2020

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper... And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers. Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.

Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back. Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she’ll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all. With starry Texas nights, red candy suckers, Dolly Parton songs, and a wildly unforgettable heroine—Dumplin’ is guaranteed to steal your heart.

It is a companion novel to Dumplin', which follows supporting characters from the first book in the months after Willowdean's star turn in the Clover City pageant. Millie Michalchuk has gone to fat camp every year since she was a girl. Not this year. This year she has new plans to chase her secret dream—and to kiss her crush. Callie Reyes is the pretty girl who is next in line for dance team captain and has the popular boyfriend. But when it comes to other girls, she’s more frenemy than friend. When circumstances bring the girls together over the course of a semester, they will surprise everyone (especially themselves) by realizing they might have more in common than they ever imagined.

From Rupi Kaur, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of milk and honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. A vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honoring one’s roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself. Divided into five chapters and illustrated by Kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms. this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year they will teach you that people too must wilt fall root rise in order to bloom

Seventeen-year-old Katie Price has a rare disease that makes exposure to even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Confined to her house during the day, her company is limited to her widowed father and her best (okay, only) friend. It isn't until after nightfall that Katie's world opens up, when she takes her guitar to the local train station and plays for the people coming and going. Charlie Reed is a former all-star athlete at a crossroads in his life - and the boy Katie has secretly admired from afar for years. When he happens upon her playing guitar one night, fate intervenes and the two embark on a star-crossed romance. As they challenge each other to chase their dreams and fall for each other under the summer night sky, Katie and Charlie form a bond strong enough to change them - and everyone around them - forever.

"أجلس اليوم إلى جوارك، أندب أحلامي الحمقى.. غارقة في حبي لك ولا قدرة لي على انتشال بقايا أحلامي من بين حطامك.."، "أحببتك أكثر مما ينبغي، وأحببتني أقل مما أستحق!" تبدأ الكاتبة السعودية روايتها بنفس المقطع الذي تنتهي به، لتروي بينهما قصة "جمانة" و"عزيز" التي "لن تنتهي!". تبوح المرأة بتفاصيل مشاعرها تجاه الرجل الذي تحب، والأهم أنها تحاول التعبير عن حالتها الذهنية في تناقضها الحتمي مع حالة الحب الذي تكنّ. فالشرخ الذي يولّد عذابات جمة لا دواء لها، لا بد قائم بين عقلها وقوة مشاعرها، وعطائها الذي لا حدود له للمحبوب: "كنت على استعداد لأن أصغر فتكبر..لأن أفشل لتنجح، لأن أخبو لتلمع.."، ونوعية حبها الذي لا يقدره بل يتجاهله أو يقوم باستغلاله لصالح أهداف أقل أهمية منه بكثير، وأقل قيمة. "ما زلت لا أدرك، لا أدرك كيف يتلاعب رجل بامرأة تحبه من دون أن يخاف للحظة مما يفعله نحوها!" في كل مرة و"بعد كل خيبة أمل.. بعد كل محنة وكل نزوة.. كنت أحاول لملمة أجزائي لنفتح مجدداً صفحة بيضاء أخرى.."، لكن "البدايات الجديدة ما هي إلا كذبة". تستعيد الكاتبة ذكرياتها معه منذ البداية في مقهى خارج الوطن الذي غادرته للدراسة: "الوطن الذي لو لم أغادره لما حدث كل هذا.. أتكون أنت عقابي على مغادرة وطن أحبني!.."، وفكرة العقاب والثواب التي يسخر منها عزيز، تؤمن هي بها: "مؤمنة أنا بيوم الحساب أكثر من أي شيء،" لأنها تأمل عبرها أن ينال عزيز عقابه على ما اقترفه بحقها. قالت لهما العجوز الهندية غريبة الأطوار، دون سابق معرفة: "هي متعبة منك..منك فقط..وأنت متعب من كل شيء.."، وقالت لها "هيفاء" صديقتها الكويتية التي تتخاصم دائما وعزيز، بأنه لا يستحقها، وتقول جمانة له اليوم "حبي لك كان أعمى يا عزيز..وأن هيفاء رأت فيك ما لم أره.."، رأت الكذب المتسلسل والخيانة والإنكار الذي يشكك الآخر بنفسه وبعقله وإحساسه، وهي صفات تتجاهلها المرأة التي تحب رجلاً يحبها لكنه غير قادر على الالتزام بها. قال لها بصراحة: "اسمعي.. أنا رجل لعوب.. أشرب وأعربد وأعاشر النساء.. لكنني أعود إليك في كل مرة.."، وكانت تتحمل الأذى: "تؤذينني عمداً وكأنك تفرغ في نفسي أحقادك وأوجاعك وأمراضك، تؤذيني عمداً باسم الحبّ..". وهي بالرغم من كل الحقائق والوقائع تعترف: "لم أبكِ بحرقة إلا بسببك ولم أضحك من أعماقي إلا معك.. أليست بمعادلة صعبة..؟ يحلل لها زياد صديقهما المشترك الوضع: "أحببته لدرجة أخافته!.. لم يكن قادراً على ضمك لقائمة نسائه ولم يتمكن من الابتعاد عنك.. أحبك لدرجة أنه كان يخشى عليك من نفسه.. كما كان يخشى منك في الوقت ذاته.." كيف يلتقيان، وهو يؤمن بأن الغاية تبرر الوسيلة، وهي تؤمن "بأن الوسيلة أحياناً أهم من الغاية!"؟ "قلت لي يوماً بأن حكايات الحبّ الشرقية غالباً ما تنتهي بمأساة. واليوم أعرف بأنك كنت محقاً في هذا.." تنقل الرواية بصدق عميق ما يدور في أعماق المرأة في حالة حب،ّ من أحاسيس وأفكار وتناقضات، إذ تظن أن الخيار الصعب إلى أقسى مداه يكمن في الحفاظ على مشاعر الحبّ الجياشة واستمرارها، على حساب التنكّر للذات الواعية والمدركة لتلاعب الطرف الآخر بها، لكنها بأي حال، وحتى في حال دفع الحساب، لن تحصل على مبتغاها.

Geek Girl meets Fame meets New Girl in this brilliantly funny new series! When Elektra is discovered by an acting agent, she imagines Oscar glory can't be far away, but instead lurches from one cringe-worthy moment to the next! Just how many times can you be rejected for the part of 'Dead Girl Number Three' without losing hope? And who knew that actors were actually supposed to be multi-lingual, play seven instruments and be trained in a variety of circus skills? Off-stage things aren't going well either - she's fallen out with her best friend, remains firmly in the friend-zone with her crush and her parents are driving her crazy. One way or another, Elektra's life is now spent waiting for the phone to ring - waiting for callback. Can an average girl-next-door like Elektra really make it in the world of luvvies and starlets?

Elektra has finally landed a part in a film. It's the dream. Well ...until she works out that Straker is a movie so dystopian that within weeks most of the cast and all of the crew wish that the world had actually ended (preferably in scene one). And while it's obviously great news that she's moved from the friend-zone with Archie to become his almost-girlfriend, it would be better if he hadn't immediately relocated to Transylvania to play a vampire hunter surrounded by 'maidens of peerless beauty'. Full of humour and warmth, this new series is perfect for fans of Geek Girl and The It Girl.

Talk about an embarrassing introduction. On her first day of law school, Kailyn ran quite literally into the actor she crushed on as a teenager, ending with him sprawled on top of her. Mortified to discover the Daxton Hughes was also a student in her class, her embarrassment over their meet-cute quickly turned into a friendship she never expected. Of course, she never saw his betrayal coming either... Now, eight years later, Dax is in her office asking for legal advice. Despite her anger, Kailyn can't help feeling sorry for the devastated man who just became sole guardian to his thirteen-year-old sister. But when her boss gets wind of Kailyn's new celebrity client, there's even more at stake than Dax's custody issues: if she gets Dax to work at their firm, she'll be promoted to partner. The more time Kailyn spends with Dax and his sister, the more she starts to feel like a family, and the more she realizes the chemistry they had all those years ago is as fresh as ever. But will they be able to forgive the mistakes of the past, or will one betrayal lead to another?

In the land of dolls, there is magic. In the land of humans, there is war. Everywhere there is pain. But together there is hope. Karolina is a living doll whose king and queen have been overthrown. But when a strange wind spirits her away from the Land of the Dolls, she finds herself in Krakow, Poland, in the company of the Dollmaker, a man with an unusual power and a marked past. The Dollmaker has learned to keep to himself, but Karolina's courageous and compassionate manner lead him to smile and to even befriend a violin-playing father and his daughter—that is, once the Dollmaker gets over the shock of realizing a doll is speaking to him. But their newfound happiness is dashed when Nazi soldiers descend upon Poland. Karolina and the Dollmaker quickly realize that their Jewish friends are in grave danger, and they are determined to help save them, no matter what the risks.

Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story. Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store—for both of us. The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?

تحكي القصة عن نور، التي كانت قبل عامين فقط ككل الطفلات، سعيدة مع والديها اللذين كانا يحبانها ويدللانها، سعيدة في مدرستها مع معلماتها، ومع صديقات تقضي معهن ساعات من الضحك والمرح. ثم انهار عالمها كله فجأة! أصبحت يتيمة تعيش في بيت عمها غير مرغوب فيها، وفي مدرسة لا تحبها، وبلا صديقات. ثم جاءت الحرائق والجن والعوالم الغريبة، وها هي نور ابنة الثالثة عشرة تقع على عاتقها مهمة إنقاذ العالم، هذا شيء لا يصدق! ما زالت تحاول أن تقنع نفسها بأن ما رأته كان مجرد حلم من أحلامها الغريبة المرعبة! The story Noor, who was like any normal child, happy with her loving parents, great school and joyful friends. Until, two years ago, her world collapsed! She becomes an orphan in her uncle’s house, unwanted, living in a horrible school with no friends. The only source of love is her grandmother, who dies and leaves her alone. Later, fires and demons come and Noor has a responsibility to save the world while she tries to convince her self that all of this is a bad dream!