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Semilouca é uma exploração profunda das complexidades da emoção humana. Nas páginas deste livro, somos guiados por um turbilhão de experiências que nos levam às fronteiras daquilo que chamamos de "semiloucura". Aqui, o objetivo é compartilhar histórias de vida, algumas baseadas em fatos reais, outras plausíveis, todas repletas de conflitos e potenciais soluções. Este livro, também, lança luz sobre o mundo dos sonhos, mostrando como a interpretação desses enigmas do subconsciente pode revelar situações anteriormente reprimidas e abrir portas para novos caminhos.

Wade and Brenda grew up in a house where laughter was forbidden. This restricted childhood stunted their emotions and social skills. Wade convinced himself that having a sense of humor was frivolous. He pursued a career as a mathematician, a dry profession, until he found the benefits of expressing joy later in life. All it took was being trapped in an elevator for four hours with another man! One can learn a lot about oneself (and about that other man) in all that time!

¿Puedes estar viviendo tu vida sin darte cuenta de que no es la vida que quieres? Cuántas veces nos hemos engañado para estar a gusto con nosotros mismos. Julia lo tenía todo y de la noche a la mañana se esfumó. Con esta historia, Ginny Bennet quiere darnos a entender que la felicidad no hay que quererla únicamente, sino que hay que sentirla también.

Una simple pelea entre madre e hijo por subir una caja al altillo hará estallar su relación, sacando con ello mucha mierda, rencores y fantasmas. Este relato supone una curiosa mirada a los sentimientos entre padres e hijos, la rebeldía de la adolescencia y los sentimientos y sus perspectivas.

This delightfully clever, artfully layered novel begins when a scientist who has written a popular book of non-fiction attends a literary festival, where she strikes up a friendship with a charismatic novelist. The novelist reveals that her new work is an experiment: a novella she wrote in English only to have it translated and published solely in French—a language the novelist cannot read. Moreover, she has lost her original English manuscript of this work. Hearing this, the scientist, who is fluent in French, impulsively offers to retranslate the novella back into English for the novelist.

Property developer Vivien Young thought she’d finally rebuilt her life. After a messy divorce, she’s returned to her childhood sanctuary, the grand Georgian home she now shares with her ageing father. Landing the contract to redevelop the Valley Park housing estate feels like the icing on the cake – a chance to prove she can succeed and keep her floundering business afloat.

FINDING ZACHARIAH allows you to capture the spirit of what is possible in a community garden. While this remarkable story is fiction, it is based on true events. Imagine a veteran with PTSD, who has fallen into homelessness and thinks alcohol is his only friend - only to find a true friend in a feral cat, Sebastian. Then, imagine a family suffering from losing their dad to violence.

Natalie Tristan has spent years running—from a past she won’t face, from secrets she dares not speak. In the quiet town of Willow Creek, Washington, she’s rebuilt her life—her art a sanctuary, her daughter her only light. Then she meets Dr. Alric Thorn. Magnetic. Charming. Enigmatic. Irresistible. A man who sees her in ways no one else ever has. But the past never stays buried. And when dark truths surface, Natalie is plunged into a waking nightmare—where love is deception, lies are lethal, and betrayal is only the beginning.

Weil alle Leben miteinander verwoben sind... '23 Leben' beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema, inwieweit unsere Handlungen oder Nichthandlungen Einfluss auf das Leben eines Nächsten haben. Warum läuft ein athletischer Mann in den Autoverkehr, nachdem ein sibirischer Strafgefangener einen Brief verfasst hat? Oder warum setzt eine Frau ihren Job beim Jugendamt aufs Spiel, nachdem ein Mann aus der IT-Abteilung die Rechnung im Lokal nicht bezahlt? Welche Begegnungen gibt es zwischen vermeintlich willkürlichen Ereignissen, die das eigene Leben oder die eigene Emotion existenziell bedrohen?

По ту сторону моря Впервые на русском — роман современного ирландского классика Пола Линча, лауреата Букеровской премии 2023 года за роман «Песнь пророка», который уже называют «ирландским "1984"» и «новым "Рассказом служанки"». Боливар и Эктор отправляются рыбачить из своей южноамериканской деревушки на маленькой лодке, с трудом вмещающей двух рыбаков и холодильный ящик. Внезапно налетевший свирепый шторм уносит их далеко в Тихий океан, выводит из строя мотор, рацию и навигатор.

Der "Tractatus logico-philosophicus" ist das frühe Hauptwerk des Philosophen Ludwig Wittgenstein und das einzige philosophische Buch, das er zu Lebzeiten veröffentlicht. Diese gerade einmal etwa 100 Seiten zählende Abhandlung, an der Wittgenstein 7 Jahre gearbeitet hat, ist nicht nur einer der Meilensteine der modernen Sprachphilosophie, sondern besitzt heute den Rang eines Klassikers der Philosophie überhaupt.

Elle never dreamed she’d end up with a man like Dom. He’s handsome, successful, the perfect father to their baby girl. But Elle doesn’t feel the joy she knows she should. She's struggling with being a mum, failing at work, even her post-baby body doesn’t feel like her own. Not that Dom cares. He worships Elle and craves intimacy as deeply as troubled Elle wants to shy away from it. Elle starts relying on red wine and the attention of new colleague Gabriel to get through her day. But the morning after a team away day, a bewildered and hungover Elle wakes up with a lifeless body in her bed.

Emma is so happy to have moved from the city to her husband’s small hometown. James was strangely reluctant at first – but she convinced him their little cottage is the perfect place to settle down. The perfect place to give their six-year-old son a new life. But then a woman at the school gates asks Emma if she is really married to ‘that man’. ‘Which man?’ Emma asks. The woman replies…

Was würdest du tun, wenn du wüsstest, wann und wie du sterben wirst? Vorsehung ist ein geheimnisvoller, hoch spannender, humorvoller und inspirierender Roman über das Leben, geschrieben von Liane Moriarty, der Bestseller-Autorin von "Big little lies" und "Neun Fremde". Es ist ein ganz gewöhnlicher Flug nach Sydney – bis kurz vor der Landung eine alte Lady von ihrem Platz aufsteht.

Alle reden über Teddy. Es ist der Sommer 1969, Rom ist heiß und aufregend, voller Glamour und Intrigen. Teddy Carlyle ist mit ihrem neuen Ehemann, der in der amerikanischen Botschaft arbeitet, nach Italien gekommen. Nach einigen Jahren mit schlechten Männern und schlechten Entscheidungen will sie nun ein neues Leben beginnen. Sie schwört sich, eine gute Diplomatengattin zu sein: glamourös, diskret, perfekt gekleidet und unerbittlich höflich.

Ein ergreifender Roman über drei junge Schauspieler im Warschauer Ghetto von Bestsellerautor David Safier. Im Warschauer Ghetto 1942 erklingt aus einer kleinen Seitenstraße Musik, Gelächter und Applaus. Ein Theaterstück feiert Premiere, eine heitere Musikkomödie namens Die Liebe sucht ein Zimmer. Die junge Schauspielerin Sara wartet nervös auf ihren Auftritt. Mit leuchtenden Augen schaut sie vom Bühnenrand ihrer großen Liebe Edmund zu, wie er die Zuschauer in den Bann schlägt und sie ihr Elend vergessen lässt.

Beth is a new mother struggling to find her place in the world. She is exhausted, mentally and physically, but her anxieties are not simply the fears of a first-time mum. A terror burns in her, fuelled by a secret past she is lucky to have escaped. When a letter arrives, bearing only the infinity symbol, Beth knows immediately it is from them. And that her past is finally catching up with her…

Set in the Eisenhower era, Lynda Lee Rogers, a former beauty pageant queen, seems to have an idyllic life, but in reality she struggles with debilitating headaches and depression, only finding solace in pain pills which evoke vivid dreams of enchanted lands where an ancient Irish weaver provides the wisdom and relief her real life can not; offering an exploration into women's eternal quest for inner peace and happiness while caring for their families, delving into themes of mental health, empathy, authenticity, and the search for identity.

A small town in Northern California is at risk of being destroyed by a failing levee, and Colter Shaw has been hired to locate a family swept away by the raging water, with just mere hours to survive. But is the levee at risk of failing from natural causes or is someone sabotaging it? With the help of his sister, Dorion, the duo must save the citizens before the old town washes out at the hands of a secret conspirer.