Resultados Editorial "audible studios" en Coming of age

Fetishist of working women Arthur Munby, irascible antiquary General Pitt Rivers, feminist Barbara Bodichon, and other historical figures of the Victorian epoch wander through the backdrop of the novel as Anna's anomalous love for Lore Ritter, and her friendship with freethinking and ambitious Miriam Sala, carry her into areas of uncharted desire, while Beatrice, forced to choose between her beloved Will Anwyl and the evangelist Christian Ritter, who marked her out as a wife when she was only a child, is pulled between passion and duty.

Set in Queens and Manhattan in the aughts, the book is narrated by Ty, a half-Jewish, half-Catholic 20-something who works for a business consulting firm on Wall Street. He’s in love with Jenny, a fledgling writer from his Queens neighborhood, but she finds ways to keep her distance. He’s also smitten with his co-worker, Krista Kaplan, but she’s his supervisor and skeptical of Ty because of his relationship with Jenny. His mother has recently died, and his father spends most of his time watching movies from the Rocky and Superman franchises....

It’s October in Montreal, 2002, and winter is coming on fast. Past due on his first freelance gig and ensnared in lies to his family and friends, a graphic design student with a gambling addiction goes after the first job that promises a paycheck: dishwasher at the sophisticated La Trattoria. Though he feels out of place in the posh dining room, warned by the manager not to enter through the front and coolly assessed by the waitstaff in their tailored shirts, nothing could have prepared him for the tension and noise of the kitchen, or the dishpit’s clamor and steam.

"Tirar mattina" racconta di Aldino che all'alba dei suoi trentatré anni ha deciso di mettere la testa a posto trovando finalmente un lavoro, proprio lui che finora si è arrabattato in mille modi, il più delle volte discutibili, riuscendo a scampare la vita da operaio come suo padre. Ma prima di cominciare la sua nuova vita da uomo adulto e responsabile, vuole festeggiare e decide di farsi un ultimo bicchiere e poi a nanna, o meglio a slòffen.

"Trust only those who earn it." A sentiment I follow without direction but holds more consequence than ever before. One decision, five lives, three futures. This is what's at stake. One night, one choice, four broken Brayshaws. That is where we're headed. Unless I stop it. I have to stop it. I have to remind him of what he's chosen to forget. My town. My choice. My ending.

Biddy Weir is a quirky girl. Abandoned by her mother as a baby, and with a father who's not quite equipped for the challenges of modern parenting, Biddy lives in her own little world, happy to pass her time painting by the sea and watching the birds go by. That is, until she meets Alison Flemming. Because there are a few things about Biddy that aren't normal, you see. And Alison isn't afraid to point them out to the world. All of a sudden, Biddy's quiet life is thrown into turmoil. If only there was someone to convince her that, actually, everyone's a little bit weird....

As the long, mysterious life of a family matriarch begins to wind down, will she take her secrets with her? Or will her past adventures lead to new ones for the next generation? From a bustling Australian city to the beauty and promise of Granada and a captivating culture, one young woman may dare to find out....

1952. Louisa Gilchrist flees her turbulent life in England and arrives in Argentina. When the country’s most influential tango composer chooses Louisa as his muse, she’s hypnotized by high society soirees, powerful friends, and a luxurious existence. But Louisa’s world is shattered when betrayal leads to murder. Present day. Journalist Dani McKenna’s damaged career has a chance of being resurrected if she can secure an interview with reclusive tango dancer Carlos Escudero.

1945. When Katarina Sanchez is drawn into the world of flamenco, she’s forced to make a decision - comply with her affluent family’s rigid lifestyle or live a life of poverty but enjoy freedom and self-expression. Although Spain is crippled under a dictatorship, Katarina finds love. However, the tragedy of war brings heartbreak. Present day. Charlotte Kavanagh will do anything to fulfill the wishes of her ailing grandmother, even if it means travelling to Spain to uncover the truth behind a mysterious painting.

American soldiers and native Kachin troops battle Japanese forces behind enemy lines in the Burmese jungles. But during the brutal campaign to gain territory in the unforgiving tropical landscape, Captain Reynolds and his band of special operations soldiers and guerrilla fighters struggle to find self-awareness, and even love, in the midst of the trials of combat.

When May’s mother dies suddenly, she and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. However, their loss leaves them both searching for their place in a world that doesn’t seem to want them. While Billy takes his own destructive path, May sets out to find her father and her Aboriginal identity. Her journey leads her from the Australian east coast to the far north, but it is the people she meets, not the destinations, that teach her what it is to belong.

Un jeune guitariste passionné d'instruments, qui travaille occasionnellement chez un vendeur réputé, est chargé de livrer une guitare ancienne chez un excentrique collectionneur anglais. Là, dans un manoir sur les rives du Loch Ness, il accepte une incroyable mission : retrouver le prototype d'une guitare mythique, mystérieuse et maudite, la Moderne. Si toutefois elle a véritablement existé... Cinq années de documentation et une érudition époustouflante transformées en un roman aux allures vintage lorgnant du côté du "Fantôme de l'Opéra", mais aussi en une incroyable rêverie, au rythme des road trips américains.

Il était une fois une famille heureuse et unie. Des jumelles de six ans qui se ressemblaient comme deux gouttes d'eau. Des enfants fusionnelles qui grandissaient ensemble et s'adoraient. Jusqu'à un soir de feu d'artifice où l'une d'elles se volatilise brutalement. Il était une fois deux fillettes inséparables. Jusqu'à ce qu'il n'en reste plus qu'une. Il était une fois une histoire qui n'a rien d'un conte de fées. "Avec elle", de Solène Bakowski, et "Sans elle", d'Amélie Antoine, deux romans pour un projet commun.

Libby Garrett is addicted to Owen Jackson's hot lovin'. But the sexy, popular college basketball player doesn't appreciate all of Libby's awesomeness. He refuses to be exclusive or even admit to people that they're dating. The relationship is ruining Libby and she's the only one who can't see it. When Libby's behavior spirals completely out of control, her best friend Avery Shaw and the rest of the Science Squad stage an intervention hoping to cure Libby of her harmful Owen addiction.

A sensitive boy growing up in a bad neighborhood, Harry Riddle doesn’t fit in with the kids who hold up gas stations, steal purses, and drop safes on policemen. He prefers to contemplate the American dream and his father’s advice for achieving it: “Get rich, boy. Then sleep till noon and screw ’em all.” But when Harry gets his first job as a cafeteria busboy, a customer warns him that money leads to corruption. The idea disturbs him so much that he accidentally sticks his hand into a meat grinder.

1943: il quattordicenne Giovanni fissa sull'album da disegno gli ultimi giorni del fascismo, il bombardamento di Roma del 19 luglio, la deportazione degli ebrei il 16 ottobre. 1963: Andrea, tredici anni, attraversa col padre, su un Maggiolino decappottabile, l'Italia del boom. 1980: l'undicenne Luca registra sulle cassette del suo mangianastri l'anno terribile del terremoto in Irpinia, del terrorismo, dell'assassinio di John Lennon. 2025: l'adolescente Nina vuole costruire la sua vita preservando le esperienze uniche e irripetibili di coloro che l'hanno preceduta.

La Panzanella - ovvero Carlotta Cordelli, discendenza fieramente partenopea, un corpo in trasformazione, un magma di pensieri onirico e torrenziale - si vede brutta e sgraziata ma, implacabile, si muove a tentoni verso "bellezza e amore". Lo fa quando si mette in minigonna per farsi abbordare, lo fa quando si aggira per piazza Navona ostentando l'aria da giovane intellettuale, lo fa quando nerovestita si sente una anarchica.

Dove eravate tutti. Dov'erano i padri, soprattutto. Dentro il declino civile di un paese, così risuona l'essere giovani contro l'età adulta, contro l'assenza, contro il silenzio. Italo Tramontana archivia la memoria degli ultimi vent'anni, quelli familiari e quelli pubblici, come se la sequenza delle prime pagine dei giornali dispiegasse l'evidenza della sua storia, con la caduta di Bettino Craxi, l'interminabile Seconda repubblica, l'attentato alle Torri Gemelle e l'elezione di Barack Obama.

Luca attende la maggiore età andando malvolentieri a scuola, è iscritto all'alberghiero perché vuole un futuro lontano dal padre operaio che sta perdendo la battaglia in difesa dell'occupazione. Meglio preparare cocktail acrobatici in località di vacanza che avvilirsi nel paese in cui è nato, che offre poco o nulla, sia a lui che alla sorella Elena, laureata in computer grafica. Le sue piroette non si limitano allo shaker, ama il parkour e si allena nei giardini pubblici insieme agli amici. È una pratica che gli dona felicità, seppure momentanea.

"Mangereta" è il soprannome dato al piccolo Berto dalla nonna friulana, vuol dire "mangia sempre, affamato", perché Berto ha appunto una fame irrefrenabile, non solo di cibo, ma di gioco, di fantasia, di risate: gli servono per far fronte alla durezza della guerra, sul cui sfondo trascorre la sua infanzia. Di Mangereta - alter ego dell'autore Adalberto Maria Merli - e della sua famiglia, seguiamo infatti le vicissitudini che dalla seconda guerra mondiale ci portano fino al periodo della ricostruzione, dal 1943 al 1952.