Resultados Editorial "audible studios" en Coming of age

En el auge de su madurez, Helena Artigas busca cumplir su más grande sueño: obtener un doctorado. Para ello debe viajar a Madrid a cursar el último semestre en la Universidad Complutense. A pesar de la resistencia familiar, está decidida a lograrlo. Durante la travesía, los objetos más preciados que posee caerán en manos de un extraño. Poco se imagina que ese contratiempo será el inicio de un viaje no sólo a otro país, sino a lo más íntimo y auténtico de su ser y sus anhelos.

A Barkley Cove, un tranquillo villaggio di pescatori, circolano strane voci sulla Ragazza della Palude. Dall'età di sei anni Kya si aggira completamente sola tra canali e canneti, con qualche straccio addosso e a piedi nudi. Ha al suo attivo un solo giorno di scuola, ma la palude e le sue creature per lei non hanno segreti: la nutrono, la cullano, la proteggono, sono maestre e compagne di giochi. Kya impara a decifrare i segni della natura prima ancora di saper leggere un libro: nella sua assoluta solitudine sembra bastare a se stessa.

Mina Simpson, a Lebanese doctor, arrives at the infamous Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece, after being urgently summoned for help by her friend who runs an NGO there. Alienated from her family except for her beloved brother, Mina has avoided being so close to her homeland for decades. But with a week off work and apart from her wife of 30 years, Mina hopes to accomplish something meaningful, among the abundance of Western volunteers who pose for selfies with beached dinghies and the camp's children.

Un collegio femminile in Svizzera, nell’Appenzell. Un’atmosfera di idillio e cattività. Arriva una "nuova": è bella, severa, perfetta, sembra che abbia già vissuto tutto. La protagonista – un’altra interna del collegio – si sente attratta da questa figura, che lascia intravedere qualcosa di quieto e terribile. E il terribile, a poco a poco, si scopre: è la terra di nessuno tra perfezione e follia. Lo stile limpido e nervoso, l’acutezza delle notazioni, l’intensità di questa storia fanno risuonare una corda segreta, quella che si nasconde nell’immaginario collegio da cui tutti siamo usciti.

It is the late 1920's, the era of Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh, and Al Capone, and Walt is a Saint Louis orphan rescued from the streets by the mysterious Hungarian Master Yehudi, who teaches Walt to walk on air. The vaudeville act that results from Walt's marvelous new abiltiy takes them across a vast and vibrant country, where they meet and fall prey to sinners, thieves, and villains, from the Kansas Ku Klux Klan to the Chicago mob.

La vida de una locutora de radio, que responde cartas sentimentales en antena, y las de varios de sus oyentes se entrecruzan en una historia de amor, desamor, malos tratos y soledad situada en la Barcelona de finales del franquismo e inicio de la democracia. Cuando Aurora se convierte en la nueva voz de Elena Francis se encuentra con una gran responsabilidad. Por un lado, debe impedir que Elisa, una joven de diecisiete años que ha anunciado su intención de quitarse la vida, se suicide.

Nata in una regione marina, orfana di padre, Eiko vive con la madre e la nonna, che gestiscono un ristorante. Finito il liceo, la giovane decide di trasferirsi a Tokyo dove trova lavoro come cameriera in un ristorante indonesiano, l'Arcobaleno. Alla morte di madre e nonna, si ritrova completamente sola. Per vincere il dolore della perdita, Eiko si concentra sul lavoro e si impegna così tanto che un giorno, addirittura, sviene per la stanchezza.

“You don’t belong.” No words whispered in anger have ever rung more true. They’re the Kings of Brayshaw with the world at their feet, destined for greatness and in need of control. I’m the girl from the ghetto with nothing to offer and as defiant as they come. They say it doesn’t matter, that I’m one of them now, and nothing could ever change that. Not even me, should I dare try. But they’re wrong. They underestimate how far I’ll go to protect them. Trouble is coming...and they have no idea.

Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett thought she knew exactly where her life was going. But after a wild night at the hottest club in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, she shocks everyone - including herself - when she decides to leave the only life she's ever known and set out on her own. Grabbing her purse and her cell phone, Camryn boards a Greyhound bus ready to find herself. Instead, she finds Andrew Parrish.

Il protagonista di "Inseguendo Gauguin" - il "ragazzo", e non ha altro nome incontra casualmente una ragazza e la Grande Occasione. Perderà istantaneamente questa e quella, e nel giro di quattrocento pagine mozzafiato se la caverà alla grande, diventerà adulto e rapace, si vendicherà dei cattivoni (ci sono sei tipi diversi di cattivoni, in questo romanzo), e porterà a casa un'Occasione ancora più Grande e una ragazza molto più bella e cazzuta della prima.

Lulu is a fascinating heroine based on the equally fascinating life of her creator. Come take the journey with Lulu as she grows from a precocious child in Charleston, SC, into a coed at a college in the North. A journey that comes with all of the heartbreak of first love, motherly rivalry, brotherly caring, and parental betrayal. With a literary voice in the grand tradition of the great Southern writers, one of America's best-selling nonfiction authors, Nancy Friday, has in Lulu created a fascinating first work of fiction.

"Trust only those who earn it." A sentiment I follow without direction but holds more consequence than ever before. One decision, five lives, three futures. This is what's at stake. One night, one choice, four broken Brayshaws. That is where we're headed. Unless I stop it. I have to stop it. I have to remind him of what he's chosen to forget. My town. My choice. My ending.

Un romanzo di formazione che segue la crescita interiore del giovane Walter, un ragazzo che attraversa fuoco, terra e vento per conoscere sé stesso. Fuoco è la voce di Andrea, che per lui è ben più di un amico, è la sua voce interiore, la sua finestra sul mondo. Proprio questa amicizia dà a Walter il coraggio necessario per lasciare la piccola città dov'è nato, approdare a Roma e reinventarsi una vita. Terra è il suolo poco docile, quello della capitale, città caotica e complessa, angolo di un paradiso apparente, preludio di un vuoto dei corpi e dell'anima.

Bridger Macaulley used to be a player both on and off the ice. But now, while his teammates chase the next hockey victory, Bridger worries that the dean will discover he's housing his eight-year-old sister in his dorm room. Juggling a full course load and a big secret, it's only a matter of time until the other skate drops.

Twenty-three year old model Charley Whitlock built a quiet life for herself after disaster struck four years ago. She hides beneath her beautiful mask, never revealing her true self to the world... until she comes face-to-face with her new photographer - sexy, possessive Jude Anderson. It's clear from the first time she meets him that she's playing by his rules. He says jump, she asks how high. He tells her to unzip her cream Dior gown; she knows she has to comply.

You know that old saying “opposites attract” - well, no one ever tells you what happens after the attraction part. Do opposites stick together forever? Or do they just self-combust? And then there’s the third option: Someone or something forces them apart. Look, the third option isn’t happening to us. I will end the bastard who thinks he can keep me from her. I only need to worry about one thing.... Epic, soul-crushing self-destruction. Because I screw up everything I touch. Even her.

Manuela Penarrocha té tretze anys. Asseguda en una cadireta baixa al portal de casa seva, cus les espardenyes com ningú. La nena d’ulls grisos i cabells d’or recorda el seu pare. Ell, per fer la guerra, n’ha portat unes com aquestes, com la resta de carlistes, homes d’espardenya, garrot, trabuc i navalla a la faixa. Vol abraçar-lo, sentir l’escalfor del seu petó al front. Enyora la mirada dura i alhora plena de tendresa, el seu riure estrident.

Four lives. Four stories. Four sets of letters. Four brave souls in need of guidance while facing life's greatest challenges. The anonymously published Dear Life program is designed to help them step outside of their comfort zones, face their obstacles, and relinquish their demons...and prove their existence.

If someone had told me a year ago that I was about to fall in love, go on an epic road trip, ride a Triceratops, sing on a bar, and lose my virginity, I would have assumed they were on drugs. Well, that is, until I met Beckham. Beck was mostly to blame for my recklessness.

Grace Hamilton was the girl with a plan. She knew exactly where her life was going and prided herself on always achieving her goals. It was who she was, and how she lived her life. She never stepped outside the lines, and never considered what she might desire and whom she was actually trying so hard to please. Until him...