Laura Melosi Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

When twelve-year-old Yara finds a strange set of instructions left behind by her deceased mother, she starts on a journey to discover the truth about her mother's past and her true identity.

Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself

Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award 2017 for Best Middle Grade & Children's! Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. Now he's readying Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, armed with a host of giants and zombies, to sail against the Norse gods and begin the final battle of Ragnarok. It's up to Magnus Chase and his friends to stop Loki's plans. Along the way, they will face angry sea gods, hostile giants, and an evil fire-breathing dragon. But Magnus's biggest challenge will be facing his own inner demons . . .

Het langverwachte vervolg op Percy Jackson en Helden van Olympus! Hoe straf je een onsterfelijke? Door hem menselijk te maken. Nadat hij zijn vader Zeus boos heeft gemaakt, wordt de god Apollo uit Olympus verbannen. Hij belandt als tiener in New York, zonder zijn goddelijke krachten. Daar moet de 4000 jaar oude godheid zien te overleven in de moderne wereld totdat hij een manier weet te vinden om weer in de gunst te komen bij Zeus. Maar Apollo heeft vele vijanden — goden, monsters en stervelingen die niets liever willen dan dat hij permanent wordt vernietigd. Apollo heeft vrienden nodig om te overleven in de sterfelijke wereld en, hopelijk, op een dag zijn goddelijke krachten terug te krijgen. Wie anders dan de halfgoden van Kamp Halfbloed zouden hem kunnen helpen bij die missie?

In fundamentalist Iran, new life sometimes means certain death. When Leila comes to see Doctor Karimi, both are in danger. Born in a slum to a Muslim father and a Jewish mother, Kooshyar Karimi has transformed himself into a successful doctor, an award-winning writer, and an adoring father. His could be a comfortable life but his conscience won't permit it: he is incapable of turning away the unmarried women who beg him to save their lives by ending the pregnancies that, if discovered, would see them stoned to death. One of those women is 22-year-old Leila. Beautiful, intelligent, passionate, she yearns to go to university but her strictly traditional family forbids it. Returning home from the library one day – among the few trips she's allowed out of the house – she meets a handsome shopkeeper, and her fate is sealed. Kooshyar has rescued countless women, but Leila seeks his help for a different reason, one that will haunt him for years afterwards and inspire an impossible quest from faraway Australia. Spellbinding and heartbreaking. Leila's Secret shows us everyday life for women in a country where it can be a crime to fall in love. But for all its tragedy, this unforgettable book is paradoxically uplifting, told from the heart of Kooshyar's immense sympathy, in the hope that each of us – and the stories we tell – can make a difference.

My name is Magnus Chase. Two months ago I died fighting a fire giant and woke up in Hotel Valhalla as one of Odin's warriors. Time for a rest ? I wish. When I meet Otis, an informant with a lead on Thor's missing hammer, all I get is the name "Provincetown" before a wolf-masked assassin takes him out and warms me to stay away. Someone really doesn't want me to find the hammer, and even if I could it's rumoured to be underground, guarded by powerful magic. But the giant armies are on the move, preparing to invade. If I don't find it, they'll ravage the Nine Worlds, starting with the streets of Boston. There's just one person who could help. Someone who demands a very high price: the gods' worst enemy, Loki.

Rechercheur Fiona Griffiths is jong, toegewijd en slim. Maar er is iets dat zij angstvallig verbergt. Iets dat te maken heeft met haar onvermogen om te huilen. Met haar vertrouwdheid met de doden. Met het mysterieuze gat in haar CV. Wanneer ze in haar eerste zaak de moord op een jonge vrouw en haar dochtertje moet onderzoeken, en er meer gruwelijke moorden volgen, wordt Fiona gedwongen de confrontatie aan te gaan met haar donkerste geheimen. En met een verleden dat ze nooit echt achter zich heeft kunnen laten...

Annabelle e Grant sono la coppia modello: Grant è l’uomo solido, idealista, buono e fedele che tutte le donne vorrebbero accanto. Certo, ultimamente passa tutto il tempo sul libro che sta scrivendo e dedica al sesso solo il mercoledì mattina. E a volte sembra proprio non accorgersi di niente. Annabelle si sente così sola che un giorno, al reparto surgelati del supermercato, scoppia in un pianto dirotto. Ma, come confesserà alla sua analista, le ragioni di quel pianto hanno radici lontane. Quando tutto era lì, a un passo, anche la travolgente passione per Jeremiah. Una passione mai finita… Una meravigliosa storia d’amore ironica e profonda. Una commedia incantevole e intelligente.

Le Operette morali è una raccolta di ventiquattro componimenti in prosa, tra dialoghi e novelle dallo stile medio e ironico, scritti tra il 1824 e il 1832 da Giacomo Leopardi. Pubblicate definitivamente a Napoli nel 1835, sono l'approdo letterario di quasi tutto lo Zibaldone. I temi affrontati includono il rapporto dell'uomo con la storia, con i suoi simili e con la Natura, che Leopardi esplora attraverso una personale visione filosofica. Si confrontano i valori del passato con la situazione attuale, evidenziando la potenza delle illusioni, la gloria e la noia. Queste tematiche riflettono un cambiamento radicale nel pensiero dello scrittore: la ragione diventa l'unico strumento per sfuggire alla disperazione. A differenza dei Canti, le Operette sono state concepite interamente nel 1824. Le varie edizioni mostrano integrazioni e aggiustamenti del messaggio finale. Spesso confuse con un progetto parallelo del padre Monaldo, Giacomo si trovava in imbarazzo per il riconoscimento errato. Argomenti come quelli del Dialogo della Moda e della Morte e del Dialogo di Tristano e di un amico saranno ripresi da Carlo Michelstaedter ne La persuasione e la rettorica, come un corollario della filosofia leopardiana.