Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.
Simon Snow wil gewoon relaxen en genieten van zijn laatste jaar op de Watford School of Magicks, maar iedereen valt hem lastig. Zijn vriendin heeft het uitgemaakt, zijn beste vriend is een plaaggeest, en zijn mentor probeert hem in de bergen te verstoppen, waar hij misschien veilig zal zijn. Simon kan niet eens blij zijn met het feit dat zijn kamergenoot en oude rivaal spoorloos verdwenen is, omdat hij zich zorgen blijft maken over het kwaad. En er zijn spoken. En vampiers. En verschrikkelijke, duivelse dingen die proberen om Simon neer te halen. Als je 's werelds krachtigste magiër bent, kun je nooit even relaxen en genieten.
Eleanor is the new girl in town, and with her chaotic family life, her mismatched clothes and unruly red hair, she couldn't stick out more if she tried. Park is the boy at the back of the bus. Black T-shirts, headphones, head in a book - he thinks he's made himself invisible. But not to Eleanor... never to Eleanor. Slowly, steadily, through late-night conversations and an ever-growing stack of mix tapes, Eleanor and Park fall for each other. They fall in love the way you do the first time, when you're young, and you feel as if you have nothing and everything to lose.
Beth and Jennifer's company monitors their office e-mail. Lincoln is supposed to turn people in for misusing company e-mail, but he can't bring himself to crack down on Beth and Jennifer. By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's too late for him to ever introduce himself.
The unforgettable novel about a boy in a million - and the 104-year-old woman who saves his family. 'A bittersweet story about finding friendship in the most unlikely of places' Good Housekeeping
“Funny, bewitching, observant.”— The Oregonian“Hits all the frets of a powerful sharp-witted dialogue, vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings. . . . I hold up my lighter and turn it full-flame for [Garth] Stein’s latest work. Encore!”— The Seattle Times“Compelling.”— Seattle Post-Intelligencer“Stein handles the many narrative elements deftly.”— Seattle Weekly“An engrossing family drama.”— Publishers WeeklyEvan had a hit single, but that was ten years ago. Thirty-one now, he’s drifting, playing in a local band and teaching middle-aged men to coax music from an electric guitar.Beset at a young age with a life-threatening form of epilepsy, he’s kept his condition a secret. But his deepest secret is that he got his high school sweetheart pregnant. Then her conservative parents whisked her out of Seattle and out of Evan’s life.Now, fourteen years later, he experiences unplanned parenthood when he undertakes to raise the resentful teenage son he’s never known.Off beat and disarming, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets portrays a contemporary American family with unfailing honesty.
De dertienjarige Henry woont met zijn moeder Adele in een slaperig Amerikaans stadje, waar hij zijn zomervakantie doorbrengt met tv-kijken, puzzelen of dromen over de meisjes in zijn klas. Hij is slecht in sport, vrienden heeft hij niet, en zijn vader ziet hij alleen op zaterdagavond als hij verplicht moet gaan eten met diens nieuwe gezin. Hoe hij ook zijn best doet, Henry weet dat hij met al zijn grapjes en zijn goedbedoelde `echtgenoot voor één dag¿-coupon zijn labiele moeder niet gelukkig kan maken.
Lindsey e Alex, sorelle gemelle. Stesso giorno di nascita, stessi geni, eppure non potrebbero essere più diverse. Fin da piccola, Lindsey ha sempre dovuto lottare per non essere l'eterna seconda. Ecco perché, a ventinove anni, quando, dopo aver dedicato la vita al lavoro e alla carriera, sta finalmente per ottenere un'importante promozione, crede di avercela fatta. Ma in una notte devastante, complice un colpo basso di una collega e troppo champagne, il sogno va in pezzi. Lasciata alle spalle la scintillante Manhattan, fa ritorno a casa, nel Maryland, dove però l'attende un'amara sorpresa: Alex, infatti, non solo sta per sposare Mr. Perfezione, ma flirta spudoratamente con l'amico d'infanzia di Lindsey, l'unico che l'ha sempre preferita all'affascinante sorella. E come se il mondo le crollasse addosso per la seconda volta in pochi giorni; ma un nuovo lavoro e un incontro inaspettato permetteranno a Lindsey di ricostruire il rapporto con Alex e di scoprire un lato di se stessa che non avrebbe mai osato immaginare. E che le permetterà di prendersi qualche rivincita.
