Títulos em Amizade

After suffering through her first year of graduate school at Columbia following her senator father’s death, Betsy Whiting is hoping to spend the summer with her boyfriend…and hopefully end the summer as his fiancée. Instead, her mother—a longtime feminist and leader in the women’s movement—calls Betsy and her sisters back home to Martha’s Vineyard, announcing that they need to sell their beloved summer house to pay off their father’s debts.

After being dumped by her boyfriend, Momoko finds herself very drunk at a small cafe. Momoko shares the story of her ex-boyfriend with the Manager of the café and the other customers who happened to be there. As she tells her story, she goes into the kitchen of the café, and cooks her ex-boyfriend’s favorite dish, butter chicken curry. Together, they eat the dish and Momoko begins to feel better. Much better. The owner of the café loves the curry and Momoko’s story and they decide to hold a weekly Ex-Boyfriend’s Favorite Recipe Funeral Committee meeting at the café.

Behind an unmarked door in an East London side street lies Love and Death, a small independent bar where Robbie Saunders and El Tippett are cocktail-making stars on the rise. As the London club scene explodes around them, Robbie and El hone their passion – wary of each other despite an undeniable connection, regardless of the differences in their backgrounds, their attitude to the bar and their ambitions.

Being best friends with a mega-star has its perks, and music journalist Nicole Wilde takes full advantage of them. But it also has its responsibilities. When lead singer Dylan King disappears the night before a charity gig, it’s up to Nicole to track him down. Half a dozen groupies, a haunted hotel, a tattoo parlour, a reality show runner-up and a crazy bed-hopping, sleepless night later – will she find him before the tour bus leaves town? And when she does, is it time to head home? Or to jump on the tour bus and go along for the ride?

Amir has grown up in Alum Rock, Birmingham, under the care of his sensible older brother, Bilal, and his cousin Saqib, born just a few days before Amir. Alum Rock can be a troubled place, but Amir has managed to keep his head down, worked hard and stayed out of trouble … until now. When Saqib is killed in a gang fight and Bilal announces his engagement, Amir suddenly loses the two men who keep him grounded. Amir’s university grades are collapsing, he’s running out of money, and pressure mounts from every direction.

Wenn Penny sich mit ihren Freunden vergleicht, schneidet sie gar nicht gut ab. Annie wird Partnerin in einer Kanzlei, Bec hat sich verlobt, Leo macht sorglos Party. Penny aber wartet ... auf Max, ihren On-Off-Freund, der nie zurückruft, auf die versprochene Beförderung, darauf, dass ihr richtiges Leben beginnt. Doch sie hat die Nase voll, alles soll sich ändern. Sie will es mit Max schaffen, ihre tyrannische Chefin beeindrucken und ihre Panikattacken in den Griff bekommen. Aber dann ist sie doch wieder auf Instagram unterwegs, wacht morgens mit einem Kater auf und schwelgt in Selbstkritik.

The moment Zoe notices Jack in their Harvard chemistry class, with his scruffy clothes and casual self-assurance, she knows he’s the one to beat. When Zoe starts trying to outsmart Jack in chemistry, he knows she’s the person he’s been looking for. Because Jack has dreams that go far beyond the classroom. And while he and Zoe might be from different worlds, they share the same thirst for knowledge and fierce ambition. When he invites her to partner with him on some research, she puts aside her pride, and joins him.

Fast friends since forever, Lu, Kenya, and Natalia share a special love for the historical beach town of Cape May. For Lu, it was a welcome escape from the corporate arena into a simpler life—owning a B&B with her soon-to-be-husband, Zach . . . Kenya fell for Cape May's tranquil shores and believed she and her high school sweetheart would be there together forever . . . And family vineyard owner Natalia feels it’s the perfect place to complete her happy marriage with the baby—or babies—she desperately longs for . . .

Paris, 1995: It’s been five years since Lily Jacobsen and her best friend Mary Louise arrived from their small town of Froid, Montana. Determined to establish themselves as artists—Lily, a novelist, and Mary Louise, a painter—they share a tiny sixth-floor walkup and survive on brie and baguette. When Mary Louise abruptly moves out, Lily feels alone in the City of Light for the first time and is in need of a new way to support herself. She lands a job as the programs manager at the American Library in Paris, following in the footsteps of her French neighbor Odile.

"De ratones y hombres" narra la historia de Lennie y su compañero y ángel de la guarda George, dos braceros al borde de la indigencia. Contratados en una granja regentada por un ex boxeador, la insatisfecha esposa del patrón pone en serios aprietos a Lennie, que la mata accidentalmente y huye al bosque. Un conmovedor canto a la amistad y sobre todo una novela intensa con unos diálogos ejemplares y perfectamente construida, de la que ningún lector podrá olvidar su desenlace.

Der von wahren Begebenheiten inspirierte Weltbestseller zeigt das Schicksal einer jungen Frau, die sich zwischen ihrer Familie und ihrer Liebe entscheiden muss. Japan, 1957. Um ihre Familie vor dem finanziellen Ruin zu retten, soll die 17-jährige Naoko Nakamura eine arrangierte Ehe eingehen. Naoko liebt jedoch einen Soldaten der US-Marine, obwohl Amerikaner und ihre ganz andere Lebensweise von vielen Japanern verabscheut werden. Als ihre Familie erfährt, dass Naoko schwanger ist, wird sie verstoßen.

Micki Armstrong lost her husband years ago when her children were very young, but with her love of computers and hard work, she built a wonderful home and life for them in Seattle. Now her son and daughter are in college and she's adjusting to her empty nest, living for their visits during their breaks. But Micki has kept a secret for years, and when her daughter discovers it, the bond she thought was unbreakable threatens to shatter, and Micki is left questioning her life's choices.

Suellen Atkins’ trust fund has given her everything except love. As the youngest attorney in a major law firm, her life is filled with reckless spending and meaningless flings. But when she dumps her latest wild guy, he doesn’t leave quietly.

With more wind chimes than residents, folks don't move to Goodnight when their lives are going well. That's why all eyes are on chef Sid Solvang and his family from the moment they turn down Emporia Road to the dilapidated Victorian they inherited. While Sid searches for work and a way back to Brooklyn, his daughter searches for answers to the cryptic messages her grandfather left behind to save both her family and the town. But then Sid makes an impulsive purchase: the fledgling May Day Diner, an iconic eatery under the threat of the wrecking ball.

Twenty years after tragedy tore them apart, four sorority sisters still can't say no to sweet Mary Blake Bulloch. Reeling from a public divorce, Mary Blake rallies the group to complete a long-ago road trip cut short by scandal, betrayal, and the death of a Texas oilman's son. Time hasn't healed all wounds. Helen's hiding a crumbling marriage. Charlie's haunted by a deathbed promise. Annesley's harboring life-changing news. And Lisa knows her decades-long silence about what really happened that fateful night could cost her everything—and everyone.

Harriet "Harry" McKenzie is coming to terms with buttoning up her thirty-year career with the Salem Police Department when she finally sees the letter sitting in her pile of mail. She is shocked to read that Jewel Austin has put her in charge of her estate. The beloved woman was a foster mom and guide to Harry throughout her teenage years and now she's gone. If that isn't enough of a blow, Jewel's will threatens to uproot Harry's entire life.

In the magic lands of the Fae Wild, the Goblin King's virility is the lifeblood of the realm. But an insidious curse has put the kingdom on the precipice of a population panic. Enter Thomas Stone: architect, engineer, and unknowing half-blood heir to the goblin throne. Whisked away to a world where baby-making makes the world go round, Thomas finds himself in a pickle thicker than goblin stew. Birth rates are dropping faster than a fairy on a bad flight path, and it’s up to Thomas to save the fae from themselves.

Jara steht auf der alten Eisenbahnbrücke über der Ruhr und starrt ins tiefdunkle Gewässer. Anto, die gerade noch neben ihr saß, ist in den Fluss gesprungen und taucht nicht wieder auf. Das Einzige, was Jara von hier oben erkennen kann, ist der Baseballschläger, mit dem sie in dieser Nacht ein Autofenster eingeschlagen haben und der jetzt nicht sinken will. Als Jara zum ersten Mal auf Anto trifft, ist diese zwar die schlechteste Spielerin auf dem Fußballplatz, aber trotzdem mit Abstand die mutigste.

Clio Louise Barnes leads a picture-perfect life as a stylist and influencer, but beneath the glossy veneer she harbors a not-so glamorous secret: she grew up in a haunted house. Well, not haunted. Possessed. After Clio’s parents' messy divorce, her mother, Alex, moved Clio and her sisters into a house occupied by a demon. Or so Alex claimed. That’s not what Clio’s sisters remember or what the courts determined when they stripped her of custody after she went off the deep end. But Alex was insistent; she even wrote a book about her experience in the house.

’n Groep vriende kom die eerste keer in vyf-en-twintig jaar bymekaar om Adriaan se verjaardag te vier. Een vir een maak die gaste hul opwagting by Adriaan en Yvette se strandhuis aan die Weskus. Sommige bring hul kinders en die uitbundige gelag van kleinkinders saam. Sedert hulle mekaar laas gesien het, moes party van lewensmaats en drome afskeid neem; ander het nuwe liefde en betekenis gevind. En dan is daar Yvette wat haarself nie sover kan kry om vir almal van háár reis te vertel nie.