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Sean's stuck in an angry rut because he's tried for years to get over his wife leaving him for a woman. This and a few other factors in his life have conditioned him to be disgusted with anything LGBT. He'll never understand how a woman could love another woman or how a man could love another man. That is until suddenly one day he wakes up gay.

John Addington e Henry Ellis sono entrambi sposati, ma i loro matrimoni nascondono un segreto. John è omosessuale, o "invertito", come si diceva nell'Inghilterra vittoriana; ha avuto tre figlie con Catherine per conformarsi. Henry è legato a Edith, che però non ricambia il suo amore e trascorre con l'amica Angelica lo stesso tempo che dedica al marito. Quando Henry, medico esperto, inizia a scrivere un testo sull'omosessualità sostenendo che sia una variazione naturale del desiderio umano e non un crimine, coinvolge John, noto studioso, nel progetto.

I’d never hidden the type of guy I was to anyone. Geeky, nerdy and unashamed of the presence I brought to a room. It was meant to be only one night. Hot, steamy and passionate… Where the geek actually got the unattainable god. Except he changed the rules and decided that he wanted more. I never expected when I jumped at the opportunity of my dream career that he’d be there. It was as if the stars had aligned up in the sky and were giving me a sign. But am I truly enough for this… for him even?

Nullpunkt erreicht. Keine Familie. Kein Geld. Keinen Bock auf Schule. Ob es mit dem Kunststudium was wird, steht in den Sternen. Und was ist eigentlich mit seinem besten Freund los? Ennoah fühlt sich von seinem Leben ordentlich verarscht. Als dann auch noch Nico, der gepiercte Kerl mit der großen Klappe, anfängt ihm auf die Pelle zu rücken, wird alles nur noch schlimmer ... Oder? Eine Geschichte über Einsamkeit, das Erwachsenwerden ... und auch ein bisschen über die Liebe.

Mae and Ari are not your average power couple. Their love story started when they met at Leeds University. Back when Mae, whilst never short of a date and confident about who she is at her core, needed Ari's bright light to help her grow into herself. Ari, having run from New York following an undisclosed scandal and battling his own demons, held onto Mae as his grounding anchor. Though they quickly become inseparable, their inimitable bond must survive guilt, secrets, growing up and, ultimately, love in all its complex and fluid forms.

In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocket watch on his pillow. When the watch saves Thaniel’s life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori—a kind, lonely Japanese immigrant. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library, desperate to prove the existence of the luminiferous ether before her mother can force her to marry. As the lives of these three characters become entwined, events spiral out of control until Thaniel is torn between loyalties, futures and opposing geniuses.

A mind-expanding literary debut composed of memory, music and imagination. A boy stands on the roadside on his way to London, alone in the rain. No memories beyond what he can hold in his hands at any given moment. No directions, as written words have long since been forbidden. No parents - just a melody that tugs at him, a thread to follow. A song that says if he can just get to the capital, he may find some answers about what happened to them.

Die amerikanische Professorin Kathryn Dunn tritt ihre neue Stelle als Institutsleiterin an einer deutschen Universität an. Schon am ersten Tag lernt sie ihre Assistentin Nicolle Vonneun kennen: groß, blond, athletisch und - äußerst effizient. Höflichkeitsfloskeln, soziale Interaktionen, Gefühle, alles irrelevant. Magisch angezogen von der nordischen Schönheit versucht Kathryn professionelle Distanz zu wahren, doch letztlich ist Widerstand zwecklos.

Als Kunststudentin in notorischer Geldnot nimmt Anna den Job als Aktmodell bei ihrer Professorin an. Von Sitzung zu Sitzung gewöhnt sie sich immer mehr sowohl an die Nacktheit als auch an die raue Kälte, die ihr die schroffe Malerin stets entgegenbringt. Doch eines Tages verlangt die Professorin etwas, das eine Grenze sprengt - aber gleichzeitig den Beginn einer ungewöhnlichen Beziehung markiert.

Behind the Throne begins K. B. Wagers's action-packed science fiction adventure, with a heroine as rebellious as Han Solo, as savvy as Leia, and as skilled as Rey. Hail Bristol has made a name for herself as one of the most fearsome gunrunners in the galaxy. But she can't escape her past forever: Twenty years ago, she was a runaway princess of the Indranan Empire. Now, her mother's people have finally come to bring her home.

It is the evening of 16-year-old Melody's coming of age ceremony in her grandparents' brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the music of Prince, she wears a special custom-made dress - the very same dress that was sewn for a different wearer, Melody's mother, for a celebration that ultimately never took place. Unfurling the history of Melody's parents and grandparents - from the 1921 Tulsa massacre to post-9/11 New York....

In those first moments, that admission felt precious to me: it was something that I alone had been deemed worthy enough to carry, and I was grateful. I was grateful to finally know, but I still couldn't speak. Something was wrong, she knew it, but she was entirely unprepared for what he would tell her. Viewed through the lens of a relationship breakdown after one partner discloses to the other that they are transgender, this autofiction spans 18 months: from the moments of first discovery, through the eventual disintegration of their partnership, to the new beginnings of independence.

Best friends Stella, Ana and Dixie have always lived life to the fullest. But now that they’re approaching their 40s, reality is starting to kill the mood.... Stella loves her children but misses her glittering career. Plus she can’t even remember the last time she had sex. Ana is trying for a baby with her partner, Rex. So why can’t she stop thinking about the one who got away? Dixie is the wildest of them all. A Tinder addict who’ll never settle down. But has she accidentally found Mr Right....

A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can blossom. But their newly discovered bliss is shattered when Carol is forced to choose between her child and her lover.

Alex Claremont-Diaz is handsome, charismatic, a genius--pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House ever since his mother first became President of the United States. There’s only one problem. When the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an altercation between Alex and Prince Henry, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.

The author of the best seller Call Me by Your Name revisits its beguiling characters decades after their first meeting. In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio’s father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, who has become a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train with a beautiful young woman upends Sami’s plans and changes his life forever. Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, now a New England college professor with a family, finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic.

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated.

A disturbing tale of a young man's uncanny ability to remain both young and beautiful while descending into a life of heartless debauchery, The Picture of Dorian Gray was considered proof of both Wilde's genius and his perversion. Oscar Wilde's scandalous best seller of 1891 was one of the most damning pieces of evidence used against him in the trial that brought about his downfall.

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May 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived in Taiwan. She's been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda. Instead, Chizuko longs to experience real island life and to taste its authentic cuisine.