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Affidato a un compaesano, Ninetto detto Pelleossa si lascia alle spalle la Sicilia e, la valigia carica di pacchi di sale, parte verso il Nord. Con timida meraviglia, va alla scoperta di una Milano in pieno boom economico, dove impara il ritmo del lavoro e a distinguere tra amici veri e falsi. E se con gli anni arriveranno prove difficili da affrontare, è nella forza del racconto che Ninetto troverà un riscatto alla sua storia.

Nel dicembre del 1957 un lungo inverno di cenere e ombra avvolge Barcellona e i suoi vicoli oscuri. La città sta ancora cercando di uscire dalla miseria del dopoguerra, e solo per i bambini, e per coloro che hanno imparato a dimenticare, il Natale conserva intatta la sua atmosfera magica, carica di speranza. Daniel Sempere - il memorabile protagonista di "L'ombra del vento" è ormai un uomo sposato e dirige la libreria di famiglia assieme al padre e al fedele Fermín con cui ha stretto una solida amicizia.

A woman meets her next-door neighbor and loans her a spatula, then starts suffering horrific gaps in her memory. A man, feeling jilted by an unrequited love, becomes obsessed with sorting through his neighbors' garbage in the belief that it will teach him how to better relate to people. A landlord decides to raise the rent, and his tenants hatch a plan to kill him at a team-building retreat. In 10 captivating, unnerving stories, Flowers of Mold presents a range of ordinary individuals who have found themselves left behind by an increasingly urbanized and fragmented world.

A photographer descends into New York City’s chaotic and brutal underground in this sweeping story of the Big Apple at its seediest. It’s 1982, and Clarence Dmitri Larkin is working as a photographer at Bellevue hospital in Manhattan. The job offers a painfully clear perspective on a city sick with madness, fraught with crime, and coming apart at the seams. Larkin’s curiosity soon leads to a subterranean world of all the city’s secret dangers, including domestic terrorists with a nuclear device, a serial killer inspired by an occult past, and a disfigured arsonist who just might be the one to burn the whole city down.

Joy Stephens' Leben lässt wenig zu wünschen übrig: Mit Mitte dreißig steht sie kurz vor der Ernennung zur Partnerin in ihrer Londoner Anwaltskanzlei, sie ist der Inbegriff einer erfolgreichen, attraktiven Karrierefrau und führt eine offene, aber verlässliche Ehe. Trotzdem bereitet Joy ihren Abgang bei Hanger, Slyde & Stein vor – bis sie bei ihrer Dankesrede vor aller Augen zehn Meter in die Tiefe stürzt. Hat ihr Anwaltskollege und Ex-Lover Peter etwas damit zu tun? Oder übt dieser funkelnde Glaspalast inmitten der flirrenden Lichter Londons einen ganz eigenen Abwärtssog aus?

“This is such a love story to cities & people & heartbreaks, death & loss. It's not at all corny, it's smart. But I just finished it & it made me cry.” — Eileen Myles "Signals the arrival of a novelist sure to resonate with young people who endeavor to make intimate connections." —The...

I thought I'd never see Julian Walker again. Never came much sooner than I expected. After killing the Hedge witches that wreaked havoc among covens for decades, I thought people were finally going to learn how to see past the physical. I thought they'd begin to trust me. I was wrong. I didn't expect things to go from bad to worse so fast, until I found Julian Walker on the floor of my office, barely even breathing. He tells me he needs me. He tells me that I'm the only one who can stop the fairy who had destroyed the fairy realm and its Courts.

A Goodreads Best Romance “Fans of The Devil Wears Prada will flip over Love on Lexington Avenue.” —Karen Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Layne comes the second delightfully charming installment in the Central Park Pact series...

Die Jugendliebe, die plötzlich wieder in der Stadt ist, eine kämpferische Ex und ganz viel Klärungsbedarf... Chris hat Spaß daran sich mit den Jungs im Ring zu messen, also ist es keine Frage, dass er auf der Wiese im Rebstockpark dabei ist, es geht immerhin auch um ordentlich Kohle. Es läuft gut, bis sie plötzlich auftaucht, wie ein Geist aus seiner Vergangenheit. Annas Anwesenheit bringt Chris völlig aus dem Konzept. Was zur Hölle macht sie hier? Ausgerechnet heute?

"Süßes, sonst gibt's Saures!" Manchmal schätzen wir unsere eigene kleine Welt erst, wenn sie uns abhandenzukommen droht. Halloween 1996. In der Ära der Garagenbands und Skateboards weiß die Filmnärrin Bailey Wood nach dem Schulabschluss nicht wohin mit sich. Als plötzlich ein mysteriöser Junge in der Videothek auftaucht, geraten Zukunftssorgen in Vergessenheit.

Ein hinreißender italienischer Liebesroman... der Lust auf Urlaub, Liebe und Sommer macht ... Julia reist von Hamburg nach Rom, um endlich einmal den Urlaub zu genießen, den sie möchte. Ihre Scheidung liegt schon drei Jahre zurück und nun fühlt sie sich bereit für ein neues Leben. Ihr Sohn Sebastian schließt sich ihr an, doch von ihm kriegt sie nicht viel zu sehen, denn er gestaltet seine eigenen Ferien. Also verbringt Julia ihre Zeit mit Bruno, dem Vermieter ihres Ferienhauses.

My life changed dramatically ever since I found out that I’m a long-lost lion shifter, complete with awesome magic and special abilities. Being the only male lion shifter in Thornveil City comes with a few perks of its own, and my new celebrity status means that everyone wants to know what I’ll do next.

Die vierzehnjährige Anna lebt auf der Straße. Als ihr Vater nach Jahren unerwartet in ihr Leben tritt, schöpft sie wieder Hoffnung auf Geborgenheit und ein Dach über dem Kopf.Doch die Sache endet in einer Katastrophe.

El año en que se produce una ola de suicidios en la sede francesa de una compañía de telecomunicaciones, la protagonista de esta historia entra a trabajar para su filial en Madrid. Pronto se ve sometida a mobbing: no le encargan ni una sola tarea.

First came the shocking story of Rainey Paxton being born addicted to heroin and the sacrifices she made to accommodate her parents’ reckless lifestyle. Now comes the terrifying, extraordinary novel that picks up after Rainey’s release from juvenile detention. With no money and lost in a section of North Philadelphia dominated by gangs and violence, Rainey won’t accept that it may be too late to save Ivy. Instead, she pushes all limits to fight for her sister, surrendering herself to keep her vow.

In 16-year-old Abida's small Pakistani village, there are age-old rules to live by and her family's honour to protect. And, yet, her spirit is defiant, and she yearns to make a home with the man she loves. When the unthinkable happens, Abida faces the same fate as other young girls who have chosen unacceptable alliances - certain public death.

Así define el autor este volumen, en una brillante introducción que sirve también de puesta en perspectiva: los doce relatos que lo componen abarcan varias épocas, desde finales de la década de los sesenta hasta la actualidad, y en ellos se reflejan algunas de sus obsesiones más íntimas, además de su evolución como artista.

Travis trabaja en una revista y es día de cierre. Mientras le ronda la pavorosa idea de que van a despedirlo, no dejan de sucederse a su alrededor imprevistos de toda clase. Anne, por su parte, se siente harta del departamento de atención al cliente en el que está destinada, donde la relación con algunos de sus compañeros amenaza con hacer saltar la oficina por los aires. En vísperas de comenzar sus vacaciones, bajo un calor insoportable, ambos tienen mil cosas en la cabeza que resolver, y todas ellas parecen urgentes.

The Rift was like nothing Pax and the others had experienced before. The scenario demanded they think outside the box and deal with a whole new level of threats. But with new dangers came new opportunities, and Pax and the others are more than ready to rise to the challenge.

Matt Beckford's sole ambition is to turn forty with his life sorted. With a Porsche on the drive and a high-flying job, it looks like things are perfect. But when Matt's wife unexpectedly calls time on their marriage, a chain of events is set in motion that very quickly sees him facing forty broke, homeless and completely alone. But all is not lost because Matt has a plan…