Resultados para "The Names" en Coming of age

Nerdy and shy, scholarship student Daniel de La Luna arrives at college nervous to meet his golden-haired, athletic roommate, whose Facebook photos depict a boy just like those who made Daniel's school years hell. Sam Morris is not what he had imagined, though. As the two settle into college life they drink tequila under the stars, go on long runs through snow-covered hills, explore freshman nightlife, and inch closer until they find themselves in love.

The Story of a New Name follows Elena Ferrante's critically acclaimed My Brilliant Friend, featuring Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their 20s, and marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile Elena continues her journey of self-discovery.

'I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others...

The year is 225 AD, and the Roman Empire is on the brink of a precipice. It will take a man with iron in his veins to set things right and accomplish the impossible. From a humble upbringing, a boy emerges who is destined to change history. This is the story of Lucius Domitius Aurelianus.

The year is 235 AD, and the Roman Empire is on the brink of a precipice. It will take a man with iron in his veins to set things right and accomplish the impossible. From a humble upbringing, a boy emerges who is destined to change history. This is the story of Lucius Domitius Aurelianus.

Fifteen-year-old Charlotte is restlessly coming of age in early twentieth-century Basra, Iraq. The daughter of a Seattle doctor and missionary, Charlotte craves an adventure of her own making. Just the thought of the steppes, hills, valleys, and the winding river stirs Charlotte’s imagination and sends her compass of flight dancing. So, preferring the wondrous unknown to solicitude, Charlotte packs up copies of her father’s Gospels and a statue of the Baby Jesus and runs away.

She was born to be a queen, yet she’s nothing more than a political pawn. With no name and no place to call her own, she’s doing her best to hold on to the only thing that belongs to her and her alone—her soul. A difficult task, given that she was kept alive for the sole purpose of being given to the formidable King Rowan of Northrend to fulfill the treaty signed by the three kingdoms of Greatland long before she was born.

It’s 1965, and life has taken a turn for eighteen-year-old Anton Addison-Rice. Nearly a year after his brother died in a tragic accident, Anton is still wounded - physically and emotionally. Alone for the holidays, he catches a glimpse of his neighbor Edith across the street one evening and realizes that she’s in danger. Anton is determined to help Edith leave her abusive marriage. Frightened and fifteen years Anton’s senior, Edith is slow to trust. But when she needs a safe place to stay, she lets down her guard, and over the course of ten days an unlikely friendship grows.

Agneta är fyrtionio år och har bleknat in i tapeten. De utflugna barnen hör bara av sig när de vill att hon ska swisha pengar, och arbetskamraterna har absolut noll intresse för henne. Agnetas man Magnus, fågelskådare och frisksportare, anser att ”din kropp är ditt tempel” och att templet inte ska besudlas med till exempel rödvin eller aprikosmarmelad. Lyckligtvis finns ett utrymme bakom frysen i källaren där Agneta kan ha sin marmelad. Att ligga i sängen, dricka vin i smyg och se på tv-serier där folk renoverar franska gårdar är hennes enda, hemliga njutning.

Prophecy and magic combine in The Name of All Things, Jenn Lyons' powerful epic of imperial politics, dragons, gods and demons. You can have everything you want. If you sacrifice everything you believe . . . Kihrin D’Mon is a wanted man after killing the Emperor of Quur – and not in a good...

A quiet character driven novel about coming home and a place you once ran away from

Corey’s cell phone rings at three a.m. His father is dying. Along with his wife and two children, Corey journeys back to his hometown to say goodbye. Immersed in his childhood home, he journeys even further back in memory to the summer of 1982, when he was 14 years old; obsessed with arcade games, movies, and rock ‘n’ roll music; forming lifelong bonds with friends; and starting to date girls. A heartfelt, humorous coming-of-age story, In a Town Without a Name explores topics that are just as relevant today as they were in the '80s.

In a small, Texas town where tradition reigns supreme, 14-year-old Grayson has always been told who he is supposed to be. But the world inside his heart doesn't match the world he's been born into. Struggling to embrace his true self while living under the watchful eye of his conservative, opinionated grandfather, Grayson finds himself caught in a tug-of-war between identity and expectation. As secrets unravel and courage takes root, Grayson discovers allies in unexpected places—and challenges his own perception of love, family, and what it means to live authentically.

‘A compulsive, didn’t-see-it-coming thriller’ ABIGAIL DEAN, international bestselling author of Girl A One twin vanished. One twin reappeared. *A Reader's Digest most anticipated book of the year* ‘A fantastic debut – unpredictable, tense and absorbing’ ROSE CARLYLE, #1 international...

It's 1982. Before cell phones and the internet, boys had their bikes and imaginations. Grit Norris and his two best friends have both. When a bully from Grit's past reappears, the boys nearly lose their lives before an adventure changes all of them forever....

Brought to you by Penguin. At age sixteen, Fahad hopes to spend the summer with his mother in London. His father, Rafik, has other plans: hauling his son to Abad, the family's feudal estate. Rafik wants to toughen up his sensitive boy, to teach him about power, duty, family?to make him a man. He...

A teenage girl writes in her diary, similar to any other girl her age, except her experiences are like no other. Fifteen-year-old Sophie Smyth bought her diary to express the devastating tragedy of her past. She's spent her life being judged for what she looks like on the outside, and not for who she is on the inside. From being trampled on from an early age, to losing close relatives, to the reality of life, all she wants is to find happiness and to be an inspiration to other people. Will Sophie finally find that sense of security she's always dreamed of?

When she arrived in New York on her 18th birthday carrying nothing but $600 cash and a stolen camera, Alice was looking for a fresh start. Now, just one month later, she is the city's latest Jane Doe, an unidentified murder victim. Ruby Jones is also trying to start over; she travelled halfway around the world only to find herself lonelier than ever. Until she finds Alice Lee's body by the Hudson River.

'Lively, funny, poignant . . . Prepare to fall in love with Maddie. I did!' BONNIE GARMUS, Sunday Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PRE-ORDER JESSICA GEORGE'S NEW NOVEL, LOVE BY THE BOOK, NOW! Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, MY NAME IS...

Brought to you by Penguin. The year is 1815. One October night in the small town of Heron's Creek, Georgia, Yip Tolroy is born, the cord snaked around his fragile neck, his skin a deathly white. As his mother still lies in the blood-slicked sheets, and Yip takes his first gulps of air, his...