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Bronte Flowers is a happy-go-lucky lady, always smiling, glass always half-full - and she has combined her two loves of cooking and stationery in her little cafe, The Orange Teapot. The Orange Teapot is a home of sorts to a ragtag group of people who love its homely charm and Bronte's ability to make people feel good about themselves: Carla: who has just lost her husband and who has just found out he was not all he seemed. Tessie: whose rogue of a husband ran away years ago and she never got over it. Now he is back - and says he's dying. Ryan: the bright young 'Saturday boy' who comes from a rough council estate and finds much needed respite working in The Orange Teapot. The owner is a gruff Irishman - Shaun Collins - a man with a tragic past which has coloured his whole life. Will Bronte and her little cafe be able to rescue him from his demons?

Ci sembra di conoscere bene la storia di Circe, la maga di Omero, che ama Odisseo e trasforma i suoi compagni in maiali. Tuttavia, la sua vita ha un prima e un dopo che la rendono uno dei personaggi femminili più affascinanti della tradizione classica. Figlia di Elios e della ninfa Perseide, Circe si distingue per il suo aspetto fosco e il carattere difficile, mostrando una sensibilità unica verso il dolore del mondo e preferendo la compagnia dei mortali. Esiliata sull'isola di Eea, non si arrende: studia le virtù delle piante, impara a domare le bestie selvatiche e affina le sue arti magiche. Circe è una donna di passioni, vivendo intensamente amore, amicizia, rivalità e nostalgia attraverso incontri con personaggi come Dedalo, il Minotauro, Scilla, Medea e Odisseo, fino a Penelope. Non è più solo una maga, ma anche amante e madre, costretta a confrontarsi con le ostilità dell'Olimpo e a decidere se appartenere al mondo degli dèi o a quello dei mortali, che ha imparato ad amare. Con una solida conoscenza delle fonti e una profonda comprensione dello spirito greco, l'autrice rivive una figura complessa del mito, offrendo uno sguardo originale sulle grandi storie dell'antichità.

A stunning, sweeping love story set against the backdrop of the German Occupation of Guernsey during World War Two.

This powerful reimagining of Jane Eyre, set in a modern-day law firm, is full of romance and hope as it follows the echoing heartbeats of the classic story.A former foster kid, Jane has led a solitary life as a waitress in the suburbs, working hard to get by. Tired of years of barely scraping together a living, Jane takes classes to become a legal assistant and shortly after graduating accepts a job offer at a distinguished law firm in downtown Toronto. Everyone at the firm thinks she is destined for failure because her boss is the notoriously difficult Edward Rosen, the majority stakeholder of Rosen, Haythe & Thornfield LLP. But Jane has known far worse trials and refuses to back down when economic freedom is so close at hand.Edward has never been able to keep an assistant--he's too loud, too messy, too ill-tempered. There's something about the quietly competent, delightfully sharp-witted Jane that intrigues him though. As their orbits overlap, their feelings begin to develop--first comes fondness and then something more. But when Edward's secrets put Jane's independence in jeopardy, she must face long-ignored ghosts from her past and decide if opening her heart is a risk worth taking.