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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.

Adrian Mole is thirty-nine and a quarter. He lives in the country in a semi-detached converted pigsty with his wife Daisy and their daughter. His parents George and Pauline live in the adjoining pigsty. But all is not well.

Is there ever a good time to face an old enemy? Everyone knows that witches have a flair for melodrama, and Jax has enough to deal with, without babysitting her old arch-rival, Isadora Crowe. But when the StarDust Coven bodies start showing up, Jax begins to believe that the High Priestess’s jeopardy is real. To add to the detective wizard’s unease, the band of Hammerskins are becoming more ruthless by the day. It’s just a matter of time before they seize power and raze the Realm.

Pulitzer finalist Susan Choi's narrative-upending audiobook about what happens when a first love between high school students is interrupted by the attentions of a charismatic teacher.

The wondrous Aimee Bender conjures the lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really a devastating curse. On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents’ attention, bites into her mother’s...

They call me Zen-man, the cool-headed one, the protector. I keep an eye out for everyone, take them in, find them homes. They think I’m the calm and collected one, the self-assured one, the one who knows the way. They think they see me. They think they know me. But they’re all wrong, because inside I’m broken. I have a jagged hole in my soul I can’t fix, a festering blackness. I’ve been to the pits of hell, and nobody comes back unscathed. Life in foster care fucked me up, and now a thread is all that’s holding me together.

Laku's tournament triumph has everyone at Dzidzo Institute watching him. While dodging accusations, outrunning deadly rumors, and keeping up with school work, he also needs to decode his grandfather secrets before anyone can expose him as a Zero.

“As darkly whimsical as the most beloved fairy tales and soaked in gothic atmosphere.” —Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning Step into the House of the Beast in this dark fantasy debut from The Legend of Korra graphic novel illustrator Michelle Wong, about...

“Bursting with the magic of first love, it’s everything I want in a summer romance.” —Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of EVERY SUMMER AFTER Named a Best Book of Summer by Real Simple Reader’s Digest Country Living The Skimm BookBub GoodReads...

Mordecai’s simple life as the son of a blacksmith is transformed by the discovery of his magical birthright. As he journeys to understand the power within him he is drawn into a dangerous plot to destroy the Duke of Lancaster and undermine the Kingdom of Lothion. Love and treachery combine to embroil him in events he was never prepared to face. What he uncovers will change his understanding of the past, and alter the future of those around him.

“This country wasn’t built on good—only fought for with good intentions.” Jack’s dying mother told him, “Run and never look back.” He spent his life amassing wealth, but after losing his family, he has no one to share it with. Alone with his demons and a backpack, he heads to South America, where people with nothing teach him what matters. After thrashing his dog-abusing boss, Hunter learns of his father’s death in a mysterious fire. Biker buddies Nugget and Itch ride with him from North Carolina to California.

Hear the Wind Sing is the first novel by Haruki Murakami. First published in the June 1979 issue of Gunzo, one of the most influential literary magazines in Japan, it was published one month later as a book. Hear the Wind Sing is the first book in the Trilogy of the Rat, a series of independent novels that include Pinball, 1973 and A Wild Sheep Chase, followed by the epilogue Dance Dance Dance.

Ogni mattina Kristi si sveglia in attesa dell’inaspettato. Non ha paura del cambiamento, anzi, la sua filosofia è abbracciare tutto ciò che la vita le dona. Ne è talmente convinta che prova a trasmettere il messaggio anche ai clienti del suo negozio. Ma non è stato sempre così. Quando Kristi era solo una ragazza, è rimasta incinta della figlia Iben e ha dovuto prendere le distanze dalla famiglia per costruirsi un futuro in città. Era sola e spaventata.

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Audiobook Narrated by Elle Fanning! “The warmth of Thorpe’s tone, together with the thoroughness of her imagination and the artfulness of her pacing, means that skepticism is kept at bay. She sells us on both the characters and the plot . . . [in] this enormously entertaining and lovable...

Peter Heller’s masterful coming-of-age tale, the story of a mother and daughter living on a Vermont apple orchard, escaping ghosts of the past. Hayley and her seven-year-old daughter, Frith, live in a rustic cabin with no electricity in the foothills of Vermont’s Green Mountains. A renowned...

Ford: I don't have time for distractions. I have a billion-dollar company to run. A father to grieve. A legacy to fulfill. Harley DeLuca is not my type. She's snarky. She's stubborn. And she's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen-even in her ridiculous grungy tennis shoes. I can't get enough of her. Harley: I was a mistake from the moment of conception. The sins of my mother have followed me like a nightmare in a horror flick.

Si chiamano Vinca, Valentina, Augusta, Silvia, Xenia, Anna, Milly, Emanuela. Otto ragazze attorno ai vent'anni che si ritrovano tutte al collegio Grimaldi di Roma, tra l'autunno del 1934 e l'estate del 1936. Diverse per origine geografica e familiare, si affacciano alla vita adulta con attese differenti - l'amore, l'emancipazione professionale e intellettuale, il ritorno alle origini, la partenza -, e chiuderanno il loro percorso con scelte altrettanto differenti.

An enchanting new novella set in the magical world of Sunday Times bestseller Threadneedle. Rowan is visiting her aunt – Winne the hedge witch – in the Welsh countryside, to get back to nature and hone her skills, as well as taking a break from her annoying sisters and enjoying some peace...

Quinn Draper has always made me nervous. He’s the walking, talking opposite of my comfort zone, and he senses my insecurities so effortlessly that every inch of my body feels vulnerable when he’s around. Which is ridiculous. He might be my older brother’s best friend, but he doesn’t even know me. Never says more than two words to me. It’s almost like he knows it drives me crazy. And I hate him for it. Always have. Always will.