Novedades

Alexis Spencer will use any inspirational quote to rationalize her failures and shortcomings. Her closest friends are a distant memory, and her college debt is still as high as the day she left. But that’s all fine and dandy, because “whatever will be, will be.” However, when Alexis loses her job and her relationship on the same day, there’s no quote strong enough to get her through that. In typical fashion, she blames the world for her problems, including her younger self, who should have tried harder.

In the gritty shadows of Ironwood Correctional Facility, nineteen-year-old Jasper Kane fights to survive a year-long sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, orchestrated by his powerful family to bury their shame. Framed for arson and betrayed by his senator father, Jasper navigates a brutal men’s prison, where every glance hides a threat and every alliance a risk.

Told through the eyes of a Korean girl adopted into a wealthy white family, this darkly funny debut explores casual racism, privilege, and the complexities of friendship. Derrymore Academy circa 2007 is home to teenagers who have their eyebrows shaped and their sweet sixteens tented. Their first kisses arrive around the same time as their boating licenses and they celebrate getting their braces off with Mediterranean vacations. It is here that Emery Hooper, adopted at birth into the country club set, thrives.

The year is 2848. Wars aren’t won by nations—they’re brokered by corporations. A.R.M.S. pilots, warriors bound to towering mechs with the firepower of gods, fight for fame, fortune, and survival in the ruthless chaos of Free Space.

After her sister Nena’s sudden death, Xiomara, an Afro-Latina singer and actress born and raised in Washington Heights, is numb. With her sister gone, Xiomara, painfully close to thirty, is living in a tiny apartment with her ultra-Catholic Puerto Rican mother, and having the same shitty sex with the same shitty men that she’s been entertaining for years. Behind on rent despite two minimum-wage jobs, one of which involves singing show tunes while serving pancakes to tourists at Ellen’s Stardust Diner, Xiomara is bitingly cynical, especially in her grief, and barely treading water.

From the bestselling and award-winning author of the Patrick Melrose novels, a hilarious and moving story about a group of wildly different characters whose fates are improbably yet inextricably linked—a novel about extinction and survival, inheritance and loss, written with St. Aubyn’s trademark wit and inimitable style

Songwriter turned lawyer and author, Andrew Banks Townsend, recounts the events of his youth that led him to important lessons about race, acceptance and overcoming adversity. Much of his journey involved learning from the experiences of his grandparents and others of his grandparents' generation. Andrew's life reminds how seemingly unrelated historical events continue to ripple through ensuing generations in unexpected and sometimes mysterious ways.

When fifteen-year-old Sawyer Cray and his friends sneak into the wreckage to explore the damage, they uncover more than storm debris. Curiosity gives way to obsession when Sawyer opens the book—and unwittingly unleashes something dark, something hungry. An entity sealed away in 1873 by men who paid for their silence in blood.

A vibrant city. A missing girl. A whole bunch of secrets. "Be careful. This stuff is additive!" (Anonymus Reader) "Nothing is what it seems. Everyone has a secret and every secret can be destructive and leave you broken. At the end, as a reader, you are left wanting the next volume immediately, because it remains unchanged suspenseful and exciting." (Another Anonymus Reader who used more words to say the same as the one above) What is this book about? Journalist Delia Gupta had a good life. She had true friends, a job that fulfilled her, and enough money to live carefree - until one day she...

The demons have started to make their move, and it’s up to the Ascendancy to find a way to stop them. A portal has opened, and the demons now have unfettered access to this world. It won’t be long until they put their vile plans in motion. Jackson will embark on a quest to hunt down the rumors of an ancient relic that can close an open portal to the demon realm. Will he find the Demon Stone in time to save humanity from the encroaching horde? Or will the world fall into darkness, as it almost did so long ago?

Simon has ADHD, he lives on a New Town in Northumberland, it's the summer of 1976, and it's hot, big cracks are starting to appear in the ground. A gang called The Seaburn Batlads capture Simon and his best friend Squeaky when they are out stealing plums. They tell the boys that ghosts from under the slag heap are going to come up through the cracks. Terrified, the boys form their own gang called The Conker Boys in an attempt to defend their camp in the gorse bushes.

In the third and final volume of The War at Home series, author John Woodruff sees the Prescotts off as they maneuver into adulthood during an era in which the Vietnam conflict seems endless. And as some of the family continue to navigate the material world, so do two of their own in the afterlife. Patiently waiting to be accepted into the Elysian Fields, Emily and Bartholomew Prescott explore Metacosma, the space and time held in between mortal death and eternity.

Settembre 1919. L’eco della guerra ancora risuona in un’Europa ferita, mentre in una città assediata nasce un sogno rivoluzionario. Leo, diciassettenne inquieto e determinato, lascia la sua casa tra le montagne della Carnia per unirsi all’impresa di Fiume, guidata da Gabriele D’Annunzio. Spinto dall’irrequietezza e dal desiderio di far parte di qualcosa di grande, Leo si immerge in un mondo fatto di ideali rivoluzionari, discorsi infuocati e sogni di giustizia sociale.

Cam's plan to usurp death and fight back against those plotting against him worked. Almost a little too well. Now he must learn his new cultivation aspects to grow stronger for what is to come. He must learn the ways of the spirit beasts and fit two hundred years of training into his life as quickly as possible, for war is on the horizon. The Empire of the Creator is on the move. Storming the Rezzen Empire and converting humans and the other races into soldiers for their machinations. The goddess herself has descended upon the world to lead her forces and Cam is a prime target.

In a world where unseen forces weave destinies together, two lives intersect, bound by a connection neither can explain. Their paths cross, igniting a silent spark that defies logic and challenges reality. As the threads of fate tighten, they must navigate the mysterious bond that draws them ever closer.

Amy is about to graduate from high school and is a few months shy of her eighteenth birthday. She is planning to attend State in the fall, with her boyfriend Mitch, and has her life all planned out. The only problem is that life has an entirely different plan for her. Excerpt: Dragging my feet as I walk, I leave my room and head downstairs to face the firing squad. I step into the kitchen and my parents stop mid sentence and look at me. It’s a weird feeling, almost like I’m a toy that is being inspected for faults. They are trying to decide if I pass and get to move on with my existence...

Sharru was born to lead. On his home planet Uhuru, he’s a symbol of strength, destined to one day command in a universal battle that defines entire civilizations. But as his 29th cycle nears, something inside him refuses to settle. It isn’t fear—it’s something stranger: a sound. A frequency no one else hears, calling him across galaxies.

When he was 22 years old, Alexander Murphy turned down a full scholarship to law school in order to move to Key West, Florida and become a bartender. Driven by his lack of direction and fueled by his love of literature, he was able to make that small island paradise his home. He spent his days on boats and on beaches, and his nights working at a bar called The Broken Seahorse. He wasn’t challenged but he was comfortable, and for two years he felt content in his complacency. All of that was before a girl named Iliza D’Ambrosio walked into The Broken Seahorse one summer afternoon and ...

A book about loss... a book about grief... a book about a father's final words helping to guide his son's future... When author Joe Weber learns he has precious few months to live, he keeps his illness a secret from his family and sets about completing the most important writings of his life... Tyler Weber's father dies during his freshman year of high school, leaving a giant void in his life. On the day of his dad's funeral, he somehow receives a letter from him. Tyler doesn't know who delivered it or how it got to his house, but his dad's words help him through the toughest day of his ...

Ever since the accident that changed Sophie’s life, she sees numbers everywhere. From the leaves on a tree to the volume of a puddle, everything has its number. And every person she meets? Their number is counting down the number of days they have left. Despite being lonely, Sophie has decided she’s not dating anyone with a number smaller than 20,000 days: 55 years together should be plenty. Which is fine, until Adam—her first love and most definitely the one that got away—suddenly reappears. And his number? Just 24 days…