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Una suïcida aficionada al sexe i a la vida improductiva se salva quan ha d'ocupar-se d'una nena: aquesta és la trama de Permagel, primera part d'una trilogia sobre la vida d'una dona contemporània. Permagel és aquella part de la terra que no es desglaça mai i és la membrana que revesteix l'heroïna del llibre: una manera de preservar la part tovíssima que hi ha dins d'una persona en formació.

Joy Parker had the perfect childhood. Doted on by her parents, she couldn’t imagine her childhood any differently. As a child and later a young adult, she’s ignored by her much older siblings, made to feel the outsider…until a tragedy occurs, altering her life in ways she couldn’t possibly have imagined. Then suddenly another life-altering event changes the course of her life, and she must make decisions she never dreamed possible. What would you do if you won $341,726,178.10 after taxes? Come along for the ride as we discover what Joy Parker decides to do with it…

When Bethany's lover is brutally murdered, she has to hide her grief from everyone. But someone knows her secret. And then one day the threats begin. With an ever-growing pile of evidence pointing to her as the murderer, the only way she can protect her secrets is to prove her innocence. And that means tracking down a killer.

September, 1943. Tuscany, Italy. In the hilltop town of Barga, everyone holds their breath. Even the bells fall silent. Everything Vittoria Guidi knows and loves is at risk. German troops occupy the mountains around her home, as America's Buffalo Soldiers prepare to invade. As Vittoria's country is torn in two, so is her conscience. Should she side with her Scots-Italian father or her Fascist mother? Should she do what she is told - or what she believes in?

Even when she's not starting it, trouble follows Marissa everywhere. First there was the incident with the homicidal fairy godmother. Then there was the time she accidentally started Armageddon. But the problems that always seem to arise on Marissa's birthday take the cake.

Lynn Van Swol still regrets the decision she made 30 years ago to place her daughter up for adoption so she could climb the highest mountains of the world. Frankie Rizzoni is the troubled biological granddaughter Lynn has never known. And Beth Mahoney is a minister's wife with terminal cancer and the only one who knows the relationship between the two. She designs a plan upon her deathbed to bring Lynn and Frankie together, but now, narrating from the afterlife, she must helplessly watch as her legacy threatens to unravel.

A mystery thriller book set in New York City during the late 1920s. Step into the gritty landscape of 1920s New York City, where the echoes of jazz and the whispers of deceit intertwine. "New York Darkness" invites you to follow Timothy McCarty, a former police officer, thrust back into the world of investigation after a chance encounter with a dead body in a shadowy neighborhood. As he delves deeper into the mystery surrounding the victim, a valet named Griffith, he uncovers a treacherous narrative that exposes the darker side of the city—a realm where wealth and power mask deadly ...

Galardonada con el Premio Brage, el más importante galardón literario de Noruega, y la novela más vendida en su país en 2019, "Estado del malestar" ha supuesto la consagración de Nina Lykke como una de las grandes escritoras de su país gracias a la ironía con la que critica el aparente paraíso de los países nórdicos. Estado del malestar es una sátira de la insoportable levedad de la clase media surgida al calor del Estado del bienestar, vista por una mujer privilegiada que vive en uno de los países más ricos del mundo y, sin embargo, se halla siempre al borde de un ataque de nervios.

Ever since running away from home as a teen, Hope Callahan has lived a rough life, often on the other side of the law. When a drug deal goes bad, she’s found in the desert beaten and nearly dead by Ozzie Byrd, a scruffy old guy in an RV. Ozzie has his own criminal past, but through him, Hope is given a chance at a new life. Will she grab this unexpected and unusual opportunity, or run from it, trying to stay alive on her own?

Bad boy Troy Jacobs is all about taking risks. As a stunt double for Hollywood's A-listers, there's no fall he won't attempt. With one exception - women. Troy fell hard once, and it nearly broke him. Since then, he's vowed never to trust like that again and he's got everything under control. Until the woman who shattered his heart years before shows up on his movie-set.

Levi Hawkins was a typical fun-loving, hard-partying college student with his whole life in front of him - until one tragic night ripped his world apart and left him adrift with no home or family to return to. After a soul-crushing stint in Afghanistan, he spent a decade wandering the globe searching for something or someone to make him whole again. Weary of regret and consumed by loneliness, he puts his heart on the line and turns to the only people still connected to him by blood.

La vida es corta, y nadie lo sabe mejor que Lenni Pettersson a sus diecisiete años. Enfadada con el mundo porque el tiempo se le acaba, Lenni todavía tiene mucho que experimentar y demasiadas preguntas sin respuesta. Margot tiene ochenta y tres años. Cuando conoce a Lenni en el taller de arte del hospital le ofrece su amistad incondicional. A partir de ese momento, los días de Lenni se expanden como nunca hubiera imaginado: las historias que le cuenta la anciana le harán soñar todas las vidas que la enfermedad le negará. La novela más luminosa y conmovedora del año.

A Found Family Surprise Baby Romance with a Grumpy Millionaire Baby-Daddy. As a Billionaire Tech genius, Fiona Douglas doesn't explain herself---to anyone. Then, one fantastic night with a grumpy millionaire changes everything. Now, there’s a baby on the way, and she’s signed an agreement to never contact the baby-daddy again after their One-And-Done date night at the Billionaire Experience. So call her shocked when the host of her corporate retreat turns out to be Rory O'Shanahan, her baby-daddy. Whether they like it or not, they're neighbors for the next three months. Even worse, ...

An unexpected solar storm destroys the U.S. power grid and unravels civilization. Natasha is a student from a nomadic Siberia tribe trying to adjust to her new life in New York and fit in. But when a cataclysmic solar storm slams into the planet, everything changes. Lightning storms hammer the entire globe, burning and destroying everything they touch. The electrical grid goes down. Fires rage out of control. Cars and electronics quit working. Help isn’t coming. Time is short to flee from a now-lawless city with millions of hungry people who are becoming increasingly desperate.

Zany families, eccentric friends, and ne'er-do-well neighbors inhabit the labyrinthine lives of three women friends as they grapple with real-world events in one "Golden Year". An unwelcome visit from local law enforcement, a younger friend's romantic chaos, and the death of a parent combine with daily mundanities - laundry, scones, and senior sex - to create a walloping, raucous listen.

Londra, settembre 1914. "Le mie mani non tremano mai. Sono una chirurga, ma alle donne non è consentito operare. Men che meno a me: madre ma non moglie, sono di origine italiana e pago anche il prezzo dell’indecisione della mia terra natia in questa guerra che già miete vite su vite. Quando una notte ricevo una visita inattesa, comprendo di non rispondere soltanto a me stessa. Il destino di mia figlia, e forse delle ambizioni di tante altre donne, dipende anche da me."

Book One of the Twyla & the Warbirds saga, Family Lost, traces a difficult path for an American-Ukrainian rural girl from Boonville California. At a tender age, Twyla Campbell loses her family in a freak aeroplane accident. Her young life is salvaged from indenture by the neighbor boy, who teaches her to fly.

No one escapes Dante’s villa. Not alive. From Kenneth R. Overman, award-winning author of A Lion in Spring, comes another gripping standalone thriller of espionage, vengeance, and survival, in which a college professor is the only thing standing between a brutal trafficker and mass murder. While leading a student trip through Spain, Professor Nathan Radcliff stumbles into a nightmare. A terrified Romanian girl begs for help, and Nathan, without knowing it, disrupts one of the largest human trafficking networks in Europe. Mistaken for an undercover agent, he’s abducted and taken to the ...

A 23-year-old law student commits suicide in broad daylight in Moscow's Alexander Gardens. Fandorin is put on the case to find out what drove him to it, a case that deepens as he discovers that the young man was the son of a rich and influential factory owner. The story is enhanced by its authentic backdrop of 19th century Russia. After all, it's difficult to keep your mind on a case when the new Dostoyevsky novel has just hit the shops.

Accidental Heroes is a heart-stopping thriller about ordinary men and women who embark on a journey they will never forget. On a beautiful May morning at JFK Airport, a routine plane departs for San Francisco. Security agent Bernice Adams finds a postcard of the Golden Gate Bridge bearing an ambiguous message. Who left the postcard behind, which flight is that person on, and what exactly does the message mean? Her supervisor dismisses her concerns, but she is compelled to contact Homeland Security.