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The lucky occasion with Sabrina, a beautiful girl known by chance at Gaeta on a hot August day, transforms Paki's life. Thanks to her, Paki goes to a flea market. There he meets a wardrobe who, attracted by his sympathy, decides to give him a typewriter. At first Paki refuses, but given his insistence, he is forced to accept. That book reveals to him a great mystery. As soon as he start reading it…
Zhandalee is a fifteen-year-old dark-skinned girl who arrived from the sea to the land of Sicily at the age of two in the arms of a girl who used her last strength to deliver the baby in the arms of two fiancés who they found in that place becoming her current adoptive parents. But soon she will discover that she is not an ordinary girl: the dreams that disturb her sleep are not just banal nightma…
Baking, broken hearts and beach weddings…it’s all happening in the gorgeous little seaside town of Berecombe this year!Millie Vanilla’s Cupcake Café is struggling as a multi-national chain of cafés moves in on its territory. Despite baking up a storm in a bid to save it, Millie’s distracted by falling head over heels for the gorgeous, mysterious Jed.As the seasons change in Berecombe, the loveable…
**Winner of the RNA Joan Hessayon New Writers’ Scheme Award**‘Dickens with a chick lit makeover, what's not to love??’ – Bestselling author of ‘The Best Thing I Never Had’, Erin LawlessWhat the Dickens is going on?Edie Dickens is a shark of a divorce lawyer. She doesn’t believe in love and she scoffs at happily ever afters, however she’s agreed to be maid of honour for her oldest friend, Mel in tw…
‘A tense, gripping domestic noir that shows just how fast the dream of a new life can turn into your worst nightmare’T.M. LoganNo matter where you hide…Kaitlyn Best is stuck in a rut. So when she discovers she's pregnant after a one-night-stand with Alex, her school crush, she throws caution to the wind and accepts his offer to make a new life together in the depths of the Lake District, far from …
Azyl to ogromny i odosobniony ośrodek wypoczynkowy ukryty na szczycie prywatnej góry. Angel Hart dorastała w należącym do jej rodziny ośrodku – chroniona przed prawdziwym światem. Wokół niej zawsze byli trzej mężczyźni, których najbardziej uwielbiała – aż po rozwodzie rodziców została zmuszona ich opuścić. Do tej Angel wiodła bezpieczne i uprzywilejowane życie. Dwa lata później wraca do domu w odw…
Sette racconti, tutti ambientati nel corso degli ultimi decenni dello scorso millennio. Sette racconti, tutti ambientati nel corso degli ultimi decenni dello scorso millennio: In “Polvere per costruire montagne” seguiamo un giovane apprendista industriale erede, o presunto tale, d’uno stabilimento per la produzione di giocattoli e prodotti per modellismo, nell’Italia del boom economico dei primi a…
Siete relatos ambientados en las últimas décadas del pasado milenio: en «Polvo para construir montañas» seguimos a un joven aprendiz de empresario, heredero —o presunto heredero— de una empresa de producción de juguetes y productos de modelismo en la Italia del boom económico de principios de los 60. Se enfrenta a prejuicios y vilezas, a falsas apariencias y a la megalomanía ajena. En «La verdad y…
Un esperimento sulle drosofile che mira al prolungamento dell'esistenza ha un esito clamoroso: quei moscerini della frutta, che naturalmente vivono otto settimane, continuano a esserci per mesi e poi per anni, sempre in piena salute. Si comincia a supporre con plausibilità che siano divenute imperiture. Certuni, d’altro canto, pensano che il merito non sia stato solo dei ricercatori, ma che sia in…
New York, tarda serata del 30 marzo 1972: Durante un banchetto politico in vista delle elezioni presidenziali statunitensi, organizzato dal candidato sfidante senatore Donald Montgomery, viene uccisa con arma da fuoco una giovane, ricca signora sua grande elettrice, moglie del ricchissimo Peter White, donna sistematicamente adultera che aveva amato negli anni ‘50 l’italiano Vittorio D’Aiazzo, vice…
Nell'anno 2000 il vecchio questore emerito D’Aiazzo, affiancatosi al commissario Sordi suo ex dipendente, investiga in funzione di consulente della Questura torinese su una serie di omicidi che si presentano sì come l'opera nichilista d'un sadico assassino seriale o quali sacrifici al diavolo d'una delle sette sulfuree della Torino macabro-stregata, ma potrebbero avere, anche o soltanto, cause leg…
VOLUME 2/3 A catastrophe of biblical proportions is about to befall our planet. But this time the terrestrials are not alone. Some of the inhabitants of the planet Nibiru are standing by them, risking their own lives, to try to oppose the terrible forces of nature that are about to be unleashed. In this second episode in the series ”The Adventures of Azakis and Petri”, our two lovable aliens must …
“We were on our way back. Only one of our solar years had passed since we had been forced to leave the planet in haste, but for them, in Earth years, there had been 3,600. What would we find?” Nibiru, the twelfth planet of our solar system, has an extremely elliptical and retrograde orbit, which is much larger than that of all the others. In fact, it takes approximately 3,600 years to complete on…
The fragile but strong friend next door, in search of Love, inner Beauty and whatever else the life and a trip to India will dedicate her. Stefania through the latter will explore costumes, customs, traditions and the different religions that coexist with related Divinity, ascetics and celebrations. Finally she will know the Essence. It will be like retiring in a beautiful and unspoiled glimpse of…
Une jeune fille, née il y a plus d'un millénaire dans le futur, arrive accidentellement dans la brume d'un territoire en guerre, portant en elle la seule chose qui peut guérir ou détruire leur territoire, un cristal sacré, connu sous le nom de Cristal du Cœur du Gardien. Alors que cinq frères sont attirés vers elle et deviennent ses protecteurs, la bataille entre le bien et le mal se transforme en…