London tells the story of Martin Eden, a young sailor who, through self-education and determination, rises out of poverty to passionately pursue a dream of literary and intellectual achievement. But soon he discovers a life of success...
Young men
- Author:London, JackSummary:
- Author:W. P. KinsellaSummary:
Mike Houle is a college all-star second baseman in his junior year when he turns down a fourth-round draft pick offer from the Montreal Expos. He'll finish his business degree and try his luck again next year. But Mike's final...
- Author:Nolan, William F., Johnson, George ClaytonSummary:
It's the 23rd Century and at age 21... your life is over! Logan-6 has been trained to kill; born and bred from conception to be the best of the best. But his time is short and before his life ends he's got one final mission: Find and...
- Author:Tannahill, JordanSummary:
At 11:04 a.m. on January 21st, 2017, Jordan opens the door to his mother’s bedroom. As his eyes adjust to the half-light, he finds her lying in bed, eyes closed and mouth agape. In that instant he cannot tell whether she is asleep or...
- Author:Holm, Stef AnnSummary:
After ending her marriage, 43-year-old Natalie Goodwin opens the floral shop of her dreams. Pouring all of her energy into her new enterprise doesn't keep her from noticing the ruggedly handsome fireman across the street, 34-year-old...
- Author:Coelho, PauloSummary:
Santiago, un jeune berger andalou, part à la recherche d'un trésor enfoui au pied des Pyramides. Lorsqu'il rencontre l'Alchimiste dans le désert, celui-ci lui apprend à écouter son coeur, à lire les signes du destin...
- Author:Oseland, JamesSummary:
Before James Oseland was a judge on Top Chef Masters, he was a teenage rebel growing up in the California suburbs. Diving headfirst into the churning mayhem of punk, he renamed himself Jimmy Neurosis and journeyed into a vibrant...
- Author:Flanery, Sean PatrickSummary:
A coming of age debut audiobook from accomplished actor, director, and writer Sean Patrick Flanery explores that powerful first taste of love that sets the bar for something that we'll chase, usually unsuccessfully, for the rest of...
- Author:Plamondon, EricSummary:
Cette pièce explore le début d'une nouvelle amitié entre deux jeunes hommes durant une période de prise de conscience de soi et de l'autre. Cinq jeunes du quartier se rencontrent à un vernissage au moment de leurs vies...
- Author:Robinson, CherylSummary:
Olena Day's first love died tragically, and her college boyfriend left her for another woman. Now a successful, independent 43-yearold, she begins a passionate relationship with Matthew, a man 18 years her junior. Can a relationship...
- Author:Nino RicciSummary:
As the young Italian boy Vittorio Innocent arrives in the New World, leaving the arms of his dying mother for the troubled haven of his father, he and his half-sister Rita must make their way in a farming community whose ways are both...
- Author:MITCHELL, William O.Summary:
In 1924, twelve-year-old Saskatchewanian Hugh is stuck in the middle of a heat wave. To escape the sun, Hugh and his friends seek refuge in a cave and discover it is inhabited by an escapee from a nearby mental hospital. Meanwhile, they...
- Author:Legault, MichelSummary:
Je suis revenu dans l'Est parce que mon coeur déboussolé avait perdu le nord. Correcteur à la pige dans la trentaine, jeune homme aux angoisses affectives étouffantes et incorrigible romantique, Max est de retour dans le quartier de son...
- Author:Hornby, NickSummary:
It has been said often enough that baby boomers are a television generation, but the very funny novel High Fidelity reminds that in a way they are the record-album generation as well. This funny novel is obsessed with music; Hornby...
- Author:Dickens, CharlesSummary:
When the eccentric Miss Havisham and her beautiful niece Estella draw orphan Pip into the decayed luxury of their world, he begins to form desires above his station. An unexpected fortune from a mysterious donor grants Pip a chance at...
- Author:Cadieux, KeithSummary:
It’s called a psychomanteum. A room entirely lined with mirrors. The walls, the floor, the ceiling. Everything. A dark but endlessly reflecting chamber. A reflection is a tricky thing. It seems so honest but at the same time it distorts...
- Author:Aile, Rhianne, Urban, MadeleineSummary:
Quando David Carmichael, dopo essere stato colpito da un'emicrania, si rompe una spalla, al suo migliore amico Trace Jackson viene naturale trasferirsi da lui per assisterlo. Il loro rapporto cameratesco comincia a correre rischi quando...
- Author:Salinger, J. D.Summary:
Franny came out in The New Yorker in 1955, and was swiftly followed in 1957 by Zooey. Both stories are early entries in a narrative series about the Glasses, a family of settlers in twentieth-century New York. In the first story, Franny...
- Author:Whorton, JamesSummary:
Undaunted by his lack of college degree, John sets out from his meager New York apartment on a journey to Tennessee where he hopes to track down the secret papers of 17th President Andrew Johnson--documents that may or may not actually...
- Author:Groom, WinstonSummary:
Meet Forrest Gump, the lovable, herculean, and surprisingly savy hero of this remarkable comic odyssey. After accidentally becoming the star of Univerity of Alabama's football team, Forrest goes on to become a Vietnam War hero, a...