Títulos em Amadurecimento

Olivia Parker wakes up every morning, choosing not to drink. Every night, she feels the baby fighting. Alive despite the vodka and despite being conceived in violence. Then Detective Smith calls with the DNA results. The man who raped her isn't nameless anymore. Tyler Carrington. Billionaire's son. Her worst nightmare with a name. Olivia could stay quiet. Keep her head down. Raise the baby in safety. But she failed to save Leo. She won't fail again.

People Destined to Meet is set against a background of political frustration, prejudice and social deprivation in Northern Ireland, before and during the Troubles. It’s a gripping story of self-discovery, desire, abuse, loss, misunderstanding and reflection. Additionally, it presents an insightful perception of life in Nationalist West Belfast during the conflict. Paul Brady, has an intimate relationship in his late teens.

"Vida é gasto e estou gasta, o espelho que magnifica mostra a verdade e a verdade é a velhice." No ato de encarar o próprio reflexo, Noemi Jaffe abre vertiginosamente o arcabouço da memória, retomando sua infância e adolescência como filha de imigrantes sobreviventes da Shoá. Crescendo numa barafunda de línguas — húngaro, iugoslavo, ídiche, e nosso português brasileiro —, a menina Noemi vai cavando a toca de sua identidade.

An epic small town, second chance love story, a decade in the making from New York Times bestselling author Melanie Moreland. She was the light in my dark life. The sunshine that warmed me and made me smile. We had one summer. One perfect summer, until the day it ended. Years later, she walked back into my life. Older. Sadder. More beautiful than ever. How can I prove to her that summer was real? How do I make her see the boy who loved her then, still loves her now? How do we get back to the summer when we were us?

Blood remembers. Garnet is part wolf, and her grandmother is the only one who can teach her what that means. She travels to a place she has never known, expecting guidance—but the lessons that await are darker, sharper, and more twisted than she ever imagined. Each encounter tests her instincts, her body, and what she thinks she understands about herself. The grandmother she meets is not what she expected, and every choice carries consequences that cannot be undone.

Carlos carries more than scars—he carries silence, regret, and an envelope of memories too heavy to let go. When the road calls him away from the only home he has known, he sets out alone, guided only by instinct and the ache of what he’s lost. But the forest has its own guardians. A wolf’s howl cuts through the night, stirring echoes of a bond from long ago. As Carlos faces storms, hunger, and a pack that hunts with more than instinct, he discovers that survival is not only about endurance—it is about trust, loyalty, and the courage to begin again.

Eine Kindheit und Jugend im Ausnahmezustand und ein Mädchen, das zur Heldin der eigenen Geschichte wird. Lale wächst in den 80ern in einer Berliner Männer-Kommune auf, in der Partys gefeiert und Revolutionen geplant werden. Sie darf wach bleiben, solange sie will, Süßigkeiten essen und ewig fernsehen. Doch sie sehnt sich nach Geborgenheit und Verlässlichkeit, während ihre eigenen Grenzen immer wieder übertreten werden. Auf dem schmalen Grat zwischen Freiheit und Vernachlässigung sucht Lale ihren Weg, taumelt an den Rändern und findet Jahre später Halt im Erzählen selbst.

A fragile heart. A cruel rival. A year that changes everything. Nagpur, 2005–06. At SGS High School, fourteen‑year‑old Piyush enters Class IX B with quiet hopes of achievement. Instead, he finds himself face‑to‑face with Faaz, a childhood rival who once humiliated him with cruel names. What begins as another school year quickly becomes a campaign of emotional bullying, sabotage, and isolation.

Blake and Lucy were once inseparable - two girls bound by secrets, dares, and the kind of friendship that cuts deeper than blood. Until the day everything shattered. Years later, Blake's life is collapsing, and the only way to fix it is to confront the past she's tried so hard to forget. She forces herself to reach out to Lucy in a letter, a first step toward redemption. But as Blake begins to write, unsettling memories surface. Shadows she thought she'd buried twist into new shapes. And she starts to wonder: What if the strange little girl didn't stay little?

Payback follows three naïve but ambitious young women chasing their professional dreams in late twentieth-century corporate America. Over the years, their growing friendship forms a tight-knit, supportive bond that sees them through challenges related to gender bias, assault, and racism—as well as the joys of discovering their sexual identity, falling in love, and raising children while navigating demanding careers.

Die 18-jährige Isola steht kurz vor dem Tribunal – einer tödlichen Prüfung, bei der alle entlarvt werden, die den Drachenfluch in sich tragen. Denn in Vingard, der letzten Bastion der Menschheit, bedeutet der Fluch den sicheren Tod. Die Stadt wird immer wieder von verheerenden Drachenangriffen heimgesucht, und wer sich in einen Drachen verwandelt, wird zur willenlosen Bestie. Schon lange fürchtet Isola, dass der Fluch auch in ihr schlummert. Zu ihrer Angst gesellt sich die unheimliche Präsenz von Lucan, dem Jungen, der sie wie ein Schatten begleitet.

„Diese Welt braucht Menschen, die auf die Gefahr zulaufen, statt davon weg."Sean Johnston hat sein ganzes Leben lang genau das getan. Als Feuerwehrmann in Sacramento rannte er in brennende Gebäude, während andere flohen. Er starb, wie er es sich immer vorgestellt hatte: ein Kind rettend, von Flammen umgeben. Er erwartete nicht, wieder aufzuwachen. Schon gar nicht im Körper von Mars Mihael, dem nutzlosen dritten Sohn eines unbedeutenden Adelshauses, in einer Welt, die von einem weißen Nebel beherrscht wird.

Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Café, a neighbourhood nook where the passersby are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Three heartwarming reunions unfold at this visit to the Torunka Café. Chiyoko, an elderly woman who has been frequenting the cafe for 20 years, reflects on her long-forgotten memories of her first love; Kota, a childhood friend of the owner's daughter Shizuku, reveals his complicated true feelings held deep within; and Ayako, an aspiring illustrator at a crossroads in her life, embarks on a journey.

Nate hat genug davon, von Stadt zu Stadt zu ziehen, Schachspiele im Park abzuzocken und mit seinem trickreichen Großvater ums Überleben zu kämpfen. Als das neue Virtual-Reality-Spiel Fair Quest startet, sieht er seine Chance: ein stabiles Einkommen – vielleicht sogar genug, um seinen Großvater von krummen Geschäften abzuhalten. Doch Fair Quest ist mehr als nur ein Spiel. Jeder Zug, jede Entscheidung verändert nicht nur Nates Schicksal im Spiel, sondern auch sein Leben in der Realität.

'A moving, unforgettable story about the power we have to change our lives' Alison Espach, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding People 'I loved every page of this wild, weird, big-hearted book' Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures 'Will...

Sophie steckt fest – im Hamsterrad aus Studium und Leistung, in einem sterbenslanweiligen Praktikum. Dabei sind sich alle einig: aus ihr wird mal was. Nur was, das weiß selbst Sophie nicht. Und so folgt sie einem Impuls und kauft per Klick im Internet für einen Spottbetrag ein altes, verfallenes Haus in der ostdeutschen Provinz. Doch die Renovierungsarbeiten stellen sich als schwieriger heraus als auf YouTube dargestellt. Und was macht man mit den langen Stunden der Stille zwischen den Tagen?

Sie ist siebzehn. Sie ist in Berlin geboren. Sie heißt Hazal Akgündüz. Eigentlich könnte aus ihr eine gewöhnliche Erwachsene werden. Nur dass ihre aus der Türkei eingewanderten Eltern sich in Deutschland fremd fühlen. Und dass Hazal auf ihrer Suche nach Heimat fatale Fehler begeht. Erst ist es nur ein geklauter Lippenstift. Dann stumpfe Gewalt. Als die Polizei hinter ihr her ist, flieht Hazal nach Istanbul, wo sie noch nie zuvor war.

The acclaimed author of The Art of Fielding returns with a long-awaited, immersive new novel. The Brightness follows the electric, chaotic, everything-can-happen lives of Pella Affenlight and her best friend, Irma, as they fumble their way into a larger world that won't stop changing. At 27...

In postwar Paris, a boy is seduced by his mysterious nanny into a world of adult secrets. In 1950s New York, a young woman struggles to protect her stroke-stricken charge as bruises multiply on the woman’s body. In the 1970s, a fragile cousin wanders into the Royals’ jazz-soaked townhouse, where music, sex, and ruin intertwine. And at the heart of these stories is Rainey Royal herself, coming of age in Greenwich Village, inventing herself as an artist through the tumult of the ’70s and ’80s.

An Encounter is one of James Joyce’s most quietly disturbing and psychologically precise stories, capturing a moment when childhood imagination collides with the uneasy realities of the adult world.