Títulos en Coming of age

"Je suis parti en courant, tout à coup. Juste le temps d'entendre ma mère dire Qu'est-ce qui fait le débile là ? Je ne voulais pas rester à leur côté..."

Aquel verano vi mi primer muerto, morado, hinchado, guapo aún, con los rizos revueltos. Ahogado en la laguna, aunque quizás estaba ya muerto cuando se puso de pie. Muerto antes que ahogado, esto decían los del pueblo. Yo lo sigo viendo muchas noches, hermoso, amoratado y frío. Fosforescente...

Mario, l'io narrante, e Guido, suo compagno di scuola, sono così diversi da essere speculari: il primo è un adolescente come tanti, impaurito e attratto dalla vita, indeciso nelle scelte e appena abbozzato nella personalità, l'altro ha autorevolezza e carisma, un'immaginazione e una propensione al rischio che lo rendono diverso da tutti gli altri, abbastanza per affascinarli, troppo per non spaventarli. Ma proprio i loro caratteri opposti rendono Mario e Guido complementari e simbiotici.

When Teresa was a little girl, she dreamed of dark-eyed, fearless heroes on white horses who would sweep her away. But now, as the grown-up Teresa negotiates life and love, she begins to understand that fairytales don't always come true.

John Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted, he sets out for Mexico with his friend, Lacey Rawlins. Befriending a third boy on the way, they find a country beyond their imagining: barren and beautiful, rugged yet cruelly civilised.... A place where dreams are paid for in blood.

Durante mucho tiempo tuve la costumbre de planificar mi vida, de visualizarme en cada una de las etapas y de intentar llegar a ellas con la mayor rapidez posible sin darme la oportunidad de disfrutarlas. Hasta que, en tan solo media hora, comprendí que estaba muy equivocada viviendo en el futuro y tuve que aprender, de la peor manera, a disfrutar del presente.

When Elizabeth Bennet first knew Mr. Darcy, she despised him and was sure he felt the same. Angered by his pride and reserve, influenced by the lies of the charming Mr. Wickham, she never troubled herself to believe he was anything other than the worst of men—until, one day, he unexpectedly proposed. Mr. Darcy's passionate avowal of love causes Elizabeth to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about him.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Strixhaven University welcomes you. Begin your magical studies on a faraway plane, encountering new friends, mysteries, and dangers, in this fantastical dark academia. Eula Blue was supposed to be a mage. That was before the war came—before the fight for the...

When Dani's boyfriend (and boss!) dumps her for a younger model, the only silver lining she can see is to be able to spend Christmas at home with her family after years away. Determined to surprise them, Dani turns up unannounced in her hometown, excited to see that the festive season in Marram Bay is in full swing with Christmas lights twinkling on every corner. But disaster strikes when she finds her parents' house is empty and they appear to have gone away on holiday!

Roma, anni Settanta: un quartiere residenziale, una scuola privata. Sembra che nulla di significativo possa accadere, eppure, per ragioni misteriose, in poco tempo quel rifugio di persone rispettabili viene attraversato da una ventata di follia senza precedenti; appena lasciato il liceo, alcuni ex alunni si scoprono autori di uno dei più clamorosi crimini dell'epoca, il Delitto del Circeo. Edoardo Albinati era un loro compagno di scuola e per quarant'anni ha custodito i segreti di quella "mala educación". Ora li racconta guardandoli come si guarda in fondo a un pozzo.

Una nena amb la boca bruta de tinta. Unes claus perdudes sistemàticament. Un piano que cal afinar després de cada bombardeig. Unes sabates de taló italià que susciten recels a Varsòvia. Un país lliure i un país que sempre perd. La protagonista de "Sabates de taló italià", mig polonesa, mig italiana, es descobrirà a si mateixa. Torna a casa a cuidar de la seva mare per un Alzheimer que avança cap a records cada vegada més distants.

The hardest part is waiting for the fall. I am currently in love with, have always been in love with, and will continue to be in love with, my best friend, Bennett Walker Shaw. In five minutes, my best friend's bride will greet him in a gorgeous white gown with forever on her lips. Except that...

Henry “Digger” Diller has never been anyone’s MVP - he’s the guy who gets called up from jayvee soccer when the star player gets hurt and who volunteers to take his crush’s best friend to the prom. But Digger is pretty happy with life in the middle of Warfield High’s pecking order. Then, he strikes up a friendship with Carlos, a new student from Honduras, who faces his own set of difficulties beyond the drama of adolescent life.

Brought to you by Penguin. The haunting love story that turned Murakami into a literary superstar. When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student...

He’s the popular jock everyone loves. Funny, gorgeous, and a flock of girls to choose from. But she’s the bullied and antisocial girl no one notices. She has no friends and she likes it that way - until he walks into her life. They shouldn’t be friends, they definitely shouldn’t be roommates, but that doesn’t stop him though. When friendship blooms into something more, she’s not sure if she should hold on or let go. She’s hiding things, secrets so dark, and deep. If he ever discovers them she is certain he won’t want her anymore.

Ernest Hemingway said, “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn". One hundred years after its author’s death, this classic remains remarkably modern and poignantly relevant. In this new edition, Elijah Wood reads Huck in a youthful voice that may be the closest interpretation to Twain’s original intent. His performance captures the excitement and confusion of adolescence and adventure.

La vie est mal faite : à 35 ans, on n'a le temps de rien, à 65, on a du temps, mais encore faut-il savoir quoi en faire... Bernard et Brigitte, couple solide depuis 37 ans, en savent quelque chose. Depuis qu'elle a cessé de travailler, Brigitte profite de sa liberté retrouvée et de ses petits-enfants. Pour elle, ce n'est que du bonheur. Jusqu'au drame : la retraite de son mari ! Car, pour Bernard, troquer ses costumes contre des pantoufles, hors de question. Cet hyperactif bougon ne voit vraiment pas de quoi se réjouir.

A despondent young man gets a second chance at life in a magical world, starting over from the very beginning. Now living as Luna, an elven infant born into a loving family, she is given something she never thought she would have: a true fresh start. Luna's new life is spent discovering the...

Claudia vive con sus padres en un apartamento invadido por plantas que se estiran para tocarla. Como todas las familias, la suya contiene una crisis, y solo hará falta que algo o alguien llegue a detonarla.

Vanessa Montfort, con una voz única, nos deleita con una historia que entrelaza con gran sensibilidad el presente y el pasado de una familia marcada por la guerra civil española. Este hilo llevará a Eva Alcocer a descifrar las claves de la historia de su familia, así como la memoria de todo un país.