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Fearless Seffy was hoping for a transfer to England to be near Callum, the Canadian soldier she has given her heart to. Instead she is instructed to train a new group of lumberjills. Will their unhelpful attitude finally be a match for Seffy’s determination and cheerfulness? Sensible Jean is a true believer in the wartime effort. When she meets a conscientious objector can she accept that following the rules might not always define a person? And young Missy has come all the way over from Canada to surprise her first love, Callum who is stationed as a soldier in England.

Joni Lark wants to create the melodies that get stuck in your head…and your heart. Her hometown has always given her surf, sand, and inspiration. But when her parents decide to close the family music venue, Joni’s life begins to fall off key – she couldn’t possibly write another song. Until a melody comes to her, half-formed, and with an imagined voice that she can’t forget. But when the very real, very aggravating man behind the voice shows up in Vienna Shores – Joni can no longer deny their inexplicable telepathic connection.

بعد انفصال والديه انتقل الصبي إلى العيش مع جدّه "مأمون" الذي أحبّه أكثر من أيّ شيءٍ في الوجود وتعلَّق بحكاياته التي يقصّها عليه كلَّ مساء، فعاشت أساطير الجد في قلب الطفل وعشّشت في مخيلته. أحبَّ الطفل "الغزالة الأم" أم القرون التي يروي عنها الجدّ حكاياتٍ قديمة حيث اعتقد النّاس بأنّها من تُساعدهم على البقاء أحياء، وحلُم ب"السفينة البيضاء" تلك النقطة البعيدة في البحر فقد كان جدّه يعطيه منظارًا لمراقبتها ويصف مداخلها ومخارجها.

¿Y si estuvieras a punto de morir y solo tú conocieras el secreto más oscuro de tu familia? ¿Qué harías? La señora Pons lleva muchos años cargando con un peso en su interior. Hay algo que nunca debía haber pasado, algo que habría tenido que decir hace mucho, mucho tiempo. Pero cuando tu propia hija es tu mayor enemiga, todo juega en tu contra. Cerca de morir, la señora Pons decide que no quiere cargar más con ese peso y escribe lo acontecido. Tan solo se fía de Olivia, su nieta, una joven insegura que no está preparada para afrontar el peso de la verdad.

Il banco in legno e ottone, le alzatine colme di dolciumi e l’inconfondibile aroma di zucchero e mandorle. Quando Luisa scopre che la confetteria nel centro di Perugia è in vendita, la sente subito sua. Poco importa che il marito Annibale sia lontano, che lei sia prossima al parto e non sappia nulla di pasticceria. Imparerà. Per una ragazza che è cresciuta tra le difficoltà, non esistono ostacoli insormontabili: il nuovo secolo le ha promesso un sogno, ed è pronta ad afferrarlo. Ma neppure lei può immaginare fin dove la porterà: dal vecchio negozio nascerà la Perugina.

When Clara Winter left her rural Adirondack Mountain town for college, she never looked back. Her mother, Tamar, a fiercely independent but loving woman who raised Clara on her own, all but pushed her out the door, forcing Clara to build a new life for herself, far from her roots, far from her high-school boyfriend, and far from the life she had known. Now more than a decade has passed, and Clara, a successful writer, has been summoned home.

Harlem in the 1970s: the black soul of New York City. Tish is nineteen and the man she loves - her lifelong friend and the father of her unborn child - has been jailed for a crime he did not commit. As their families come together to fight for his freedom, will their love be enough?

It’s 1967, and for young Richard it’s a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam; his father loses his job and moves the family from California to his grandmother’s abandoned home in Utah; and his parents make the painful decision to separate. With uncertainty rattling every corner of his life, Richard does his best to remain strong—but when he’s run down by bullies at his new school, he meets Mr. Foster, an elderly neighbor who chases off the bullies and invites Richard in for a cup of cocoa.

Een indrukwekkend verhaal met een Nederlands tintje over de allesoverstijgende kracht van liefde. Gulliver's Bay, Cornwall, 1944 Als Rupert Dash sneuvelt tijdens de Slag om Arnhem, is zijn vrouw Florence er kapot van. Ze kan niet accepteren dat hij voor altijd uit haar leven is verdwenen. Wanneer ze een gedicht met de titel Wacht op mij vindt in een oud boek, gelooft ze dat het een teken van haar man is. Een belofte dat hij bij haar terug zal komen.

Meet the Troutmans. Hattie is living in Paris, city of romance, but has just been dumped by her boyfriend. Min, her sister back in Canada, is going through a particularly dark period. And Min's two kids, Logan and Thebes, are not talking and talking way too much, respectively. When Hattie receives a phone call from eleven-year-old Thebes, begging her to return to Canada, she arrives home to find Min on her way to a psychiatric ward, and becomes responsible for her niece and nephew. Realizing that she is way out of her league, Hattie hatches a plan to find the kids' long-lost father.

The four Endicott siblings - Gemma, Connor, Roddy, and Jude - were once inseparable. But decades later, the unthinkable has happened: they haven't spoken in years . . . until an out-of-the-blue text arrives from Jude, now a famous actress, summoning them to a small town in North Dakota. They're each at a crossroads. Jude is the only one who seems to have it all together—but appearances can be deceiving. As the weekend unfolds, they'll discover that she's been keeping three secrets . . . each of which could change everything.

After another relationship disaster Alice Littleton returns home to spend summer in Dublin’s Sandycove with her Mum, Ciara and beloved grandmother Eva at their family deli and grocers. As Alice settles back into her old life with best friend Becca and her new boyfriend Conal Blake, she begins to fall in love with the comings and goings of their family shop and once more enjoying the rhythms of Irish life.

In their younger years, Trey Macready and his best friend Ben Marsh were distributors and enforcers for the local distillers who made their small hamlet of Ewald, Virginia, the moonshine capital of the world. But that was years ago, and now the only tie to their criminal past is the Felons’ Ball—Trey’s annual birthday party where they regale the crowed with tales of their youthful exploits. But when Ben is found dead after Trey’s fiftieth celebration, it’s clear those connections may not be past at all.

Nora Steinfeld arbeitet in einem Seminarhotel und soll ihre Chefin für vier Wochen vertreten. Kurz nachdem sie die Herausforderung angenommen hat, erhält sie die Diagnose Hirntumor, inoperabel. Und nun? Sie beschließt vorerst niemandem davon zu erzählen. Unbeabsichtigt betritt sie einen der Seminarräume. Ein Professor der Psychologie hält gerade einen Vortrag über die Seele des Menschen. Was sie da hört, ist völlig neu, rüttelt sie auf und führt sie schließlich zu einem ungewöhnlichen Plan.

Janni lebt mit ihrer Mutter, einer leidenschaftlichen Sängerin, in einer kleinen Zweizimmerwohnung in der Stadt. Sie haben nicht viel Geld. Aber sie verstehen sich gut und bauen sich gegenseitig auf, wenn es mal nicht so gut läuft. Zum Beispiel, wenn Janni mal wieder von Phillip, dem Schönling aus ihrer Klasse, wegen ihrer Brille aufgezogen wird, die sie sich in solchen Momenten am liebsten für immer von der Nase reißen würde. Sie steht kurz vor ihrem dreizehnten Geburtstag und träumt schon lange davon mal auf einer großen Bühne zu stehen.

"تحت سقف واحد" رواية ستنقلك إلى أعماق النفس الإنسانية بأسلوبٍ شاعري بسيط وبنهاية تشبه أحلامنا الكثيرة.

روايةٌ شجاعة !!! هذا ما أطلقه النقّاد على هذه الرواية التي بين يديك اليوم فبأسلوبٍ غير معتاد نجدُ الكاتب يبني عائلةً كبيرة ويبدأ بحياكة قصّة صعودها ومراحل انهيارها ومصائر الأجيال فيها..

السفينة الخامسة واحدة من أهم الروايات التي تُناقش موضوع الاهتمام الزائد بالطفل والإهمال التّام له وكيف ينعكس كلُّ واحدٍ منهما على شخصيته وطريقة تفكيره كما تدخل إلى عالم المراهقين الصَّعب لتكشف لنا أسراره وتفاصيله الصغيرة والمهمة.

Over twenty years ago, a young hunting guide in rural Kentucky was driving his boat in the early morning mist when his peaceful cruise was cut short by a scene so disturbing, he packed up and moved away. Nine women died early that morning, but it was linked to a similar crime in Texas, so the locals quickly wrote it off as having nothing to do with them. Now, all these years later, when everyone has nearly forgotten about that grisly part of their past, one man's accidental death will bring everything back up to the surface.

في يوم زفافه أخرج هاتفه وانتحى جانبًا وكتب:

"سارة أنا عارف إنّك شايفاني أزبل إنسان في الدنيا، بس أنا مش كده، صدقيني أنا عمري ما نسيت أي حاجة أو تفصيلة بينا، وعلى فكرة أنا اخترت يوم جوازي يكون في ذكرى اليوم اللي سيبنا فيه بعض علشان أفضل طول عمري حاسس بالذنب وأنا مع حدّ غيرك...سامحيني..)