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[In amore nessuna distrazione][Eden Finley][James Saxon]

Un nerd introverso. Una star dell’hockey che è il suo opposto. Le scintille sono assicurate…

Un romanzo travolgente, che racconta di sport e d’amore. Titolo: In amore nessuna distrazioneScritto da: Eden Finley e James SaxonTitolo originale: Power Plays & Straight A’sTradotto da: Monica De CristofaroEdito da: Newton Compton EditoriAnno: 2024Pagine: 288ISBN: 9788822787613 La trama di In amore nessuna distrazione di Eden Finley e James Saxon Foster Grant è un talentuoso giocatore di…

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Recensione "Un vicino di casa molto speciale" di Ali McNamara

Recensione “Un vicino di casa molto speciale” di Ali McNamara

Anno di pubblicazione 2022 Casa editrice Newton e Compton  Ava è una londinese in carriera, ha due figli ormai adulti ed è divorziata. Un evento traumatico accadutole di recente la convince a cambiare vita. Ha bisogno di tranquillità, pace e solitudine. Dopo quello che le è successo soffre di attacchi di panico se si trova in mezzo alla gente, così decide di trasferirsi a Bluebell Wood, un…

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Actor Keith Powers’ humility would hang sloppily off a man twice his age. It’s a character trait usually earned by a man with some wrinkles and knuckles worn and callused from the seasons of life leveling his pride. But at 25 years old, Powers, though physically groomed and polished externally, carries an internal wisdom that supersedes his youthful appearance. With looks striking enough to put comparable millennial heartthrobs to shame, and a confidence that any grown woman would respect, the young Adonis caught our eye, but his depth and nuanced on-camera performances won our hearts. Even with the record-breaking miniseries The New Edition Story, the Freeform drama Famous In Love, and the box office smash Straight Outta Compton accenting his résumé with gold, the star still doesn’t consider himself a “celebrity.”

“I don’t even like to consider myself a celebrity yet because I’m still working towards what I’m supposed to be,” he revealed during our conversation. (Yea, tell that to the 15.7 million people who watched The New Edition Story in its first week).

“I can’t get stagnant and feel comfortable when there is so much work to be done.

I like not being good at everything yet,” he confessed, an admission void of ego. Powers described the nerves he had around mastering the iconic New Edition choreography, having never been trained as a dancer.

“Ronnie was always encouraging. He kept it 100 with me,” he said of the legendary musician and mentor who carefully guided Powers’ on-screen depiction of himself.

“If the dancing wasn’t smooth enough, he taught me how to make it smooth. Instead of saying ‘nah that ain’t it’ he’d say ‘let me show you how to make this better.’”

Powers considers himself a forever student of the craft of acting; humbly navigating his new found fame, which branched off from his original career path as a model.

Signed to Wilhelmina at age 17, Powers left his hometown of Sacramento, California behind to pursue full-time modeling in Los Angeles.

“I didn’t get the acting bug until I moved to LA, and the modeling gave me one foot in the door,” Powers said, remembering his beginnings.

“I’m starting to catch it even more now, and I’m going through this thing where I’m so in love with acting, and I’m educating myself more in knowing exactly what I want. Honestly I got signed off of my looks, and I told myself in order to call myself an actor, I had to study the art of it. LA brought that out of me.”

The city that would turn out to be the hub of Powers’ wildest dreams was the epicenter of a Black American nightmare just two decades prior. The police beating of Rodney King, who is actually a cousin of Powers, brought the country face-to-face with systemic criminal justice corruption while setting Los Angeles on fire with racial tension.

“I met Rodney King twice in my life, but police brutality was always a conversation in our household,” Powers said of his late family member.

Adding, “In Straight Out Of Compton there is a clip of Rodney being beat, and I don’t think [Dr.] Dre or any of them even knew he was my cousin. Police brutality is real, and it’s always weighed really heavy on my heart.”

Powers’ personal familial connection to police brutality eventually extended to his hometown, with the shooting death of Sacramento native Stephon Clark rattling his community March of 2018.

“I think I met Stephon a couple times, when we were kids playing football. I know we met, I know his face. But that really hit home for me as well. It’s a tragedy that easily could’ve been anyone.”

With Black men under attack in almost every facet of life in this country, it’s a feat that Powers has managed to harness the principles of love and healthy relationship in a time where the Black male experience and vulnerability seem to contradict one another. But Powers has grown beyond societal expectations of masculinity into a man who sees strength in his weaknesses. He talks about his love life with the ease of classic 1990s R&B.

“I tell my boys all the time, I love my girl. I’m so sprung on my girl bro, she got my heart she can do whatever she wants with it. I’m scared, but it is what it is.” Powers divulges, referencing his fellow actor and girlfriend Ryan Destiny, who plays Alexandra Crane on the Fox series Star.

“I love Black women, that goes without saying. What resonated with me with Ryan is I was able to open up to her, and tell her how I felt. And I let her know how talented she was when I first met her. You have to tell women that, especially Black women. It’s important to let Black women know how much they mean to the world, not even just to Black men. My mom taught me from a young age you need to always, always show your Black women love. So I already embodied that in my soul. It wasn’t even something I had to remind myself of.”

Continuing, “I want the younger generation to come up and see me and say ‘Yo Keith really showed us what it was like to treat a woman and just be real and authentic with our feelings.’”

Beyond relationships, Powers was touched by the positive feedback he received from parents about the effect The New Edition Story had on their kids.

“People talk about [the movie] like it saved their lives. To see their kids wanting to dance and do performing arts meant a lot too. I grew up only knowing sports. I wish I grew up and wanted to do arts and theatre. I wish I had started a long time ago. It’s an amazing feeling but there’s definitely a lot of pressure, because people already know who you are and want to know what’s next.”

In the scrutiny of the spotlight, Keith recognizes the responsibility he now has to the young boys who are watching his every move as a blueprint for career success. Images of Black men as leaders is necessary in a time where we as a people are constantly inundated with images of our victimization. Powers may get the chance to embody the ultimate spirit of heroism and revolution in his rumored upcoming role as Black Panthers founder Huey P. Newton in Matt Barnes’ film Power To The People. The possibility has the actor in intense preparation mode.

“We’ve been definitely talking about the project. They are getting the production side together. Nothing is finalized yet,” Powers said of the movie.

“But I will say Matt and his people are really getting the job done. I’ve been doing my research. I just know when the time comes, and I get that green light personally, I have to escape and really dive into the life of who Huey P. Newton was and what he stood for. If it’s in the Lord’s will and it comes about I’d love to play such an icon. It would be scary to play because he means so much to our people, but I’m up for the challenge.”

Challenging himself on and off screen has become the spine and nerve center of Powers’ development as a man. Whether it’s tackling a biopic or expressing love, Powers does not shirk away from his responsibilities as a man, partner, son, brother, actor, and friend.

“I tell my guy friends I love them all the time. And you feel so liberated afterwards when you’re able to express your feelings as a Black man. It shows other[s] who just think we are wild and crazy and only here for entertainment that we are human. Black men, we have to look in the mirror and just decide to be leaders.”

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PER CAPIRE LA SCRITTURA, CHIEDIAMO AGLI SCRITTORI: LUCREZIA SCALI (2016)

PER CAPIRE LA SCRITTURA, CHIEDIAMO AGLI SCRITTORI: LUCREZIA SCALI (2016)

Lucrezia Scali è una giovane autrice che è passata dal self-publishing alla Casa editrice Newton Compton, grazie al passaparola dei lettori. L’ho intervistata.

1. Prima domanda di rito: perché scrivere? Come è nata questa “necessità” e quando?

Non so dire il giorno esatto, ma se scavo tra i miei ricordi mi vedo sempre con una penna in mano o con un libro. Leggere e scrivere sono due…

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WWW...Wednesday #11

da #JenniferNiven a #UnaRagazzaBugiarda a #SilviaMontemurro ecco il mio WWW...Wednesday

Ciao a tutti

Cosa state leggendo di bello in questo periodo? Torna la rubrica settimanale per scoprire le vostre letture in corso, passate e future. Rispondete alle tre domande e chiacchieriamo un po’ su quali sono i libri che vi faranno compagnia in questa settimana di vacanza.

Continua a leggere!

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#InLibreria!

Quando cala la nebbia rossa di Derek Raymond (TimeCrime Fanucci)

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L’esistenza che Gust ha scelto per sé è quella del criminali solitario, indurito dalla strada ma non estraneo a una propria regola morale, che gli impone di cercare la linea sottile che separa il bene dal male. Proprio come il sergente della sezione Delitti irrisolti, ma dall’altra parte della barricata. Ora è in…

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[Free eBook] The Inheritance by Angie Coleman [Chick-Lit Romantic Comedy]

The Inheritance by Angie Coleman, a pseudonym for Italian author Angela Iezzi is her standaloe chick-lit-flavoured workplace rivalry f/m romantic comedy, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Head of Zeus' Aria imprint for digital first publications by newer and translated authors.

This was originally published in 2017 by Italian publisher Newton Compton as Gli effetti speciali dell'amore, and is translated by Marco Condorelli. It was a recipient of the 2016 Premio Ilmioesordio, which appears to be a publisher prize for best manuscript submission.

The story is an enemies-to-lovers workplace tale of a woman expecting to eventually take over the running of the family business, who finds that her father's will leaves her resented rival in place as director, only allowing her to inherit small share and that little on the stipulation that she work and live with him under the same roof for a year.

Offered in the UK only, available at Amazon.

Free for a limited time @ Amazon (offered in the UK only, when I spot-checked, YMMV for your own country)

Description What happens when you are forced to live and work with your worst enemy? A feisty romance perfect for fans of Lindsey Kelk and Lucy Diamond.

Twenty-four-year-old Ashley Morgan thinks her future is guaranteed when she takes over the reins of her family business. What could go wrong?

But when her father decides to give the job to Jamie Standley, his right-hand man, Ashley feels cheated and breaks off all ties with her father.

Three years later at the reading of her late father's Will, she discovers to her horror that Jamie will continue to be director of Morgan & Hall, while she will only receive a small share in the business. But on one condition: that Ashley and Jamie work together and live under the same roof for a whole year...

Once again Ashley feels betrayed and cheated. To her, Jamie is an impostor and she is determined to make him pay. But forced cohabitation can sometimes have unpredictable consequences...

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4 Maggio - "LA PROFEZIA DEL TEMPIO PERDUTO" di Pierpaolo Brunoldi & Antonio Santoro Link Amazon https://amzn.to/2zQ9z0b Titolo: La profezia del tempio perduto Autore: Pierpaolo Brunoldi & Antonio Santoro  Genere: Storico Casa Editrice: Newton Compton Editori…

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Felicia Kingsley, una novella per beneficenza In questi giorni in cui quasi tutti siamo costretti a casa c’è chi ha pensato di dare una svolta in positivo a questa condizione.

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Recensione “La piccola villa sulla collina” di Emma Davies Titolo: La piccola villa sulla collina Autore: Emma Davies Casa editrice: Newton And Compton…

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18 Luglio - "HO IMPARATO AD ODIARTI" di Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

18 Luglio - "HO IMPARATO AD ODIARTI" di Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward Link Amazon https://amzn.to/2CpYTH0

Titolo: Ho imparato ad odiarti Autore: Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward Genere: Romance Casa Editrice: Newton Compton Editori Lunghezza: 352 pagine Prezzo: Ebook €5,99 – Cartaceo €9,90 Data di pubblicazione: 18 Luglio 2020

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SINOSSI

Bestseller del New York Times Dalle autrici di I want you Tutto è iniziato con un misterioso biglietto cucito dentro un abito nuziale. Ero andata in un negozio…

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27 Settembre - "I WANT YOU" di Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland

26 Settembre - "I WANT YOU" di Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland Link Amazon https://amzn.to/2l5lxfm

Titolo: I want you Autore: Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland Genere: Romance Casa Editrice: Newton Compton Editori Lunghezza: 416 pagine Prezzo: Ebook € 5,99 – Cartaceo €8,42 Data di pubblicazione: 27 Settembre 2019

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Sinossi

Bestseller del New York Times Autrici di Bastardo fino in fondo Cara Bridget, ho deciso di scriverti perché non so come altro farti arrivare il mio messaggio. E così,…

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Recensione "I nostri momenti magici" di Caroline Roberts

Recensione “I nostri momenti magici” di Caroline Roberts

Buona domenica a tutti,

oggi parliamo de I nostri momenti magici, il nuovo libro di Caroline Roberts.

Titolo: I nostri momenti magici

Autore: Caroline Roberts

Casa editrice: Newton and Compton

Disponibile anche in versione ebook

Voto: 2/5

Scheda dell’autrice

Caroline Robertsè una scrittrice di romanzi che parlano di amore, perdita, tradimento e famiglia. Vive nel Northumberland, in Inghilterra,…

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Recensione "L'estate delle coincidenze" di Ali McNamara

Recensione “L’estate delle coincidenze” di Ali McNamara

Buona sera a tutti,

oggi vi parlo di un piccolo capolavoro, quello che Ali McNamara sforna ogni anno in questo periodo.

Titolo: L’estate delle coincidenze (titolo originale The summer of Serendipity)

Autore: Ali McNamara

Casa editrice: Newton Compton editore

Disponibile anche in versione ebook

Voto: 

Scheda dell’autore

Ali McNamara ha iniziato a scrivere postando pensieri sul sito di Ronan…

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Recensione “Stronze di nasce” di Felicia Kingsley

Recensione “Stronze di nasce” di Felicia Kingsley

Buon giorno mie carissimi lettori, so di essere stata un po’ latente in questi mesi, ma ho avuto molto da fare e ahimè poco tempo per occuparmi delle recensioni.

Oggi però eccomi qui, mi appresto a cominciare la mia settimana di Salone del libro di Torino, ma prima voglio lasciarvi un consiglio di lettura.

  Titolo: Stronze si nasce

Autore: Felicia Kingsley

Casa editrice: Newton & compton

Dispon…

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Recensione "Oliver, il gatto che salvò il Natale" di Sheila Norton

Recensione “Oliver, il gatto che salvò il Natale” di Sheila Norton

Buona sera e buon ponte dell’Immacolata a tutti voi. Oggi vi parlo di un libro estremamente dolce e simpatico. Impossibile non innamorarsene. Titolo: Oliver, il gatto che salvò il Natale Autore: Sheila Norton Casa Editrice: Newton & Compton Disponibile anche in ebook Voto: Scheda dell’autrice Sheila Norton vive nell’Essex e ha iniziato a concentrarsi sulla scrittura dopo essere andata in…