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La Vida en el Hiper Espacio
by Chris Solaas¿Pintar al gato con spray? ¿En qué estaba pensando? Con títulos universitarios de cuatro años en nuestro haber y un poco de capacitación en psicología infantil, mi esposa y yo pensamos que estábamos listos para cualquier cosa en lo que respecta a crianza. No teníamos idea de que nos superarían en número y en armamento. Desde dieta hasta motines antidisturbios, desde medicamentos hasta gráficos, lo hemos probado todo para entrenar a nuestros niños con TDAH en la forma en que deben crecer. Desde los conocimientos impartidos en la educación en casa, nuestros cuatro niños con TDH y TDAH nos han enseñado más sobre cómo sobrellevar y planificar con anticipación de lo que podría tener cualquier título universitario de cuatro años, especialmente cuando se trata de comprender lo que sucede en la mente de un niño de cinco años con un disfraz de Buzz Lightyear que vuela en una caminadora. Al infinito y más allá.
La vida mentirosa de los adultos
by Elena FerranteLA AUTORA DE LA SAGA DOS AMIGAS VUELVE PARA RECORDARNOS POR QUÉ FASCINA A 30.000.000 DE LECTORES EN 42 PAÍSES Y ES EL MAYOR ENIGMA DE LA LITERATURA ACTUAL «Dos años antes de irse de casa, mi padre le dijo a mi madre que yo era muy fea». Así empieza esta novela extraordinaria sobre el descubrimiento de la mentira, el amor y el sexo, narrada por la inolvidable voz de Giovanna, una joven empeñada en conocer a su tía Vittoria, incomprensiblemente borrada de las conversaciones y álbumes de fotografías. Con ello desencadenará sin saberlo el desmoronamiento de su familia intelectual y burguesa, perfecta solo en apariencia. Maestra absoluta de la intriga, Ferrante siembra la trama de sorpresas y anuda prodigiosamente la misteriosa historia familiar y amorosa en torno a una pulsera que pasa de mano en mano. Nadie como ellapara describir la complejidad de las pasiones humanas y todas las intermitencias del pensamiento y el corazón. La critica ha dicho:«Quienes han hecho cola toda la noche por la nueva novela de la escritora esquiva no se verán defraudados.»The Guardian «La voz de Ferrante nos guía, nos sacude, nos arrastra [...], y nos hace amar y odiar a cada uno de sus personajes. Giovanna no puede dejar de mirar. Nosotros tampoco: queremos, debemos saber a toda costa.»Antonella Lattanzi, La Stampa «Una fuerza evocadora despiadada e inédita hasta hoy.»Titti Marrone, Il Mattino «Esta vez Ferrante va directa a ganar el Premio Strega. [...] Una nueva saga imprescindible.»Davide Turrini, Il Fatto Quotidiano «Su voz narrativa tiene un timbre inconfundible y personalísimo: es capaz de [...] crear un yo que inunda la página hasta volverse de carne y hueso ante nuestros ojos.»Laura Fortini, Il Manifesto «La protagonista está tan bien dibujada, su sufrimiento es tan reconocible que nos hace desear la redención, o al menos un poco de paz para esa alma amiga, cercana, pariente, hermana. Una gran novela, densa y compleja, para leer subrayando cada página, con una profundidad que da vértigo.»Critica Letteraria «La primera obra italiana en décadas que se merece el Premio Nobel.»The Guardian «Lloré leyendo sus libros.»Jonathan Franzen «La revelación más trascendente de la narrativa europea en el último cuarto de siglo.»Robert Saladrigas, La Vanguardia «En mi mesilla de noche están los diarios de Virginia Woolf, los relatos de Chéjov y las novelas de Elena Ferrante.»Leïla Slimani «Las novelas de Elena Ferrante me han tenido atado al sillón, leyendo y celebrando.»Juan Marsé «Nada de lo que leemos sobre Ferrante nos prepara para la ferocidad de sus novelas.»The New York Times «Soy fan de sus novelas.»Zadie Smith «Sus personajes femeninos son verdaderas obras de arte.»El País
La vida secreta de las abejas: Novela
by Sue Monk KiddUna novela sobre el poder femenino.Una historia que las mujeres compartirán y pasarán a sus hijas por generaciones. Más de dos años y medio en las listas de libros más vendidos del New York Times.Más de 8 millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo.Traducida a más de 36 idiomas. Carolina del Sur, 1964. Lily Owens es una joven de catorce años cuya vida ha girado alrededor de un padre que no la cuida y que la responsabiliza de la misteriosa muerte de su madre. Cuando su niñera Rosaleen, una mujer negra, orgullosa y sin miedo, es encarcelada por defender su recién adquirido derecho al voto frente a los racistas, Lily decide que ambas deben ser libres. Escapan a Tiburón, Carolina del Sur, un pueblo que guarda el secreto del pasado de su madre, y en el que serán alojadas por un excéntrico trío de hermanas apicultoras, que introducirán a Lily en el fascinante mundo de las abejas y la miel. Reseña:«El tema central de esta novela es la búsqueda de una madre por parte de Lily, que la encuentra donde menos lo hubiera imaginado.»The New York Times Book Review
The Video Watcher
by Shawn Curtis StibbardsListless, bored, alienated, and mistrustful, Trace Patterson has finished his first year of university and is living with a drunken aunt in North Van. He divides his nights between slasher films and high school house parties. When two old buddies resurface, however—one in a psych ward, and the other on a paranoia bender—Trace's careless-if-not-carefree existence becomes paralyzed by self-doubt. Does he actually want to help his friends, or is he secretly hoping they'll go over the edge? With its cast of brutally shallow characters, The Video Watcher is an American Psycho for the age of social disaffection. Shawn Curtis Stibbards lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is his first novel.
The Vienna Melody
by Ernst LotharIn this epic saga spanning from 1888 to 1938, three generations of an Austrian piano maker’s family experience love, tragedy, and history.All Vienna knows that the inhabitant of number 10 Seilerstätte is none other than Christopher Alt, piano maker, the best in Vienna, probably in all of Austria, and possibly the world over. His piano keys have given life to melodies by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and many more. On his deathbed, moved by the wish to keep his children united, he leaves a will specifying that his descendants, if they are to get their inheritance, must live together in the family home.Over successive generations of the Alt family, history itself passes through the doors, down the halls, and into the private rooms of the Alt’s building. There is intrigue at the court of Franz-Josef: an heir to the throne has fallen in love with Henrietta Alt, who will have to carry the guilt for his eventual suicide. There are betrayals, beloved illegitimate children, and despised legitimate offspring. There are seething passions and icy relations, a world war, and the rise of Nazism to contend with. There are duels, ambitions, hopes, affairs of the heart and affairs of state. Three generations of Alts live and die at number 10 Seilerstätte, and each member of the family, in his or her own way, is a privileged witness to the winds of change and a Europe at the height of both its splendor and decadence.Praise for The Vienna Melody“[A] bighearted, witty and wrenching novel.” —Washington Post“A grand novel that offers its readers a profound understanding of Vienna and Austria, rendering them eternal.” —The Los Angeles Times“The true subject of the novel is Austria, from which [Lothar] fled in 1938, the year the novel ends. His melancholy and feelings of regret for his native land are palpable.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Vietri Project: A Novel
by Nicola DeRobertis-TheyeA Lithub, Good Reads, Bustle, and The Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2021"The Vietri Project is a riveting, shifting quest, an evocative trip to Rome, and a beautiful portrayal of the ways you need to return to the past in order to move forward. A great delight from start to finish.”--Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers and LoversA search for a mysterious customer in Rome leads a young bookseller to confront the complicated history of her family, and that of Italy itself, in this achingly intimate debut with echoes of Lily King and Elif Batuman.Working at a bookstore in Berkeley in the years after college, Gabriele becomes intrigued by the orders of signor Vietri, a customer from Rome whose numerous purchases grow increasingly mystical and esoteric. Restless and uncertain of her future, Gabriele quits her job and, landing in Rome, decides to look up Vietri. Unable to locate him, she begins a quest to unearth the well-concealed facts of his life.Following a trail of obituaries and military records, a memoir of life in a village forgotten by modernity, and the court records of a communist murder trial, Gabriele meets an eclectic assortment of the city’s inhabitants, from the widow of an Italian prisoner of war to members of a generation set adrift by the financial crisis. Each encounter draws her unexpectedly closer to her own painful past and complicated family history—an Italian mother diagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized during her childhood, and an extended family in Rome still recovering from the losses and betrayals in their past. Through these voices and histories, Gabriele will discover what it means to be a person in the world; a member of a family and a citizen of a country—and how reconciling these stories may be the key to understanding her own.
A View Across the Mersey
by Anne BakerA VIEW ACROSS THE MERSEY by Anne Baker is a dramatic Liverpool family saga sure to appeal to fans of Katie Flynn, Annie Groves and Lyn Andrews.The youngest of five siblings, Lottie Mortimer has never felt like she belonged. Her mother died shortly after she was born, leaving her father and grandmother to raise the family and, despite their love and support, Lottie can't help wondering if there is something they are not telling her... With the First World War over, the Mortimers' ship-owning business is struggling to survive and Lottie, who works with her father, worries what the future will hold. Meanwhile, her elder sister Eunice is trapped in an unhappy marriage that causes concern for them all. Then Lottie discovers the shocking truth about her birth that turns her world upside down and the dramatic events that unfold affect them all...
A View Across the Mersey
by Anne BakerA VIEW ACROSS THE MERSEY by Anne Baker is a dramatic Liverpool family saga sure to appeal to fans of Katie Flynn, Annie Groves and Lyn Andrews.The youngest of five siblings, Lottie Mortimer has never felt like she belonged. Her mother died shortly after she was born, leaving her father and grandmother to raise the family and, despite their love and support, Lottie can't help wondering if there is something they are not telling her... With the First World War over, the Mortimers' ship-owning business is struggling to survive and Lottie, who works with her father, worries what the future will hold. Meanwhile, her elder sister Eunice is trapped in an unhappy marriage that causes concern for them all. Then Lottie discovers the shocking truth about her birth that turns her world upside down and the dramatic events that unfold affect them all...
The View from Garden City: A Novel
by Carolyn BaughAuthor Carolyn Baugh tells the moving story of a young American student living in the Garden City district of Cairo. Having come to study Arabic, she learns far more from the Egyptian women, young and old, she meets within the swirl and tumult of Garden City. Living, loving, and flourishing amid the fierce inflexibility of tradition, these women reveal a fascinating world of arranged marriages, secret romances, and the often turbulent bonds between four generations of Arab mothers and daughters. Meet the women of Garden City:Huda, who waited desperately for the man she loved until she could wait no longerKarima, who found her husband in a collapsing post-war worldAfkar, who paid a dreadful price for her freedomSelwa, who suffered through the deaths of her childrenYusriyya, who left her native village for a new life in the citySamira, who loved a man who was not hers Rich with the sights and sounds of modern Egypt, The View from Garden City lifts the veil of privacy to explore the stunning inner strength of women torn between their dreams for the future and the sacrifices women must make in a world of harsh realities.
The View from Here: A Novel
by Hannah McKinnonFrom the acclaimed author of Sailing Lessons and Mystic Summer—a &“charming gem of a novel&” (Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author)—an evocative and moving tale about what it means to be a family, set over the course of one unforgettable Connecticut summer. Siblings Perry, Jake, and Phoebe Goodwin were raised on the shore of a beautiful Connecticut lake in a close-knit family. The eldest of the family, forty-two-year-old Perry has long craved order as surely as his charismatic younger brother, Jake, has avoided it. Phoebe, their baby sister, courts both. As adults, the Goodwin siblings could not be more different. Perry is as married to his career in New York as a risk analyst as Phoebe is to her college sweetheart, but both have returned to Connecticut to raise their young families. Charismatic Jake, however, has spent his years living away wanderlust and unable to settle. The three have not spent much time together…until this summer. On the afternoon of their grandmother&’s ninety-seventh birthday party, the siblings reunite at the lake house where Jake stuns the family with a stranger on his arm and an announcement. Olivia Cossette, daughter of a French chef, does not share the traditional Goodwin New England upbringing or sense of family. What she does share is parenthood, as the single mother of a little girl who does not speak. While the Goodwin family struggle to welcome the newcomers over the course of the summer, a series of bad choices made by each family member finally unravels, leaving them all to question just what truly makes a family. Can one fateful moment on a July afternoon undo a lifetime of good intentions? Only one thing is for certain—this extraordinary summer has irrevocably changed the Goodwin family and all that remains is the uncertain future. With Hannah McKinnon&’s signature &“enticing and refreshing&” (Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author) prose, this is a warm-hearted novel that is perfect for fans of Mary Alice Monroe&’s the Beach House series and the works of Elin Hilderbrand.
The View From Penthouse B
by Elinor LipmanTwo sisters recover from widowhood, divorce, and Bernie Madoff as unexpected roommates in a Manhattan apartment in this humorous novel.Unexpectedly widowed Gwen-Laura Schmidt is still mourning her husband, Edwin, when her older sister Margot invites her to join forces as roommates in Margot’s luxurious Village apartment. For Margot, divorced amid scandal (hint: her husband was a fertility doctor) and then made Ponzi-poor, it’s a chance to shake Gwen out of her grief and help make ends meet. To further this effort, she enlists a third boarder, the handsome, cupcake-baking Anthony.As the three swap money-making schemes and timid Gwen ventures back out into the dating world, the arrival of Margot’s paroled ex in the efficiency apartment downstairs creates not just complications but the chance for all sorts of unexpected forgiveness. A sister story about love, loneliness, and new life in middle age, this is a cracklingly witty, deeply sweet novel from one of our finest comic writers.Praise for The View from Penthouse B“More delicious than my cup of steaming cocoa . . . tender, funny . . . The View from Penthouse B sparkles with wit.” —The New York Times Book Review “It's all wonderful fun. Lipman sketches her characters’ foibles with amused affection and moves the plot forward with practiced ease. . . . Lipman’s fiction always honors an implicit contract to provide reader satisfaction.” —Washington Post“[A] shabby-chic fantasia . . . Lipman’s milieu is gentle comedy, and her novels gravitate toward optimism: They’re mischievous, sometimes wry, but hopeful of romance and redemption even in an emotionally messy world.” —The Boston Globe
The View from the Cherry Tree
by Willo Davis RobertsThis bestselling classic mystery from Willo Davis Roberts is about a boy who witnesses a murder. Though Rob saw Mrs. Calloway fall to her death, strangled by the leather strap of her binoculars, he wants to believe that it was an accident. He wants to pretend he didn’t see the hands that pushed her out of her window. Then a flowerpot almost falls on him. And three bullets just miss him. And someone tries to poison his food. When he tries to tell his family that he thinks there has been a murder, they are too busy with his sister’s wedding to care. Will Rob be the murderer’s next victim?
The View from the Top
by Hillary FrankAnabelle and her fellow high school graduates navigate their way through a disastrous summer of love and friendship in the small coastal town of Normal, Maine.
View Park (A View Park Novel #1)
by Angela WintersWelcome to the scandalous, glamorous, intriguing world of one of the countrys wealthiest and most powerful African-American families. . . Los Angeles-based cosmetics tycoon Steven Chase has come a long way from his humble beginnings. Stevens family, including socialite wife, Janet, and four grown children, live a life of privilege in exclusive View Park. But when Steven wants to expand his empire by adding a chain of hair salons, one woman stands in his way. Once Steven realizes he cant seduce her with money, he tries a different approach: his handsome attorney son, Carter. . . Meanwhile, spoiled debutante Haley Chase is busy getting into high-profile trouble on her lovers yacht, pediatrician Leigh Chase is determined to start a free clinic--against her parents wishes--and Michael Chase is busy doing Daddys dirty work. His only soft spot is for his wife, Kimberly, who has her own ambitions--plans that may one day shake the very foundations of the Chase dynasty--and change their view from the top forever. . .
The View through Your Window: Finding God’s Vision for Your Family
by Greg Singleton Martha SingletonDiscover how a God-inspired vision for your family can provide focus, unity, and effectiveness in your day-to-day lives, and in your influence on your community and the world.Instead of presenting an impossible standard to hold our homes to, God's vision takes into account each individual, and all of our peculiar circumstances, and acts as an overarching compass that guides individual families on their unique journey of growing together in love and service to Christ.The View through Your Window leads families to discover God's specific vision, and equips each home to overcome setbacks and to achieve fulfillment, both inside the four walls and outside, as family members interact with their neighbors and in the world.
Views from the Spectrum: A Window into Life and Faith with Your Neurodivergent Child
by Ron SandisonA remarkable inside look at the intersection of faith and autism for parents longing to connect their children with God's loveRaising a child with autism is both a challenge and an adventure--and sometimes parents need to know there can also be wonderful potential for blessings. Views from the Spectrum shares the inspiring stories of twenty amazing young adults with autism and how each of their family's unwavering support and faith in God led them to accomplish what was thought impossible. As a thriving adult with autism himself, Ron Sandison is determined to educate the world on the gifts and talents autism can cultivate--even when they differ from our expectations of typical success.While it is primarily a much-needed how-to guide for parents of children with special needs, this book is also a stunning view into the world of autism. Readers will witness the courage of Tyler Gianchetta, who rescued his mother from a burning vehicle. They'll marvel at the artistic talent of nonverbal poet and artist Kimberly Dixon, admire the determination of Armani Williams, competing as a NASCAR driver, and find encouragement in the many other stories within these pages. In addition to these experiences, Sandison has also interviewed top experts in the autism field and shares their insights here.Sandison weaves narrative with Scripture, sharing his own journey with autism throughout the book. Full of anecdotes, scientific research, parenting tips, prayers, devotions, and more, Views from the Spectrum is a celebration of autism, faith, and the possibilities at their intersection.
VIII
by H. M. CastorDestined for greatness...tormented by demons. Like Game of Thrones for teens, this “powerful look at a dark side of history” (Booklist) is the epic tale of Henry VIII’s transformation from a handsome, gifted youth to a murderous, cruel king.Hal is a young man of extraordinary talents, astonishing warrior skills, sharp intelligence, and a fierce sense of honor and virtue. He believes he is destined for greatness. His father wishes he would disappear. Haunted by the ghosts of his family’s violent past, Hal embarks on a journey that leads him to absolute power—and brings him face to face with his demons. “History comes alive from the first page to the last” (The Independent) in this fascinating, previously untold story of how a charismatic, athletic young man grew up to become the murderous, vengeful King Henry VIII.
The Viking and the Runaway Empress
by Sarah RodiJourney to Constantinople with this Viking romance!Bound by dutyTempted by desire Guard to the Byzantine emperor, Viking warrior Destin is tasked with delivering his sovereign's runaway bride-to-be to Constantinople. Abandoned at birth, Destin has spent years making something of himself, and with this final task comes the promise of land and riches. Only, the fiercely beautiful Livia refuses to be wed! Destin must return her unharmed—and untouched—but the closer they grow on their journey, the harder it becomes for him to hand her over…From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
The Viking Chief's Marriage Alliance: A dramatic and emotional Viking debut
by Lucy MorrisA challenging wifeFor a warrior Viking When Thorstein Bergson rescues a beautiful woman from a storm-tossed longship, he little expects to broker a powerful marriage alliance with her. This high-status ice queen is not the comfortable wife the warrior chief is seeking. But maybe the bittersweet pain in Gyda&’s eyes hides another woman beneath? The one he tasted that first night when she&’d kissed him with such pent-up longing…?From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
A Viking Heir to Bind Them
by Michelle StylesThis Viking is about to uncover an explosive secret!An unexpected family For the lone-wolf warrior Nothing daunts Viking Tylir, until unassuming Melkorka Helmsdottar upends his life by revealing he has a secret heir! Mel has looked after little Katla since the girl&’s mother died, but now Tylir intends to claim his child. Yet this battle-hardened jarl has no idea how to be a father. Mel is the perfect person to help him. Only, spending time with the captivating Mel binds him closer to her than he ever thought possible… From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
The Viking She Loves to Hate
by Lucy MorrisSparks fly in this Viking enemies-to-lovers storyHer rivalIs her most dangerous temptation! Astrid Viggosdottir&’s father has ordered a competition between her and new arrival Viking Ulrik to prove who is the better boat builder! If she loses, Princess Astrid will be duty-bound to marry a jarl. If Ulrik loses, he will be banished, leaving his motherless daughter homeless. With the stakes so high, Astrid should hate this man, but during the long hot summer, their rivalry turns to a heated passion that neither can ignore! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
The Viking She Would Have Married (Shieldmaiden Sisters #1)
by Lucy MorrisPassion erupts when these bold, spirited Vikings are reunited!In close quarters…With the Viking she&’d loved and lost AShieldmaiden Sisters story—with her family fallen on hard times, Valda&’s forced to join the crew on Halfdan Ulfsson&’s merchant ship as he sets sail on the treacherous silk route. But this handsome jarl&’s son is the man she&’d planned to wed, until his bitter betrayal. Knowing she can never trust him, she must focus on saving her sisters…and not the intense connection that still burns between them!From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.Shieldmaiden SistersBook 1: The Viking She Would Have Married
The Viking's Captive (Viking I Series #6)
by Sandra HillA Viking warrior princess kidnaps a medieval healer in hopes of saving her ailing father—and her love life—in this humorous historical romance.A New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author“Sandra Hill always delivers.” —Christine FeehanShe is too tall, too loud, too fierce to be a good catch. But her ailing father has decreed that her four younger sisters cannot be wed ‘til Tyra consents to take a husband. Alas, with no suitors begging for her hand, it looks as if the sisters will remain virgins.Then a journey to save her father’s life brings Tyra face to face with Adam the Healer. A god in human form, he’s tall, muscled, perfectly proportioned. Here is the physician who could cure her father, and the lover who could finally seduce her to his bed furs.Too bad Adam refuses to fall in with her plans. Holy Runes! What’s a lady to do but truss him up, toss him over her shoulder, and sail off into the sunset to live happily ever after.“A singular blend of humor and romance, this breezy read will appeal to fans of Viking romances as well as mainstream historicals.” —Publishers WeeklyOriginally published as My Fair Viking.
The Viking's Princess Bride
by Sarah RodiFeel the heat as two enemies are forced to wed in this spicy Viking romance! He&’s won the throne… But she&’s his royal prize! Victorious in his quest for revenge, Viking Njal takes the Saxon crown—and their princess! But while he&’s wedding Cwen in the name of peace, he cannot deny the way she entices him. Even if it&’s clear she&’s holding something back… Princess Cwen has long accepted being used for her kingdom&’s gain, but taking the enemy&’s hand is the most outrageous request yet! Still, the rugged warrior ignites a fire inside her… Cwen just can't let Njal storm her carefully constructed walls. Because she&’s harboring a secret that could rock the foundations of their marriage!From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.