Títulos em Amadurecimento

Morgan, Charlotte, and Abby Weiss are filled with mixed emotions. After their beloved mother took her own life without leaving a note, the siblings go through the motions of a funeral while grappling with grief and anger at their parent’s actions.

Es brennt. In den Wäldern und auf den Screens. Die 15-jährige Era lebt mit ihrer Mutter am Waldrand und versucht dem schleichenden Prozess der Zerstörung etwas entgegenzusetzen, indem sie das Aussterben der Vögel dokumentiert. Während Era Notizbücher führt, Zeichnungen anfertigt und all das Wissen, auf das sie Zugriff hat, zu ordnen versucht, bildet Maja eine zerstörerische Gegenkraft. Während die Turteltaube ausstirbt, verlieben die beiden sich ineinander. Als ein großflächiger Brand den Wald zerstört, verlieren auch die Mädchen einen bedeutenden Teil ihres Lebensraums.

‘If We Hadn’t Been Soldiers…’ is a compelling and gripping novel that takes place during the American Civil War. It chronicles the dilemmas and ordeals Simon and his wife Olivia encounter when he leaves the Danton Plantation. Simon is a family man and a dedicated servant with a burning desire to provide a better life for his wife, Olivia, and their son, William. His desire for freedom clashes with his comfortable life as the carriage driver for Mr. Danton, the plantation owner. Simon takes an uncertain and unorthodox method to achieve their freedom.

A heart warming recipe for fun. Take one old farmer, a salacious genius chef named Betty Crocker, a former CIA operative turned counterculture warrior, a mob boss in witness protection and a 14-year-old boy and girl who just want to make movies. Add a coven of clog dancing Wiccans, a corrupt corporation, and a pack of feral hogs. Mix in a cache of hyper-engineered government pot seed and bake to perfection in the Texas heat.

Twenty-three-year-old Lucy Easting has at last broken free from her grim home life and is ready to truly live. But her long-awaited new beginning at Rollins University isn’t what she expected. After attending the first campus party of the year, Lucy awakens the next day with a memory block…and two puncture marks on her neck.

'A gorgeous cat's cradle of a book . . . The swirling vapors of Holden Caulfield are present in Playworld, for sure, but also Lolita, Willy Loman, Garp.' Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review 'Extraordinary . . . A beguiling ode to a lost era . . . Line for line the book is a...

Elio è un giovane sognatore, maldestro e ingenuo, ma con un talento straordinario per la pittura, che però, nel mondo contadino della Val d'Orcia di inizio Novecento, sembra solo una pericolosa mancanza di quel senso pratico che la miseria esige. Suo fratello maggiore, Cordevole, è invece un tipo pragmatico e autoritario che, ricorrendo alla violenza, proverà a plasmare Elio secondo le proprie esigenze.

In That Boy Thatha, sixteen-year-old Thatha’s world is shattered when he’s separated from his family. Stripped of security, love, and guidance, he must navigate a harsh world alone. Battling guilt, loneliness, and the brutal realities of growing up too soon, Thatha’s journey becomes one of survival and self-discovery. As he struggles for a better future, the weight of his past and the looming forces of karma threaten to destroy everything he’s fought for.

From the #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a heartbreaking contemporary novel full of the author’s characteristic empathy and understanding of the human condition: a dying teenager with a final wish, a lonely young man on a journey towards connection, and the unexpected...

This 20th Anniversary Edition of Slumber invites you to rediscover the darkly enchanting tale that started it all. Dive into Rory’s journey of self-discovery, resilience, and rebellion against her foretold fate. From Princess to Prisoner, Rory fights to outlast a curse that threatens to claim her life before her 16th birthday. Along the way, she faces harrowing obstacles, forges unexpected alliances, and discovers a strength she never knew she had. This special edition includes an Extended Epilogue, offering a deeper glimpse into Rory’s world and the ripple effects of her choices.

Vera DeSoto runs a cafe in Marfa, Texas in 1968. The cowboys and truckers who come in fantasize and hope for a chance with her, but she enjoys her solitary life and isn’t ready to settle down with anyone.

Culture shock is nothing compared to this. Eva Calabrese lives with her parents and wants out of her dead-end job, so when her former college classmate, Tobio, reconnects with her, she makes the leap across the planet to teach English in Japan. In Osaka, Eva is confronted by the Japanese language and culture, while navigating her feelings for Tobio, but everything changes one night at karaoke when she's kissed by the intimidatingly handsome tattoo artist, Yuya.

Northanger Abbey is the light-hearted account of a young girl's first excursion into fashionable society. While in Bath, Catherine Morland is invited by Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor to visit their home, Northanger Abbey.

C'era una volta una storia che giaceva silenziosa e nascosta tra le pieghe del tempo, protetta dalla luce di tre piccole stelle. Brillando nel cielo notturno, formavano un triangolo invisibile agli sguardi più distratti, ma luminoso per chi lo sapeva scovare. Era, quel triangolo, il racconto di un amore, narrato e tramandato per secoli da un'antica leggenda, ma che aveva atteso con pazienza il momento giusto per essere riscoperto.

Questa è la storia di Lucas e Cristiano, che hanno fatto di tutto per non innamorarsi. In questa storia, Roma ha fatto di tutto "pe faje di' de sì". Roma, 1967. In un caldo pomeriggio di giugno Lucas, giovane americano in cerca di un alloggio provvisorio, suona all'appartamento di via del Pellegrino trovato tramite un annuncio. Dentro sente qualcuno che canta un pezzo dei Beatles con una pronuncia terribile. Quella canzone è Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds .

Immigrato, attaccabrighe, ribelle, megalomane, sprezzante e perennemente in lite con tutti: Arturo Gabriel Bandini, l'eroe di Chiedi alla polvere, ossessionato dall'idea di scrivere un libro e animato dalla rabbia che si prova a diciott'anni, quando facciamo una vita che non ci piace e sogniamo le rivoluzioni che cambieranno il mondo. Un romanzo sfrontato, un inno alla spregiudicatezza amatissimo dai piú giovani, che vedono in John Fante il prototipo di tutti gli sbandati-sognatori che popolano la letteratura.

A mysterious disappearance leaves fourteen-year-old Emma on her own with a necklace and a cryptic story about a magical place called Miren. Soon, she, along with two cousins she never knew, finds herself on a quest to fulfill a prophecy and save a world on the brink of war against a dark and evil force. Magic and bravery collide with hope and faith in this adventure to Miren.

En esta novela, el sexo y la cultura coinciden en un extraño mundo que mezcla el despertar sexual de un grupo de jóvenes con las citas de películas y libros que satisfacen la curiosidad de los personajes. La narrativa realiza descripciones que pasan permanentemente del cinismo al éxtasis y viceversa, donde toman un valor particular las amistades, los amores, el alcohol, la política, y los detalles más insignificantes del día a día.

Una delicia costumbrista en forma de colección de cuentos que abordan la vida rural, la adolescencia, el paso del tiempo y el fracaso en retrospectiva con una prosa inigualable. Hombres anodinos atrapados en una cárcel de rutina en forma de trayecto de metro, viajeros sumidos en su propia amargura, amas de casa que intentan encontrar un oasis de paz en medio de su asfixiante vida. Pablo Sanz es un autor español nacido en Madrid.

Zanzíbar, años noventa. Karim, Fauzia y Badar, tres muchachos que han crecido en entornos muy distintos, sueñan con las enormes posibilidades de su naciente país. Karim regresa a su tranquila ciudad natal con nuevos bríos y ambiciones tras sus estudios universitarios. Fauzia, apasionada por la escuela y con el sueño de ser maestra, ve en él una oportunidad para escapar de una educación asfixiante. Para Badar, en cambio, un sirviente sin estudios que nunca conoció a sus padres, parece que todas las puertas están cerradas.