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Some people believe that ghosts exist, that they are unfinished business. Some people might just be right. Sophie Lawton tells her story simply: "I arrived to the broken. A child abandoned at birth but endowed with an ability to see auras--very helpful when trying to navigate through a world that sees you as flawed. Oh, and I see the dead." Sophie not only sees and talks to them, she solves crimes with their help. She didn't plan on working with the dead. Still, when the aunt she had never met dies and leaves Volare Investigations to her, Sopie's world becomes entangled with the ...

Susan Smith Nash's Shells and Shadows is a luminous collection of interconnected vignettes that trace the intellectual and emotional development of Genevieve "Genni" Dyer from childhood through adulthood. Set primarily in Norman, Oklahoma, with significant interludes in Nevada, Vermont, and Azerbaijan, the narrative explores how place, memory, and philosophical inquiry shape identity formation. The manuscript opens with eight-year-old Genni as a Bluebird in 1966 Norman, participating in Camp Fire activities that serve as early lessons in community and belonging. Nash skillfully weaves ...

In a realm painted gold by sun and storm, one lion’s roar weaves the law of survival and the melody of unity. He is King—a sovereign whose dawn proclaims dominion and whose mercy tempers might. Follow his journey through challenges of pride, purpose, and peril, from the first crack of dawn to the hush of starlit vigil. Discover a world where every heartbeat echoes in the grass, and every roar shapes the destiny of a kingdom. KING is the epic saga of leadership etched in claws and compassion. In the vast savanna, a mighty lion claims his throne—not through ruthless conquest alone, but ...

New York in the 1900s. A young girl, fascinated by rare books, defies the odds and climbs all the ranks. She becomes the director of the fabulous library of the magnate J. P. Morgan and the darling of the international aristocracy, under the false name of Belle da Costa Greene. Although she looks white, she is actually African American and, moreover, the daughter of a famous black activist who sees her desire to hide her origins as a betrayal.

Dans une société américaine à peine affranchie de ses lois racistes, les Afro-Américains, en exerçant leurs droits civiques, peuvent enfin accéder à leur vie. Cette nouvelle liberté suscite une exaltation et un bouillonnement racontés par Kathleen Collins à travers les relations amoureuses et filiales d'une femme noire, installée à New York. Mais être soi, c'est inévitablement faire l'expérience de la différence, d'une autre vie, et parfois d'une autre couleur de peau.

Una noche, la oportunidad de su vida se presenta en forma de un encuentro inesperado con Camilo José Cela, el legendario premio Nobel de Literatura. A lo largo de un fin de semana en la finca de Cela, entre paseos por el campo y conversaciones inolvidables, Gonzalo descubrirá el verdadero secreto de la literatura: la escritura no es cuestión de inspiración, sino de verdad y valentía. Con una mezcla de admiración y miedo, Gonzalo se atreve a mostrarle sus escritos. Lo que sigue es un desafío, una prueba de fuego que lo obligará a confrontar su mayor enemigo: su propia inseguridad.

Determined to become gangsters by killing a dreaded don, three youths joined the crowd of mediapersons, posing as journalists. These journalists were covering the event live, and the entire country was watching the prime-time news, when the assassins shot Babar Qureshi and his brother Taimur point-blank. Who ordered this hit? Who hatched this conspiracy? And who were these men who were slaughtered while in police custody?

Laura ha da poco compiuto diciotto anni, ha capelli neri e lunghi e grandi occhi a mandorla. È inquieta e bellissima, e sogna una vita oltre la linea dell'autostrada, magari in un piccolo appartamento nel centro di una grande città. Romina, due anni più piccola, la ammira e la imita, sogna insieme a lei. Entrambe vivono in un luogo in cui il tempo sembra fermarsi e dove il dolore e gli sguardi della gente scavano solchi profondi come l'aratro nella terra. Lo sa bene la loro madre, la signora Nives, che ha sempre vissuto ascoltando il ritmo delle stagioni e il respiro della campagna.

Private investigator Tucker Randall doesn’t have time for cold cases, but when Gary Fisher begs them to solve his brother’s murder eleven years ago before their father dies, the partners can’t say no. What at first seems like a simple cold case in a small Tennessee town explodes into a deadly conspiracy involving gunrunning, corrupt officials, and a series of execution-style murders. And at the center of it all stands a sadistic killer with a twisted concept of right and wrong.

The Attack on the Mill is a powerful tale of love, loyalty, and devastation set against the backdrop of the Franco-Prussian War. On the eve of a joyous wedding at Father Merlier's idyllic mill in the Lorraine countryside, the drums of war grow louder.

En manos de Francisco Martín Moreno el arte narrativo es un eficaz instrumento para ahondar en nuestra realidad histórica, política y social. En esta novela, que combina ficción y realidad, se desentraña la intimidad de un hombre poderoso, paradigma de aquellos que detentan el poder político y económico en nuestro país, el cual se ha convertido para ellos en una necesidad existencial. A través siempre de una absorbente narración, el poderoso es sometido a un análisis exhaustivo de su cotidianidad, sus relaciones, su intimidad...

An adored only child, Annie has until recently lived an idyllic life. She is inseparable from her beautiful mother, a powerful presence, who is the very center of the little girl's existence. Loved and cherished, Annie grows and thrives within her mother's benign shadow. Looking back on her childhood, she reflects, "It was in such a paradise that I lived." When she turns twelve, however, Annie's life changes, in ways that are often mysterious to her.

Gail is in trouble at school. Saint Saviours, the exclusive private girls school that she attends on a scholarship, cannot contain her. Impulsive, bored and looking for someone to adore, she is at that dangerous age when you want to be picked up by men and then driven home by your mother. Ezra is rich, powerful and at the top of his game. His comfortable middle age is tainted only by the knowledge that, in his heady youth, he'd loved new wave music and had people killed - and by his crushing anxieties about his teenage daughter, Agata.

Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. Amid a violent student uprising, a young boy named Dong-ho is killed. As his friend searches for Dong-ho's corpse, we also meet an editor struggling against censorship, a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories, and Dong-ho's grief-stricken mother. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope comes a tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.

At a crossroads in their lives, a couple arrives in Greece to house-sit for a friend. Emma is searching for a meaningful next step beyond work or motherhood, and Julian is struggling to come to terms with the failure of his academic career. Their visions for the future seem to be pulling them in different directions, and they hope that this summer away will help them to mend their frayed connection.

Ever since her twin sister returned to the family home, Bianca has felt more lost than ever. For the first time in her life, she's not the only one taking care of her family. But her newfound freedom makes it impossible to stop thinking about Lorenzo. She has loved him since they met beneath a tree between their houses as children, but a long-seated family feud means they can never be together. Determined to distract herself from her heartache, Bianca is delighted when she runs into a childhood friend, Brando, who secures her a job at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

The second book in the TWISTED EVER AFTER series that takes familiar fairy tales and transforms them into contemporary horror novellas. Perfect synchronization. Flawless harmonics. Absolute unity. Seventeen-year-old Melody Chen returns to Resonance Falls High School after three months at the Braddock Auditory Processing Center, still struggling with lifelong amusia—an inability to process musical tones that teachers and doctors have always labeled a defect. But what awaits her isn't normal teenage life; it's a town transforming into something inhuman. Her classmates move with unsettling ...

Today is Ruth's first day of third grade at Dalton. The prestigious institution on New York's Upper East Side couldn't be more different from her old school in Harlem. Despite being the smartest girl in her grade, Ruth suspects that her classmates and teachers only see her dark skin. She also notices that Christina, the daughter of her mother's employer, treats Ruth very differently when they're hanging out with the popular girls rather than playing together.

In a future ravaged by fire and drought, two climate refugees ride their motorcycles across the wasteland of the western US, and stumble upon an old silver mine. Descending into the cool darkness of the caved-in tunnels in desperate search of water, the two women find Lavinia Cain’s diary, a settler in search of prosperity who brought her family to Nevada in the late 1860s.

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