمسين من عمره.

كانا يدركان أنهما أكبر سنًا من أن يُنجبا طفلًا، أمر كهذا لم يكن مألوفًا في تلك الأيام".

È possibile inseguire il proprio sogno senza perdere la parte più autentica di sé stessi? Sfuggire a un destino già scritto senza che questo finisca per bruciarci? Francesco cresce nella periferia di Milano, figlio di meridionali e con il sogno di scrivere: un ragazzo ai margini di un paese ai margini. O almeno questa è la sua sensazione per dieci mesi l’anno, finché non arriva l’estate e lui torna con i genitori in Basilicata, dove la vita sembra più autentica.

تختلف التفاصيل الزمنية لكن يتشابه البشر..تعيش "سكوت" مع والدها في ثلاثينيات القرن وتروي لنا بسردٍ طفولي يومياتها المدرسية ومغامراتها الصبيانية مع أخيها "جيم" وصديقها "ديل" وحادثة الاغتصاب التي هزَّت البلدة وصارت حديث البيوت.

Two years after stealing portable time machines, the Lanes, a family from the present day, stop running and start living. They settle in the seaside town of Coronado, California, in 1963. For Jordan, Laura, and Jeremy, the oldest children, the respite is a chance to nurture relationships, start families, and explore the country. It is an opportunity to put down roots. For Ashley, the youngest, it is a chance to thrive. Now fourteen, she is ready to start high school, make friends, and make up for lost time.

يسيطر الشعور بالغربة على الشخصية الرئيسية في هذه الرواية، وهي المحرك الأكبر له، شعوره بالغربة بدأ منذ طفولته واستمر طوال حياته، يحاول أن يمحوه بكل الأشكال، الشرب والمخدرات والجنس لكن لا ينفعه شيء عندما يفكر فقط في الموت، ويصل إلى مرحلة يعتبر نفسه فيها لم يعد إنساناً بشرياً، وتأتي الرواية في ثلاث فصول وتحكي قصته من طفولته وحتى أواخر العشرينات من عمره.

رواية "واحد، ولا أحد، ومائة ألف " التي يصفها "بيراندِلُّلو" نفسه، في رسالةٍ من رسائل سيرته الذَّاتيَّة، فيقول: "النَّصُّ الأكثر مرارةً من أيِّ نصٍّ آخر، السَّاخرُ أعمقَ ما تكون السُّخرية من تحلُّلِ الحياةِ نفسِها" هو عملَه الرِّوائيَّ الوحيد والأخير. وهو الذي سينظر إليه كثيرٌ من الدَّارسين والمفكِّرين لاحقاً على أنَّه تكثيفٌ لكلِّ الأفكار واختصارٌ لكلِّ العوالم التي أراد "بيراندِلُّلو" التَّعبيرَ عنها في الرِّوايةِ والقصَّةِ والمسرح.

Antes de la publicación de La tumba en 1964, no existía en la literatura mexicana un escritor que transgrediera las formas narrativas como lo hizo José Agustín con su primera novela. La tumba seguirá siendo leída por distintas generaciones por su intacto espíritu rebelde, desencantado y mordaz. Un clásico que celebra sus primeros 50 años.

UNA STORIA PER RISENTIRE LA LEGGEREZZA DEI MIGLIORI ANNI DELLA NOSTRA VITA. PER IMPARARE A VOLARE E NON VIVERE SEMPRE CON I PIEDI PER TERRA. Alice e Viola sono gemelle identiche. Viola si è affacciata per prima al mondo, Alice l’ha seguita da vicino stringendole forte la caviglia. A unirle, un legame che loro soltanto sono in grado di comprendere e una promessa che si sono scambiate da piccole, intrecciando i mignoli: "Non ti mentirò mai". Per tutti, sono indistinguibili: hanno gli stessi amici, frequentano gli stessi posti, hanno le stesse abitudini e gli stessi sogni.

Success by design is infinitely better than a win by chance. Vasu Bhatt is 14 years old when a mysterious old man spots him at a chess tournament and offers to coach him, on two simple but strange conditions: he would not accompany his student to tournaments, and there was to be no digging into his past. Initially resentful, Vasu begins to gradually understand his master’s mettle. Over eight years, master and student come to love and respect each other, but the two conditions remain unbroken–until Vasu confronts and provokes the old man.

Sophie Delavallois is the new companion to the ageing Dowager Marchioness, but she also has another reason for coming to the infamous Wyverne mansion, one that will shake the family to their core. Lord Drake left his childhood home many years ago, and only returns now to see his beloved grandmother. He takes little interest in the goings on of the house, until the arrival of Mademoiselle Delavallois. There’s something about her that he can’t put his finger on; it's as if he’s seen her before, but surely, that is not possible…

Ein bewegender Roman über Hoffnung, Angst und die Frage, was Familie wirklich bedeutet – von Bestsellerautorin Catherine Ryan Hyde. Die Geschichte eines kleinen Jungen, der erst wieder lernen muss, was Vertrauen bedeutet. Die Welt ist voller Gefahren. Das hat sein Vater Remy erklärt, als er mit ihm in die Wildnis gezogen ist. Aber dann stirbt Remys Vater und der Achtjährige muss sich allein durchschlagen. Als er in eine Pflegefamilie kommt, fürchtet er sich vor allem und jedem, vor seinen Pflegegeschwistern nicht weniger als vor den beiden großen Hunden.

This coming-of-age novel explores themes including religious skepticism, socialism, ennui, English society, sexual relationships, and metaphysics, as George searches for an ideal to which he can devote his life. Like all Wells’s novels, Tono-Bungay abounds with social critique.

Billy Lockett: He was the king of rock ‘n roll - until a shocking accident cut short his spectacular career. Iris Ames: A nubile beauty who was the latest to be promoted by Billy from groupie to bedmate. Al Fenstra: Billy’s manager who guided his career like a father. His reaction to Billy’s accident: “Jesus Christ, I’m wiped out!”

Natalie James was excited for all that being a high school senior promised for years. Senior Week. Varsity Tennis. Parties. Dates. Prom. Most importantly graduation and the escape from her small town that college would bring. But one party, one night, that night would change all her plans.

"منى" فتاةٌ عادية تمثِّل شريحة كبيرة من الفتيات في المجتمع فقد نشأت في بيتٍ عادي لوالدٍ ينشغل طوال النهار في عمله وطوال الليل مع أصدقاءه وأمٍّ بشخصيةٍ ضعيفة ومهزوزة تنطلق على فمها كلمة "حاضر" طوال اليوم ولم تجرؤ مرةً على قول "لا" في وجه أحد.

It’s not that ElizabethAnn doesn’t want to live in the postmodern police state of No Oaks, where acrid refuse bins punctuate well-swept plasti-lawns and endless rows of ticky tacky. She simply doesn’t realize her hot-rod driving grandma has groomed her to break the space-time continuum and dive headlong into a forested dystopia called Bumblegreen, which she must single-handedly save from a sweeping blight.

Prue Sarn es una joven a la que todos rechazan por tener labio leporino. Así las cosas, las Parcas pronostican que nunca conocerá el amor. Sin embargo, es fuerte y poseedora de una gran belleza interior. La superstición hace que muchos la rechacen y la acusen de ser una bruja, pero la dulzura de su espíritu hace que se enfrente a todo eso para superarlo. Su hermano, que también se enfrenta al mundo, lo hace por motivos muy distintos; está harto de ser pobre y lo que quiere es hacer dinero. Su ambición es tan fuerte que casi resulta lujuriosa.