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Being yourself can be such a bad idea. For 16-year-old Badi Hessamizadeh, life is a series of humiliations. After withdrawing from public school under mysterious circumstances, Badi enters Magnificat Academy. To make things "easier", his dad has even given him a new name: Bud Hess. Grappling with his Iranian-American identity, clinical depression, bullying, and a barely bottled rage, Bud is an outcast who copes by resorting to small revenges and covert acts of defiance, but the pressures of his home life and the unrequited affection of his new friend, Nikki, prime him for a more dangerous revolution.

Christie is getting married. That's it. Her life is set, and she'll be comfortable and tame forever. Though she's happy, she also has nagging regrets that she's never done anything crazy. Now, she's afraid she'll never have a chance. Her best friend and Maid of Honor realizes what's wrong, and on her wedding day Selina decides to give Christie what she wants, whether she likes it or not! Before long, Selina has Christie pinned, unable to stop the first lesbian sex that follows and unable to deny how much she wants it!

A widow on a private island has the distinct sense she's being watched—and as evil closes in, she teams up with a former special ops soldier in this paranormal romance. WHEN NIGHT FALLS After her husband's tragic death, Leigh Kelly arrives on Whidbey Island determined to start over. Yet...

Three stories that explore the most evocative experience of summer - outdoor swimming. 'To Brixton Beach': A mysterious swimmer spends all day in the pool at Brockwell Lido. Written by Stella Duffy. Read by Adjoa Andoh. 'Lido Lover': An Englishwoman finds a kind of fulfilment on the Venetian Lido. Written by Michele Roberts. Read by Joanna Tope. 'The Horizon Pool': An unexpected swimming companion in the UK's northernmost outdoor pool - the Trinkie in Wick - may hold the key to recovery for a teenage boy. Written by Linda Cracknell. Read by Finn den Hertog.

Midsummer Madness follows the fortunes of talented actress Sophie Gresham as she struggles with the secret she is desperate to hide from her theatre company. Sophie is shocked when she realises that Joe Harrison, their tough guest producer from New York, is in fact the penniless actor she once helped out in the days when she had more heart than sense.

This city-based series of outstanding erotic stories moves on to Dublin, the birthplace of Guinness, James Joyce, and so much more. Here's a glittering array of tales guaranteed to titillate, shock, and delight as listenersjourney across the Liffey and the streets of the Irish capital. Brand new stories from authors Ken Bruen, Sean Black, Colin Bateman, Stella Duffy, Shelley Silas, Nikki Magennis, and many others are collected here to celebrate and eroticise Dublin.

Il corpo è cosa significa per te averlo come ce l'hai, e spingerlo fin dove lo spingi. Io sono passata da un corpo che mi pesava sulla coscienza, moltissimo, perché mi sentivo sbagliata, a un corpo che ora sento leggero, capace di giocare, pieno di forza e colore, a prescindere da quanto una bilancia possa segnare sotto i miei piedi.

Summer Price ist wegen ihres absoluten Gehörs als Klavier-Wunderkind bekannt und steht kurz vor der Aufnahme ins New York-Orchestra. Niemand ahnt, dass sie heimlich Melodien für die Songs ihres Zwillingsbruders Xander schreibt, einen skandalumwitterten DJ. Eher unfreiwillig begleitet sie ihn auf das Beat-it-up-Festival. Doch nicht nur der Lärm und Trubel machen Summer zu schaffen, auch Xanders stärkster Konkurrent Gabriel wirbelt mit seinem Charme und seiner Unverschämtheit ihr Leben gehörig durcheinander. Gegen jede Wahrscheinlichkeit kommen sich die beiden näher - doch kann Summer Gabriel wirklich trauen?

Den velskrevne romanserie Drømmeverden inviterer læserne med ind i en forførisk verden, hvis aura afføder ekstraordinære sensuelle bekendtskaber. Oplev kærlighedshistorier med enestående erotisk magi, der strækker sig fra det vidunderlige Bretagne, syndige Venedig, flippede Wien, det på alle måder charmerende Alsace og helt til det ophidsende Washington. "Florence havde næsten glemt, hvor smukt der var i Alsace. Med lysende øjne så den unge kvinde med det lange lyse hår ud over det underfulde landskab med de blide grønne bakker og de frodige vinmarker, som lå langs med landevejen.

Den velskrevne romanserie Drømmeverden inviterer læserne med ind i en forførisk verden, hvis aura afføder ekstraordinære sensuelle bekendtskaber. Oplev kærlighedshistorier med enestående erotisk magi, der strækker sig fra det vidunderlige Bretagne, syndige Venedig, flippede Wien, det på alle måder charmerende Alsace og helt til det ophidsende Washington. "Viviane trak vejret dybt og slukkede tv’et. Kærlighedsfilmen, der havde fortryllet hende i to timer, var slut. Desværre! Hun havde fordybet sig i handlingen, lidt med heltinden og glædet sig over hendes lykke til sidst.

L'inondazione di odio in Internet, i cori negli stadi contro i giocatori neri, il risveglio del demone antisemita, le spedizioni squadristiche contro gli omosessuali, i rimpianti di troppi politici per "i metodi di Hitler", le avanzate in tutta Europa dei partiti xenofobi, le milizie in divisa para-nazista, i pestaggi di disabili, le rivolte veneziane contro gli "zingari" anche se sono veneziani da secoli e fanno di cognome Pavan, gli omicidi di clochard, gli inni immondi alla purezza del sangue.

Nella ricostruzione di Gian Antonio Stella, ricca di fatti, personaggi, aneddoti, documenti, storie ignote o sconvolgenti, compare l'altra faccia della grande emigrazione italiana. Quella che meglio dovremmo conoscere proprio per capire, rispettare e amare ancora di più i nostri nonni, padri, madri e sorelle che partirono. Quella che abbiamo rimosso per ricordare solo gli "zii d'America" arricchiti e vincenti.

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In the spring of 1916, we meet orphaned sister and brother Jay and Kew Martin in London. Jay (real name Jane Elizabeth) has run away from her strange, claustrophobic, interfering, well-heeled family to the simplicities of the Brown Borough (otherwise Hackney), to live amongst its working-class people, to a job as a bus conductor, and to discover her own wild self. Kew is on recuperative leave from the War, and manages to find Jay in her humble new abode. She begs him to preserve her newfound freedom and not reveal her whereabouts to their family.