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Ci inseguirà per tutto il tempo del romanzo. È la voce di un poeta latino del primo secolo avanti Cristo. È la voce di un condannato all'amore di una donna che l'ha straziato e continua a straziarlo rinnovando la smagliante ossessione di un desiderio inesausto. A quella voce sembrano rispondere le vicende di un giovane professore consumato dalla vita coniugale infelice, dalla vita accademica disertata dagli studenti, ma costantemente acceso dalla passione dello studio e, un giorno, dalla lama di luce che riverbera, a sorpresa, negli occhi di una studentessa.

Alif baru saja tamat dari Pondok Madani. Dia bahkan sudah bisa bermimpi dalam bahasa Arab dan Inggris. Impiannya? Tinggi betul. Ingin belajar teknologi tinggi di Bandung seperti Habibie, lalu merantau sampai ke Amerika. Dengan semangat menggelegak dia pulang ke Maninjau dan tak sabar ingin segera kuliah. Namun kawan karibnya, Randai, meragukan dia mampu lulus UMPTN. Lalu dia sadar, ada satu hal penting yang dia tidak punya. Ijazah SMA. Bagaimana mungkin mengejar semua cita-cita tinggi tadi tanpa ijazah?

In the summer of 1955, Madison Lee "Bobo" Murphy was a waiter at the Catskills' Pine hill inn, where the eccentric Avrum Feldman became his unlikely friend. A rural Southerner on his exciting first journey north, Bobo learned from Avrum that each life is marked by one grand, undeniable moment of change that never stops mattering. It came for Bobo in his first meeting with Amy Lourie, the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

As the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, Margo Millet's always known she’d have to make it on her own. So she enrolls at her local junior college, even though she can’t imagine how she’ll ever make a living. She’s still figuring things out and never planned to have an affair with her English professor—and while the affair is brief, it isn’t brief enough to keep her from getting pregnant. Despite everyone’s advice, she decides to keep the baby, mostly out of naiveté and a yearning for something bigger.

Tiene diez años. Vive en Worcester, una pequeña localidad al norte de Ciudad del Cabo, con una madre a la que adora y detesta a la vez, un hermano menor y un padre por quien no siente respeto alguno. Lleva una doble vida: en el colegio es el alumno modélico, el primero de la clase; en casa, un pequeño déspota. Los secretos, los engaños y los miedos le atormentan; el amor por la granja familiar y por el veld, las desnudas mesetas sudafricanas, le arraigan a la tierra.

Es ist 1995, die Erzählerin ist 16, lebt auf dem Dorf, hat knallrot gefärbte Haare und nie genug Geld. Sie raucht heimlich die geklauten Zigaretten ihrer Oma und macht gerne mit Jungs rum. Dann liest ihre Mutter heimlich ihr Tagebuch und alle nennen sie auf einmal Schlampe. Sie will nur noch eins: Raus hier! Weg von den Rentner-Nachbar:innen, dem Geläster im Schulbus, dem fetten Fahrlehrer, dem Kleingeist, der Enge, dem Mief: Raus aus Salzgitter! Am besten in eine große Stadt ziehen und Schauspielerin werden, so eine richtige auf der Bühne.

Elsie Weir is trying hard to keep her family together. Living in Kiltie Street tenement in Glasgow with her mother and little sister, Jessie, isn't easy - not least because her mother spends most days in a drunken stupor. But life gets harder still when their mother dies suddenly, leaving Jessie and Elsie broken-hearted. The future looks bleak, until their mother's estranged family deigns to take them in. But their relief is short-lived as it becomes clear the Mearns family have taken in the orphan sisters only for appearances, treating them cruelly behind closed doors.

Charlie Wynwood and Silas Nash have been best friends since they could walk. They've been in love since the age of 14. But as of this morning...they are complete strangers. Their first kiss, their first fight, the moment they fell in love...every memory has vanished. Now Charlie and Silas must work together to uncover the truth about what happened to them and why. But the more they learn about the couple they used to be...the more they question why they were ever together to begin with. Forgetting is terrifying, but remembering may be worse.

Ever since the accident that changed Sophie’s life, she sees numbers everywhere. From the leaves on a tree to the volume of a puddle, everything has its number. And every person she meets? Their number is counting down the number of days they have left. Despite being lonely, Sophie has decided she’s not dating anyone with a number smaller than 20,000 days: 55 years together should be plenty. Which is fine, until Adam—her first love and most definitely the one that got away—suddenly reappears. And his number? Just 24 days…

It's Christmas and Jenny Checkland is beset with problems. The Vicar, who really should know better, has asked to borrow Marilyn the donkey for the nativity play thereby unleashing chaos on the already chaos-laden Frogmorton Farm.

January 1942. With female conscription now in place, the spitfire production line at the Bell Works Factory is busier than ever. When sisters Val and Kay arrive, singers who bring glamour as well as talent, they are soon entertaining their co-workers after long shifts on the factory floor. Audrey is delighted to have caught the eye of a new male supervisor. But is he all that he seems? With romance, heartbreak, painful goodbyes as well as joyful reconciliations all around, one thing is for sure – the women pull together to keep the spirits up of one and all and do their bit for the war.

In a Yorkshire Dales village in the 1970s, best mates Michael, a boy with a strong sense of tradition and family loyalty, and Jack, a boy drawn to new horizons, are there for each other through traumatic childhoods.

פרגוס מקרידי, נער רגיש ובודד בן שבע-עשרה חובב ספרים ותלמיד שקדן, הוא היפוכו הגמור של אביו אליסטר, קולונל בדימוס ואלמן זה שתים-עשרה שנה. הקולונל, גבר משולהב ומשתלהב, רואה בפרגוס את בבואתה של אמו המתה. אליסטר נושא אישה שנייה ובה בעת מחליט שעל פרגוס ללכת בעקבותיו ובעקבות המסורת המשפחתית, ללמוד באקדמיה צבאית ולאחריה לשרת בצבא, ולשם כך עליו גם להיות בכושר צבאי כיאה לייעודו. כשהקולונל יוצא לירח דבש ממושך עם רעייתו הצעירה, הוא מבקש מהנהג שלו, פרד קרינגטון, חייל לשעבר וגבר בנוי לתלפיות, לחשל את פרגוס באימוני כושר ואגרוף.

الآنَ أصبحَ الطفلُ واحدًا من أبناءِ ذئابِ الجبلِ، ولم تكنْ الرحلةُ بالهينةِ، فقدْ أضحَى الصغيرُ بعيدًا عنْ قَريتِهِ مسافةَ أربعِ ساعاتٍ ونصفَ ساعةٍ، يَقطَعُهَا خمسةَ أيامٍ كُلَّ أسبوعٍ، يخرجُ في التاسعةِ صباحًا ليصلَ إلى النادي الثانيةَ ظهرًا، لخوضِ التدريبِ في تمامِ الثالثةِ والنصفِ أو الرابعةِ، يستَمِرُ الصغيرُ في مِرَانِهِ لمُدَةِ ساعتين أو ساعتينِ ونصفٍ يُداعِبُ فيها حُلُمَهُ، يَربِتُ على محبوبَتِهِ، يُقبِلُهَا بِقدَمِهِ قبلَ أنْ يُرسِلَهَا إلى الشباكِ.

Young widow Julia Nance has found happiness again running her beloved Guesthouse, Fairlight, but with the arrival of war, even her last bookings are being cancelled. Step-daughter Elowen immediately offers to find work with arch rival Alma Jennings, but Julia prefers to keep her close, and searches desperately for alternatives. Offering up her beloved home to be requisitioned, looking for any opportunity for work herself, she finds herself thwarted at every turn, and unwilling to accept the help of unscrupulous brother-in-law Pasco.

The Austen Family descends upon a fashionable Georgian seaside resort in Devonshire for a six-week holiday. Jane's brother, Frank, is on leave from the Royal Navy, and dearly wishes to unite his sister with his friend Captain Peter Parker. But another holidaymaker, a handsome stranger, catches sight of Jane and is determined to make her acquaintance. This rival to Captain Parker is Samuel Rose: a lawyer, literary man and abolitionist. As the weeks pass, Jane's relationship with both men brings about unexpected surprises.

Dead Men Tell No Tales by E.W. Hornung is a gripping tale of high-seas adventure, treachery, and mystery. The novel follows a young man, Duncan, who finds himself entangled in a perilous voyage aboard a doomed ship. When disaster strikes and the vessel is wrecked, Duncan becomes the sole survivor, only to discover that escaping the sea is just the beginning of his troubles. A sinister conspiracy, hidden enemies, and a dangerous quest for truth unfold as he struggles to clear his name and uncover the dark secrets that threaten his life.

A romance about a storm that separates a family.

"Run through the jungle." The phrase means so many things. For the Morrows, it means a new sense of being. Natalia and her friends have found success as a band who rivals Elvis in popularity. Natalia's dreams are finally coming true. But fame is a jungle fraught with danger and uncertainty. But for Mark Standish, run through the jungle has a totally different meaning as he literally runs through the Vietnam jungle to get away from his decisions. His sole purpose, to destroy the one person he sees as the root of all his bad decisions. Natalia Morrow.

تدور أحداث رواية "أطياف كاميليا" للروائية نورا ناجي، في حقبة التسعينيات حيث الإيقاع البطيء، حول طفلة تسمى كاميليا تشاهد عمّتها تذوب أمامها في المرآة ذات صباح، فتشعر بدهشة وذعر من العالم يستمر معها حتى الكِبر.