Títulos em Vida na Cidade

Pip, un niño huérfano de 6 años, tiene un terrorífico encuentro con un preso evadido al que se ve obligado a entregar víveres y una lima. Poco después, es llamado a la tenebrosa mansión de una rica y recluida dama como compañero de juegos de una niña hermosa y altiva de quien Pip termina enamorándose. Luego, gracias a un misterioso benefactor, recibe una fortuna, le dice adiós a su familia y se va a Londres para intentar convertirse en un caballero.

Obra de ritmo vertiginoso, cuyos temas principales son, en palabras de la autora, «el silencio, el arte y Juan Rulfo».

An arrest for cocaine possession on the last day of a sweltering New York summer leaves Smith, a queer Black Stanford graduate, in a state of turmoil. Pulled into the court system and mandated treatment, he finds himself in an absurd but dangerous situation: his class protects him, but his race does not. It’s just weeks after the death of his beloved roommate Elle, the daughter of a famous soul singer, and he’s still reeling from the tabloid spectacle—as well as lingering questions around how well he really knew his closest friend.

Konstantin Duhovny is a haunted man. His father died when he was ten, and ghosts have been hovering around him ever since. Kostya can’t exactly see the ghosts, but he can taste their favorite foods. Flavors of meals he’s never eaten will flood his mouth, a sign that a spirit is present. Kostya has kept these aftertastes a secret for most of his life, but one night, he decides to act on what he’s tasting. And everything changes.

Een heerlijke nieuwe kerstroman van het populaire feelgoodduo Jackie van Laren en Petra Vollinga Robin woont boven Vinyllia, de beroemde vintageplatenwinkel die ze van haar vader heeft overgenomen. Haar hele leven staat op z'n kop als ze hoort dat ze met Kerstmis op straat zal staan. Maar dan komt er op de radio een kerstmuziekwedstrijd voorbij waarmee ze een huiskamerconcert van Mariah Carey kan winnen. Dat lijkt de redding voor Vinyllia, al zal ze wel moeten dealen met die zelfingenomen, veel te commerciële dj Flo. Florian is in zijn hart een echte platennerd.

Für Lexi könnte es nicht besser laufen. Der Podcast, den sie zusammen mit ihrer besten Freundin moderiert, geht durch die Decke, ihr Freund hat ihr einen Antrag gemacht. Doch passt dieses Leben überhaupt noch zu ihr? Joanne ist einsam. Sie hat gerade ein Baby bekommen, und ihre Freundinnen verstehen nicht, dass die langen Partynächte nun vorbei sind. Claire fühlt sich ausgeschlossen. Im Whatsapp-Chat mit ihren alten Schulfreundinnen ist es seltsam ruhig.

Teenie-Star Grace Turner war auf der Höhe ihrer Karriere. Aber ausgerechnet am Vorabend ihrer ersten Golden Globe-Nominierung verschwand sie. Jetzt, ein Jahr später, ist sie wieder da. Und sie will ihr Leben zurück. Doch dann bittet man sie, dem Mann, der acht Jahre lang jeden ihrer Schritte kontrollierte, den Preis für sein Lebenswerk zu überreichen. Sie begreift, dass sie nicht länger vor dem Geheimnis, das sie damals zerstörte, davonlaufen kann.

A romance fit for a fairy tale, or a royal disaster… Someday, Emmie Walker will open her own service dog training facility. Today, however, she can barely pay the bills. So, she’ll take whatever work she can get—even handling the world’s most pampered pooch. But falling for the dog’s bad boy owner is entirely out of the question. Or so she keeps reminding herself…

Growing up in the Bronx, Billie Grand sought solace in music, finding herself in the pulsing beats, striking lyrics, and mesmerizing voices that saved her when money issues and familial strife proved deafening. When she finally lands a coveted A&R assistant role at Lit Music Productions, one of the largest music labels in the country, it initially seems like everything she’s dreamed of—sleek offices, exclusive parties, flashy dealmaking—and she can’t wait until it’s her turn to find the next breakout headliner.

Da quattro anni Gabriele Bilancini non tornava a casa. Casa è il quartiere Tuscolano a Roma, dove è nato e vissuto insieme ai genitori, la sorella e una compagnia di amici inseparabili. Oggi Gabriele abita a Milano ed è tra i dieci designer emergenti più quotati al mondo. È uno che ce l'ha fatta: l'esempio perfetto di come si possa essere artefici della propria sorte. A credere in lui e a lanciarlo è stato Franco Zardi in persona, un guru del design mondiale, che ha riconosciuto in Gabriele la grazia del talento.

"Llamadas de Ámsterdam" es una extraordinaria historia de amor. Con una impecable tensión narrativa, Juan Villoro despliega una trama hecha de coincidencias, separaciones, misteriosas oportunidades de reencuentro. La acción ocurre en una calle circular, tratada sobre la pista donde una vez corrieron caballos de carreras. Ahí, dos amantes apuestan su "resto" en busca de una última recompensa.

Martina está buscando su lugar en el mundo después de haber recorrido medio planeta. Aún no sabe si su corazón quiere dejar su vida nómada y echar raíces o seguir su itinerario vital de un lugar a otro. Un buen destino para averiguarlo es Nueva York, una ciudad que siempre proporciona sorpresas, sobre todo cuando su jefe, el atractivo y carismático Saul J. Coleman, le proponga un viaje de negocios a Chicago, y se quede atrapada en un ascensor con el sorprendente, divertido y vital Will 'Marie' Duquette.

El desplazamiento entre la ciudad y el campo construye la dinámica de esta novela. La protagonista es una joven estudiante de veterinaria, cuyo discurso a la vez indolente y desamparado enhebra una trama de sobrio desarrollo y exquisita resolución. En las primeras páginas la narradora se presenta como empleada de una veterinaria que vive con otra mujer, Aída, quien al poco tiempo desaparece de manera misteriosa.

Dora Fairweather wasn’t cut out to be a wife and mother, and as soon as she’s able, she turns her back on her young daughter Lissie. With no parents to protect her, Lissie has no option but the dangerous streets of soot-sodden Bradford or the workhouse orphanage. Life in the orphanage is bleak and Lissie longs for the warm embrace of her beloved father. As the years pass, Lissie learns to enjoy the camaraderie of the other girls in the workhouse, and when she’s taken under the wing of matron Connie Briggs, things begin to look up..

Tommy Jr might be one of the youngest members of the Carter family, but he has plans to one day step into his Uncle Jonny’s shoes as head of the family. But when his young girlfriend Aimee announces she’s pregnant, everything changes. Although only nineteen, Tommy’s determined to be the best dad he can. Aimee’s dad Kevin Fox feels the Carters owe him big time and now he’s going to part of the family it’s time to pay up. But publicly rejected by the Carters, Kevin plots his revenge and Tommy Jr is firmly in his sights.

Five years after their break-up, Eve still hasn’t found a reason to believe in true love. But when Foster has an accident and she discovers she’s still listed as his next of kin, Eve knows she can’t let him wake up in hospital with no one by his side. After all, those devilishly blue eyes have always been hard to say no to… Foster isn’t sure if his poor battered brain is playing tricks on him when he sees the only woman he’s ever loved sitting next to his bedside.

Juliette é uma jovem e solitária parisiense que leva uma vida metódica - todas as terças vai ao supermercado e às sextas, ao cinema. As viagens de metrô para o trabalho, típicas da rotina, possibilitam que Juliette observe sempre os mesmos passageiros e os livros que cada um lê. Todos têm suas particularidades, como a idosa que folheia um livro italiano de culinária e sorri diante de algumas receitas ou a garota que lê romances e sempre derrama minúsculas lágrimas quando chega à página 247. "Por que a página 247?", pergunta-se Juliette.

Thomas, a young German musician, is dying. Leo, a renowned Italian writer and Thomas's boyfriend, finds it impossible to mourn his loss and condemns himself to wandering the Earth, in the hope of finding the dividing line between the living and the dead. He travels through a Europe where past and present overlap, roads intersect, years merge and faces emerge - and tries in vain to bring into focus the blurred lines of their relationship.

In the 1920s, three young girls enter a strict, cheerless convent school in a quiet London suburb. Six years later they leave, to change the world … Maureen was the movie star, whose role as Tarzan’s Jane helped rewrite the rules of cinema censorship. Sonia was the aspiring writer who became George Orwell’s wife and the guardian of his literary legacy. And Vivien was the actress as iconic as the roles she played, from Cleopatra to Scarlett O’Hara. Together their careers encompassed glamour and tragedy, triumph and scandal.

Предпоследняя правда – первая часть увлекательной трилогии о жизни в знаменитом Толстовском доме. История разворачивается вокруг четырех петербургских семей, у каждой из которых своя судьба, свои трудности и потрясения. Герои "Предпоследней правды" не идеальны, а потому в их чертах так легко узнать себя, своих родителей, родных и друзей, мечты и страхи, интересы и секреты, даже одежду и манеру речи.