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Nowhere Like Home: A Novel
by Sara Shepard"Twisted friendships, toxic pasts and tangled motives—this is Sara Shepard doing what she does best!"—Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author#1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars Sara Shepard's next adult novel follows a group of mothers living in a mysterious &“mommune,&” each of whom is running from somethingWhen Lenna gets a call from her old friend Rhiannon, she is startled; Rhiannon disappeared years ago without a trace. But Lenna is even more startled to learn that Rhiannon has a son and that she lives off the grid with a group of women in a community called Halcyon. Rhiannon invites Lenna, a new mother herself, to join them. Why suffer the sleepless nights by yourself? It takes a village, after all.Lenna decides to go and hopefully repair her relationship with Rhiannon, but as she drives into the desert and her cell service gets weaker, she becomes suspicious. Who are these women and why did Rhiannon invite her here? And that is before she learns about the community's rules (no outside phone calls, no questions about people&’s pasts) and the padlock on the gate that leads out to the main road. But Lenna has other concerns, secrets from her past she is terrified will come out. When a newcomer arrives in the community, Lenna&’s worst fears are confirmed—she was brought here for a reason.Nowhere Like Home tackles themes of complicated friendships and trauma but all with Sara Shepard&’s expert twists that you don&’t see coming.
Nowhere on Earth
by Nick Lake'Action and excitement and deep emotion. Gorgeous.' Cecelia AhernIt starts with a plane crash. There are survivors: a teenage girl and her little brother. They are running from something. But what?Then the men arrive. They are hunting the girl and boy. And-And that's all we can tell you ...A thrilling story of survival, hope and a love beyond all understanding, from the award-winning author of Satellite.
Nowhere to Call Home
by Cynthia C. DefeliceUnable to cope with the financial ruin caused by the Great Depression, Frances's father has taken his own life. Sad and bewildered, Frances cashes in the railroad ticket that would have carried her to her aunt's home, trades in her dress for trousers and a cap, and hits the rails as a hobo called Frankie Blue. With Stewpot, another young hobo, as her guide, Frankie learns to sneak on and off trains, find food, and protect herself. Then Stewpot gets sick, and Frankie realizes that the reality of life on the rails is far different from her romantic notions.
Nowhere to Go
by Casey WatsonFoster carer Casey Watson shares the shocking true story of Tyler, an abused eleven-year-old who, after stabbing his step-mother, had nowhere else to go.
Nubby
by Dan RichardsA beloved but overworked toy strikes out on his own to find glory—only to find that the best rewards were at home all along in this sweet and funny picture book that is perfect for fans of Toy Story and Knuffle Bunny.Nubby the stuffed rabbit is his owner&’s favorite toy, but you wouldn&’t know it from the way he&’s treated. He&’s been dropped, dragged, and even used as a nose wipe. He decides to strike out for a fresh start, and his adventure takes him across the realm—or at least around the cul-de-sac—in search of treasure, fame, and glory. But these rewards aren't as sweet as Nubby hoped they'd be. What's missing? As Nubby travels through the neighborhood, his owner's family begins to search for him. Nubby's journey might not have taken him far, but it does teach him one thing: no amount of glory could replace the love of his owner.
Nuclear Family: A Tragicomic Novel in Letters
by Susanna FogelFrom filmmaker and New Yorker contributor Susanna Fogel comes a comedic novel about a fractured family of New England Jews and their discontents, over the course of three decades. Told entirely in letters to a heroine we never meet, we get to know the Fellers through their check-ins with Julie: their thank-you notes, letters of condolence, family gossip, and good old-fashioned familial passive-aggression. Together, their missives – some sardonic, others absurd, others heartbreaking – weave a tapestry of a very modern family trying (and often failing) to show one another they care.The titular “Nuclear Family” includes, among many others:A narcissistic former-child-prodigy father who has taken up haiku writing in his old age and his new wife, a traditional Chinese woman whose attempts to help her stepdaughter find a man include FedExing her silk gowns from Filene’s Basement. Their six-year-old son, Stuart, whose favorite condiment is truffle oil and who wears suits to bed. Julie’s mother, a psychologist who never remarried but may be in love with her arrogant Rabbi and overshares about everything, including the threesome she had with Dutch grad students in 1972.
Nuestras Intenciones
by Felipe CorvoQuién en su juventud no cedió ante un gran amor? Si usted, de alguna forma, pudiese volver en el tiempo, qué haría para preservar ese amor? En el cuento “Nuestras Intenciones”; se narra la historia de Linda, una muchacha llena de vida como tantas otras en el mundo, pero que debido a algunos problemas familiares que atravesó, acabó recorriendo un camino que condenó para siempre su joven corazón. Queda aquí la máxima del cuento: “Si las decisiones amorosas desgastadas no son comunicadas en los clamores de nuestro interior, a veces, todo lo que se construye de allí en adelante, incluso a duras penas, se disolverá en montes de cenizas, en cúmulos de neblinas melancólicas, en hollines nostálgicos de laberintos ciegos y sin retorno.
Nuestro techo es azul
by Sara E. EcheniqueThis heartfelt story of resilience follows two siblings as they work to recover and rebuild after Hurricane Maria destroys their home in Puerto Rico.Esta emotiva historia de resiliencia sigue a dos hermanos en su proceso de recuperación luego de que el huracán Maria destruyera su casa en Puerto Rico.Before an intense hurricane hits their home in Puerto Rico, Antonio told his sister vibrant stories each night. During the storm, they huddled with their parents in a closet and hear the storm blow the roof right off their home. After the storm, their family uses a temporary blue tarp for a roof, and Antonio stops speaking. Gradually the siblings imagine their blue roof playfully—as the ocean above them or a parachute helping them fall from the sky. As the narrator helps her little brother feel safe once more--and after the family and community build a new roof--the little boy begins to speak again.Antes de que un fuerte huracán dañara su casa en Puerto Rico, todas las noches Antonio contaba a su hermana animadas historias. Durante la tormenta, se acurrucaron con sus padres en un clóset desde donde escucharon como la tormenta hizo volar el techo de su hogar. Luego de la tormenta, la familia utiliza un toldo azul provisorio como techo, y Antonio deja de hablar. Poco a poco, los hermanos comienzan a pensar en su techo azul de maneras divertidas: imaginan que es el océano sobre sus cabezas o un paracaídas para lanzarse desde el cielo. A medida que la narradora ayuda al hermanito a recuperar su seguridad —y luego de que la familia y la comunidad construyen un nuevo techo— el pequeñito comienza a hablar otra vez.
NUEVA GUIA DE LACTANCIA MATERNA
by Joan Younger Meek Sherill Tippins M. Rosario Gonzalez-De-RivasThis indispensible guide provides everything new mothers need to know, from preparing for the first feeding to adjusting to home, family, and work life as a nursing mother.Topics include Preparing for breastfeeding before your baby is born Benefits to breastfeeding including the most recent neurological, psychological, and immunological research Father's role and creating a postpartum support network Establishing a nursing routine and returning to work Breastfeeding beyond infancy Solutions to common challenges Weaning your baby Handling special situations, from C-sections to premature births And much more
La nueva vida de Valdi Bonetti
by Mori PonsowyUn personaje excepcional, Valdi Bonetti. Un hombre más grande que la vida. «Es un emperador exiliado y olvidado. No pertenece a ningún lugar, se siente extraño entre la gente. Su época de gloria parece tan lejana que es como si no le perteneciera. [...] Mi nombre ya no dice nada. Soy un minotauro al que le pesa la cabeza de toro.» Valdi es un hombre multifacético. Histriónico, seductor y carismático, empieza a trabajar siendo muy joven, en la Caracas de los años 90, en una agencia de publicidad. Brilla con luz propia y quienes lo rodean caen bajo el influjo de su encanto. De redactor pasa a director creativo y después empieza a actuar en teatro hasta volverse tan famoso que se permite modificar los textos de la obra porque sabe que los espectadores van a verlo a él, a Valdi Bonetti. Mientras tanto, su vida amorosa y social es un desorden permanente: cambia de amantes, tiene un hijo del cual se ocupa poco, descuida a sus padres. Su guía, mentor y amigo, un italiano llamado Catello, con quien convive durante tres años, es un inventor genial con una obsesión: construir una máquina que no deje de moverse nunca, el perpetuum mobili. Un mecanismo que pueda alimentarse de su propio movimiento, como Valdi, que vive cada día con la pretensión de crear sin detenerse jamás. La nueva novela de Mori Ponsowy nos ofrece una historia, potente y profunda, sobre un hombre más grande que la vida, así como un apasionante relato sobre lo fugacidad de la dicha, la plenitud, el amor entre las personas y la muerte inevitable. La crítica dijo... Sobre Okasan: «Okasan es un libro precioso que habla sobre el misterio que son los hijos. Uno de los libros más verdaderos, más sabios y más sinceros que he leído.»Pedro Mairal «Un viaje a la belleza de un país lejano y a la belleza de nuestros lazos; tan misteriosos como los territorios desconocidos.»Inés Garland «Mori Ponsowy insiste en merodear la intimidad a través de una bella escritura. Explora la fragilidad humana de una madre-niña como si ella misma fuera una escritora oriental.»Silvina Friera, Página/12 «Mori Ponsowy es una poeta exquisita. Y esta crónica confirma que ha logrado llevar la poesía a otra dimensión formal. Con Ok?san no solo viajé a Japón: viajé, principalmente, al abismo personal, melancólico y bello de una madre que mira a su hijo.»Josefina Licitra Sobre Abundancia: «Llena de escenas memorables, escrita con una prosa impecable, se luce aquello que uno le pide a una gran novela: la composición de personajes entrañables por sus claroscuros, a los que se accede a través del armado literario de sus conciencias.»Claudia Piñeiro «Mori Ponsowy ha sabido escribir una novela chispeante y explosiva narrada como quien enciende un reguero de petardos, con media docena de escenas patéticas, audaces, nunca sórdidas, siempre memorables.»Juan Sasturain
Nuevas familias: Cómo la ciencia nos cumple el deseo de ser padres
by Dr. R. Sergio Pasqualini Dr. R. Agustín PasqualiniLos doctores Sergio y Agustin Pasqualini, referentes de reconocimiento internacional en Medicina Reproductiva, junto a un equipo interdisciplinario, presentan historias en las que diferentes personas dan cuenta del camino y las decisiones que tomaron a medida que avanzaban en las distintas maneras de concebir un hijo. Durante muchos años consideramos que una familia estaba conformada por una mamá, un papá e hijos. Pero ese modelo ya no es el único. A lo largo de los años, los avances de la ciencia permitieron a diferentes personas concretar su deseo de tener un hijo: mujeres solas, hombres solos, parejas de varones, parejas de mujeres, parejas con problemas de fertilidad, mujeres que ya dejaron de ovular por edad o por una enfermedad preexistente y cualquier persona con alguna dificultad para concebir. También se abrieron puertas que generan debates, como la gestación por sustitución o la adopción de embriones. Los doctores Sergio y Agustin Pasqualini, referentes de reconocimiento internacional en Medicina Reproductiva, junto al equipo interdisciplinario de Halitus Instituto Médico, presentan historias en las que diferentes personas dan cuenta del camino y las decisiones que tomaron a medida que avanzaban en las distintas maneras de concebir un hijo. "Porque en verdad -dicen los autores- este libro se trata de un deseo. Uno solo. Y vital. Es lo que nosotros llamamos deseo procreacional, que es la base, el primer paso, el primer ladrillo, el indispensable para ser mamás y/o ser papás".
Nueve meses sin censura: El embarazo en la mujer actual
by Gisela MarziottaDesde la experiencia personal y con información útil y práctica paracada trimestre de gestación, Marziotta cuenta la verdad sobre elembarazo. Un libro en el que la mujer real de hoy puede sentirseidentificada al fin y verificar que no está tan sola y que hasta puededisfrutar de su nuevo estado. Qué lejos quedaron las mujeres que transitaban la dulce espera en suscasas tejiendo el ajuar de su bebé. La mujer actual trabaja hasta que elcuerpo se lo permite y hasta miente la fecha de parto para no quitarledías a su acotada licencia por maternidad. Mientras la panza le crece ylas hormonas la enloquecen, chequea en Internet cada síntoma, se anotaen yoga, esferodinamia, eutonía, hace casting de obstetras, el médico lareta si engorda, continúa con su vida social, se hace ecografías 4D,intenta no descuidar a su marido -si es que lo tiene-, sigue semana asemana el crecimiento de su bebé con decenas de libros como si todos losembarazos fueran iguales, hace el curso preparto, pide el asiento en eltransporte público, aguanta los baches de las calles, esquiva lasopiniones de todo el mundo, discute sobre qué tipo de parto quiere. Todomientras el sueño, el hambre, el llanto y la risa se apoderan de ella.Así se prepara para el gran día.
NUEVE MESES SIN CENSURA (EBOOK)
by Maria G. MarziottaQué lejos quedaron las mujeres que transitaban la dulce espera en sus casas tejiendo el ajuar de su bebé. La mujer actual trabaja hasta que el cuerpo se lo permite y hasta miente la fecha de parto para no quitarle días a su acotada licencia por maternidad. Mientras la panza le crece y las hormonas la enloquecen, chequea en Internet cada síntoma, se anota en yoga, esferodinamia, eutonía, hace casting de obstetras, el médico la reta si engorda, continúa con su vida social, se hace ecografías 4D, intenta no descuidar a su marido -si es que lo tiene-, sigue semana a semana el crecimiento de su bebé con decenas de libros como si todos los embarazos fueran iguales, hace el curso pre-parto, pide el asiento en el transporte público, aguanta los baches de las calles, esquiva las opiniones de todo el mundo, discute sobre qué tipo de parto quiere. Todo mientras el sueño, el hambre, el llanto y la risa se apoderan de ella. Así se prepara para el gran día. Agotador! Gisela Marziotta cuenta, desde la experiencia personal y con información útil y práctica para cada trimestre de gestación, la verdad sobre el embarazo. Nueve meses sin censura es un libro en el que la mujer real de hoy puede sentirse identificada al fin y verificar que no está tan sola y que hasta puede disfrutar de su nuevo estado.
El nuevo hogar de Tía Fortuna: Una historia judía-cubana
by Ruth BeharUna conmovedora oda multicultural a la familia y a lo que significa crear un hogar cuando una niña ayuda a su tía a mudarse de su querido apartamento en Miami. Cuando Fortuna, la tía de Estrella, tiene que despedirse de su antiguo edificio de apartamentos en Miami, The Seaway, para mudarse a una comunidad de vida asistida, Estrella pasa todo el día con ella. Su tía le explica el significado de sus posesiones más importantes, tanto de su cultura cubana como judía, mientras ambas se despiden y exploran un nuevo comienzo para la tía. Un conmovedor libro sobre la tradición, la cultura y la unión familiar, El nuevo hogar de Tía Fortuna explora la herencia cubana y judía sefardí de Estrella y su tía. A través del viaje de su tía, Estrella aprenderá que mientras tengas a tu familia, el hogar se lleva en el corazón. When Estrella's Tía Fortuna has to say goodbye to her longtime Miami apartment building, The Seaway, to move to an assisted living community, Estrella spends the day with her. Tía explains the significance of her most important possessions from both her Cuban and Jewish culture, as they learn to say goodbye together and explore a new beginning for Tía.A lyrical book about tradition, culture, and togetherness, Tia Fortuna's New Home explores Tía and Estrella's Sephardic Jewish and Cuban heritage. Through Tía's journey, Estrella will learn that as long as you have your family, home is truly where the heart is.
Los nuevos padres: Un libro para comprender y acompañar a los padres en el crecimiento y educación
by Alejandra LibensonCriar hijos es un tránsito permanente entre la pasión y la calma. Este libro aspira a servir de acompañamiento para aligerar esos trayectos y hacer posible su disfrute. Hay tantas maneras de criar, como padres e hijos hay. Por eso las recetas no sirven. Las fórmulas impiden que se manifieste lo más profundo y personal de cada uno. Bienvenidas las dudas, bienvenidas las preguntas. Bienvenida la responsabilidad de conocerse cada uno para poder conocer al hijo. Para acompañarlo y ejercer una crianza con sentido, desde el amor, el respetoy el deseo de que encuentre su propio camino y descubra quién quiere ser y quién puede ser.
Nugrl90 (Sadie)
by Cheryl DellasegaSadie, a.k.a. nugrl90, finds out that her parents are really, truly getting divorced, but now her family is moving! She has to start the school year as the new girl. So Sadie creates a blog to sort out every new W3TP (What's Wrong With This Picture?) in her life.
Null Set
by Ted MathysNull Set collects the slightly obsessive possibilities that rise when we give them the space--odd jobs, trouble-making, and farm boy rambling, all in dialogue with mathematics, or William Faulkner, or other poets.From "Hypotenuse":HYPOTENUSEI write three, erase it, blow rubbershavings from the desk. Write its notation,erase it, blow shavings. Then three 3serased, shavings blown, persistfor the nonce, three of nothing, nowhereattending to discrete objects for counting,themselves objects at any rate. To kiss,sleep, and focus we know to closeour eyes, imagine. I do, see nothing.
Number 11: A novel
by Jonathan CoeThe long-awaited sequel to The Winshaw Legacy, the novel that introduced American readers to one of Britain's most exciting new writers--an acerbic, hilariously dark, and unflinching portrait of modern society. The novel opens in the early aughts: two ten-year-olds, Alison and Rachel, have a frightening encounter with the "Mad Bird Woman" who lives down the road. As the narrative progresses through time, the novel envelops others who are connected to the girls: Alison's mother, a has-been singer, competing on a hit reality TV show; Rachel's university mentor confronting her late husband's disastrously obsessive search for a German film he saw as a child; a young police constable investigating the seemingly accidental and unrelated deaths of two stand-up comedians; the ludicrously wealthy family who hire Rachel as a nanny--under whose immense London mansion Rachel will discover a dark and terrifying secret. Psychological insight, social commentary, vicious satire, and even surrealist horror are combined in this highly accomplished work to hold up a revealing, disquieting mirror to the world we live in today.
The Number 7
by Jessica LidhIt all starts with a mysterious phone call from Louisa's decorative antique phone. And that wouldn't be so strange, except that the phone is unplugged, and has been for years. Frightened by the call and its message--and questioning her own sanity--Louisa listens as a somehow-familiar voice describes a lost family secret about Louisa's grandfather and his daring involvement in resisting the Nazi scourge in his native Sweden during World War II. Piecing together each clue she can find, Louisa begins to see how her grandfather's guilt and shame continues to haunt her own father, and the rest of her family, decades later, planting seeds of doubt that threaten to tear them all apart. Now desperate to know the full truth, despite the charming distractions of a boy with secrets of his own, Louisa becomes consumed with her discoveries, which she passes off to her parents as a school history project. Digging through old family albums and letters, she at last begins to see that the phone call was only the beginning, and that she is the one meant to be the messenger who can bring the truth of the past to light--before it's too late for her family.
The Number 7
by Jessica LidhIt all starts with a mysterious phone call from Louisa's decorative antique phone. And that wouldn't be so strange, except that the phone is unplugged, and has been for years. Frightened by the call and its message--and questioning her own sanity--Louisa listens as a somehow-familiar voice describes a lost family secret about Louisa's grandfather and his daring involvement in resisting the Nazi scourge in his native Sweden during World War II. Piecing together each clue she can find, Louisa begins to see how her grandfather's guilt and shame continues to haunt her own father, and the rest of her family, decades later, planting seeds of doubt that threaten to tear them all apart.Now desperate to know the full truth, despite the charming distractions of a boy with secrets of his own, Louisa becomes consumed with her discoveries, which she passes off to her parents as a school history project. Digging through old family albums and letters, she at last begins to see that the phone call was only the beginning, and that she is the one meant to be the messenger who can bring the truth of the past to light--before it's too late for her family.
Number Activities For Early Learners: Ideas for Parents and Pre-School Teachers
by Jan ConaglenThis e-book outlines interesting and age appropriate activities that can be carried out by parents and preschool teachers. It uses concrete materials so young children can visualize concepts, predict outcomes and display confidence, whilst learning from the suggested tasks.It will provide parents and preschool teachers with an insight into the importance of early basic mathematical knowledge.It will help develop the understanding and application of more complex skills that the student requires for later learning.The activities suggested are suitable for 3 years - 6 years old. This is usually preschool children up to second year at school.
Number One Chinese Restaurant: A Novel
by Lillian LiAn exuberant and wise multigenerational debut novel about the complicated lives and loves of people working in everyone’s favorite Chinese restaurant. <p><p> The Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, is not only a beloved go-to setting for hunger pangs and celebrations; it is its own world, inhabited by waiters and kitchen staff who have been fighting, loving, and aging within its walls for decades. When disaster strikes, this working family’s controlled chaos is set loose, forcing each character to confront the conflicts that fast-paced restaurant life has kept at bay. <p> Owner Jimmy Han hopes to leave his late father’s homespun establishment for a fancier one. Jimmy’s older brother, Johnny, and Johnny’s daughter, Annie, ache to return to a time before a father’s absence and a teenager’s silence pushed them apart. Nan and Ah-Jack, longtime Duck House employees, are tempted to turn their thirty-year friendship into something else, even as Nan’s son, Pat, struggles to stay out of trouble. And when Pat and Annie, caught in a mix of youthful lust and boredom, find themselves in a dangerous game that implicates them in the Duck House tragedy, their families must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice to help their children. <p> Generous in spirit, unaffected in its intelligence, multi-voiced, poignant, and darkly funny, Number One Chinese Restaurant looks beyond red tablecloths and silkscreen murals to share an unforgettable story about youth and aging, parents and children, and all the ways that our families destroy us while also keeping us grounded and alive.
Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner (Collins Modern Classics)
by Lois LowryAs the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen's family takes in Annemarie's best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family.<P><P> Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden. The heroism of an entire nation reminds us that there was pride and human decency in the world even during a time of terror and war.<P> Winner of the 1990 Newbery Medal.<P> Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor Book
Numbers
by Rachel WardWhenever Jem meets someone new, no matter who, as soon as she looks into their eyes, a number pops into her head. That number is a date: the date they will die. Burdened with such an awful awareness, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. But while they're waiting to ride the Eye Ferris wheel, Jem notices that all the other tourists in line flash the same number. Today's number. Today's date. Terrorists are going to attack London. Jem's world is about to explode!
The Numbers Game: A Novel
by Danielle SteelIn Danielle Steel&’s stunning novel, modern relationships come together, fall apart, and are reinvented over time, proving that age is just a number.Eileen Jackson was happy to set aside her own dreams to raise a family with her husband, Paul. Together they built an ordinary life in a Connecticut town, the perfect place for their kids to grow up. But when Eileen discovers that Paul&’s late nights in the city are hiding an affair with a younger woman, she begins to question all those years of sacrifice and compromise. On the brink of forty and wondering what she&’s going to do with the rest of her life, is it too late for her to start over? Meanwhile, as Paul is thrust back into the role of suburban fatherhood, his girlfriend, Olivia, is in Manhattan, struggling to find herself in the shadow of her mother, a famous actress, and her grandmother, a fiercely independent ninety-two-year-old artist. With their unique brands of advice ringing in her head, Olivia takes a major step, expanding her art gallery business internationally. Seeing her mother pursue old dreams and even find new love, Olivia realizes that there is so much she must learn about herself before committing her life to someone else. Ultimately, Eileen decides to chase her own dreams as well. She&’s off to Paris to attend Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. What awaits is an adventure that reinvents her life and redefines her. At every age, there are challenges to be met and new worlds to discover. In this surprising, illuminating novel, Danielle Steel gives us a warmhearted portrait of people driven by their emotions, life experiences, and loyalties, who realize that it&’s never too late to turn a new page and start again.