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Although, they looked exactly the same, these twin brothers couldn’t be any more different. While they were complete opposites, for the most part, they always got along well until success showered on one more than the other. The other began to despise the successful one, and it took on a whole new meaning of sibling rivalry. Their lives would take several different twists and turns along the way. As the one harbored ill will, he was determined to get what he wanted. He wanted his brother's successful life and his wife, but did he go too far?

Nella casa di Eilis Lacey, a Long Island, suona il campanello. Alla porta c'è uno sconosciuto, irlandese come lei, che viene a portarle una notizia sconvolgente. La vita di Eilis negli ultimi vent'anni è scorsa piuttosto tranquillamente: i due figli ora adolescenti, Larry e Rosella, il marito idraulico Tony, e nelle casette adiacenti due dei suoi cognati, Enzo e Mauro, con le rispettive famiglie, oltre alla torreggiante suocera Francesca. Una tipica famiglia italo-americana degli anni Settanta, che lavora, mangia, dorme, decide, vive insieme, molto presente e disponibile ma almeno altrettanto voluminosa e invadente.

Il romanzo vincitore del Premio Calvino all'unanimità. Il difficile percorso di emancipazione, lavorativa ed esistenziale, di una giovane donna alla ricerca di sé stessa. Fuggita da un malinconico paese e dal controllo asfittico della madre, Rosita cerca di costruirsi una propria indipendenza a Padova. Le cose non vanno come spera e si ritrova così schiacciata tra un lavoro poco gratificante e una relazione con un uomo sposato.

Ryan, a twenty-seven-year-old nurse, struggles with the challenges of his profession. Nurses are the backbone of our healthcare system, responsible for every aspect of patient care. Without them, healthcare as we know it would cease to exist.

After escaping the horror of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956, Eva arrives in Toronto and looks up Norman Martin, a man she had met only once before. They marry and become very successful running their Martin Manufacturing family business and raising three children, Troy, Alexa and Jason. But when Sidney Urquart is hired by Norman to be the “fresh face” in the business, things go awry. Sidney has one goal and that is to become part of this family, to belong.

Meghann Dontess is een vrouw met een groot verdriet. Jaren geleden werd zij door een ruzie met haar stiefvader gedwongen tot een hartverscheurende keuze waarmee ze de liefde van haar zus Claire verspeelde. Nu is ze een beruchte echtscheidingsadvocaat die niet in intimiteit gelooft. Tot ze die ene man ontmoet die haar van gedachten doet veranderen. Claire Cavenaugh is voor de eerste keer in haar leven verliefd. Terwijl haar trouwdag nadert, neemt zij contact op met haar koele, oudere zus.

Aveva quattordici anni Smita quando con la sua famiglia ha dovuto lasciare l’India in circostanze drammatiche. Una volta al sicuro in America, ha scacciato dal cuore la nostalgia per i crepuscoli aranciati e il profumo inebriante dei cibi che il padre le comprava dai venditori ambulanti e giurato a se stessa che mai più sarebbe tornata in quei luoghi che l’avevano così profondamente ferita. Ma anni dopo si ritrova a dover accettare con riluttanza l’incarico di coprire una storia di cronaca a Mumbai, per il suo giornale.

Eine Own-Voice-Romance mitten aus dem Leben – Skye steckt mitten in ihrer Quarterlifecrisis und muss sich die wirklich wichtigen Fragen stellen: Was will ich mit meinem Leben anfangen? Was macht mich wirklich glücklich? Skye ist verliebt in die Liebe, aber kann sie auch die Liebe für sich selbst entdecken? Skye ist eine "Serial Monogamist": Ihr Leben lang hüpft sie von Beziehung zu Beziehung und bleibt nie lange allein.

Teenaged István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. Shy and new in town, he is a stranger to the social rituals practiced by his classmates and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbor—a married woman close to his mother’s age, whom he begrudgingly helps with errands—as his only companion. But as these periodical encounters shift into a clandestine relationship that István himself can barely understand, his life soon spirals out of control, ending in a violent accident that leaves a man dead.

Coming of Age/ Liebesroman/ Liebesdrama: Wir wissen nicht, wann es passiert, doch wenn die Liebe uns trifft, sind wir am Zug, die Wahrheit auszusprechen. In seinem Roman Quittenbäume erzählt Gökhan Göksen die Geschichte von Matthias, einem Jungen, der seine erste Liebe verliert. Seine sonst so sichere Welt, bestehend aus einer intakten Familie, einem schönen Zuhause, guten Schulnoten, gerät ins Wanken. Noch bevor er das Abitur erreicht, verliert er den Glauben daran, dass das Leben schön sein kann.

Рассказы и очерки, представленные в этой книге, впечатляюще отражают психологические и философские течения конца 19 начала 20 веков. Родившийся в Польше в 1868 году, Пшибышевский развивал свое художественное творчество в период политических потрясений и культурных перемен. Интеллектуальный и провокационный мыслитель, он был тесно связан с богемой и литературным авангардом. Его взаимодействие с такими темами, как секс, смерть и духовность, часто определяется его собственным опытом борьбы с алкоголизмом и психическими заболеваниями.

Life’s not going well for forty-year-old Abby. When her beautiful and charismatic best friend dies suddenly, she’s left reeling. Hetty’s always been such a dominant force in her life; now Abby must figure out who she is – and who she wants to be – without Hetty by her side. Abby has always been the odd one out in Hetty’s wealthy, privileged friendship group. Despite their differences, Abby has managed to carve out a place for herself. But Hetty isn’t an easy friend to have. She blows hot and cold, alternating between fierce loyalty and unwarranted cruelty.

Dive into the heart of a war-torn land where beauty and brutality collide in Sketches from the Periphery, a stunning debut novel and international best-seller by MP Summers. Set against the volatile backdrop of Darfur in 2005, this gripping tale follows Alexander Barr, a young American contractor thrust into the chaos of the African Union Peacekeeping Mission. At just twenty-two, Alex trades college textbooks for the unforgiving desert, where every step reveals a world of resilience, violence, and haunting mystery.

Íntima, sobrecogedora, abrasadora, en Una nota de fuego y nada más —ópera prima de Elena Piedra— se exponen las dolorosas motivaciones de un crimen, más trágico aún pues se asienta en el seno familiar y en el espinoso lazo de la maternidad. Desde que la palabra incendio irrumpió en su cabeza, Fernanda —una joven que nunca pudo tener una relación sana con su madre— no ha podido pensar en otra cosa. Avivado por una historia familiar de silencios y rencores, un ímpetu homicida poco a poco cobra forma dentro de su cabeza y el fuego se revela como el único camino hacia la libertad.

Bewegend und kraftvoll erzählt Garrett Carr die Geschichte eines Jungen, der versucht, seinen Platz in der Welt zu finden, und die einer Familie und Dorfgemeinschaft, die gemeinsam den Widrigkeiten des Lebens trotzen. Eine Lektüre, die Hoffnung macht. In einer kleinen Gemeinde an der Westküste Irlands wird 1973 ein Baby am Strand gefunden. Ambrose, der Fischer, und seine Frau Christine adoptieren den Jungen, der fortan den Namen Brendan Bonner trägt.

The human mind… a maze of secrets and contradictions! Why do we act the way we do? What really controls our decisions? A philosophical journey into the depths of human behavior!

The human mind… a mysterious world ruled by unseen forces! The protagonist believes he controls his life, but he’s just a puppet in the narrator’s hands. Can he break free, or is his fate already written?

Major events shaped the world… but have we seen their true face? A philosophical journey uncovering hidden truths and asking the questions no one dared to ask!

Un hombre que bordea los cuarenta años ve a su madre decaer a causa de un vertiginoso Alzheimer. Ese caso y el de otros seres queridos que padecen estados de conciencia alterados y experiencias cercanas a la muerte lo llevan a preguntarse, de manera radical, por el funcionamiento de la mente humana, por los mecanismos tras los delirios, los olvidos y las alucinaciones. Su meditación, apuntalada con lecturas que lleva a cabo con devoción, da por resultado un relato tan insólito como fascinante, una búsqueda personal sobre las fronteras entre la ciencia, la ficción...

Timothy and Jonah, wealthy entrepreneurs with a spoiled son, hide sins from their past—one involving a death on a cruise, the other a crime in Bali. Nathan and Samantha, the hot ex-nanny turned trophy wife, grapple with infertility and a shocking paternity secret. Bartosz and Angelika (he’s a chef, she’s a former sex worker) carry debts to the other couples they don’t even realize they owe. Over fourteen days, the couples bond—but their pasts are too deeply intertwined to stay hidden. The sly concierge, Putu, knows more than he lets on.