Titres dans Passage à l'âge adulte

Il était une fois une famille heureuse et unie. Des jumelles de six ans qui se ressemblaient comme deux gouttes d'eau. Des enfants fusionnelles qui grandissaient ensemble et s'adoraient. Jusqu'à un soir de feu d'artifice où l'une d'elles se volatilise brutalement. Il était une fois deux fillettes inséparables. Jusqu'à ce qu'il n'en reste plus qu'une. Il était une fois une histoire qui n'a rien d'un conte de fées. "Avec elle", de Solène Bakowski, et "Sans elle", d'Amélie Antoine, deux romans pour un projet commun.

Few novels have had as profound an impact on American culture as On the Road. Pulsating with the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, illicit drugs, and the mystery and promise of the open road, Kerouac's classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be "beat" and has inspired generations of writers, musicians, artists, poets, and seekers who cite their discovery of the book as the event that "set them free".

The men in the secret society known as the Lords think they rule the world. And in a way, they do. Each has sold their soul to the devil at a young age in exchange for power and wealth. Like anything else, they have different levels of success. The more they’re willing to serve, the more power they have. Among them are the Spade brothers, who run Carnage. It’s where the Lords who have not held up their oath go to live out the rest of their lives in shackles. Tucked away from the world as if they never existed.

In fifth grade my teacher set us up with pen pals from a different school. Thinking I was a girl, with a name like Misha, the other teacher paired me up with her student Ryen. My teacher, believing Ryen was a boy like me, agreed. It didn't take long for us to figure out the mistake. And in no time at all, we were arguing about everything. The best take-out pizza. Android vs. iPhone. Whether or not Eminem is the greatest rapper ever. For the next seven years, it was us. She's the only one who keeps me on track, talks me down, and accepts everything I am.

The Socs and the Greasers are rival gangs from the opposite sides of town. The Socs’ idea of a good time is cruising around in their flash cars and beating up long-haired Greasers like Ponyboy. Ponyboy knows what to expect and that he can count on his older brothers and other friends—until one night when someone takes things too far. Ponyboy may seem tough, but on the inside he is running scared.

En août 1937, le jeune Franz Huchel quitte ses montagnes de Haute-Autriche pour venir travailler à Vienne avec Otto Tresniek, buraliste unijambiste, bienveillant et caustique, qui ne plaisante pas avec l'éthique de la profession. Au Tabac Tresniek, se mêlent classes populaires et bourgeoisie juive de la Vienne des années trente. Si les rumeurs de la montée du national-socialisme et la lecture assidue de la presse font rapidement l'éducation politique du montagnard mal dégrossi, sa connaissance des femmes, elle, demeure très lacunaire. Ne sachant à quel saint se vouer avec Anezka, la jeune artiste de cabaret dont il est éperdument amoureux, il va chercher conseil auprès du "docteur des fous", Sigmund Freud en personne, client du tabac et grand fumeur de havanes, qui habite à deux pas.

Two girls who grow up to become women...two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. Their devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret.

« B&B, il y a un petit gâteau noir dans le congélateur pour vous. Ne le jetez pas. Je veux que vous vous asseyiez ensemble et que vous partagiez ce gâteau. Vous saurez quand le moment sera venu.Je vous aime, Ma. » Ce sont les dernières volontés de la mère de Byron et Benny. Avec le gâteau, elle a laissé un enregistrement audio réalisé avant sa mort. Elle y livre l'histoire d'une jeune nageuse venue d'une île des Caraïbes, forcée de quitter son pays natal après avoir été accusée de meurtre.

When David Copperfield escapes from the cruelty of his childhood home, he embarks on a journey to adulthood which leads him through comedy and tragedy, love and heartbreak, and friendship and betrayal.

Caitlin, douze ans, habite avec sa mère dans un modeste appartement d'une banlieue de Seattle. Afin d'échapper à la solitude et à la grisaille de sa vie quotidienne, chaque jour, après l'école, elle court à l'aquarium pour se plonger dans les profondeurs du monde marin qui la fascine. Là, elle rencontre un vieil homme qui semble partager sa passion pour les poissons et devient peu à peu son confident. Mais la vie de Caitlin bascule le jour où sa mère découvre cette amitié et lui révèle le terrible secret qui les lie toutes deux à cet homme.

« Dans les mots que la vieille femme déposa au creux de son oreille, Encarnación perçut le murmure d’un oracle lointain : “Éloigne de toi ceux que tu aimes, car la nuit les engloutira et tu porteras leur corps... » À l’âge de quinze ans, alors que la famine sévit dans son Andalousie natale, Juan Ortega quitte sa famille pour devenir le cuisinier d’Ignacio, un célèbre torero. Dans son sillage, à Madrid, New York et Paris, Juan se laisse happer par l’effervescence des années folles.

Directed by the skillful hand of Megan Follows (Directors Guild Award winner) and featuring the voices of Golden Globe® winner Sandra Oh, Emmy Award® Winner Catherine O’Hara, and Emmy Award® Winner Victor Garber, Anne Shirley’s (Emmy Award® winner Michela Luci) adventures come to life in a fresh adaptation of a timeless tale. Immerse yourself in the breathtaking beauty of Canada’s Prince Edward Island with the magic of an original score and immersive sound design.

Meet Grace Bernard. Daughter, sister, colleague, friend, serial killer. Grace has lost everything. And now she wants revenge.

From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore: A magnificent coming-of-age story steeped in nostalgia, “a masterly novel” (The New York Times Book Review) blending the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the sixties with a young man’s hopeless and heroic first love. Now with a new...

Mina Simpson, a Lebanese doctor, arrives at the infamous Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece, after being urgently summoned for help by her friend who runs an NGO there. Alienated from her family except for her beloved brother, Mina has avoided being so close to her homeland for decades. But with a week off work and apart from her wife of 30 years, Mina hopes to accomplish something meaningful, among the abundance of Western volunteers who pose for selfies with beached dinghies and the camp's children.

Sullo sfondo della brughiera battuta dai venti, una ragazza umile ma volitiva trova lavoro come istitutrice nella casa di un uomo aspro e malinconico. Tra di loro nascerà inaspettata una grande passione, che dovrà però fare i conti con un segreto scabroso. Un capolavoro di una modernità dirompente, un cult che continua ad affascinare generazione dopo generazione.

"Royal Spin is a hugely entertaining and engaging read that grabbed me and didn’t let go. This workplace drama inside Buckingham Palace, with intrigue, gossip, and a soupçon of romance makes for a fun, page-turner of a book!” —Jasmine Guillory The much-anticipated novel from preeminent...

When Warren has the opportunity to live with a female roommate, he instantly agrees. It could be an exciting change. Or maybe not. Especially when that roommate is the cold and seemingly calculating Bridgette. Tensions run high and tempers flare as the two can hardly stand to be in the same room together. But Warren has a theory about Bridgette: Anyone who can hate with that much passion should also have the capability to love with that much passion. And he wants to be the one to test this theory.

Lorenzo, un quattordicenne introverso e un po' nevrotico, si è barricato in cantina dove conta di passare di nascosto la sua settimana bianca, mentre tutti lo credono in montagna. Al riparo da ogni conflitto, dai compagni di scuola, dalle commedie quotidiane: ecco il suo sogno di felicità. Ma l'arrivo improvviso di Olivia, la sorellastra piena di ruvida vitalità e di problemi, lo costringe a rivedere i suoi piani e ad accettare il gioco caotico della vita là fuori. Nel 2012 da questo romanzo Bernardo Bertolucci ha tratto il film omonimo.

When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr Byrne, her best friend James helps her devise a plan to seduce him. But what begins as a harmless crush soon pushes their friendship to its limits. Over the course of a year they will find their lives ever more entwined with the Byrnes' and be faced with impossible choices and a lie that can't be taken back...