Nouveautés

Der Glückskater findet nach Hause und Patrizia freut sich mit Alexander und Anita über einen Arbeitstag, der endet, wie das Schicksal es vorherbestimmt hat. Ein Hoch auf Vincent den Wunderbaren.

A veces el destino es quien te encuentra a ti. Sofía Ella lo tenía todo planeado: después de su graduación se tomaría un año sabático para viajar y descubrirse a sí misma. Sin embargo, el destino tiene otros planes y un trágico accidente le arrebata a su hermana menor. Desde ese día el mundo se vuelve un lugar gris, las palabras simplemente dejan de salir y el silencio se convierte en un refugio para su duelo. Así que ahora, para intentar recobrar el sentido de su vida, toma un vuelo a Irlanda en busca de un lugar lejano donde el dolor no la alcance. Marcus Para él, la música lo es todo.

Tim, 36, steht vor dem Nichts: Dauerstress, Panikattacken, Zukunftsangst. Die Welt scheint aus den Fugen – bis er im Möbelhaus auf Jessy trifft. Auch sie kämpft mit ihrem persönlichen Tiefpunkt. Gemeinsam fassen sie einen mutigen Entschluss: Raus aus dem Alltag, rein ins Abenteuer – auf dem legendären Appalachian Trail, einem der längsten Fernwanderwege der Welt. 3.500 Kilometer Wildnis, Berge, Bären und Begegnungen, die alles verändern.

An unexpected friendship. A late-night adventure. A revelation that changes everything. College junior Olin Sloane has never been the volunteering type, but when he’s nudged into joining an adopt-a-grandparent program, he figures it could be good for him. Then he meets Alph—a closed off, no-nonsense old man who was cold and uninterested in the program. But over time, their reluctant pairing turns into something real; full of humor, mischief, and life lessons. When Alph asks Olin for a favor, he agrees, unaware that this simple act will change his life forever.

Ryan Jackson is a shy, scrappy teenager from a poor Appalachian town. Kip Reynolds is a talented high school polo player from a wealthy family living in the suburbs of Detroit. Sharp and stunning, Claudia Kinzler wins the admiration of both young men before her world is shattered by her father’s death in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks. What follows is a sprawling, deeply human journey through grief and rage, addiction and healing, and the struggle to attain retribution for unfathomable acts of cruelty.

Mia and Cricket have always been close. The gifted daughters of a young single mother, the “Lowe girls” are well-known in the small Maine town they call home. Each sister has a role to fill: the responsible and academically-minded Mia assumes the position of caregiver far too young. While Cricket, a bouncing ball of energy and talent, seems born for soccer stardom. But the cost of achieving athletic greatness comes at a steep price.

Boston has everything Chelsea needs: her best friend, her family, a great job. She’s worked and lived at the same bed and breakfast since graduating college, and she relishes the sense of stability. That is, until she’s informed that O’Shea’s Bed and Breakfast is being sold and she has less than a month to find a new job and apartment. Desperate, she takes a summer gig at the B&B’s sister hostel in Galway, Ireland. It’ll be an adventure, she convinces herself, and it’ll give her some time to plan her Next Act.

Maple Tree Lodge has been the home of the Jackson family for over a century. But the hotel has never been a success and, following the sudden loss of his father, architect Ben Jackson soon discovers the hotel is close to financial ruin. Ben has to make some tough decisions if the hotel is to survive and his family are to keep a roof over their heads.

Carl, a computer programmer living in isolated existence in the remains of his grandparents basement, has activated the culmination of the past several years of his life's work: An Animatronic Head, complete with artificial intelligence and tasked with the goal of becoming human. Through their conversations, Carl and his creation, Vetro, must endure the obstacles and emotional consequences while trying not to lose themselves. Vetro, born of circuitry, forged by code, devoted to a single goal: to become human.

After suffering through her first year of graduate school at Columbia following her senator father’s death, Betsy Whiting is hoping to spend the summer with her boyfriend…and hopefully end the summer as his fiancée. Instead, her mother—a longtime feminist and leader in the women’s movement—calls Betsy and her sisters back home to Martha’s Vineyard, announcing that they need to sell their beloved summer house to pay off their father’s debts.

La toccante storia di un uomo sulla cinquantina che incontra inaspettatamente (o forse no) il suo migliore amico del liceo, mentre si raccontano le rispettive vite, rinnovano la loro amicizia e rimpiangono il passare di così tanti decenni.

O convívio familiar, o cultivo das amizades, a dura vida no sertão e a necessidade incontornável de encarar os desafios que a condição humana apresenta são elementos centrais desta narrativa. Neste livro, tem-se o privilégio de captar o âmago da vida no sertão através do olhar de uma criança, uma escolha que revela a grandeza literária de Guimarães Rosa.

Che fine ha fatto Kala? A Kinlough, una cittadina irlandese che si affaccia sul mare, è l’estate del 2003. Un gruppo di amici quindicenni sta vivendo il momento più bello della vita: i primi amori, le prime sbronze, l’amicizia viscerale come può esserlo solo a quell’età. È un’estate vissuta come se dovesse durare in eterno. È l’estate che cambierà per sempre le loro vite. Kala Lanann, carismatica leader del gruppo, trasgressiva e spericolata, al culmine di quella stagione scomparirà senza lasciare traccia. Quindici anni dopo, tre dei vecchi amici si ritrovano nella cittadina.

Claudia e Anika, due donne apparentemente diverse ma che entrambe incarnano l'universo femminile, la sua fragilità e la sua forza. Un romanzo toccante sulla maternità, sull'essere donna e sul suo significato.

Die neue Buchreihe für alle Fans von Carrie & Co.! "Eine für alle, alle für Eine" sind für das Freundinnenquintett um Joanna kein leeres Motto, sondern die Fünf leben es seit Highschoolzeiten. Und obwohl inzwischen ganze Staaten zwischen einigen der toughen jungen Frauen liegen, ist es für alle eine Selbstverständlichkeit, aus L.A., San Francisco und New York anzureisen, als die Erste von ihnen auf Key West heiratet. Vor der wunderschönen Kulisse des Inselparadieses tun sich dabei nicht nur attraktive neue Bekanntschaften auf, sondern eine Überraschung bringt alle völlig aus dem Häuschen.

Strenggeheime Kuchenrezepte und Freundinnen, die eine Vorliebe für pinke Unterwäsche haben, lassen den Tag ungewöhnlich turbulent werden.

Patrizia und Alexander bilden ein Team und suchen nach einem zweiten Patissier. Theo lässt derweil seinen Emotionen freien Lauf.

Romantikerin Millie hat eine Mission: Sie will die Frau finden, in die sich ihre ältere beste Freundin vor fast achtzig Jahren verliebte. Doch eine Computerpanne legt den Flugverkehr lahm, und so muss sie wohl oder übel mit Hollis Hollenbeck im Auto mitfahren, einem zynischen Schriftsteller, der die ewige Liebe für ein Märchen hält. Auf ihrer langen Reise quer durch die USA stellt Millie fest, dass Hollis ihre Gesellschaft mehr genießt, als er zugibt. Denn obwohl er Romantik angeblich für Unsinn hält, tut er alles für den Erfolg ihrer Suche.

Savannah, Daisy, and Zoe haven’t spoken in almost twenty years, since the night that changed everything. But when an unexpected invitation arrives from Evie, the ruthless queen bee of their college clique, they have no choice but to reunite in Las Vegas for her lavish divorce party. Savannah, now a glamorous Vegas dancer, has spent years running from a past that refuses to stay buried. Daisy, a burned-out substitute teacher drowning in debt, is desperate for a second shot at the excitement she missed.

When straight-laced London accountant Rebecca Bradshaw arrives at neglected Highland Hall armed with spreadsheets, strategies, and a surefire plan, she has absolutely no intention of mixing business with pleasure. But the estate's brooding groundskeeper, Duncan MacDuffrey, is a variable she hadn't accounted for.