Narrative theme: Coming of age Books

A strong debut... the highlight is Eva, a complex and thoughtful woman who finds herself in the midst of a significant moment in history. --Publishers Weekly

"'See Naples and die.' To Heddi those words ring true. There is nothing more heartbreakingly beautiful than this city built on Roman ruins and set against a sleeping volcano. Despite years of navigating the narrow, winding streets of Naples's Spanish...

Drawn into fighting the environmental battle over African oil, Michael must decide who the real villains are and what he is prepared to fight for... At the end of his gap year helping children in a Nigerian school, Michael is swept up in the...

"A captivating novel." --Richmond Times-Dispatch"Reynolds creates a genuine and engaging young narrator...and maintains heat and suspense on every page."--Detroit Free PressA mystery, a coming of age novel, a tragic love story, a rich evocation of a...

"In this funny and engaging novel, Amy Stolls shows us that real-life romance is rarely as clear-cut as it seems. The Ninth Wife is a vibrant, nuanced novel about marriage, identity and the moment when we realize that the shimmer of fantasy pales next to...

In Girl Trouble, acclaimed writer Holly Goddard Jones examines small-town Southerners aching to be good, even as they live in doubt about what goodness is.A high school basketball coach learns that his star player is pregnant--with his child. A lonely...

In the deep mountains of Appalachia, the Flints of Leatherwood, Tennessee, spread the word of the gospels by handling deadly serpents and drinking lye in front of large gatherings of the faithful. Believing his ten-year-old son Jacob--called Toad or...

Since his novel "The Alchemist" appeared three years ago, Paulo Coelho has emerged from Latin America to become one of the world's most widely-read authors. With his unique, even magical ability to meld gripping action and powerful spiritual insight, his...

"Laurie Colwin was the best kind of master: human and humorous, full of wisdom and love." --Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of All Adults HereIn these fourteen tales, Laurie Colwin explores love and marriage, friendship and loyalty, and...

In Paducah, Kentucky, seventeen-year-old Thomas feels as reined in as the mighty Ohio, a river confined by high floodwalls protecting his small Southern hometown. But all boundaries vanish when Thomas experiences first love with Alice, his new history...

A remarkable debut novel that 'dares us to imagine mystery in our lives, in our time㿠book that sends us away refreshed, with the potential to see the sacramental in the everyday' - Boston Globe Told from the viewpoints of four unforgettable characters,...

The remarkable life of Rita Valiquette is depicted in this book. Her story is shared through memories, stories, research, saved documents and foraged materials. It is a great view into her ancestors who immigrated to Canada, and a resource for those who...

You can always count on a crowd outside Heads by Harry, the Yagyuu family's taxidermy shop in Hilo, where the regulars gather every day to drink beer, eat smoked meat, and pontificate into the pau hana hours. But above the shop, where the family lives,...

Kia Carson, a Los Angeles district attorney with beauty, brains, taste, and style, is about to turn thirty-five. There's just one problem with her picture-perfect life -- she's not got one eligible man in sight. Well, thank God she has her career . . ...

This story follows Ivy Lee, a warm, compassionate, joyous woman from her childhood in rural North Carolina. The circumstances of her life were not ideal. When a life altering "condition" consumed her, she reached a crossroad. Family secrets and hushed...

WEAVING the TIMES is set in 3022 in a world governed by the Magnificent Noo Wld Reepublik uv Aezhu and de Amerikez, also called "The RAA." The only permissible language is Inglish. Loyel Sitizenz dare not question the rools and regs of the RAA.Hom, our...

If you live to loveYou will love to liveBut what happens when you loseThe love and, in turn, the life it created? In this poetry collection, Elle Junia opens her heart to readers as she exhibits the intense emotions that go along with the process of...

Frederique is a novel written by Marcel Prevost and published in 1908. The story follows the life of Frederique, a young woman who is married to a wealthy man but finds herself drawn to another man, a writer named Andre. As Frederique struggles with her...

The Princess Casamassima V3 is a novel written by the renowned American writer, Henry James, and published in 1886. It is the third volume of the Princess Casamassima series and continues the story of Hyacinth Robinson, a young man who is torn between...

It was past midnight, and I was only a few kilometres from my destination when I noticed flashing blue lights in my rear-view mirror...It's the summer of 1980 and Sam, a charismatic young man of eighteen years, leaves New Zealand seeking adventure. A...

Melinda Knowles is a 35-year-old struggling with demons from her past. She seeks help and is interviewed by a friendly psychiatrist, Alice, who wishes to determine what could possibly be wrong with her. As Melinda starts telling her life story, from her...

A New York Times Paperback Row Editor's ChoiceCombining the infectious narration of Nick Hornby's Funny Girl, the philosophical lyricism of Roberto Bolaño's The Savage Detectives, and the mesmerizing power of Anna North's The Life and Death of Sophie...

Life is finally flourishing-good time to toss in a grenade!Professor Jasper Trueblood is serious about being an adult. He has a fiancé, a new car, a teaching gig at a nearby community college-and he's happier than he's been since his mother died a...

Two years have passed since Shaide's reunion with Amari. Now both promising members of Eden's Ceraph Order, the two continue their adventure alongside Aton, Lucy, Reno, Rayn, Celeste, and Lania. The carefree days of their youth are coming to an...

Meet Alexandro, aka Alec, the lover, the gigolo, the rough-edged scoundrel who sanded and polished himself into the smooth, hard object of everyone's fascination-most of all Emily's. His daughter's.As Alec lies dying in a Paris hospital of what will come...

The life of Niels Larsen, a gifted young cellist, is unfolding as it should. He's about to complete his music studies at the University of Toronto, and is ready to commit to Aude, his long-time love and soulmate. His world is shattered when a casual...

Piney Home is a heartwarming novel written by George Selwyn Kimball. The story takes place in a small town in the United States, where a young girl named Piney lives with her grandparents. Piney's parents had passed away in a tragic accident, leaving her...

Jack Dotson finally has everything he wants: the promotion he's spent years working for, a house in a trendy neighborhood near downtown Louisville, and a future with Lauren, his stunning, smart, too-good-for-him girlfriend. Then he gets the call that his...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Fancy Free is a novel written by the British author Eden Phillpotts and first published in 1901. The book tells the story of a young woman named Fancy Quilter who lives in a small village in Devon, England. Fancy is a free-spirited and independent woman...

The Man of Property is a novel written by John Galsworthy and first published in 1906. It is the first book in The Forsyte Saga, a series of novels that follows the lives of the wealthy Forsyte family in England during the late 19th and early 20th...

""The Wind-Up of the Big Meetin' on No Bus'ness"" by William E. Barton is a book that tells the story of a small town in the American Midwest that is struggling to survive during the Great Depression. The town is facing economic hardship, and the...

"Joyce Maynard is in top-notch form with Labor Day. Simply a novel you cannot miss."--Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper and Keeping Faith"Maynard has created an ensemble of characters that will sneak into your heart,...

"Wrenching . . . powerfully sensuous." -- New York Times"As searing and unforgettable as an electric shock." --Kirkus ReviewsAt the age of eight Brian Lackey is found bleeding under the crawl space of his house, having endured something so traumatic that...

Dash is a young man who is struggling with his identity. Growing up as Metis in the Canadian West, he faces his share of hardship and uncertainty. To sustain him, he has only his mother's love and guidance and a growing interest in art. One evening when...