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Aglaia, uma menina sensível e solitária, de rara inteligência, apaixonada pelas tragédias de Shakespeare, pelos poemas de Cecília Meireles e canções de Renato Russo, aos treze anos teve a sua vida virada de ponta-cabeça com a chegada inesperada de uma meia-irmã, filha do seu pai, cuja existência lhe era desconhecida. O surgimento da encantadora Thalie, além de desestabilizar a família, rompe o frágil equilíbrio psíquico de Aglaia.

Poco después de la caída del Muro de Berlín, unos amigos celebran una fiesta que parece no acabar nunca. Ilse, Fátima, Werner y Ulrich pertenecen a la generación Erasmus, que en los años 90 vive el sueño idílico de un mundo que ha abolido las fronteras y la lucha de clases. Se aman, se odian, y alguien muere. Un crimen "o un accidente" que nunca será aclarado.

La sexòloga Daniela Costa-Pau viu el sexe de manera desacomplexada en una època en què encara és un tabú. De portes enfora és una dona amb autoestima, però alhora és freda i desdenyosa. La seva aparent seguretat amaga un misteri: mai no ha pogut plorar.

Poco después de la caída del Muro de Berlín, unos amigos celebran una fiesta que parece no acabar nunca. Ilse, Fátima, Werner y Ulrich pertenecen a la generación Erasmus, que en los años 90 vive el sueño idílico de un mundo que ha abolido las fronteras y la lucha de clases. Se aman, se odian, y alguien muere. Un crimen «o un accidente » que nunca será aclarado. Quince años después, el mundo y sus vidas han cambiado, e Ilse regresa al lugar donde todo sucedió para intentar averiguar qué pasó realmente.

In a nameless Hungarian town, teenagers on a competitive swim team occupy their after-training hours with hard drinking and fast cars, hash cigarettes and marathons of Grand Theft Auto, the meaningless sex and late-night exploits of a world defined by self-gratification and all its attendant recklessness. Invisible to their parents and subject to the whims of an abusive coach, the crucible of competition pushes them again and again into dangerous choices. When a deadly accident leaves them second-guessing one another, they’re driven even deeper into violence.

Diane a dû faire une croix sur son mariage, mais elle a encore assez d’amour pour trente. Alors elle donne généreusement : d’abord à ses grands enfants, puis à sa meilleure amie Claudine et à ses filles, et bientôt, à toute une classe de petits qui ne demandent pas mieux, et même à Madeleine, l’adorable voisine fripée toute perdue dans sa grande maison ouverte au vent et aux chats. Ça en laisse encore assez pour un homme capable de la faire sentir comme une reine... Lady Di, ça sonne bien, non?

Cameron Collins es una chica que en su adolescencia mantuvo su peso a raya y se ejercitó con constancia porque su mayor sueño era llegar a las más importantes pasarelas de la moda. Lo tenía todo, belleza, estatura y...más de 100 cm de cadera. Lamentablemente, esa característica que le arrancaba deseos al sexo opuesto, no encajaba en la industria de la moda rechazándola de forma cruel por ser ”gorda”.

Femmes, prenez le pouvoir ! Louise est une jeune maman célibataire, assistante de direction. Au rythme du métro-boulot-dodo, elle mène une existence routinière qui l'englue dans un quotidien qui la rend aussi triste et grise que la ville de banlieue sans âme où elle habite. Sa vie bascule le jour où la DRH de son entreprise lui propose de faire partie du programme expérimental intitulé "Icare" (Intelligence Communicante Artificielle pour Réinventer l'Entreprise), coach virtuel doté d'une IA... un brin féministe.

Jasmine Black, a 34-year-old alcoholic, criminal lawyer, has a secret. At the age of 16, she was in a gang of youths that committed a horrendous crime. As members of the gang start being killed one by one, Jasmine fears for her life. Desperate to uncover who is responsible for the murders, Jasmine starts to investigate. But can she uncover the truth before it’s too late? Very Nearly Dead is a gripping and suspenseful psychological thriller with an ending you won't see coming. The perfect listen for fans of authors like K.L. Slater, Mark Edwards and C.L. Taylor.

Sandy, David, and Peter met as bored teenagers vacationing with their parents on a small resort island. The horrific crime they committed five years ago bound them together forever, cursing their friendship in blood and setting them on a path toward nihilism and destruction. Now in their early 20s, the glamorous and sophisticated trio has come to an exclusive ski resort just days before Christmas to satisfy their appetite for danger and enjoy the physical company of the only human beings they can still tolerate: one another. But an interloper finds her way into their closed circle.

When Frankie’s mother dies, he tells his teacher. But he can't seem to get anyone at his school in southern England to listen to him. So the six-year-old comes up with a plan: go to France, find a police station and ask the officers to ring his father. Thus a stowaway’s view of the sea opens Pauline Holdstock’s eighth novel, narrated in turns by Frankie - who likes cheese, numbers, the sea when it’s pink, and being alone when he feels bad - and a cast of characters that includes his worried Gran, his callous teacher and his not-so-reliable father.

Ein Ort, der nicht gefunden werden will. Eine österreichische Gräfin, die über die Erinnerungen einer ganzen Gemeinde regiert. Ein Loch im Erdreich, das die Bewohner in die Tiefe zu reißen droht. In ihrem schwindelerregenden Debütroman geht Raphaela Edelbauer der verdrängten Geschichte auf den Grund. Der Unfalltod ihrer Eltern stellt die Wiener Physikerin Ruth vor ein nahezu unlösbares Paradox. Ihre Eltern haben verfügt, im Ort ihrer Kindheit begraben zu werden, doch Groß-Einland verbirgt sich beharrlich vor den Blicken Fremder.

Jessica Westhead's Worry, pitched as a novel for listeners of Little Fires Everywhere and Truly Madly Guilty, is about an anxious, overprotective mother who brings her four-year-old daughter to the remote family cottage of the woman who has been her best friend - and her husband's best friend - for years, and where over 48 tension-filled hours, old and new resentments surface alongside a mother's constant worry for her child and the appearance of a mysterious neighbor.

When Father Henry McGrath hears a confession that sends a cold chill throughout his body, he’s unsure what to do. To divulge the private confession would violate holy canon law. When he refuses to go to the police, people begin to die, and the priest becomes the prime suspect. Elizabeth Monroe, a college professor who teaches forensic psychology, doesn’t believe the elder priest fits the killer’s profile. Elizabeth discovers a frightening thread woven within each killing - a thread that began 30 years ago.

A infelicidade é um destino ao qual se chega por inúmeros caminhos. O que leva uma mulher a colocar um detetive atrás do marido que sempre lhe foi fiel? Do que é capaz o ser humano ao ver sua grande paixão ir embora? Que tipo de laços afetivos une um tio bilionário a suas queridas sobrinhas? Que violência nós, brasileiros, aprendemos a tolerar?

How well do you really know your husband? Grace Dalton is trying to put her life back together after her husban,d John, died suddenly in a hit and run. Her perfect world is collapsing around her, the home she hoped to fill with children is huge and empty, and she’s paralysed with grief. But as Grace sorts through her husband’s belongings, she realises the man she loved was lying to her. There’s a mysterious list of names hidden among his things, a secret bank account, and a shocking revelation about his family that he kept from her since the day they met.

Driving home after a day in the countryside with his wife, Katy, and their two kids, doting father Adam Parr gets cut up by a speeding silver car, nearly causing him to crash. Shocked and upset that his kids could have been killed, he pulls over. That’s when he sees a struggling woman in the back seat of the silver car, her eyes pleading for help, and he knows his family are in terrible danger. In the blink of an eye, the Parrs' ordinary lives are plunged into an unimaginable nightmare....

En Guillem és un nen introvertit, amb un somriure permanent, i és un àvid lector de tot allò que li cau a les mans. Té només una amiga. Fins aquí tot en ordre. Però rere aquesta aparença de tranquil·litat s'amaga un món fragilíssim, agafat amb pinces i amb un misteri per resoldre. El trencaclosques el configuren un pare en crisi, una mare absent, una professora intrigada i una psicòloga que mira de recompondre el que amaga el nen. Una novel·la coral que traspua sentiments, buits, paraules no dites i un misteri corprenedor.

Esta novela narra un caso real sin precedentes: la transformación de un hombre con una vida sin sobresaltos en un personaje mediático a quien, por el hecho de haber estado casado con la que iba a convertirse en Reina de España, la prensa del corazón persigue para arrancarle los pedazos, no solo de lo que pueda contar, sino de lo que es. Da la casualidad de que quien vivió esta anomalía es escritor. Ahora escribe el relato de lo que vivió y, sobre todo, de cómo lo vivió.

Maggie Walsh hasn’t been sleeping these last few nights - a maniac has been preying on single mothers just like her. She keeps thinking there’s someone in the house, imagining she hears something downstairs. Until tonight, woken once again by a noise, she checks on her baby and this time it’s not just her imagination - someone has come for her, armed and ready to kill. And Maggie knows that whatever happens now, she will do anything to keep her daughter safe.