Casa editrice: Arachne Press
London 1988: Agata grew up in post-war Prague and believes that her mother was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. But not everyone died. Agata's search for her 'lost' family, set against the background of revolutions in Eastern Europe, threatens to tear apart not only the family she already has, but her own identity.
She's always done what was expected of her. Until . . . When thirty-year-old Seattle-based Indian housewife Mira Sood is blindsided by her husband's extramarital affair, her three-year arranged marriage is shattered. Humiliated, heartbroken, near-broke, and facing the united dissension of her orthodox family, Mira is desperate to rebuild her life. She moves in with her rebel cousin, searches for any job that will take her, and impulsively signs up for a half-marathon race. There's just one problem—Mira's experience with running starts and ends with running to catch the bus. With herself as her biggest critic and doubter, Mira commits to the race and is assisted by entrepreneur Andy Fitzgerald, a handsome, elite marathoner who helps her create a training schedule and personal goals. When the lines of friendship begin to blur, Mira realizes she's facing an even bigger challenge. Can Mira embrace her stronger, more independent self—risking another heartbreak and disappointing her family—or will she once again play it too safe and let the possibility of happiness slip away? Contains mature themes.Mostra libro
Arrogant, conceited, cold, vain… those are some words used to describe Trevor Radley, owner of the most famous Gentlemen's Club in London. The power money gave him made him forget his humble roots, transforming him an apathetic, unpleasant man. But fate will make him remember who he really is. After discovering the cause of his biggest problem since he opened the club, Trevor becomes obsessed trying to keep her the furthest away as possible from the club. To that end, he develops a plan, so perfect he doesn't doubt for a second that he'll achieve his goal. However, what he doesn't know is that once he sits beside the person who can destroy him forever, everything he had planned will disappear in an instant. Why is he unable to keep everything according to the plan? Why is it impossible to let her go? Perhaps because deep inside he wants to know who Valeria Glesier is, and find out why he cannot stop thinking about anything but how to keep her safe…Mostra libro
It was George Orwell's early writing that helped shape his worldview and writing style. Here we focus on his works "The Spike" and "A Hanging," and his time as a police officer in Burma. Orwell's first published work was an essay titled "The Spike," which appeared in 1931. The essay is a vivid and harrowing account of his time spent in a homeless shelter in London. Orwell, who was struggling financially at the time, chose to experience a homeless shelter firsthand, and his account is an indictment of the dehumanizing conditions he encountered. In "The Spike," Orwell describes the brutal reality of life in the shelter, where men were treated like animals and forced to endure hunger, cold, and violence. "Shooting An Elephant" is too tragically eye-opening.This would later inform his political views and writing, particularly his belief in the importance of social justice and his struggle against oppression. In his essay "How the Poor Die," Orwell describes his observations of the poor and their struggle with illness and death. He portrays a society where the poor are neglected and left to suffer in silence and without dignity. This essay is another example of Orwell's commitment to social justice and his belief in the importance of empathy and compassion. In 1931, Orwell joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, where he served for five years. There he witnessed the brutal realities of colonialism and oppression. In his essay A Hanging," (1931), Orwell recounts the experience of attending the execution of a prisoner. Orwell describes the prisoner's final moments with empathy and his account of the execution is a moving critique of the dehumanizing effects of state-sanctioned violence.Orwell's experiences with poverty oppression and violence informed his later political and social beliefsAs read by Emmy-nominated actor Geoffrey Giuliano. With a full biography of Orwell and selected quotations.Mostra libro
Bram Stoker's Dracula is a classic Gothic tale that has mesmerized audiences for over a century. The bloodthirsty Count from Transylvania has become a household name, but what of Dracula's Guest? This short story believed to follow Jonathan Harker on his journey to Transylvania, was unpublished until after Stoker's death. In it, Harker falls victim to the terrors of Walpurgis Nacht while stopping in Munich, a haunting experience that foreshadows the horrors to come. Dracula's Guest is the missing chapter that Stoker intended as the opening of his masterpiece. Collected by his widow Florence, this long-lost gem is sure to enchant and captivate all fans of Stoker's eerie tales of danger lurking in the shadows.Mostra libro
For Kris Kringle, Christmas is a curse. His family owns and operates a Christmas tree farm and Santa's workshop experience, but despite his name, Kris is anything but jolly about the holidays. He would much rather spend his time making ships in bottles or researching sea monsters for the nautical mythology course he teaches, sea monsters like the mighty kraken. Levi Shoal moved to Lifeboat, Maine, to escape the pressures of his family. He didn't plan to befriend a slightly grumpy, flannel-wearing human—who doesn't know Levi is a kraken or that they live in an oceanic ley line haven town surrounded by sea monsters. Now Levi is stuck keeping secrets he shouldn't have to from the man he's falling head over tentacles for. When Lifeboat's ley line magic is threatened and the town is attacked, Levi and Kris must work together to keep the town safe. But can their relationship withstand the threat and the secrets that must be revealed to fix the ley line magic? Kringle and the Kraken is a standalone holiday novel that features a kraken who is finally ready to embrace his destiny, a human who learns he has a thing for tentacles, a lot of holiday hijinks, and a sprinkle of suspense.Mostra libro
In the discovery of a fossilized tree stump deep off the coast of Bermuda, Angela Barry finds a potent metaphor of long-term climate change against which to measure the alarms, resentments and hopes of future possibilities expressed by her characters as they respond to Bermuda's emergence from colonial status. Modernity brings challenges to the old racial, cultural and religious hierarchies that have dominated the island. Told through a group of characters brought together in shared responsibility for Genesis, a young Black adolescent on the verge of incarceration as a juvenile offender, and by Genesis herself, Barry explores a clashing of subcultures, each with the sense that their Bermuda is the one that possesses the island's virtues. There is Nina, from the respectable Black middle-class, with her own prickly uncertainties and moral hang-ups; Lizzie, fighting for her own space in a Portuguese family railing against changing times; Tess, battling with guilt over her white privilege and her reluctance to lose its benefits; and Hugh, a young Welshman who has come to the island to find himself. Above all, in the character of Genesis, Barry creates a dynamic and winning portrayal of the energies, hopes, conscience and vulnerabilities of youth. Beyond the human world with all its divisions, there are the little-known islands of Bermuda, for whose stunning beauties and sometimes urban ugliness Barry has a vividly descriptive eye.Mostra libro
