Taylor Jenkins Reid
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"Hannah Martin's life isn't shaping up into much of anything. Since graduating college eight years ago, she has lived in six different cities and held countless meaningless jobs ... She takes up residence in her best friend Gabby's guest room. Along with Gabby and Gabby's husband Mark, [she goes] out to a bar where they meet up with some of [their] old friends, including Hannah's high school boyfriend, Ethan. Shortly after midnight, Gabby asks Hannah...
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"From the author of Forever, Interrupted--hailed by Sarah Jio as "moving, gorgeous, and at times heart-wrenching"--comes a breathtaking new novel about modern marriage, the depth of family ties, and the year that one remarkable heroine spends exploring both. When Lauren and Ryan's marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year...
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"Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go-Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Another band getting noticed is The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne....
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"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime--from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has...
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"'Have you ever heard of supernovas? They shine brighter than anything else in the sky and then fade out really quickly, a short burst of extraordinary energy. I like to think you and Ben were like that . . . in that short time, you had more passion than some people have in a lifetime.' Elsie Porter is an average twentysomething and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year's Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one....
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2016.
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Emma and Jesse, high school sweethearts, marry and build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents in Massachusetts. They travel the world, live life to the fullest, and seize every opportunity for adventure. On their first anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter when it goes missing over the Pacific ocean. Just like that, he is gone forever. Emma quits her job and moves back to Massachusetts in an effort to put her life...
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"Set against the backdrop of the Malibu surf culture of the 1980s this novel follows the daughter of a famous singer who, once she finds fame, must grapple with the fact that her father abandoned her and her siblings when they were young"--
August 1983. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their baby sister, Kit....
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"Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself... Regardless of why Evelyn has chosen her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. Summoned to Evelyn's Upper East Side...
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2022.
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Portuguese
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Durante anos, Carrie Soto manteve o estatuto de melhor tenista do mundo. Agora, só um regresso aos courts poderá impedir que o seu recorde mude de mãos. O novo e muito aguardado livro de Taylor Jenkins Reid, autora de Os Sete Maridos de Evelyn Hugo.
Durante toda a vida, ela lutou para ser a melhor. Agora não vai aceitar ser ultrapassada. Seis anos depois de se retirar dos courts de ténis devido a uma lesão no joelho, Carrie Soto vê o seu recorde...
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Ullstein eBooks
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2020
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Deutsch
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»Ich habe mich Hals über Kopf in DAISY JONES & THE SIX verliebt.« Reese Witherspoon Daisy Jones, jung, schön, von ihren Eltern vernachlässigt, hat eine klare Stimme und einen starken Willen: Sie möchte mit ihren eigenen Songs auf der Bühne stehen. Als sie zum ersten Mal gemeinsam mit THE SIX auftritt, ist das Publikum elektrisiert von ihr und Billy, dem Leadsänger der Band. Die beiden zusammen sind nicht nur auf der Bühne explosiv und führen...
11) Malibu Renasce
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TOPSELLER
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2022
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Portuguese
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Bestseller do New York Times.
Vencedor do Prémio Goodreads.
Um dia para reviver a história de uma família. A noite que mudará tudo para sempre.
Malibu, 1983. Chegou o dia da festa de final de verão organizada todos os anos por Nina Riva, e não há ninguém que não queira estar presente e conhecer pessoalmente os famosos irmãos Riva: a supermodelo Nina, o surfista Jay, o fotógrafo Hud e a promissora Kit. Filhos do lendário cantor Mick Riva,...
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TOPSELLER
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2023
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Portuguese
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Emma vê-se perante uma escolha impossível quando, dois anos depois do desaparecimento do marido e já com a sua vida refeita, descobre que ele afinal está vivo. Uma inesquecível história de amor e de superação da autora de Os Sete Maridos de Evelyn Hugo
PERANTE UMA ESCOLHA IMPOSSÍVEL,
QUE RUMO SEGUIR?
Emma e Jesse tinham a vida com que sempre haviam sonhado, quando o impensável aconteceu. Um ano depois do casamento,Jesse foi dado como desaparecido...
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TOPSELLER
Pub. Date
2021
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Portuguese
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Da mesma autora de Os Sete Maridos de Evelyn Hugo
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Toda a gente conhece os icónicos Daisy Jones & The Six, mas nunca ninguém soube o que levou à sua separação no auge da popularidade... Até agora.
Durante a adolescência, no final da década de 1960, Daisy Jones descobre a noite de Los Angeles: os bares, as estrelas de rock, o sexo e as drogas. Mas o que ela quer realmente é escrever as suas próprias canções....
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TOPSELLER
Pub. Date
2021
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Portuguese
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Entusiasmante, comovente e recheado do glamour da Velha Hollywood.
Romance multipremiado e aclamado que não vai deixar ninguém indiferente.
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Um dos livros do ano para o Book of the Month
Evelyn Hugo, uma das maiores estrelas de Hollywood, agora a aproximar-se dos 80 anos, decide finalmente contar tudo sobre a sua vida recheada de glamour e de uma boa dose de escândalos. Quando escolhe a desconhecida...
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Hauteville
Pub. Date
2022
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Français
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C'est à vous, et à vous seule que s'adresse cette confession...
À l'aube de ses quatre-vingts ans, Evelyn Hugo, légende du cinéma, est enfin prête à dire la vérité sur sa vie aussi glamour que scandaleuse. Mais quand cette actrice, vieillissante et solitaire, décrète qu'elle fera ces révélations à Monique Grant, journaliste pour un obscur magazine, personne ne comprend son choix. La journaliste décide de saisir
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Ediciones Urano/Umbriel
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2022.
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Español
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Cuando Carrie se retira del tenis, es la mejor jugadora que el mundo ha visto jamás. Ha batido todos los récords y ha conseguido veinte títulos de Grand Slam. Y si le preguntas, se merece cada uno de ellos. Lo ha sacrificado casi todo para convertirse en la mejor, con su padre como entrenador. Pero seis años después de retirarse, Carrie se encuentra en las gradas del US Open de 1994, viendo cómo una tenista británica brutal e impresionante...
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Titania
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Español
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Emma y Jesse, novios de la secundaria, se casan y construyen una vida por sí mismos, lejos de las expectativas de sus padres en Massachusetts. Viajan por el mundo, viven la vida al máximo y aprovechan cada oportunidad de aventura. En su primer aniversario, Jesse está en un helicóptero cuando desaparece sobre el océano Pacífico. Solo así, se ha ido para siempre. Emma deja su trabajo y regresa a Massachusetts en un esfuerzo por rehacer su vida....
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Umbriel/Ediciones Urano
Pub. Date
2020.
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Español
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"Evelyn Hugo, el ícono de Hollywood que se ha recluido en su edad madura, decide al fin contar la verdad sobre su vida llena de glamour y de escándalos. Pero cuando elige para ello a Monique Grant, una periodista desconocida, nadie se sorprende más que la misma Monique. ¿Por qué ella? ¿Por qué ahora? Monique no está precisamente en su mejor momento. Su marido la abandonó, y su vida profesional no avanza. Aun ignorando por qué Evelyn la ha...
19) Malibú renace
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Umbriel
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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Malibú: agosto de 1983 Como cada año, ha llegado el día de la fiesta de final de verano organizada por Nina Riva, y la expectación es máxima. Todo el mundo quiere estar cerca de los famosos hermanos Riva: Nina, la talentosa surfista y supermodelo; Jay y Hud, un campeón del surf y un conocido fotógrafo respectivamente; y la adorada Kit, la más joven de la familia. Los cuatro hermanos despiertan auténtica fascinación tanto en Malibú como...
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Umbriel, Urano World Spain
Pub. Date
2023
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Español
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Evelyn Hugo, el icono de Hollywood que se ha recluido a su edad madura, por fin decide contar la verdad sobre su vida llena de glamour y de escándalos. Pero cuando para ello elige a Monique Grant, una periodista desconocida, nadie se sorprende más que la propia Monique. ¿Por qué ella? ¿Por qué ahora?