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Der 19-jährige Harold versucht, sich den gesellschaftlichen Zwängen seines wohlhabenden Elternhauses durch ungewöhnliche "Marotten" zu entziehen. Die 79-jährige Maude ist unkonventionell, energisch, impulsiv und lebensfroh – trotz ihrer schweren Vergangenheit. Die beiden lernen sich bei einer Beerdigung kennen, und bald verwandelt sich ihre Freundschaft in eine zarte und bewegende Liebesgeschichte. Bis zum Tag von Maudes 80. Geburtstag.

After an emergency leaves her short on rent, thirty-year-old Freya Arnalds bails on her lackluster life as bartender in Maine and returns to her suburban hometown of Somers, New York, to live in the house she inherited from her estranged parents. Despite attempts to lay low, Freya encounters childhood friends, familial enemies, and old flames—as well as her fifteen-year-old niece, Aubrey, who is secretly living in the derelict home. As they reconnect, Freya and Aubrey lean on each other, working to restore the house and come to terms with the devastating events that pulled them apart.

It’s 2009, the height of the Great Recession. Best friends Eddy and Cueball are fresh out of high school and wild at heart, but the economy is in the dumps. With jobs scarce along Florida’s Space Coast, they join a furniture moving company run by Cueball’s father, a gruff ex-con biker who’s supposedly retired from the fast life. But when a mysterious old boss arrives in town, the payload is switched out, as the young men are coerced into shipping a new designer drug up the East Coast.

Esta es la historia de Santiago a quien, como a todos nosotros nos duele crecer. Su camino entre la infancia y la adolecencia está enmarcado por moretones y cotusiones que le han dejado no solo sus rivales de pelea, también los dilemas con su propia familia y los estrellones con el sexo opuesto. Está novela, la primera del autor Andrés Burgos, está ambientada en la ciudad de Medellín de los años noventa, convulsionada por el terrorismo y el narcotrafico. Más que un manual de pelea es un diario de viaje en el periplo de crecer.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

Verano de 1969. Mientras las protestas contra la guerra de Vietnam toman las calles, Tobias, un niño de once años que vive en la periferia de Colonia, espera con ansia el primer alunizaje tripulado. Entretanto, el armonioso matrimonio de sus padres empieza a experimentar ciertos roces, y los acontecimientos se precipitan cuando una pareja comprometida políticamente se instala en la casa de al lado. A pesar de las diferencias, los padres de Tobias, más bien conservadores, entablan amistad con los nuevos vecinos.

Tatiana Schepkina-Kupernik was born in 1874. In her literary career she was a poet, playwright, and short story writer. She died in 1952.

"Any thoughts?" Ruth Ann asks the group. I raise my hand, noticing any timidity or prior insecurity I once felt is gone. I am free to be myself at this place. "Yes, Camille." She points at me. I feel joy at the mention of my new name. "So, let me get this straight!" I try to collect my thoughts. "If my mother, father, or guidance counselor tells me something that goes against the Bible..."

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette more usually known as simply ‘Colette’, was born in 1873. Her most famous work is ‘Gigi’. An author, a woman of letters, a mime, an actress, and journalist and a celebrity example the wide range of her many talents. She died in 1954.

Ein flirrender Roman, der davon erzählt, dass nichts jemals verloren ist. Livia hat liebevolle Eltern, eine beste Freundin, und sie rennt schneller als der Wind: Sie ist die Schnellste. Eines Tages erfährt sie, dass ihr Leben bald von Dunkelheit umgeben sein wird. Bei Livia wird eine Augenkrankheit diagnostiziert, die zum Verlust des Sehvermögens führt. Sie erfährt davon in einem Alter, in dem sie nur so sein will wie die anderen, Sportwettkämpfe gewinnen, auf Partys gehen, gesehen werden. Wenn Erwachsenwerden heißt, Schwächen zu akzeptieren, dann ist das Spiel für Livia ein wenig härter als für die anderen.

Manuela Espinal Solano tenía cuatro años cuando escribió su primera canción. En su casa la música crecía como las plantas: Espinal veía a sus abuelos cantar, a su mamá cantar, a su tía cantar e iba grabando melodías que se le ocurrían de repente. Quería ser cantante, sospecharon todos. Pero la misión de los hijos es defraudar a los padres, y a los dieciocho años la autora publicó su primera novela, Quisiera que oyeran la canción que escucho cuando escribo esto, que tiene mucho de autobiográfico pero es ficción y que trata, sobre todo, del rechazo a un don.

Juliana, Valeria y Lucia son primas: tiene casi la misma edad y suelen encontrarse en la casa de su abuela. Sin embargo, son muy distintas entre sí. Y atraviesan la adolescencia, esos "años terribles", cada una a su manera.

Transgender, Cisgender, boy, girl, all words of a distant and archaic past. Enter a world where gender is suppressed before birth, only to be revealed on one's Choosing Day. But, beneath the pristine facade of structure and order lies the dark and sinister secrets that those in power will do anything to conceal. Tested, tried and true, the system works, but what if someone born sexless begins to identify with something it has never been? Can decades of scientific intervention triumph or will nature began to reassert itself?

Jai dreams of being a dragon rider. He dreams of freedom from the Sabine Empire and a world in which he can lead his people, the Kidara, to freedom. But even though he has his dragon, Winter, she is still growing, just as he’s still growing in his own power. And the road to victory is even more fraught than he had hoped. Because even when he finds a tribe on the Great Steppe, they are not his people. They are the outcasts, the Tainted, and he finds that he knows little of the political intricacies that take place in these vast grasslands.

It's the late 1970s and city league softball - and partying - reign supreme. Talented Jo Jo Van Dyne and company struggle to right themselves from a winless first season, in part by renaming themselves the Streakers because their first year team name, the Hard Machine, hadn't exactly brought them any kind of luck. This time around, though, the early twenties team has high hopes. This is a year where, they all truly believe, anything can happen. And who knows...maybe it will.

Miller Stratton is a survivor. After a harrowing childhood of poverty, he will do anything it takes to find security for himself and his mom. He’s putting all his hopes and dreams in the fragile frame of his guitar and the beauty he creates with its strings and his soulful voice. Until Violet. No one expects to meet the love of their life at age 13. But the spunky rich girl steals Miller’s heart and refuses to give it back.

Twenty-nine-year-old PhD student Ingrid Yang is desperate to finish her dissertation on the late canonical poet Xiao-Wen Chou and never read about “Chinese-y” things again. But after years of grueling research, all she has to show for her efforts are a junk food addiction and stomach pain. When she accidentally stumbles upon a curious note in the Chou archives one afternoon, it looks like her ticket out of academic hell.

I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life. Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I’m concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I’m not joining his pack of adoring fans. I don’t need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do. Forget the hordes of monsters and cursed artifacts; I’m probably the most dangerous thing in the place. Just give me a chance and I’ll level mountains and kill untold millions, making myself the dark queen of the world.

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.

Ava Thompson left her one true love, Jasper White, to unearth her destiny. It was the only way for Ava to grow into the woman she’s always wanted to become. Sadly, that destiny has led her back to the place that broke her…Singapore. And more importantly, it has led her back to the man who broke her…Harper. Ava is no longer the scared, lost girl she once was. She is stronger and determined to accomplish her dreams in order to find happiness. Hopefully, at the end of it all, she will return into the loving arms of Jasper White.