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L’histoire bouleversante d’un jeune adolescent échappé d’un bagne pour enfant dans la France des années 30, lu avec force et talent par Féodor Atkine.

Nadia is an abstract thinker coming to terms with the harsh realities around her. She is a bookworm, a prankster, a wanderer, and a note-taker. She sees people gambling with life and soul for little apparent gain and wonders what she can do to make a difference. Progressively, her life is pulled apart by her family’s migration to Ukraine, a dubious courtship, the Chernobyl disaster, police surveillance, and an Afghan war. As Nadia comes of age, she finds that the bonds of family and friendship create an inseparable fate: to rescue one another or to drown.

Diana, Justin, Errol and Vivian were always told that success is guaranteed by following a simple checklist. They worked hard, got A grades and attended a good university – only to graduate into the Great Recession of 2008. Now, despite their newly minted degrees, they're unemployed and stuck again under their parents' roofs in a hyper-competitive Chinese American community. So when Grace – once the neighbourhood golden child, now a Harvard Law School dropout – asks to make a documentary about the crew, they agree. It's not like her little movie will ever see the light of day...

A magnetic, stirring debut novel about an adrift young woman whose growing fascination with her boyfriend’s cat ushers her into the possibilities of her own life—but not without first threatening to unravel it. Katie is far from home and fresh out of college, desperate to skirt adulthood’s...

Carlie is not merely traveling. A child trauma survivor as a teen, she steals ten thousand dollars and runs away to Asia. Through Hong Kong, The Philippines, Bali, and Thailand, the Lonely Planet path of hookups, heat, alcohol, and drugs takes on a terrifying reality for the young survivor. Trading sex for protection, Carlie retreats to alcohol and self-starvation. Finally, on the tiny island of oh Phangan, Thailand—home to the infamous Full Moon party—Carlie falls in with an international crew of Tai chi-practicing backpackers.

When tragedy strikes the night of the gala, Aria and her friends find themselves racing against the clock. Lies pile on top of lies. Lines blur and stories twist, until they find themselves so far from the place they started, they aren't sure if they can ever go back.

In the gritty streets of Chargeton, a fictional London borough known for its high crime rates, hope emerges from an unlikely source: the Chargeton Oaks basketball team. Richard Furzton and his childhood friend Walton join Chargeton College in 2015, balancing their studies with their dreams of basketball careers. The Oaks are a mismatched group, struggling to overcome their differences and form a cohesive unit. Amidst internal conflicts and external pressures, Coach Lake must lead a conflicted team through a journey of transformation.

Au nord, là où l’hiver mord et les aurores veillent, un jeune marqué par l’Ours entend pour la première fois la langue des runes. Totem craint autant que vénéré, son signe fait vaciller les alliances, réveille des serments oubliés et ouvre un chemin de pierres levées, de forêts sombres et de fjords battus par le vent. Entre la loi du clan et l’appel des pierres, il devra choisir quel destin embrasser. Les limites entre rite et mensonge se brouillent, les dieux se taisent, les hommes s’arment.

With all his family and friends gone, one-hundred-year-old Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a ten-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect and a list of five things he wants to do before he dies. Together, they race against the limited time each has left, ticking off wishes one by one. Along the way, Murray remembers what it's like to be young, and Jason fights for the opportunity to grow old. But when tragedy strikes, their worlds are turned upside-down, and an unexpected gift is the only thing that can make Jason's final wish come true.

In the heart of post-7/7 London, amidst the shadows of violence, addiction, and a family legacy soaked in secrets, Kalooki unravels the raw, unflinching story of Lenny Bell—a barrow boy turned bruised soul navigating survival in a world that never gave him a chance.

Se hai solo undici anni quando le tue certezze cominciano a frantumarsi, a una a una, c'è poco che tu possa fare. Anita lo scopre in quell'estate, per sempre indelebile nella sua memoria, trascorsa come al solito al campeggio affacciato sulle coste laziali. È la scoperta dell'amore, e delle sue conseguenze, ad aprirle gli occhi. Come un sasso in uno specchio d'acqua, il cambiamento genera nella sua vita cerchi che si propagano al di fuori del suo controllo, anno dopo anno.

Jérôme et Alissa, cousins et adolescents, s'aiment d'un amour platonique. Ils se retrouvent régulièrement pendant leurs vacances dans une maison familiale, en Normandie. Le reste de l'année ils entretiennent leur amour par des échanges épistolaires compliqués. Jérôme et Alissa vivent un amour fait d’élan pur et de don mystique où le rêve et l’exaltation sont omniprésents. Cette relation s’épanouit dans une ferveur religieuse partagée. De fiançailles, il est question à plusieurs reprises sans jamais les concrétiser.

Sloane is a quick-witted storyteller, with a flair for the outlandish. From psych wards to grave robbers, she’s witnessed some peculiar things in her nearly eighty years. But the story her daughter, Rynn, yearns to hear most, is the one story Sloane never tells. When, in 1954, inside the cozy nook of Riverton, Sloane watched helplessly as a shot ripped apart her idyllic childhood. After an aging Sloane has a brush with death, Rynn fears the truth behind that tragic night will stay buried forever unless she does the one thing she’s promised never to do—ask her mother to reveal what happened.

Heather, a twelve year old girl of the Trosban Tribe, meets a unicorn and is drawn into their dangerous plight. Shunned by her tribe, she must find the truth. She embarks on an adventure with her younger sister Olga to explore the far reaches of their prehistoric land, and reveal who is the real monster....

In 1960, Cathy McClure, age 12, is thrown out of Catholic school. Her father’s drugstore, faced with a superhighway and encroaching chain stores, has fallen upon hard times. So the family decides to leave Lewiston, New York, for a fresh start in suburban Buffalo. But even as Cathy embraces the tumultuous sixties and throws herself into a new life as cheerleader, Hojo Hostess, and civil rights advocate, trouble—as usual—isn’t far behind.

A poignant and cinematic journey of redemption, friendship, and the search for meaning—perfect for fans of introspective, soul-stirring fiction. Grab your copy of Reflections on the Boulevard today and embark on the adventure of a lifetime!

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King’s timeless novella “The Body”—originally published in his short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into the film classic Stand by Me—is now available as a stand-alone publication. It’s 1960 in the fictional town of Castle...

Touch the Grass is an emotional rollercoaster ride for the main character Jason, as he navigates through a series of dramatic changes and events in his life. The story unfolds through the lens of online influence on young people, how seductive it is even to the sceptic. It calls into question online recruitment of young people by vested interests, and how dangerous this is to society as a whole.

1941 - Amid the bombs falling over London’s East End, the residents of West India Dock Road endure wartime with courage, defiance and a good dose of humour. From nights spent sheltering together in the Underground station to sharing gossip, pastimes and meals, they lean on each other as their world is turned upside down.

In un attimo fatale, come il Lord Jim di Conrad, il giovane Billy Parham inaugura la sua storia. Siamo alle soglie della Seconda guerra mondiale, Billy e Boyd sono figli di un piccolo allevatore del New Mexico, autoritario e taciturno. Catturata una lupa che si sta accanendo sul bestiame della famiglia, Billy decide di non consegnarla al padre, che la ucciderebbe, ma di riportarla sulle montagne messicane per restituirla al suo mondo.