Il colore viola è la storia di due sorelle, Celie e Nettie, in fuga da un padre violento e da un passato di abusi. Mentre Celie, privata dei suoi figli, si ricostruisce a fatica una vita con un matrimonio combinato e una nuova famiglia caotica e bizzarra, di Nettie si perdono le tracce. Ma l'incontro con Shug Avery, la misteriosa cantante di blues di cui suo marito è innamorato da sempre, permetterà a Celie di fare una scoperta, e i legami di sangue...

Ariella Mason has the perfect life.

Perfect job? Check.

Perfect home? Check.

Perfect fiancé? Check.

None of this is by accident. Ariella is a card-carrying perfectionist.

On the other side of the city lives Ariella's polar opposite. Caleb Black is an unrepentant smart-ass, seat-of-his-pants, arrogant party-boy getting through life on charisma and raw sex appeal (his words).

So why,

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"Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing. Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn't one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, she's the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. Where they're long-stemmed roses, she's a dandelion: an adorable bloom that's actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows. In her bones, Ricki knows that...

"A weekend spent antiquing is shadowed by the colonial atrocities that occurred on that land. A walk at dusk is interrupted by casual racism. A loving marriage is riven by mysterious tensions. And a remarkable cascade of voices speak out from a pulsing metropolis. Tunde, the man at the center of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringing to his current work as a teacher of photography on a renowned New...

O Clube do Crime chegou! Damos as boas-vindas à nova coleção de suspenses clássicos em edições de luxo com A morte do adivinho, a primeira história de mistério ambientada no Harlem de 1930. "Existem aqueles que se dizem capazes de ler a vida dos homens em bolas de cristal. Isso é a maior besteira. Eu digo que consigo ler a vida dos homens em seus rostos." O corpo de N'Gana Frimbo, peculiar adivinho do Harlem, é encontrado sem vida na...

استعد للانغماس في رحلة ساحرة مع الفتاة المفعمة بالحيوية، منى، في قصة ممتعة على مستوى الأطفال الأوائل الذين يشرعون في رحلتهم في عالم القراءة. تأخذك القصة في نزهة خاصة مع منى إلى حديقة الفاكهة، حيث تتعلم معها عن أنواع مختلفة من الفواكه وتكتشف متعة التعرف

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Um clássico da literatura. Um importante manifesto. Um clássico da literatura americana, aclamado pela crítica e amado por sucessivas gerações de leitores. Tão relevante hoje quanto no ano da sua publicação, é umaextraordinária peça de ficção que combate o ódio, a desigualdade e a violência, ao mesmo tempo que celebra o amor pela vida. «Uma exuberante celebração do que significa ser mulher.» Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Celie, de 14...

"Miriam Butler's life is going nowhere in the slowest, most excruciating way possible. Stuck in the same barely-paying job she's had since she was sixteen and spending every night sleeping in the spare twin bed in her mother's house, her existence might be hilarious if it wasn't so bleak. One trip to her favorite corner store upends everything when she finds herself the winner of a Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot. Unfortunately, not even life-altering...

Sous les conseils d'un policier, le jeune Cassius Clay décide d'apprendre la boxe. À force d'entraînement et de détermination, il deviendra le grand Mohamed Ali, l'un des boxeurs les plus célèbres de l'histoire. Ce triple champion du monde des poids lourds ne s'est pas battu que pour lui-même. Il a défendu les droits des personnes noires aux États-Unis et ailleurs sur la planète.

""Don't let the white man take the house." These are the last words King Solomon says to his son before he dies. Now all four Solomon siblings must return to North Carolina to save the Kingdom, their ancestral home and 200 acres of land, from a development company, who has their sights set on turning the valuable waterfront property into a luxury resort. While fighting to save the Kingdom, the siblings must also save themselves from the secrets they've...