Novedades

Carter Davies stormed into my life like a whirlwind—a brazen bad boy with a secret heart of gold and eyes that promised danger and desire. One unforgettable night changed everything, but it was supposed to be our last dance. Then I walked into his classroom as his student. I’m Amelia Clarkson, a curvy girl with a haunted past who has sworn off love. But fate has other plans, as every glance, every accidental touch in those hallowed halls ignited a fire neither of us could control. Our forbidden connection blurred the lines, breaking every rule we vowed to keep. Carter’s attempts to ...

आज से करीब आठ सौ वर्ष पहले जन्मे रूमी ने धर्म, देश और काल की सभी बाधाओं को लांघ कर अपनी रुबाइयों और गुज़लों से। ऐसा सूफ़ीवाद फैलाया कि वे संसार के सभी देशों में, विशेषकर अमेरिका में, सबसे अधिक पढे । जाने वाले कवि माने जाते हैं। उनका सूफ़ियाना कलाम सैकड़ों वर्षों से लोकप्रिय है। उनके शब्दों ने विभिन्न संस्कृतियों वाले पाठकों के मन को एक समान छुआ है। आध्यात्मिक प्रेम के सहज अतिरेक और उसके वैभव से जितना समृद्ध हमें रूमी ने किया है, उतना और कोई नहीं कर सका है।

Can a person's memory be too good? Shelby Richter was born with a memory that would give the best computer a run for its money. She can recall every event of every day of her life, from newspaper headlines to lotto numbers. Shelby uses her gift to excel but eventually finds that the ability to forget may be more valuable than most of us realize.

Última entrega del ciclo narrativo y obra cumbre de la literatura universal, A la busca del tiempo perdido, de Marcel Proust. Desde la infancia del Narrador, desde Combray y cerca de Swann, todo ha cambiado. Es hora de hacer balance. En el claroscuro del París de la Gran Guerra, bajo un cielo de bombardeos, emergen monstruos, figuras irreconocibles del pasado.

A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relationship, and the holy grail of racial equality—the black Chinese restaurant.

Une chercheuse craignant de devenir folle mène une enquête pour tenter de rompre le silence qui entoure la maladie de son arrière-grand-mère Elisabeth, dite Betsy, diagnostiquée schizophrène dans les années 1950. La narratrice ne dispose, sur cette femme morte avant sa naissance, que de quelques légendes familiales dont les récits fluctuent. C'est à peu près tout. Les enfants d'Elisabeth ne parlent jamais de leur mère entre eux et ils n'en parlent pas à leurs enfants qui n'en parlent pas à leurs petits-enfants. "C'était un nom qu'on ne prononçait pas. Maman, c'était un non-sujet.

Keiko Furukura is thirty-six, and she has been happily working at a Tokyo “Smile Mart” for eighteen years, fitting in by copying her colleagues’ dress and mannerisms, playing the part of a “normal person” excellently—more or less. But her packaged idyll is threatened by mounting pressure to find a husband and a proper career, prompting her to take desperate action to protect her peaceful world.

An explosion sends roughneck Otto Daniel’s body into icy Prudhoe Bay where he has an unsettling vision. After weeks of recovery in the burn unit of Fairbanks Regional Hospital, he heads northwest and takes a job in a small town in the wilds of Alaska. When tragedy strikes, Otto has that same eerie vision for the second time in his life. Alone again, Otto leaves Alaska for good and wanders the northwest coast of the United States trying to find answers to unknown questions. He ends up working for the exotic Hazel J. Himmel, owner of Jinxie’s Tattoo Karma.

From internationally best-selling author of historical romance... Walks With Him, Comanche Bride. Moves The Wind…is how the Comanche describe a stallion that eludes capture. It is said that the beast is both horse and spirit, running free between this world and the next. To ride this horse is the greatest desire among men—until she came into their world. Abandoned in the wilds with sickly baby sister, Ivy wanders into the path of a Comanche out on the chase. He is terrifying with his long hair and body made from the granite cliffs that surrounds them, but she needs him to save her ...

From the author who brought you Walks With Him, Comanche Bride... One must hold on, the other must let go… Born with the warrior blood of both the Scots and the Nez Perce, Falcon is as free and as fierce as the raptor for which he is named. As a young boy, he saw his life’s path, and he has sacrificed to find it. After the loss of her husband and child, Leigh travels the Oregon Trail, desperate to lay roots that will grow a family tree. In a Nez Perce village, two cultures and two hearts collide. Leigh (Morning Song,) might be Falcon’s destiny, but, another man has a claim on her, and...

From the author of Walks With Him Comanche Bride, The Flight of Falcons Nez Perce Bride, comes the final saga in this best selling Native Bride Series. Raised by an infamous gunslinger, Christine River learns to survive the Arizona territory living like a man. In fact, she prefers it until the day she finds an orphaned Apache baby under a tree. She's determined to take the child home and raise him as her own until she's ambushed on the trail by a fierce looking warrior claiming she stole his son! Not one to back down from a fight, Christine isn't giving up and he's not giving in. Together, ...

Big Brother is watching as Americans struggle to survive scathing oppression after sixteen years of ultra-conservative control in all three branches of government. Checks and balances are a thing of the past, and democracy is virtually nonexistent in this cautionary tale. Olivia Mooreland seeks change and joins an activist group determined to end the tyranny in November’s election. Not long after the group’s leaders are ruthlessly gunned down on a Columbus street, the driven teen devises the Smithtown Project, a blueprint for a greener, more humane America. But the project is at a ...

This book is a part of the parent book “Nigerian Youth Challenges”. This section is created to address a particular area of interest which is drug abuse among Nigerian youths. It is an important topic and that is explored in this book. Chapter one is an overview on drug abuse among the young people in Nigeria. It also covers the views of different scholars and health institutions on the subject matter. Substance abuse has done more harm than good to youths all over the world. In chapter two of the book, the area of concentration is on the effects of marijuana on Nigeria youths. This ...

Tom Stodulka has loved to write for many years, though as a child he found this form of expression was a struggle. As the years progressed, through high school and law school, Stodulka gained an appreciation of language and how it could be used as a tool for making a difference. His confidence grew enough to write diaries of his life in the Navy and eventually in 1976, on board the HMAS Duchess, he wrote his first poem, The World and the Future, which features in his first publication, Storm Clouds and Silver Linings; My Journey.

Chaque année, à la même date, ils se retrouvent dans la cafétéria d'un aéroport. Elle, entre deux avions, toujours sur le départ. Lui, toujours plein d'espoir, fidèle à leur serment d'enfants de s'aimer toute la vie. Entre l'humanitaire au grand cœur et le publicitaire de Manhattan, les incompréhensions n'ont cessé de grandir. Le tourbillon de la vie a rendu leur amour impossible. Un autre ouragan, bien réel celui-là, se chargera de les séparer pour de bon. À moins qu'il ne les unisse à jamais ? Une aventure émouvante et palpitante entre deux étoiles éternellement liées.

I 5. bind af Finnskog-serien, Det synger i løvet, er vi kommet til tiden omkring 1900. Igen møder vi Linas uægte datter Annikka, der stadig går og sørger over det barn, hun engang fødte i hemmelighed og begravede i et stenskred. Vi møder den afsatte, godhjertede, men fordrukne præst, der engang elskede en mand, og som har en ulykkelig og opofrende kone. Og der er den snart 100-årige, ekstremt nærige kone på Valkola. Parallelt med handlingen i Finnskogen følger vi de udvandrere, der har arbejdet sig op i Amerika.

All she wanted was a loving mother. Instead, she got a monster. After a horrific childhood, Tiffany cannot wait for her eighteenth birthday. However, her tyrannical mother is unwilling to relinquish control. Relying on years of lies, she convinces everyone her daughter is self-harming and should remain in her care. Tiffany must prove she is of sound mind to earn her independence, but how can she from inside a mental ward? How far is she willing to go for freedom and is redemption worth the price of her soul? ------- Though this dark coming-of-age tale is considered Young Adult (because of ...

For mothers, those rejected and those still in loving bonds. For women in ideal marriages and those struggling. For victims and those who love them. For health care workers advocating for others. A Bleeding Heart: Poetry of a Nurse was written with these and many other people in mind. Nati Carrillo’s own life experiences guided her to write and illustrate this book of poems. She has learned human beings are made to suffer because it is through these experiences that we learn to love, to give, to sacrifice. We are stronger than we know, but it is through weakness that we grow. A Bleeding ...

After her grandmother unexpectedly passes away, Sara Ferguson calls the number she'd always been told to contact in an emergency That call brings Michael McDougal, senior partner of one of New York's most prestigious law firms and longtime representative of her grandmother to Sara's aid. Nan's Last Will and Testament reveals that everything is not what it seemed. Nan had secrets, and questions begin to pile upon questions. But it is the handwritten letter from her grandmother urging her to uncover the truth that shocks Sara to the core and causes her to begin the search for herself. What ...

Helmer doet zijn vader naar boven; het is tijd om schoon schip te maken. Hij haalt de woonkamer en de voormalige ouderlijke slaapkamer leeg, schildert de boel en koopt nieuwe spullen. Ooit had hij een tweelingbroer, Henk, de lieveling van zijn vader, degene die de boerderij zou overnemen. Van de ene op de andere dag werd Helmer tot opvolger gebombardeerd, door vader uit de stad gehaald en onder de koeien gezet. Nu is het grote wachten begonnen, bijna zonder dat hij het zelf in de gaten heeft.