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Abstract: Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down. Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through--and he's a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can't stop thinking about. The woman who's off-limits to him. Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and the boardroom windows. Their affair is secret, no-strings-attached, and has a built-in deadline: the day one of their companies will prevail. But the heart is risky business--one that plays for keeps

Abstract: The Art of Elemental presents the story behind the newest film from Pixar Animation Studios. It highlights the stunning artwork from the film's creation-including character designs, storyboards, color scripts, and much more-and features exclusive interviews from the creative team along with behind-the-scenes details

Abstract: Veronique Vincent is a star. At age twenty-two, she is one of the most sought-after models in fashion, gracing the covers of magazines and walking the runways of haute couture shows across the globe. Yet, despite being the consummate professional, Veronique wants little of the glamorous life that modeling affords her. The beloved daughter of a hardworking single mother, she has always preferred spending time at home or with her kindhearted boyfriend to attending lavish parties. When a quick getaway presents a welcome break on the heels of Paris Fashion Week, and before a Vogue cover shoot in Tokyo, Veronique is thrilled, eager to escape the mayhem of her busy schedule. Then, out of nowhere, a tragic explosion at Zaventem Airport in Brussels changes her life forever. The ruthless terrorist attack has the entire world on edge. Veronique finds herself hospitalized and alone, devastated to learn that the blast has killed both of the people she loved most. She is also forced to confront the harsh reality that she has been severely injured, her famous appearance forever altered. As she plunges into seclusion, the industry that once adored her believes her to have fallen off the map. In truth, she is struggling to find herself again after losing everything, and to discover what truly matters in life. But her mother's will, accompanied by a letter Veronique never knew existed, reveals long-held secrets, introducing her to a world she hadn't even known was possible.

Abstract: Una volta era un ragno senza arte né parte ma, dopo essere stato morso da una scienziata contaminata dalle radiazioni, è diventato un maiale con i poteri di ragno! La versione irriverente di Spider-Man e di tutti i suoi amici e nemici, con più risate, più nonsense e più pizza. Spider-Ham, identità civile Peter Porker, dovrà risolvere un grande mistero, ma senza dimenticare di pranzare come si deve pagando il meno possibile. Mentre cercherà di rimediare a un disastro epico, troverà anche il tempo di portare avanti la sua relazione con Mary Jane Waterbuffalo?

Abstract: When Billy Summers was twelve years old, he shot and killed his mother's boyfriend after he kicked Billy's sister to death. At 17, he enlisted in the army. At 18, he was a sniper in Iraq and involved in the deadly battle to recapture Fallujah. For nearly twenty years, he's worked as a paid assassin. He's a good guy in a bad job, and he wants out. He takes on a very complicated, very lucrative job that he hopes will be his last. He's got a perfect new identity lined up and a scrupulously orchestrated, flawless escape plan. And then something happens that changes everything for Billy

Abstract: Embrace your own inner red panda-and all of the awkwardness and excitement of being a teen-as you explore this vibrant collection of artwork from Pixar Animation Studio's newest film Turning Red. With never-before-seen concept art, storyboards, character designs and colorscripts, The Art of Turning Red illustrates the creative journey that brought this heartwarming coming-of-age story to life

Abstract: Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well-paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn't told her family and now has terrible writer's block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina's spare key while she's out of town. But Rosie doesn't know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking--for lack of a better word--on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks. Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He'll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control--but Lucas's time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline

Abstract: Ofelia e Thorn affrontano un universo colmo di allegorie e di realtà interiori profonde, di orizzonti antichi e di sentimenti nuovi, fino a scovare la verità che da sempre è nascosta dietro lo specchio. Crollati gli ultimi muri della diffidenza, Ofelia e Thorn si amano ormai appassionatamente. Tuttavia non possono farlo alla luce del sole: la loro unione deve infatti rimanere nascosta perché possano continuare a indagare di concerto sull'indecifrabile codice di Dio e sulla misteriosa figura dell'Altro, l'essere di cui non si conosce l'aspetto, ma il cui potere devastante continua a far crollare interi pezzi di arche precipitando nel vuoto migliaia di innocenti. Come trovare l'Altro, senza sapere nemmeno com'è fatto? Più uniti che mai, ma impegnati su piste diverse, Ofelia e Thorn approderanno all'osservatorio delle Deviazioni, un istituto avvolto dal segreto più assoluto e gestito da una setta di scienziati mistici in cui, dietro la facciata di una filantropica clinica psichiatrica, si cela un laboratorio dove vengono condotti esperimenti disumani e terrificanti. È lì che si recheranno i due, lì scopriranno le verità che cercano e da lì proveranno a fermare i crolli e a riportare il mondo in equilibrio.

Abstract: A chance encounter sends runaway Bea on a journey through West Texas with Lou, who Bea must trust as she is driven to confront buried truths about loss and heartbreak

Abstract: The official behind-the-scenes art book for Sony Pictures Animation's feature film The Mitchells vs. The MachinesThe Mitchells vs. The Machinesis a comedyabout an everyday family's struggle to relate while technology rises up around the world! When Katie Mitchell, a creative outsider, is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her plans to meet "her people" at college are upended when her nature-loving dad Rick determines the whole family should drive Katie to school together and bond as a family one last time. Katie and Rick are joined by the rest of the family, including Katie's wildly positive mom Linda, her quirky little brother Aaron, and the family's delightfully chubby pug Monchi for the ultimate family road trip. Suddenly, the Mitchells' plans are interrupted by a tech uprising: All around the world, the electronic devices people love--from phonesto appliancesto an innovative new line of personal robots--decide it's time to take over. With the help of two friendly malfunctioning robots, the Mitchells will have to get past their problems and work together to save each other and the world!The Art of The Mitchells vs. The Machinesgives insight into how the filmmakers were able to bring this fresh, new vision to the screen through concept art, sketches, and early character designs, accompanied by exclusive commentary from director/co-writer Michael Rianda andco-director/co-writer Jeff Rowe,alumni of the team behind Emmy Award-winningGravity Falls, andproducers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, theinnovative and creative mindsbehindThe Lego Movieand the Academy Award-winningSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Abstract: The Art of Luca is a collection of the behind-the-scenes artwork of the upcoming Pixar film, Luca

Abstract: Nei decenni che precedono la guerra civile, l'America è un paese di incredibile libertà ricoperto di crudeli ingiustizie. "All God's Children" è un'epopea storica che abbraccia trent'anni nella vita di tre persone - un uomo "di frontiera" analfabeta, uno schiavo adolescente in fuga e un giovane gay in fuga dallo scandalo - che stanno cercando di ottenere l'ideale americano di libertà verso la nuova frontiera occidentale, in una lotta che risuona ancora oggi.

Abstract: Sisters Peyton and Skye--one the co-anchor of a hit morning show, the other a stay-at-home mom in the New York suburbs--seem to have everything, until an Ivy League college admissions sting involving Peyton's husband threatens all they have worked for.

Abstract: In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .45 from his pocket, and in front of everybody shoots the project's drug dealer at point-blank range. The reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong, James McBride's funny, moving novel and his first since his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird. In Deacon King Kong, McBride brings to vivid life the people affected by the shooting: the victim, the African-American and Latino residents who witnessed it, the white neighbors, the local cops assigned to investigate, the members of the Five Ends Baptist Church where Sportcoat was deacon, the neighborhood's Italian mobsters, and Sportcoat himself. As the story deepens, it becomes clear that the lives of the characters--caught in the tumultuous swirl of 1960s New York--overlap in unexpected ways.

Abstract: ** WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 **\n\n** SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **\n\nBOOK OF THE YEAR: Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Stylist, Sunday Times, Financial Times, Guardian, The Times, Observer, Red\n\nMargaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.\n\nMore than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.\n\nTwo have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.\n\nAs Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes. \n\n'Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in.' Margaret Atwood