Títulos em Amadurecimento

In Saint-Pierre—where banners rise above stone keeps and villagers toil—17-year-old Etienne learns that loyalty is everything under the stern Lord Bertrand.

It's 1983 Dundee, Scotland. Smart lonely and raging with grief, Ella is done trying to fit in. Caught up in the post-punk scene and on the verge of going off the rails, she is packed off to St Cecilia's, a convent boarding school to keep her out of harm's way. But when her new classmates claim to have been visited by the Virgin Mary, Ella is drawn into a far darker world of chaos.

In den sechziger und siebziger Jahren wurde von Frauen am Land wenig erwartet, außer: stillhalten, sich fügen, bleiben. Nicht so Anna. Sie will hinaus – aus der Enge, der Armut, der Gewalt. In Wien stellt sie sich einem Verlag vor und wird mehr als nur Mitarbeiterin: Sie wird Teil der Literaturszene, Geliebte des Verlagsleiters und bald selbst Autorin. Ein Roman über Außenseitertum, Selbstermächtigung und die zärtliche Rebellion einer Frau, die über sich hinauswächst.

Waldo ist gierig. Notgeil. Direkt. Naiv. Weise. Impulsiv. Einsam. Wütend. Stark. Verletzt. Clever. Sie will so unendlich viel, und das, was sie am meisten will, ist: Mr. Korgy, ihren Lehrer für kreatives Schreiben, mit Frau und Kind, mit der Hypothek und den Rechnungen, mit den toten Träumen, der verblassten Attraktivität und dem immer größer werdenden Bäuchlein. Sie weiß nicht, warum sie ihn will. Ist es seine Leidenschaft? Seine Lebenserfahrung? Die Tatsache, dass er Bücher und Filme und Dinge kennt, die sie nicht kennt?

Nel 1983 Andrev ha sette anni e non ha mai conosciuto il padre biologico. A parte qualche amico e l'affetto materno, il mondo di Andrev è quello marginale di una madre che vive tra i resti dell'anticonformismo degli anni Settanta. E una relazione violenta dopo l'altra. Per Andrev, un «padre» dopo l'altro. Con una gioia narrativa che vira nel fiabesco senza cancellare il nucleo doloroso della storia, oggi Andrev Walden rifà suo l'umorismo disarmante e la crudezza innocente del bambino di allora.

Ende der fünfziger Jahre zieht der sechsjährige Josef mit den Eltern von Köln nach Wuppertal in ein Haus voller Eisenbahnerfamilien. Als er Mücke, die Tochter des Gemüsehändlers von gegenüber, kennenlernt, entwickelt sich zwischen den beiden Kindern eine enge Freundschaft, die ihm hilft, seine Hemmungen zu überwinden. Allmählich öffnet er sich auch anderen Menschen, wie etwa den Patres des Kreuzherrenordens, die ihm lautes Vorlesen und Singen beibringen, oder einem Jugendtrainer, der ihn im Langlauf trainiert.

For fans of Philippa Gregory and Allison Pataki, Butterfly Games is Kelly Scarborough’s debut biographical historical fiction novel about a young Swedish countess whose youthful love affair with the heir to her country’s throne has profound personal and political repercussions. In some games, winning means losing everything that matters. In the opulent world of the Swedish royal court, Jacquette Gyldenstolpe walks a dangerous tightrope between romance and political intrigue.

For Moon Boy, adulthood is coming no matter what. Even if he spends most nights drinking forties in the cemetery with his band, even if he drops out of community college to pursue multiple women for different reasons, and even if he can still see the ghost house rise from the quarry at midnight, he can’t stop the inevitable. When his sister goes missing on opening night at Kip Creeker’s Trail of Terror, Moon Boy’s already overcomplicated life takes a frightening turn, and his grasp on reality starts to slip.

Young Betty Cantrel is just 14-years-old when she reluctantly leaves her troubled family home to take up a position as companion to Frances Crawley, the ailing daughter of Eben and Mary Crawley. As her friendship grows with Frances, Betty accompanies her to London, where she glimpses another world – a world full of art, music, and freedom, and she begins to dream of a different kind of life.

The Secret Sewing Society is a sweeping, heartbreaking tale about a devastating family mystery, a doomed love affair, and generations of women coming together against the odds. Fans of Evie Woods, Fiona Valpy and The Keeper of Happy Endings will be utterly swept away.

Rozpoczynając pracę nauczycielki w liceum Matylda nawet nie podejrzewa, jak wielkie zawirowanie wprowadzi to do jej życia. Oskar, uczeń klasy maturalnej, mocno podpada jej swoim zachowaniem pierwszego dnia zajęć. Chłopak zakłada się z przyjacielem o duże pieniądze, że uwiedzie nauczycielkę i przystępuje do działania już na pierwszej lekcji. Niezrażony początkowym niepowodzeniem, a zachęcony wizją wygranej postanawia, że nie odpuści dopóki nie dostanie tego, czego chce.

This gripping coming-of-age story follows Jason Baymont, a young fisherman from Destin, Florida, as he charts his own path through the unpredictable waters of life. Though he is drawn to the adrenaline-fueled excitement and glamour of catching the world’s most powerful game fish—the mighty blue marlin—he must first confront his fear of disappointing his father, who expects him to take over the family’s commercial fishing business.

When a teenage girl with haunted eyes enters Bec’s world, she stirs something in Bec she thought she’d buried long ago. Still reeling from the loss of her husband, Bec is barely keeping her life together. But there’s something about Skye, motherless, wary and alone, that reaches into the shadows of Bec’s past. Twenty years ago, she was that lost girl, grieving her twin brother and cut off from her parents after one terrible night. Now, with the threat of those same parents re-entering her life, Bec makes an impulsive decision: she offers Skye food, shelter and the promise of help.

Amanda King and Tess Cuffe are strangers who share the same Georgian house, but their lives couldn't be more different. Amanda seems to have the perfect life. But the reality is a soulless home, an unfaithful husband and a very lonely heart. While Tess has spent a lifetime hiding and shutting her heart to love. But if they can open up to one another, these two women may just learn that sometimes letting go is the first step to moving forward and new friendships can come from the most unlikely situations.

Jordan Caleb is a freshman at McCallen College when she meets Trace. From the moment the confident, tattooed Trace compliments Jordan's Alanis Morissette T-shirt, their friendship feels fated and electrically charged. When the two friends meet mercurial transfer student Silvia, she catches Trace's eye. Their instant attraction eclipses the nascent pull between Jordan and Trace, forming a messy constellation among the three women.

In The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self-Worth and Resilience, co-authors Pamela Cass and Natalie Davis introduce Emily—a young woman who’s spent her life trying not to be seen. Silenced by dyslexia, shaped by self-doubt, and burdened by a quiet belief that she’s not enough, Emily’s world begins to shift when she receives a worn red journal filled with questions that speak to her soul.

Destry and Emma are destined souls, meant to be together, but the Dark Ones are determined to tear them apart. Something evil is lurking in the shadows, and Emma must find a way to defeat the demons who threaten to take away the boy she loves or lose him forever. But she can't do it alone. The powers of Heaven take on the angels of Hell in this last chapter of the Eternal series, and there can only be one winner.

Laku's tournament triumph has everyone at Dzidzo Institute watching him. While dodging accusations, outrunning deadly rumors, and keeping up with school work, he also needs to decode his grandfather secrets before anyone can expose him as a Zero.

Desde que su país natal declarara la guerra a un Estado vecino, M. vive en la ciudad de B., exiliada y en una suerte de limbo, aislada de su hogar y su lengua materna, incapaz de escribir. Sin embargo, durante un viaje al extranjero con motivo de un festival literario, cuando acaba varada en una ciudad desconocida sin manera de contactar con nadie, en lugar de perdida se siente liberada: al fin libre de toda raigambre, lo único que desea es dejar atrás no sólo su vida anterior, sino también la propia identidad, para desaparecer.

Thiago, Pilar y Bruno cruzan el borde inestable que va de la adolescencia a la adultez entre un verano que quema y un invierno que aísla, con Buenos Aires de fondo como un laberinto que empiezan a descifrar. Marcado por la pérdida de su madre, Thiago busca hacer pie en un mundo del que se siente expulsado. Desde una universidad en Estados Unidos, Bruno trata de hallar un lenguaje que lo identifique en medio de una geografía y un idioma ajenos.