Resultado Editorial "Audible Studios" em Amadurecimento

"Tirar mattina" racconta di Aldino che all'alba dei suoi trentatré anni ha deciso di mettere la testa a posto trovando finalmente un lavoro, proprio lui che finora si è arrabattato in mille modi, il più delle volte discutibili, riuscendo a scampare la vita da operaio come suo padre. Ma prima di cominciare la sua nuova vita da uomo adulto e responsabile, vuole festeggiare e decide di farsi un ultimo bicchiere e poi a nanna, o meglio a slòffen.

Set in Queens and Manhattan in the aughts, the book is narrated by Ty, a half-Jewish, half-Catholic 20-something who works for a business consulting firm on Wall Street. He’s in love with Jenny, a fledgling writer from his Queens neighborhood, but she finds ways to keep her distance. He’s also smitten with his co-worker, Krista Kaplan, but she’s his supervisor and skeptical of Ty because of his relationship with Jenny. His mother has recently died, and his father spends most of his time watching movies from the Rocky and Superman franchises....

Zindagi 50-50's young writer Bhagwant Anmol manages to cover sensitive topics which tug at the very fabric of our society. In Bali Umar he has managed to do the same. At the center of the novel are a child’s innocence, his shenanigans, and a child’s raging curiosity to fathom everything about life. The main protagonists of the novel are children, and the plot is set in a village. The novel is an attempt to address societal-political and caste angle issues through the medium of children.

A Hindi translation of Ruskin Bond’s A Handful of Nuts by Rachna Bhola ‘Yamini’, this novel is the story of a 21-year-old writer in a small town in India. Alternately witty, poignant, tender and hilarious, the tale begins with the writer describing his simple and frugal life in Dehra. He occupies a tiny room, spending his days eating at the roadside restaurants, watching cinema and reading all English publications he can find. His goal is to find avenues to get his short stories published, and though he finds plenty such publications, none of those pay well.

King Henry is dead, and his son, Edward Longshanks, is on his way back from crusade to claim the crown and impose his iron will on a weakened country. The nobles of north Wales are nervous and grow frustrated at the inaction of their own leader, and make a daring pact to replace him with a figurehead to unite the warring factions against the English prince. In the south, two young men attempt to rebuild their lives after a terrifying ordeal in Acre.

It’s October in Montreal, 2002, and winter is coming on fast. Past due on his first freelance gig and ensnared in lies to his family and friends, a graphic design student with a gambling addiction goes after the first job that promises a paycheck: dishwasher at the sophisticated La Trattoria. Though he feels out of place in the posh dining room, warned by the manager not to enter through the front and coolly assessed by the waitstaff in their tailored shirts, nothing could have prepared him for the tension and noise of the kitchen, or the dishpit’s clamor and steam.

In a nameless Hungarian town, teenagers on a competitive swim team occupy their after-training hours with hard drinking and fast cars, hash cigarettes and marathons of Grand Theft Auto, the meaningless sex and late-night exploits of a world defined by self-gratification and all its attendant recklessness. Invisible to their parents and subject to the whims of an abusive coach, the crucible of competition pushes them again and again into dangerous choices. When a deadly accident leaves them second-guessing one another, they’re driven even deeper into violence.

1952. Louisa Gilchrist flees her turbulent life in England and arrives in Argentina. When the country’s most influential tango composer chooses Louisa as his muse, she’s hypnotized by high society soirees, powerful friends, and a luxurious existence. But Louisa’s world is shattered when betrayal leads to murder. Present day. Journalist Dani McKenna’s damaged career has a chance of being resurrected if she can secure an interview with reclusive tango dancer Carlos Escudero.

When Maria turns 20, she falls in love. She is in the wrong town, and he is the wrong sort of man. Going through his things, she finds a photo of herself when she was 12 years old. She has the same smile, but she is wearing the wrong clothes. Anne Enright's astonishing novel moves between Dublin, New York and London, following the lives of the real Maria and the girl in the picture. Stepping through the mirror to tell the story of the two women, both haunted by their missing selves, What Are You Like? Is an exquisitely written disquisition on families and identity.

Mario, l'io narrante, e Guido, suo compagno di scuola, sono così diversi da essere speculari: il primo è un adolescente come tanti, impaurito e attratto dalla vita, indeciso nelle scelte e appena abbozzato nella personalità, l'altro ha autorevolezza e carisma, un'immaginazione e una propensione al rischio che lo rendono diverso da tutti gli altri, abbastanza per affascinarli, troppo per non spaventarli. Ma proprio i loro caratteri opposti rendono Mario e Guido complementari e simbiotici.

Giorgio, studente modello figlio di intellettuali borghesi, ha ventidue anni e una vita normale e un po' noiosa. Francesco è torbido, misterioso e affascinante. E baro. Le loro vite viaggiano separate fino all'incontro che segnerà il destino di entrambi, trascinandoli in un vortice ubriacante che a poco a poco diventa un'inarrestabile discesa agli inferi. Una storia struggente sull'amicizia e il tradimento, un viaggio doloroso e inquietante in quel tempo fragile e misterioso che separa la giovinezza dall'età adulta.

American soldiers and native Kachin troops battle Japanese forces behind enemy lines in the Burmese jungles. But during the brutal campaign to gain territory in the unforgiving tropical landscape, Captain Reynolds and his band of special operations soldiers and guerrilla fighters struggle to find self-awareness, and even love, in the midst of the trials of combat.

As the long, mysterious life of a family matriarch begins to wind down, will she take her secrets with her? Or will her past adventures lead to new ones for the next generation? From a bustling Australian city to the beauty and promise of Granada and a captivating culture, one young woman may dare to find out....

1913, un paquebot quitte l'Europe. À son bord, trois jeunes en quête d'une seconde chance. Rosetta, jeune femme indépendante et rebelle, fuit son village italien. À la mort de ses parents, harcelée et violentée par la pègre, ayant perdu son honneur, elle n'a eu d'autre choix que d'abandonner la ferme familiale. Rocco, fier et fougueux jeune homme, laisse derrière lui sa Sicile natale. Il cherche à échapper à la Mafia locale, à laquelle il a refusé de se soumettre.

A sensitive boy growing up in a bad neighborhood, Harry Riddle doesn’t fit in with the kids who hold up gas stations, steal purses, and drop safes on policemen. He prefers to contemplate the American dream and his father’s advice for achieving it: “Get rich, boy. Then sleep till noon and screw ’em all.” But when Harry gets his first job as a cafeteria busboy, a customer warns him that money leads to corruption. The idea disturbs him so much that he accidentally sticks his hand into a meat grinder.

Libby Garrett is addicted to Owen Jackson's hot lovin'. But the sexy, popular college basketball player doesn't appreciate all of Libby's awesomeness. He refuses to be exclusive or even admit to people that they're dating. The relationship is ruining Libby and she's the only one who can't see it. When Libby's behavior spirals completely out of control, her best friend Avery Shaw and the rest of the Science Squad stage an intervention hoping to cure Libby of her harmful Owen addiction.

1945. When Katarina Sanchez is drawn into the world of flamenco, she’s forced to make a decision - comply with her affluent family’s rigid lifestyle or live a life of poverty but enjoy freedom and self-expression. Although Spain is crippled under a dictatorship, Katarina finds love. However, the tragedy of war brings heartbreak. Present day. Charlotte Kavanagh will do anything to fulfill the wishes of her ailing grandmother, even if it means travelling to Spain to uncover the truth behind a mysterious painting.

Un'ultima notte da leoni con gli amici di sempre, una soltanto. Cosa può esserci di male? E invece il notaio Ranò, facoltoso borghese romano, si ritrova in cella, e poi davanti al magistrato. E la verità viene fuori. Non solo il racconto della folle serata in cui è naufragata la reunion, ma, come un fiume in piena, la confessione di una vita, delle avventure di un ragazzo e del suo eterogeneo drappello di compagni. Con al centro di tutto lui, il grande amico che ce l'ha fatta, Marco Bonetti, famoso regista finito con lui in carcere.

Fiodor, rampollo nullafacente di una ricca famiglia, ha un incidente di macchina a Santa Barbara, California. Suo padre, che si è ritirato in Costa Rica e alleva per hobby uccelli rari, lo spedisce a lavorare in una delle filiali dell'azienda di famiglia, a Milano. Qui Fiodor incontra Malaidina, una ragazza affascinante e misteriosa, e se ne innamora follemente. Sullo sfondo, il clima conflittuale e pericoloso dell'Italia degli anni '70.

Best friends Kyle and Sideeq are beginning their first year of college in West London. Sideeq, a talented aspiring artist, spends his time perfecting his artwork and hanging out with his friends while having to learn how to process the harrowing events of his past. Kyle's ambitions are to become a rapper and a successful businessman. Though the deep bond of friendship formed between Kyle and Sideeq puts them on a path to achieve their dreams, college soon brings with it serious teenage social politics and a bully that terrorises their friend group.