Titoli in Amicizia

Woden e Carter hanno un segreto: sono amici da sempre, ma non in pubblico. Si incontrano il mercoledì sera a casa di Woden per rispettare l'accordo stretto da bambini: il Woden's Day. Nonostante impegni e interessi molto diversi, quello è il loro giorno speciale. Woden è una patita della chimica e dell'elettronica, piatta come uno skateboard e deliziosamente ordinaria (tranne per un dente scheggiato per colpa di una caduta).

Cleo, o pictoriță britanică în vârstă de 24 de ani, a lăsat în urmă Anglia și a ales să facă un masterat cât mai departe de casă, la New York, orașul care nu doarme niciodată. Aici îl cunoaște pe Frank. E cu douăzeci de ani mai mare decât ea, are propria firmă de advertising, construită prin propriile puteri, iar viața lui pare să aibă preaplinul și senzația de împlinire pe care și le dorește Cleo. Frank îi oferă șansa de a fi fericită, libertatea de a picta și ocazia de a aplica pentru cetățenie.

Sekù è giovane, ma ha molte vite: tante quante sono le sue avventure. La fuga dal suo Paese, il Mali, perché lo zio dopo la morte del padre lo minaccia con pratiche vudù per impossessarsi delle trenta mucche di famiglia. La terribile traversata del deserto, l'incontro con Papis e con Usman, suoi compagni nel bene e nel male. Il lavoro da schiavo in un campo dell'Algeria. La paura di essere catturato dai trafficanti in Libia. Il pericolo del mare, la traversata su un barcone.

Freakishly smart. That’s the unwelcome box Ru Evans is put into for life. After all, she taught herself Euclidean geometry at age seven, has an eidetic memory, and is about to enter college at thirteen years old. Boarding at a house near campus 150 miles from home, Ru meets seventeen-year-old Gabriel, an outsider himself who, like Ru, has trouble making friends—until they form a fast sibling-like bond. Finding a relatable someone in the world to talk to is a first for both of them.

What I wanted more than anything was to be standing beside Schmidt, in concert with Schmidt, at the foot of Saint Sebastian’s Abyss along with Schmidt, hands cupped to the sides of our faces, debating art, transcendence, and the glory of the apocalypse.” Former best friends who built their careers writing about a single work of art meet after a decades-long falling-out. One of them, called to the other’s deathbed for unknown reasons by a “relatively short” nine-page email, spends his flight to Berlin reflecting on Dutch Renaissance painter Count Hugo Beckenbauer.

Nach dem Urlaub, so ist der Plan, wird Linn ein perfekt gereifter Embryo eingesetzt und sie wird sein, was sie sich schon lange wünscht: schwanger. In den schicken Bungalow am Strand hat der Jugendfreund ihres Partners Matze sie beide eingeladen, Felix, ein wohlhabender Selfmademan. Während Matze und Felix sich mit Crémant betrinken, angeln gehen und versuchen, die Statusunterschiede zwischen ihnen zu verdrängen, entwickelt sich zwischen Linn und Felix’ Frau Eva aus Neid und Widerwillen eine Faszination, die die beiden einander näherbringt.

Hamburg, 1962: Fotografie ist Abbys Leben, das Motiv ihrer Bilder: vier junge Männer aus Liverpool. Die Beatles warten immer noch auf ihren Durchbruch und bitten Abby, sie nach England zu begleiten. Abby stürzt sich in die Arbeit, denn noch immer schmerzt sie der tragische Verlust ihrer großen Liebe Stuart tief. Bei ihrer Mitbewohnerin Sofia findet sie Halt. Doch auch diese braucht Hilfe, denn ihr Freund Lukas, der ihr zur Flucht verholfen hat, ist noch immer in Ostberlin.

Sophie und Lotte kennen sich seit Kindertagen, sie stammen aus derselben Bauerschaft im Süthland. Erst in der Oberstufe stößt Romy dazu: Sie kommt aus der Stadt und ist freier und mutiger – aber auch unzuverlässiger. Die neue Dreierkonstellation ist getragen von gegenseitiger Faszination, die bald Gefahr läuft zu kippen. Beim Versuch, in ihren frühen Zwanzigern ihre Freundschaft nach Köln zu transportieren, hadern die jungen Frauen.

Forty-somethings Fred and Nel embark on an Arctic cruise with a pair of long-time university friends. What they haven’t counted on is the presence of a further journalist friend Heather, and her nemesis, a climate change-denying American oilman called Marvin Ridley. With a potential superpower conflict over oil also now brewing in the background, Fred and Nel discover that this is a journey to the end of the earth in more ways than one.

Für Marina Hansen ist ihre Sylter Heimat das Paradies auf Erden. Doch nach dem Unfalltod ihres Mannes verliert ihre Welt mit einem Schlag alle Farbe. Nur ihr Familienzusammenhalt, die Liebe zu ihrer Tochter Lisa und das turbulente Treiben in ihrem Restaurant "Sölbloom" geben ihr Halt. Und dann ist da noch Oliver, der beste Freund ihres verstorbenen Mannes und Lisas Patenonkel, der ihr steter Anker ist. An seiner Seite gelingt es ihr sogar, kostbare Momente der Leichtigkeit zurück in ihr Herz zu lassen. Und plötzlich ist da diese besondere Anziehung, die alles verändert.

Two novels by the award-winning Canadian writer Carol Shields, dramatised for BBC Radio Carol Shields was one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary authors. Often compared to Jane Austen, her deft, witty and compassionate works depicting the everyday lives of ordinary people won her numerous...

Sarah-Jane Crosse, SJ to her friends, is desperate to avoid going to her parents’ ruby wedding anniversary party. She’s terrified of introducing her husband, Tom, to her estranged sister, Alison, because the sisters have history. Alison covets everything that belongs to SJ. With her anxiety spiralling, SJ knows she often has one or two glasses of wine too many and after a disastrously drunken night she reaches out for help. However, help does not begin at home. Tom is not supportive.

A rediscovered "masterpiece" (Kirkus) of Black American literature first published in 1950, about an unlikely friendship in a West Virginia town After several years of seclusion in the Black quarter of Beetlecreek, West Virginia, in the precarious 1930s, a retired carnival worker named Bill...

Eine angepasste Bürokarriere, eine zuvorkommende Frau, richtig gutes Essen – Nitani weiß, worauf es im Leben ankommen sollte. In der starr reglementierten Welt des Büros kommen sich die beiden näher. Humorvoll und klug stellt Junko Takase die Frage, warum wir im Leben manchmal falsch abbiegen, und zeigt anhand einer Bürogemeinschaft die Absurditäten des modernen Zusammenlebens auf.

"Royal Spin is a hugely entertaining and engaging read that grabbed me and didn’t let go. This workplace drama inside Buckingham Palace, with intrigue, gossip, and a soupçon of romance makes for a fun, page-turner of a book!” —Jasmine Guillory The much-anticipated novel from preeminent...

Five mudlarkers. One community. Countless unexpected discoveries! 'I was so heavily invested, I was distraught when it came to an end!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The day Adam leaves her, Gemma takes her heightened emotions, her now-ex-mother-in-law’s hot pink wellies, and a pair of yellow...

Can a bookshop bring two hearts together? 'The perfect holiday read, romantic and so fun' Reader Review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beth loves everything about living in Venice. The meandering canals and the cobbled streets have captured her heart, so when she loses her job and fears she’ll have to return...

Maggie thinks she’s finally found the love of her life. Theo is charming, passionate, and crazy about her. So when Theo mysteriously disappears, Maggie certainly doesn’t expect that he’s gone for good—let alone stolen her life savings, heart, and self-esteem. Now she’s living in a caravan in a muddy field in the middle of nowhere, left to pick up the pieces. When junior reporter Flick catches wind of the story, she decides that exposing the romance fraudster may be just the career break she needs.

Sometimes life doesn't take you in the direction you expect. Colleen Bradley is married with a teenage son, a modest business repurposing and reselling antiques, and longtime fear that she was not her husband's first choice. When she decides to take a road trip down the east coast to check out antique auctions for her business, she also has a secret ulterior motive. Her one-woman mission for peace of mind is thrown slightly off course when 16-year-old Tamara becomes her co-pilot.

After years of watching her best friends, Ben and Claire, try for a baby, Romily has offered to give them the one thing that they want most. Romily expects it will be easy to be a surrogate. She's already a single mother, and she has no desire for any more children. But Romily isn't prepared for the overwhelming feelings that have taken hold of her and which threaten to ruin her friendship with Ben and Claire - and even destroy their marriage.