Résultats pour "Power" dans Passage à l'âge adulte

Brought to you by Penguin. London, 1990. Zivoin is newly arrived in a strange country. The dependable oldest son, he works all hours of the day and night, sending every penny he can save back to his family. On the news, he watches his homeland, Yugoslavia, slowly fracturing. Thousands of miles...

Praise for Jessica George 'An incredibly exciting new talent' Beth O'Leary 'Lively, funny, poignant' Bonnie Garmus 'Utterly Charming' Celeste Ng This isn't a romance. But it is about love. Remy is lucky. Her three best friends have always been there for her - until the day that they're not. One...

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.

Brought to you by Penguin. A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Rainbow Rowell is back with her first adult novel in ten years in this uplifting novel about star-crossed lovers and the power of second chances Discover the big, beaming power ballad of a novel about a love so true it refuses to be...

When Aria and her friends get a dangerous vision, they have only moments to act. A life is in danger and they find themselves caught up in the kind of adventure they've always wanted. But things aren't always what they seem. A split-second decision and a surprise invitation change everything, as the gang's lives are turned suddenly upside-down. They struggle to adjust to their new reality, but find that some ties are harder to break than others. Some ties should never have been made in the first place.

One young woman learns the true nature of power—both her own and others’—in the riveting conclusion to The Waking Land Trilogy. “Bates brilliantly concludes an impressive high fantasy trilogy with this tale of scheming and magic.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Sophy...

The moment Janet locked eyes with Chris across the Spanish classroom, she heard an audible pop in her ears as her invisibility bubble burst, altering her life of obscurity forever. No longer hidden—now the focus of bullies—friendships are formed to aid her from foes. The lifetime lover of books becomes the heroine of her own story, as she falls in love, follows her calling, and flourishes in high school.

In this coming-of-age novel set in the 1970s, Gene Hull is whitewashing the trunks of Arizona citrus trees when he spots a beautiful girl and falls instantly in love. The girl is vulnerable and shy. Though Gene breaks through her reserve, a date at a wave park turns into a near disaster, and Gene must call on the one person he can always rely on - his father, who is a doctor.

Beneath the Mango Trees is a beautiful coming-of-age novel that transports readers to a small coastal village in Jamaica, where young Marley James lives under the warmth of her family's heritage and the wisdom of her beloved grandmother, Nana Liz. Every day, under the sprawling branches of an ancient mango tree, Marley hears tales of her family's past, deepening her connection to the land and culture that shaped them.

The novel ‘Shesh Potro’ is a true-life portrayal of teenage love. Although apparently love is the source of many joys and sorrows, it is reflected here that it is a driving force in adolescent growth and interpersonal relationships. Adolescent love in a rural socio-cultural environment is quite emotional. It may live on in the shadow of memory, though largely unspoken and incomplete. Then in adulthood, when opportunities for unquestionable expression and mutual recognition open, love triumphs.

Bailey's graduate science classes are much harder than she expected them to be, and strict, young Professor Jacobs, in particular, seems out to get her, finding minute mistakes in her work, making her re-do assignments she's already meticulously completed. When he forces her to start staying late in the lab, Bailey complains to her roommate that she's about ready to quit school altogether, but what she doesn't know is that her stern professor has a carnal lesson he's waiting to teach her.