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Manolito Gafotas, como lo conocen todos en su barrio de Carabanchel (Alto), es un niño dicharachero que vive con sus padres, su abuelo Nicolás y su hermano pequeño, el Imbécil, y que siempre está dispuesto a contar su visión de las cosas. Junto a su mejor amigo, el Orejones López, y su mayor enemigo, el chulito Yihad, la vuelta al colegio Diego Velázquez se convierte en una aventura.

Para quien la vea desde fuera, la vida cotidiana en Carabanchel (Alto) puede parecer un día a día normal y corriente. Sin embargo, cuando te lo cuenta Manolito Gafotas, la idiosincrasia de sus habitantes aflora espontáneamente a la superficie, no siempre con buenos resultados para la reputación del barrio.

"Not Tonight, Darling!" is a book about women whose sexual desire has disappeared completely or in part - a problem affecting ever more people. The book goes through the various causes, in couplehood or the woman's own life, of the problem, such as stress, being pressed for time, pregnancy and childbirth, her role as a mother, her relationship to her own body, fear and pain, a lack of attention and intimacy, previous physical or mental abuse, the partners' different needs.

"Eugénie Grandet" er heltinden i Balzacs roman om livet i den lille by Saumur i Loire-dalen, men det er hendes far, der er den dominerende hovedperson. Han er en frygtelig hustyran og Eugénie er meget ærbødig overfor ham. Indtil hendes fætter Charles dukker op og vækker hendes lidenskaber.

I perioder mellem 2013 og 2017 led forfatteren af svær depression og var tvangsindlagt på en psykiatrisk afdeling, hvor hun gennemgik en række elektrochokbehandlinger. Undervejs i forløbet kæmpede hun med angsten for at miste sin hukommelse og adgangen til sine minder. "Oktoberbarn" er et fortvivlet opgør med det psykiatriske behandlingssystem og på samme tid en krystalklar skildring af afgørende vendepunkter og begivenheder i forfatterens eget liv - barndom, ungdom, ægteskab, forældreskab og skilsmisse.

"Tasting You" is a collection of erotic stories for grown-up women about grown-up women. No hardcore porn, no vanilla sex, just the way life sometimes takes us along at its best and worst. Starting out her writer's career in 1975 as a provocative feminist debater, Bente Clod soon achieved literary acclamation for her writing, and in 1981 was nominated to the prestigious Scandinavian Literary Award for her poetry. Her guidebook for writers to be and her writing workshops on prose, poetry and erotic writing have made her widely known throughout Scandinavia.

Mange forældre tror, at børneopdragelse er det, de gør, når barnet opfører sig dårligt. Men børneopdragelse sker hele tiden! Børneopdragelse er samtalerne over aftensmaden en tirsdag aften, det er stemningen i hjemmet, det er måden, du leger på, det er den, du er, når du skifter ble, når du hjælper med lektier, når du hyggesnakker. Det er der, du overfører lærdom til barnet. Psykolog og familieterapeut Hedvig Montgomery har 20 års erfaring med at arbejde med børn og familier.

"Listen to Yourself" is a sympathetic little book about all the near things. It is mainly about energy, about being in harmony with the people and the things surrounding us. When we are in touch with our sixth sense, we are able to feel what to do to get a good life. We often ignore our inner voice. Some people do so almost all the time, others practice listening while others still constantly realize that they forgot to listen and are therefore taken by surprise or failing to obtain what is most important to them.

Sybil og Blake Gregory er indbegrebet af et moderne, succesfuldt par: Hun er en dygtig indretningsarkitekt, han er en fremsynet forretningsmand. De lever et privilegeret og roligt liv på Manhattan med deres tre børn. Men alt forandres, da Blake får tilbudt et nyt job i San Fransisco og impulsivt køber et gammelt palæ - for da familien Gregory flytter ind, opdager de, at de ikke er alene i huset. Da et jordskælv rammer, viser husets oprindelige beboere sig for dem.

Paige Watts er født ind i en ægte Hollywood-familie. Og nu udlever hun sine egne skuespillerdrømme gennem datteren, Emma. Allerede som niårig spiller Emma en central rolle i en populær tv-serie. Indtil en tragisk ulykke knuser alt. Nu bor Emma med sin moster, Whitney, som har valgt et meget anderledes liv end Paige. Langt fra Hollywoods glamour lever og ånder hun for sit arbejde som psykiater, da hun med blot et øjebliks varsel må smide alt for at være der for sin niece.

Emelie er mor til tre børn og træt af livet. Siden faren til hendes børn skred og flyttede tilbage til Gambia, har hun kæmpet for at få enderne til at mødes. Budgettet er stramt, jobbet er kedeligt, og på trods af presset tør hun ikke gå på date. Hun er bare ikke klar. Men netop som tingene ikke kan blive værre, modtager hun et uventet brev - et brev, hvis indhold vil ændre hendes liv for altid. Det viser sig, at Emelie har arvet et hus på øen Sardiniön - og da hun tager dertil, får hun et chok.

After working on a TV segment about an art exhibition opening in Randers, Anne Larsen decides to visit Liv Løkke and her brother. When she arrives at Liv’s address, she sees the door to her apartment is open, and she is afraid something happened to her. Liv is not there, but Anne has her horrible suspicions confirmed. They have to find the killer to prevent them from committing any more murders. It will be a nerve-wrecking challenge for Anne Larsen, Roland Benito, and his coworker.

A contemporary adult relationship drama. The desires, dreams and fears of six lives collide when a stranger comes to town. Are they willing to face their fears to chase their dreams or will they fall victim to desire? With the best intentions in the world, streetwise, charmer Gabriel plans to lock himself away from temptations and get down to some serious art work in the house by the sea. But when fate sends him to a primitive cottage in the northern woods, he determines to make the most of this far-less-inspiring backwater.

Johan Boje, a police assistant for Mid- and Western Jutland dies after being hit by a speeding car outside his home one late night in March. His boss, Alex Borg, is one of the firsts to arrive at the scene of the crime. It quickly dawns on him that this is not a simple case of hit-and-run, but rather a very brutal murder. Boje's nine-year-old son claims he saw the car, and that it was a police officer behind the wheel.

Anne Larsen, journalist with TV2 East Jutland, is covering the case of the officer from Silkeborg who was seemingly hit and killed by a colleague in front of his home. Her interest is seriously piqued by a fire accident that he was secretly investigating. She starts looking at it closer.

Liv Løkke works at Netto in Paderup, as a checkout girl. She hates the town, herself, her job, and her trivial life; and she barely has to look at the shoppers to know who they are. She knows most people in the neighborhood and their shopping habits. But one day, she has to look at a costumer who buys an item that reminds her of her past, and the fateful day when she saved her brother from the burning house, after a gas explosion killed her mother. It is him...her mother’s lover.

Liv Løkke has nightmares, after the fire and her past were brought back to her present. She is contacted by Anne Larsen. The journalist has visited her brother, and she is so curious about what she wanted from him, that she reluctantly agrees to meet her at a café in Randers. But the journalist’s claims make her so furious; she leaves the café in a rage. When she sees a newspaper poster that says Johan Boje’s son saw the murderer, she goes to Johan Boje’s house and meets the son in front of his father’s memorial.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has no leads. But after interrogating Johan Boje’s wife and colleagues, Roland Benito is convinced the cop was not a faithful husband. The murderer may have had other motives than those they are working with. They interrogate Johan Boje’s son, Lukas, who was closer to the murder than previously assumed. The investigation takes a new turn when Anne Larsen seeks out Rolando. She tells him what she discovered, and that she suspects that Johan Boje’s interest in the fire was personal.

Johan Boje, officer with the police force of Central and West Jutland, is killed by a hit-and-run driver in front of his house, during a late night in March. His boss, Axel Borg, is one of the first people at the crime scene and here, he realizes the brutality of the murder. Johan Boje’s nine-year-old son says he saw the car and the driver, whom he claims is a police officer.

Ramish, Hassib og Lasse elsker at skate, men en dag er skaterparken smadret. Ramish vil bare have det sjovt og passe sin skole, men nu får han og Hassib pludselig en masse problemer. For hvem har lavet hærværket? Hvordan kan drengene bevise, at de er uskyldige? Og skal de finde sig i at blive kaldt perkere? "Ramish og hærværket" er fjerde bog om klassen fra Rosenmarkskolen. Trine Bundsgaard (f. 1971) arbejder fuld tid som forfatter og har udgivet over 30 bøger til børn og unge.