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En Amar(se) es de valientes entenderás que el amor debe sumar, siempre. Si resta, no es amor. Con palabras que tienen el poder de llegar hasta el fondo de tus emociones, Alejandro Ordóñez de nueva cuenta nos regala sus más íntimas reflexiones al más puro estilo de su exitoso blog Por escribir.

Trent'anni passati da un po', single (non per scelta) e con un impiego che offre ben poche prospettive di carriera, Alice Bassi accoglie la notizia del matrimonio del suo indimenticato ex come il proverbiale colpo di grazia. Se non fosse ancora abbastanza, nella piccola rete televisiva per cui lei lavora arriva Davide Nardi. Sguardo magnetico e sorriso indecifrabile, Davide sarebbe il sogno proibito di Alice... peccato sia stato assunto come "tagliatore di teste". Insomma: non ce n'è una che vada per il verso giusto.

From intelligence to emotion, for centuries science has told us that men and women are fundamentally different. But this is not the whole story. Shedding light on controversial research and investigating the ferocious gender wars in biology, psychology and anthropology, Angela Saini takes listeners on an eye-opening journey to uncover how women are being rediscovered. She explores what these revelations mean for us as individuals and as a society, revealing an alternative view of science in which women are included rather than excluded.

¿Cómo expresarte cuando sientes que nadie te escucha? En esta conmovedora novela en verso que Lisa Fipps, la autora galardonada con un premio de honor Printz, llama “potente”, una niña enfrenta el primer año de secundaria mientras lidia con problemas de salud mental y debe encontrar su propia voz para pedir la ayuda y la comprensión que merece.

It’s time to take your place on the jury. The victim: A 16-year-old girl with facial deformities, neglected by an alcoholic mother, who accuses the boys of something unthinkable. The defendants: Four handsome teenage boys from hardworking immigrant families. All with corroborating stories. Whose side would you take?

Prepare to be chilled, electrified and entertained - a gem of a novel from 'one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any country' ( Independent). Walk down narrow, clammy Slade Alley. Open the black iron door in the right-hand wall.Enter the sunlit garden of an old house that doesn't exactly make sense. A stranger greets you by name and invites you inside. At first, you won't want to leave. Too late, you find you can't....

Smita, Giulia, Sarah: three lives, three continents, three women with nothing in common but nevertheless bound by a rare expression of courage...like three strands in a braid. Through the story of one woman’s hair, three women’s destinies are drawn together. Laetitia Colombani’s The Braid is the powerfully moving story of three women’s courage in the face of adversity.

The Utopians is the remarkable story of six experimental communities - Santiniketan-Sriniketan in India, Dartington Hall in England, Atarashiki Mura in Japan, the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man in France, the Bruderhof in Germany and Trabuco College in America - that sprang up in the aftermath of the First World War.

Un multimillonario de broody conoce su pareja cuando contrata a una niñera para cuidar su paquete de alegría de la autora de best seller de USA Today, Liv Morris. Mi vida fue ordenada. Suave y ordenado como mi whisky. Había arreglado relaciones con un principio y un final. Ningún apego romántico era mi lema. Entonces conocí a Maggie. Una hermosa y joven tratando de encontrar su lugar en el mundo arenoso de Manhattan. Merecía algo más que un hombre cansado como yo, así que la dejé marcharse.

Prowling, hunting and fighting amidst the crumbling ruins of one of Delhi's oldest neighbourhoods are the proud Wildings. These feral cats fear no one, go where they want and do as they please. Battle-scarred tomcats, fierce warrior queens, the Wildings have ruled over Nizamuddin for centuries. Now there is a new addition to the clan: a pampered house cat with strange powers that could turn their world on its head. And something is stirring in the old Shuttered House - something dark and cruel and dangerous.

Per salvare la villa di famiglia Alexa Maria McKenzie sarebbe disposta a tutto. Ma mai avrebbe immaginato di incappare nel fratello maggiore della sua migliore amica, uno degli uomini più ricchi, potenti e appetibili di cui parlano le cronache mondane e di cui, da teenager, Alexa si era perdutamente innamorata. Il miliardario Nicholas Ryan, da parte sua, non crede nel matrimonio, ma per ereditare l'azienda di famiglia è costretto da un patto a trovare una moglie.

Freshly arrived from a beautiful Tunisian island to work for the exacting Countess Poulais de Roc, Fatima finds herself in a city where even the most mudane tasks prove baffling. But her natural compassion and sheer grit ensure her survival, and unexpectedly bring good fortune to those around her. And then suddenly, it's Fatima's turn to seize happiness. Warmhearted and witty, this is a story of love and determination alive with the sights sounds and tastes of Paris.

Lily and Safa were best friends growing up. Now, Lily is the nation’s favourite breakfast TV presenter and Safa, once a renowned journalist, is reeling from a recent fall from grace. When news breaks about suspicious bruises on Lily’s body, Safa attempts to rekindle their old friendship. But Lily claims the bruises are nothing to worry about. And then one night the police are called to Lily’s home. Lily is strangely calm – and a body lies dead at her feet.

Tania Del Río expone un reclamo social, una denuncia urgente para modificar este inventario actual, para solidarizarse con estos seres humanosy colectivos que, buscando a los suyos, suman fuerzas para superar esta muerte lenta.

When I was a kid and I’d lost something, my dad always said, ‘Go back to the place you last had it’. The problem is that what I’ve lost is...me. Kate loves her family more than anything, but recently she has started to feel invisible. Lying awake at three a.m. as her husband snores, panicking about shopping lists, birthday parties and the school bake sale...She finds herself in the kitchen, gulping water, staring at a postcard of the Eiffel Tower from Shannon, her best friend.

In this memoir-style collection of Friday night shenanigans, Kerry Anne Boer invites you into the kitchen, onto the couch, and sometimes under the table, where laughter echoes louder than logic and the tassie oak dining table bears witness to everything from meticulous Greek salads to impromptu dance-offs.

A collection about mothers and daughters, children lost, unborn, grown up, grown apart, and the dissonance between lovers. It exposes the silences in families and the parts of ourselves we rarely reveal. A daughter asks her mother to shut up, only to shut her up for good; an exhausted wife walks away from the husband who doesn't understand her; on holiday, lovers no longer understand each other away from home. The underlying themes of loneliness, secrets, family and displacement and also the desire to belong to someone, to some place intertwine these stories.

The publishing house of John Murray was founded in Fleet Street in 1768 and remained a family firm over seven generations. Published to coincide with this remarkable achievement' and in the anniversary year, Dear Mr Murray is a collection of some of the best letters from the hundreds of thousands held in the John Murray Archive. They reveal not only the story of some of the most interesting and influential books in history but also the remarkable friendships - as well as occasional animosities - between author and publisher as well as readers, editors, printers and illustrators.

La historia de Isabel, una joven romántica dispuesta a todo para reunir a su hermana Beatriz con el célebre escritor Mauricio de Viera, comienza como un plan inocente, pero rápidamente se convierte en una serie de eventos llenos de humor, pasión y sorpresas. En su intento por acercar a dos almas destinadas, Isabel termina secuestrando al escritor, desatando una espiral de situaciones imprevisibles. Mi enemigo y yo no solo es una comedia romántica; es una reflexión sobre la emancipación, el aprendizaje personal, las dificultades en tiempos de guerra y la búsqueda del amor verdadero.

Whitman 'Win' Tagore and Leo Milanowski are the greatest love story of our time. International movie star meets the beautiful son of a millionaire. Their kisses write headlines, and their fights break the internet. Nobody needs to know it's not real. Win knows that Hollywood demands perfection - especially from a woman of colour. Leo just wants to enjoy life, and shift press attention away from his dysfunctional family. Together they control the narrative.