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Libba Bray

    11 marzo 1964

    Questa autrice si addentra nelle stranezze umane e nei dettagli unici della vita, evitando i fatti biografici aridi a favore degli aspetti più ricchi e singolari dell'esistenza. La sua scrittura è infusa di un umorismo arguto e di uno stile di osservazione acuto, che consente ai lettori di intravedere il mondo attraverso la sua prospettiva distintiva. Utilizza aneddoti inaspettati ed esperienze personali per creare un ritratto vivido e accattivante della sua vita interiore e dei suoi processi di pensiero. Il suo approccio rivela un fascino per parole come 'redenzione' e un'avversione per 'forse', alludendo a temi più profondi di speranza e certezza nel suo lavoro.

    Libba Bray
    The Diviners
    The Sweet Far Thing
    Under the Same Stars
    The Energy of Success
    Lair of Dreams. The Diviners - Die dunklen Schatten der Träume, englische Ausgabe
    Before the devil breaks you
    • Before the devil breaks you

      • 552pagine
      • 20 ore di lettura

      In this thrilling third installment, the Diviners return to confront new dangers in 1927 New York City, where the vibrant jazz scene contrasts sharply with an encroaching darkness. After a supernatural sleeping sickness has already taken two of their own, the Diviners are determined to uncover the truth behind their powers. Their investigation leads them to a haunted mental hospital on Ward's Island, where lost souls with dangerous connections to the enigmatic King of Crows linger. As reports of murder and possession spread panic throughout the city, the Diviners must unite to face the sinister ghosts invading the asylum, ultimately confronting the King of Crows himself. As they delve deeper, explosive secrets from the past emerge, testing their loyalties and friendships. Love hangs precariously in the balance, and the Diviners are forced to question everything they thought they knew. Meanwhile, malevolent forces gather for a climactic battle that threatens not only the Diviners but the very soul of the nation. With heart-pounding action and chilling moments, this installment promises to leave readers breathless as the stakes rise in the ongoing saga of the Diviners.

      Before the devil breaks you
      4,3
    • After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. Now that the world knows of her ability to "read" objects, and therefore, read the past, she has become a media darling, earning the title, "America's Sweetheart Seer." But not everyone is so accepting of the Diviners' abilities...Meanwhile, mysterious deaths have been turning up in the city, victims of an unknown sleeping sickness. Can the Diviners descend into the dreamworld and catch a killer?

      Lair of Dreams. The Diviners - Die dunklen Schatten der Träume, englische Ausgabe
      4,2
    • Increase your positive energy at work—and help your team do the same In The Energy of Success, award-winning energy expert Rebecca Ahmed reveals precisely how to shift your physical, emotional, and mental potential through proven, easy-to-use strategies you can start using today. When you learn to shift your own and your team's energy (even if you are not in charge!), you will immediately increase their joy and enthusiasm, transform your workplace, and infuse positivity into your workplace...for everyone. In the book, you'll find five energetic success principles and practical steps you can take immediately to improve your life and the positive influence you can have on the people around you. You'll also discover: Key takeaways to empower others and prepare and control your own personal energy levels at work Critical insights into how you can shift your employees' focus from dwelling on challenges to innovating and communicating solutions Ways to control your responses and reactions to external factors at work, at home, and everywhere else Perfect for employees of all levels, The Energy of Success is a must-read resource for professionals everywhere who hope to change and improve their energy to unlock new levels of success and happiness.

      The Energy of Success
      3,0
    • "Three timelines converge to unveil the mysterious disappearance of two girls during World War II"--

      Under the Same Stars
      4,1
    • At Spence Academy, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle continues preparing for her London debut while struggling to determine how best to use magic to resolve a power struggle in the enchanted world of the realms, and to protect her own world and loved ones.

      The Sweet Far Thing
      4,0
    • The Diviners

      • 592pagine
      • 21 ore di lettura

      Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City-and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It's 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult. Evie worries he'll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. But when the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer. As Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer, other stories unfold in the city that never sleeps. A young man named Memphis is caught between two worlds. A chorus girl named Theta is running from her past. A student named Jericho hides a shocking secret. And unknown to all, something dark and evil has awakened...

      The Diviners
      4,0
    • Ah, Christmas! Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence Academy, spending time with her friends in the city, attending ritzy balls, and on a somber note, tending to her ailing father. As she prepares to ring in the New Year, 1896, a handsome young man, Lord Denby, has set his sights on Gemma, or so it seems. Yet amidst the distractions of London, Gemma’s visions intensify–visions of three girls dressed in white, to whom something horrific has happened, something only the realms can explain. . . . The lure is strong, and before long, Gemma, Felicity, and Ann are turning flowers into butterflies in the enchanted world of the realms that Gemma alone can bring them to. To the girls’ great joy, their beloved Pippa is there as well, eager to complete their circle of friendship. But all is not well in the realms–or out. The mysterious Kartik has reappeared, telling Gemma she must find the Temple and bind the magic, else great disaster will befall her. Gemma’s willing to do his intrusive bidding, despite the dangers it brings, for it means she will meet up with her mother’s greatest friend–and now her foe, Circe. Until Circe is destroyed, Gemma cannot live out her destiny. But finding Circe proves a most perilous task.

      Rebel Angels
      4,0
    • The King of crows

      • 552pagine
      • 20 ore di lettura

      The breath-taking finale to the epic New York Times bestseller, The Diviners, from Printz winner and beloved author, Libba Bray. After the horrifying explosion that claimed one of their own, the Diviners find themselves wanted by the US government, and on the brink of war with the King of Crows. While Memphis and Isaiah run for their lives from the mysterious Shadow Men, Isaiah receives a startling vision of a girl, Sarah Beth Olson, who could shift the balance in their struggle for peace. Sarah Beth says she knows how to stop the King of Crows-but, she will need the Diviners' help to do it. Elsewhere, Jericho has returned after his escape from Jake Marlowe's estate, where he has learned the shocking truth behind the King of Crow's plans. Now, the Diviners must travel to Bountiful, Nebraska, in hopes of joining forces with Sarah Beth and to stop the King of Crows and his army of the dead forever. But as rumors of towns becoming ghost towns and the dead developing unprecedented powers begin to surface, all hope seems to be lost. In this sweeping finale, The Diviners will be forced to confront their greatest fears and learn to rely on one another if they hope to save the nation, and world from catastrophe...

      The King of crows
      4,0
    • A Universe of Wishes

      A We Need Diverse Books Anthology

      • 407pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories , comes a young adult fantasy short story collection featuring some of the best own-voices children’s authors, including New York Times bestselling authors Libba Bray ( The Diviners ), Victoria Schwab ( A Darker Shade of Magic ), Natalie C. Parker ( Seafire ), and many more. Edited by Dhonielle Clayton ( The Belles ). In the fourth collaboration with We Need Diverse Books, fifteen award-winning and celebrated diverse authors deliver stories about a princess without need of a prince, a monster long misunderstood, memories that vanish with a spell, and voices that refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. This powerful and inclusive collection contains a universe of wishes for a braver and more beautiful world. AUTHORS INCLUDE: Samira Ahmed, Libba Bray, Dhonielle Clayton, Zoraida Córdova, Tessa Gratton, Kwame Mbalia, Anna-Marie McLemore, Tochi Onyebuchi, Mark Oshiro, Natalie C. Parker, Rebecca Roanhorse, Victoria Schwab, Tara Sim, Nic Stone, and a to-be-announced debut author/short-story contest winner

      A Universe of Wishes
      3,9
    • Going Bovine

      • 570pagine
      • 20 ore di lettura

      Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old diagnosed with mad cow disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.

      Going Bovine
      3,7
    • From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Bray comes the story of a planeof beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island.

      Beauty Queens
      3,6
    • A Great and Terrible Beauty

      • 416pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      It's 1895, and after the death of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's being followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls - and their foray into the spiritual world - lead to?

      A Great and Terrible Beauty
      3,6
    • Up All Night

      Six Sunsets, Six Stories - Short Stories

      • 240pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      A brush with the supernatural? A rock concert? A reunion? A poolside revelation? The need to know what's up? The confessions of a friend? The dream of escape? A sick pet? An English assignment? The rear-window view of a murder next door? The search for the mother you never met? What keeps you up all night?This remarkable collection of award-winning and bestselling authors is thought provoking, insightful, heartfelt, and powerful.

      Up All Night
      3,4
    • 21 Proms

      • 289pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      Prom. It's a near-universal high school experience. And here at least 21 of today's bestselling and up-and-coming YA authors riff on it.Authors Libba Bray, Jacqueline Woodson, Ned Vizzini, John Green, Sarah Mylnowski, Melissa de la Cruz, Holly Black, Brent Hartinger, Lisa Sandell, Will Leitch, Leslie Margolis, Cecily von Ziegessar, E. Lockhart, Jodi Anderson, David Levithan, Dan Ehrenhaft, Liz Craft, Aimee Friedman, and Adrienne Vrettos

      21 Proms
      3,3
    • Kari 3

      • 154pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      Kari möchte endlich die Aufmerksamkeit des Jungen, in den sie schon seit der siebten Klasse verliebt ist, auf sich lenken … und was bietet sich da besser an als die große Feier zu ihrem sechzehnten Geburtstag? Die coolste Swing Band von ganz South Carolina wird auftreten; ein perfekter Rahmen für ein perfektes Date! Doch dank ihrer peinlichen und chaotischen Familie läuft alles anders als geplant …

      Kari 3
      2,0
    • Der geheime Zirkel

      • 864pagine
      • 31 ore di lettura

      Der fulminante Abschluss der Erfolgs-Trilogie. Obwohl Gemma die Magie an sich gebunden hat, gelingt es ihr nicht mehr, das Tor aus Licht erscheinen zu lassen, welches ins Magische Reich führt. Nur dort könnte sie die Magie in sich wieder zum Leben erwecken. Die bräuchten sie und ihre Freundinnen gerade nötiger denn je. Ann soll ihren Dienst als Gouvernante antreten und Felicity den Langweiler Horace heiraten. Als sich die Mädchen schon fast in ihr Schicksal gefügt haben, legen Bauarbeiter einen merkwürdigen Stein am niedergebrannten Ostflügel der Schule frei. Darauf ist der Umriss des Mondauges zu sehen. Und wirklich: Der Stein ist ein Zugang zum Magischen Reich, wo die Magie in Gemma endlich wieder aufflammt - stärker denn je. Aber das sorgt für neue Schwierigkeiten. Denn nun wollen alle die Magie - um jeden Preis ...

      Der geheime Zirkel
      4,0
    • In diesem fantastischen Romantikthriller von 1926 folgt die 17-jährige Evie O'Neill dem aufregenden Partyleben in New York, bis Ritualmorde die Stadt erschüttern. Mit ihren übernatürlichen Fähigkeiten und der Hilfe ihres Onkels sowie zwei Männern versucht sie, den Mörder zu stoppen und ihr Herz zu finden.

      Aller Anfang ist böse / The Diviners Bd.1
      3,6
    • Eindeloze verte

      Het troebele tij

      • 432pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      Er is een hoop veranderd sinds Gemma een jaar geleden vanuit India op de strenge, Engelse kostschool Spence terechtkwam. Nu haar moeder is vermoord en haar vader verslaafd is geraakt, rekent zij op haar krachten waarmee ze naar een andere wereld kan reizen. Het Rijk is een betoverende wereld waar zwarte magie nauwelijks grenzen kent.

      Eindeloze verte