Third part of the Woodwalkers trilogy
In the near future, astronaut Ryland Grace wakes from a coma afflicted with amnesia. He gradually remembers that he was sent to the Tau Ceti solar system, 12 light-years from Earth, to find a means of reversing a solar dimming event that could cause the extinction of humanity.
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the meanest, smelliest, nastiest people in the world who also happen to own and operate the most disgusting, most dangerous, most idiotic amusement park in the world, Twitlandia. But when the Twits rise to power in their town, two brave orphans and a family of magical animals are forced to become as tricky as the Twits in order to save the city.
After his wife is tragically killed in a London terrorist attack, a CIA cryptographer demands his bosses go after the killers. When it becomes clear they won’t act due to conflicting internal priorities, he blackmails the agency into training him and letting him go after them himself.
Based on the classic novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, "Hyde" tells the story of successful defense attorney Edward Hyde, who has the perfect family to go along with his perfect job...even though he finds himself struggling to balance the two at times. Once a horrible tragedy strikes, Edward begins to go down a dark path that leads him to spiral out of control...transforming into something else entirely.
James Larkin White, an American who travels through Switzerland, is mistaken for Anatol Stiller, a sculptor who disappeared seven years earlier and is wanted for his involvement in a dubious political affair.
What could Willow do with an entire forest? That's exactly what she asks herself when she inherits this forest from her aunt Alwina. That's not all, though - Alwina has also left her a small, crooked cabin and, most importantly, her witchcraft. But the question remains: Will Willow even accept this unexpected inheritance, with all the consequences it entails?
Scott e Theresa hanno due figli: Austin e Logan. Austin e` autistico e affetto da una malattia alle ossa che le rende estremamente fragili. La vita non e` facile per lui ma Austin affronta ogni nuovo giorno con coraggio e ottimismo. Scott fa del suo meglio per essere un bravo padre ma si sente oberato dalle preoccupazioni e inizia a bere troppo. Sara` proprio Austin, con il trascinante entusiasmo per la vita, a dare a Scott la forza di superare la sua dipendenza dall'alcol.
Mickey 17 è un "sacrificabile", un impiegato usa e getta, in una spedizione umana inviata a colonizzare il mondo ghiacciato Niflheim. Dopo la morte di un'iterazione, un nuovo corpo viene rigenerato con la maggior parte dei suoi ricordi intatti.
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
La storia ruota attorno all’amicizia tra le due streghe. Elphaba, soprannominata ingiustamente Malvagia Strega dell’Ovest, è in realtà una donna rivoluzionaria e anticonformista con la pelle verde che sfida lo strapotere del Mago di Oz, imbroglione dalle mire imperialiste. Glinda è invece la Strega Buona del Nord, amica di Elphaba dai tempi dell’Università di Shiz.
Once upon a time, a poor woodcutter and his wife lived in a great forest. Cold, hunger, poverty and a war raging all around them meant their lives were very hard. One day, the woodcutter's wife rescues a baby. A baby girl thrown from one of the many trains that constantly pass through the forest. This baby, this "most precious of cargoes", will transform the lives of the poor woodcutter's wife and her husband, as well as those whose paths the child will cross - including the man who threw her from the train. And some will try to protect her, whatever the cost. Their story will reveal the worst and the best in the hearts of men.
A neighborhood Fourth of July celebration is interrupted by a ferociously bizarre anomaly who overpowers a family in order to teach them how to become better people and more compliant citizens.
Adaptad from"Ganbatte Ikimasshoi" by Yoshiko Shikimura. A high-school girl, Etsuko, just spends her days without any aims or purpose, until one day, Riina, a transfer student, asks her help to set up a boat club. Although Etsuko reluctantly accepts after hearing Riina speak passionately about her dream, she gradually starts to embrace the club after spending time with her teammates.
Humans who can shapeshift into animals struggle to integrate with others without giving away their special abilities. As a group, they strive to inform and institute change in the world perspective of deforestation and the importance of natural habitats. However, when that can’t happen, they are forced to take matters into their own hands.
1980s. Northern France. Jackie and Clotaire grow up in the same town, at the same high school, around the same harbour docks. She studies, he bunks off. Then their paths cross and they fall madly in love. Life tries its best to keep them apart, but they are like two halves of the same beating heart…
The story centers on Kakeru Nishizawa and Mami Sakaniwa, two people who find each other through a dating app, and decide soon after to get engaged. After their engagement, Mami suddenly disappears. In trying to find her, Kakeru must confront a side of Mami's past that he might not have wanted to know.
Upcoming sequel to "Die Schule der magischen Tiere"
A young woman embarks on a series of sexual adventures with a series of men and women against the backdrop of expatriate life in Bangkok.
Shaw Landon has loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule, a fiery-tempered rebel tattoo artist, doesn’t have time for a good girl pre-med student like Shaw – even if she’s the only one who can see the person he truly is. She lives by other people’s rules; he makes his own. But a short skirt, too many birthday cocktails, and spilled secrets lead to a night neither can forget. Now, Shaw and Rule must figure out how a girl like her and a guy like him are supposed to be together without destroying their love…or each other.