Quattro amiche decidono di perdere la verginità prima della fine del liceo. A lanciare l'idea è Layla, per la quale il sesso è solo l'ennesimo punto da aggiungere alla lista "cose-da-fare-prima-della-maturità". Sulle prime le amiche sono perplesse, ma alla fine tutte ammettono che è anche il loro desiderio e che realizzarlo insieme potrebbe essere divertente... Un romanzo che parla di prime volte, ultime possibilità e di quel tipo di amicizia che trasforma ogni giorno della vita in una storia da raccontare.
Read the book that inspired the full-length animated feature produced by the legendary Studio Ghibli and directed by Goro Miyazaki. Not every orphan would love living at St. Morwald's Home for Children, but Earwig does. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and it's been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage’s doorstep as a baby. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. Morwald's, disguised as foster parents.Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. Most children would run in terror from a house like that . . . but not Earwig. Using her own cleverness—with a lot of help from a talking cat—she decides to show the witch who's boss. A young middle grade novel by World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement–winner Diana Wynne Jones, beautifully and humorously illustrated in black and white by Caldecott Medalist Paul O. Zelinsky.“I would like to declare Diana Wynne Jones an international treasure," Neil Gaiman, Newbery Medal–winning and best-selling author
Megan Vandemeer aveva tutte le intenzioni di dire ai suoi genitori che la festa di matrimonio in programma di lì a poco sarebbe andata a monte per mancanza del promesso sposo. Tanto più che non lo aveva ancora presentato in famiglia! E invece si ritrova, senza sapere come, a bordo dell'aereo per Kansas City che la porterà a casa dei suoi e al suo matrimonio. Il fatto è che ha il cuore troppo spezzato per dire la verità. Salvo, dopo un paio di drink e due pastiglie, ritrovarsi a raccontare tutta la storia al giovane sconosciuto dai capelli scuri seduto accanto a lei. A Josh McMillan resta una sola settimana per salvare la sua azienda. Questo volo a Kansas City è l'ultimo tentativo. Ma il viaggio per il momento gli ha portato dell'altro: una ragazza molto carina, che sembra sull'orlo di una crisi di nervi, seduta accanto a lui e in vena di confidenze. Ai genitori di Megan, venuti a prenderla all'aeroporto, basterà vedere lei e Josh insieme per credere che sia lui il promesso sposo. E adesso come deluderli?
Cassie Cavanagh has never minded being 'just a PA'. She has a city job she kind of enjoys - after all she is indispensable, you know. She has a boyfriend who showers her with gifts - what more could a girl want? And she earns enough to (just about ) finance the luxuries she's become used to.
Two college sweethearts are living a happy, rather ordinary life in New York but there's a slight twist - she's the breadwinner, supporting her musician boyfriend. Until the tables are turned when he's discovered by a Sony exec and their worlds are turned upside down.
When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. The Universe, of course, is our own. And Roundworld is Earth. As the wizards watch their accidental creation grow, we follow the story of our universe from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the internet and beyond
Casting on ... It starts almost by accident: the women who buy their knitting needles and wool from Georgia's store linger for advice, for a coffee, for a chat and before they know it, every Friday night is knitting night. Finding a pattern ... And as the needles clack, and the garments grow, the conversation moves on from patterns and yarn to life, love and everything. These women are of different ages, from different backgrounds and facing different problems, but they are drawn together by threads of affection that prove as durable as the sweaters they knit. The Friday Night Knitting Club - don't you want to join?
Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
Meet JackJack Rossiter. I'm twenty-seven years old, single, and live with my
best mate Matt. And single is good, single is fun. Meet AmySometimes in my
darker moments I've thought about applying to go on Blind Date. 'She's
gorgeous, she's from London, come in Amy Crosbie!' (Wolf whistling and
applause.) Actually it's a bit of a worry.
