Titoli in Letteratura e narrativa

Luca Torres, a struggling journalism graduate, never meant to take a vow of celibacy. It was just a dumb idea from a job interview gone wrong. He never thought they'd approve the article. Or make his future career conditional on delivering it. Now, with no choice but to steer clear of temptation for the summer, he takes the most isolated job he can find: a fire lookout in the rural and picturesque mountains of Washington State. However, his goal becomes much harder with the arrival of the husky and flirtatious Artair Osmond, a musician and wilderness enthusiast who takes up camp nearby.

Inspired by Nigeria's folktales and war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful debut about the dangers of living and loving openly. Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is 11 when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child, and the star-crossed pair fall in love. They are from different ethnic communities. They are also both girls.

Selling my virginity wasn't how I saw my first week of college going. But after my parents cut me off, an offer from a gorgeous rich stranger doesn't sound so bad. It's only twenty-four hours and I'll never have to see him again. Wrong. Much to my horror, the stranger is Oliver Godfrey, the captain of my fencing team. As if that isn't bad enough, his parents own half the city. There is no escape from him or the way he makes me feel.

Due racconti intensi e struggenti, due storie di amore, amcizia e morte, due grandi prove con cui Marco Mancassola si conferma uno dei talenti letterari più brillanti delle ultime generazioni. Il primo racconto, che dà il titolo alla raccolta, è un microromanzo di formazione in cui il protagonista ripercorre il periodo della sua adolescenza (gli anni Ottanta): un’educazione etica e sentimentale segnata dalla scomparsa del fratello maggiore stroncato dall’Aids.

Non sai se sia perché lui è semplicemente lì, a portata di mano e pronto per essere usato, o perché è ciò che farebbero le persone normali. O se magari esista un altro motivo. Un istinto naturale, memoria genetica. Quello che sai è che senti inconsciamente di poterti fidare di lui. Lo capisci dalla sua voce che non è per niente troppo dolce come ritenevi all'inizio; lo deduci dalle sue attenzioni che sono tutto il contrario di irritanti; te ne convinci dai suoi occhi che riescono a far impallidire persino il ricordo di quelli di Vincent.

Quattro storie di uomini che vivono l'amore con coraggio, orgoglio e passione...

I have a soul-destroying corporate job, I iron my underpants, and I was unceremoniously dumped for an influencer hippie a few years ago. Every day feels the same, and I don't know how much longer I can cope before I do something unhinged like rip off my shirt in the middle of my co-worker's office birthday party and smear lemon cake all over my chest. Then, a case of mistaken identity suddenly lands me in the middle of a covert professional wrestling league, which is apparently being run in the basement of my office building. Weird. Even weirder are the wrestlers.

“What would you tell your teen self if you could go back in time? Underhill’s tender, innovative debut is the smartest take on this trope I’ve ever read. . . and for the record, I read it in a single sitting. A beautiful, thoughtful study of how we find our truest selves, and whom we...

Lex is chaos personified. He’s strange and alluring, unpredictable and unique. He drives me wild in a way I’ve never experienced. I’ve never felt desire like this, and now I find myself craving his touch and wanting him more than I’ve ever wanted anyone. I know I shouldn’t trust him, though. Lex wants something from me, and my family. He watches me through hidden cameras, stalking me like prey. But his voyeurism excites me. I want him to watch me, catch me, consume me.

The truth is, I'm an admin assistant who applied for a job that sounded kind of interesting and ended up working for the Community of Species Government. I'm the only human in the office, and basically I ride herd on a team of rambunctious shifters and demons. I also spend a lot of time avoiding Gideon Bailey, the demon I had a one-night stand with right before I took this job. He hates me, and I really want to avoid being murdered. But I've been offered a promotion that will mean working with him, so we're both going to have to get over it

Caroline Parker knows three things to be true. First, she is going to be Boston's most sought-after divorce attorney by 35. Second, given how terrible her romantic track record is, falling in love isn't in the cards for her. And third, Christmas only brings her bad luck - being broken up with not once, not twice, but three times during the holidays is proof enough of that. When she runs into Hannah Dalton on Christmas Eve, she has no reason to believe her luck will change. After all, though Hannah is probably the most gorgeous woman she's ever seen, she's also straight.

The Anguis, a secret society of power-hungry individuals, have long controlled Port Macabre from their seat at Noire House: a place where the wealthy rub shoulders and chase hedonistic pleasures. However, behind the mansion's facade lies a poisonous, hidden underworld. I spent one night at their mercy. An invitation to their world that I couldn't deny turned out to be the key to bringing my darkest fantasies to life.

Alberto è un ragazzo del sud Italia.Vive la sua bisessualità con totale riservatezza e metodica furbizia. I suoi incontri occasionali, continuativi a volte anche nell'arco di una sola giornata, sfoceranno persino a fargli commettere un rapporto incestuoso. La psiche del ragazzo, fortemente messa a dura prova sin dall'infanzia, verrà a scontrarsi con le iniquità della vita a cui risponderà con una difesa del tutto insolita: il nascondersi in se stesso. La sua mente creerà due personalità multiple che lui stesso battezzerà come Yin e Yang.

Sydney is full of coffeeshops, but none as exciting, and full of drama, as the Pink Bean. First meet Micky, a newly divorced mother of two, who in No Strings Attached is claiming her independence by taking a job at the Pink Bean and exploring a new side to herself. Next up are Kristin and Sheryl, the owners of the Pink Bean. Beneath the Surface will take you back in time to follow their journey and discover the origin story of Sydney's pinkest coffee shop.

Scappato da un'infanzia difficile, Jimmy O'Brien si trova nella cerchia di George Finn, boss irlandese e braccio destro di Bugs Moran, famoso rivale di Al Capone. Da quel momento, Jimmy diviene parte di un mondo fatto di violenza e cieca fedeltà al capo, pur con il tormento interiore che alcuni incontri gli provocheranno. In questo mondo per "veri uomini", in cui non c’è spazio per la debolezza, Jimmy si troverà a dover lottare per la propria vita e quella delle persone a cui tiene, tenendo a freno le sue passioni e i suoi desideria più privati.

"Ora lascerò che mi scopi, Max. Sii delicato, sii lento e fallo durare a lungo". Max Campbell è abituato ad averla vinta. Eddie Patterson è abituato a dargliela vinta. Per gli amanti ed ex colleghi Max ed Eddie, gli incontri rubati e le sveltine frenetiche nei bagni aziendali non sono una rarità. Cioè, fino a quando Eddie decide di vendere la sua quota e lasciare la città. Arrapato e stufo di masturbarsi o di avere insulse avventure di una notte, Max salta in auto per andare a trovare il suo vecchio amico, bramoso di averla vinta ancora una volta. Ma Eddie ha altri progetti.

Data has never mattered more. Our lives are increasingly shaped by it and how it is defined, collected and used. But who counts in the collection, analysis and application of data? This important book is the first to look at queer data – defined as data relating to gender, sex, sexual orientation and trans identity/history. The author shows us how current data practices reflect an incomplete account of LGBTQ lives and helps us understand how data biases are used to delegitimise the everyday experiences of queer people.

Rosalie Carlson is the person everyone turns to in a crisis. She's kind, calm, caring, and a social worker, after all. She's got it all together…except that her personal life is kind of a disaster. Things can get a little hectic after all, when your complicated best friendship is with a megastar like Savannah Grace. When twenty-six-year-old Kinsey moved to Nashville, it was in the hopes of finding a creative partner and making it big. When she meets Cassidy Carver, musical sparks fly. It's a chance meeting with a beautiful older woman however, that truly knocks her off her feet.

Meet Orlando: a young nobleman in Elizabethan England, poet, lover, adventurer—and, after a transformational sleep, a woman. Spanning over 300 years of British history, Orlando bends the rules of time, gender, and narrative as its protagonist navigates shifting societies, identities, and expectations, all while seeking something elusive: the truth of the self. Playful, profound, and radically ahead of its time, Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking novel is part love letter, part satire, and part meditation on the fluid nature of existence.

"Mi gira la testa e mi sento leggera come una piuma. Le nostre mani esplorano i corpi mentre tutti i nostri vestiti cadono a terra. Quando le sfilo il top sopra la testa, mi accorgo che non indossa il reggiseno e che ha i capezzoli turgidi ed eretti. Mi stacco dalla sua bocca per assaggiare i suoi capezzoli, e mentre li succhio e mordicchio le massaggio i seni sodi. L'ho desiderato così tanto". È solo novembre, ma sta già cadendo la prima neve. Tova è single da poco.