Títulos em Amadurecimento

Simon has ADHD, he lives on a New Town in Northumberland, it's the summer of 1976, and it's hot, big cracks are starting to appear in the ground. A gang called The Seaburn Batlads capture Simon and his best friend Squeaky when they are out stealing plums. They tell the boys that ghosts from under the slag heap are going to come up through the cracks. Terrified, the boys form their own gang called The Conker Boys in an attempt to defend their camp in the gorse bushes.

Settembre 1919. L’eco della guerra ancora risuona in un’Europa ferita, mentre in una città assediata nasce un sogno rivoluzionario. Leo, diciassettenne inquieto e determinato, lascia la sua casa tra le montagne della Carnia per unirsi all’impresa di Fiume, guidata da Gabriele D’Annunzio. Spinto dall’irrequietezza e dal desiderio di far parte di qualcosa di grande, Leo si immerge in un mondo fatto di ideali rivoluzionari, discorsi infuocati e sogni di giustizia sociale.

Cam's plan to usurp death and fight back against those plotting against him worked. Almost a little too well. Now he must learn his new cultivation aspects to grow stronger for what is to come. He must learn the ways of the spirit beasts and fit two hundred years of training into his life as quickly as possible, for war is on the horizon. The Empire of the Creator is on the move. Storming the Rezzen Empire and converting humans and the other races into soldiers for their machinations. The goddess herself has descended upon the world to lead her forces and Cam is a prime target.

In a world where unseen forces weave destinies together, two lives intersect, bound by a connection neither can explain. Their paths cross, igniting a silent spark that defies logic and challenges reality. As the threads of fate tighten, they must navigate the mysterious bond that draws them ever closer.

In 2024, after a lifetime of bad luck, Blake Sims dies alone and angry about what could have been. But that was not the end of Blake's story. It's the beginning of a new version of his life when fourteen-year-old Blake wakes up in 1994 with the memory of a vivid dream. A dream of living a whole life filled with disappointment, which all started in his sophomore year of high school when his father died.

Sharru was born to lead. On his home planet Uhuru, he’s a symbol of strength, destined to one day command in a universal battle that defines entire civilizations. But as his 29th cycle nears, something inside him refuses to settle. It isn’t fear—it’s something stranger: a sound. A frequency no one else hears, calling him across galaxies.

When fifteen-year-old Sawyer Cray and his friends sneak into the wreckage to explore the damage, they uncover more than storm debris. Curiosity gives way to obsession when Sawyer opens the book—and unwittingly unleashes something dark, something hungry. An entity sealed away in 1873 by men who paid for their silence in blood.

Songwriter turned lawyer and author, Andrew Banks Townsend, recounts the events of his youth that led him to important lessons about race, acceptance and overcoming adversity. Much of his journey involved learning from the experiences of his grandparents and others of his grandparents' generation. Andrew's life reminds how seemingly unrelated historical events continue to ripple through ensuing generations in unexpected and sometimes mysterious ways.

Upon the sudden deaths of their bird-obsessed parents, the three Shah siblings reunite. Aliza has spent years holding their crumbling family together, caring for their younger brother, Sammy. And Aden, named executor of the estate, finds himself resentfully facing the one member of the family who always got their parents’ undivided love: their famous Bollywood-bopping cockatoo, Coco. One reckless night, Aden opens Coco’s cage, letting her do what he did a decade ago—fly away from home.

After Rita Racons fails her college’s required English course and her plans for a summer with friends are ruined, she loses all sense of direction. Until Rita heeds her free-spirited grandmother’s advice to get off their roof terrace and go out and find her place in the world. Boarding a plane from Barcelona to New York is just the beginning. Fate eventually lands Rita in Atlanta as an au pair with two questions: What is an au pair, and where the hell is Atlanta?

Searingly honest and sexually explicit, So We Look to the Sky is a novel told in five linked stories that begin with an affair between a student, Takumi, and a woman ten years his senior. Their scandalous liaison, which the woman's husband makes public by posting a secretly taped video online, frames all of the stories, each exploring different aspects of the passages of life and the hardships ordinary people face.

A captivating journey of love, sacrifice, and destiny playing out in the world of music. In 2003, at the prestigious Brookfield Conservatory in Boston, a chance encounter sparks an inimitable friendship between driven pianist and singer Anna Buckley and composer wunderkind Will Pendleton. As...

Pre-order the funny, insightful love-letter to female friendship now, perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton and The Bold Type! Thirteen years. Three women. One annual sleepover. 13 February 2013. Alicia, Marnie and Hannah have their first Galentine’s Day sleepover. They’re eighteen, single, and...

Cecilia is now eight years old, but she is more than a child. She is The Return, the ultimate hybrid of humanoid and non-humanoid species in the Universe. Her destiny is monumental, to restore reality to its natural order. She is the key to a cosmic reset, a spark to ignite an evolution of consciousness across all of existence. Her supernatural powers are unlike anything the Universe has ever known. But power invites danger and while some are drawn to love and protect her, others seek to exploit her gifts—or to end her life entirely.

Bujar inventa continuamente se stesso e la propria storia, come un impostore che si appropria dei frammenti che carpisce agli altri, del passato delle persone che ha amato, dei loro nomi, perché può scegliere chi vuole essere, il paese da cui proviene, i dettagli della propria esistenza. Perché, come dice lui stesso, «nessuno è tenuto a rimanere la persona che è nata, possiamo ricomporci come un nuovo puzzle».

"You are really by yourself when you’re by yourself". These words reverberate through the head of 16-year-old Beth Duncan after the death of her parent and forced to live with her strange older uncle in the small backwoods town of Luina in the barren North West corner of Tasmania, Australia.

In the gritty shadows of Ironwood Correctional Facility, nineteen-year-old Jasper Kane fights to survive a year-long sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, orchestrated by his powerful family to bury their shame. Framed for arson and betrayed by his senator father, Jasper navigates a brutal men’s prison, where every glance hides a threat and every alliance a risk.

The year is 2848. Wars aren’t won by nations—they’re brokered by corporations. A.R.M.S. pilots, warriors bound to towering mechs with the firepower of gods, fight for fame, fortune, and survival in the ruthless chaos of Free Space.

A principios de los años noventa, la construcción de la presa hidroeléctrica en Zimapán, Querétaro, irrumpió como un símbolo de los nuevos tiempos, pero también llegó con la amenaza de dejar bajo el agua a comunidades enteras… Varios años después, I —quien era una niña cuando se construyó esa presa— regresa al hogar de su infancia tras una inundación. Mientras ayuda a su madre con la limpieza, se desbordan momentos de su historia, como la sofocante relación con su entorno, la rebeldía juvenil, la necesidad de forjar una identidad propia, las relaciones amorosas y sexuales.

Piazzetta Paoli 2, è un viaggio introspettivo, un romanzo che si può tranquillamente inserire fra le opere di formazione. La narrazione è incentrata sul percorso di riscoperta del protagonista che, attraverso le sue esperienze, cresce ritrovandosi e nel farlo offre anche degli spunti di riflessione al lettore, per un percorso di arricchimento interiore.