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Recapture the summer sunshine this autumn with the Sunday Times bestseller that readers are calling ‘captivating’ and ‘a treasure of a read’…Love grows where you least expect it…July 1981. As the country prepares to celebrate Prince Charles’ wedding to Lady Diana, Libby flees London – and her cheating fiancé Marcus – for the Suffolk countryside.At Larkspur House, she hopes to put the pieces of her life back together. And Libby’s great-aunt Bess and renowned garden designer and former socialite Elfrida are happy to help.But for lifelong friends Bess and Elfrida, Libby’s arrival has stirred up the ghosts of the past. And before they can help her rebuild her shattered future, they must confront their own secrets, lost loves, and tragedies…From the Sunday Times bestselling author Erica James comes a captivating story that sweeps through sixty years of history, love, and family drama.
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Shelby Pomeroy pierde a su marido, Richard, en dos ocasiones. La primeracuando recibe la noticia de su naufragio y la segunda cuando descubrelas múltiples identidades falsas que ha tenido, los escarceos amorososque ha vivido con otras mujeres y la impresionante deuda que le hadejado. Todo era falso, incluso el diamante de su anillo de compromiso.Desesperada por recuperar el equilibrio y sacar adelante a su hija detres años, Shelby regresa a la pequeña localidad de Tennessee donde secrio. Reencontrarse con su familia y con los paisajes de su niñez ledevuelve la fuerza y la ilusión de vivir, y cuando conoce a GriffinLott, un atractivo constructor local, siente que está empezando unanueva vida. A partir de ese momento el amor, pero también el peligro,rondarán a Shelby. No todos los secretos de Richard han salido todavía ala luz y ella no tardará en darse cuenta de que se ha convertido en unobjetivo, y que ni siquiera en su pueblo natal, rodeada de gente que laquiere, está a salvo.
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Ava vive a Londra, ha tre amiche del cuore e un compagno speciale, il suo beagle Harold, un cane molto vivace e disubbidiente che ne combina di tutti i colori. Non ha ancora trovato l'anima gemella e, dopo una lunga serie di incontri a dir poco insoddisfacenti, capisce che la ricerca di un partner online non fa per lei. Ava ha in mente mille progetti per la sua vita, le piace ampliare i suoi orizzonti anche se in realtà non sa quale strada prendere. Di fatto si guadagna da vivere scrivendo i bugiardini dei farmaci, è iscritta a un corso di aromaterapia e ha iniziato un suo romanzo, però non è molto ispirata. Decide perciò di partecipare a un corso di scrittura in Puglia dove conosce un uomo bello e misterioso da cui è irresistibilmente attratta. Tra i due scocca la scintilla, ma decidono di non chiedersi nulla delle loro rispettive vite, nome compreso. Alla fine di questa romantica avventura scoprono con gioia di essere entrambi diretti a Londra e cominciano a frequentarsi, ed è così che hanno inizio le sorprese... Ava avrà trovato l'uomo giusto o è solo un abbaglio? Amo la mia vita è una commedia romantica che fa ridere e sorridere, in cui Sophie Kinsella affronta il tema delle false aspettative e dei compromessi necessari in amore. Perché chi hai davvero di fronte non è mai come pensavi fosse e soprattutto come lo volevi tu.
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De excelente familia, muy rica y también bastante fascinante, el protagonista de esta novela a los treinta años ya es un estimado ingeniero al que realmente no le falta nada: villas, automóviles, pero también amigos, mujeres y salud. Un exceso de cosas para él cada vez más agobiante. Es por esto que de la nada decide dar un cambio radical a su existencia abandonando su trabajo y renunciando a todas las comodidades para irse a vivir a una cabaña en la montaña. Evocando los recuerdos de la infancia, descubre visiones de picos lejanos, manantiales claros, arroyos cantores, pastos verdes y, sobre todo, cascadas resplandecientes entre los recuerdos. Pero una vez en la montaña, donde por fin puede dedicarse incesantemente a la contemplación de la bola de fuego, se da cuenta de que las horas de luz de las que dispone ya no son suficientes... Con su escritura cáustica y azotadora, Mauro Corona vuelve a dar voz. a la epopeya de la montaña con un gran relato moral, una reflexión de absoluta actualidad sobre la relación entre el hombre y la naturaleza .
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The second volume of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust sees Lyra, now 20 years old, and her daemon Pantalaimon, forced to navigate their relationship in a way they could never have imagined and drawn into the complex and dangerous factions of a world that they had no idea existed. Pulled along on his own journey too is Malcolm, once a boy with a boat and a mission to save a baby from the flood, now a man with a strong sense of duty and a desire to do what is right.
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In sixteen extended talks with Alternative Radio's David Barsamian, Noam Chomsky explains why the 'war on drugs' is really a war on poor people, how attacks on political correctness are attacks on independent thought, how historical revisionism has recast the United States as the victim in the Vietnam War. Widely recognized as one of the most original and important thinkers of our age, Chomsky's trenchant analysis of current events is a breath of fresh air in a world more and more polluted by mainstream media.
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The dead man followed the track until it rose above the last remaining trees and ceased to be a rough line of beaten earth and scruffy grass, to become a stony ramp hewn out of the cliff face and deeply rutted by the abrasive force of ancient iron-rimmed cart wheels. By now il morto was clearly suffering, but he struggled on, pausing frequently to gasp for breath before tackling another stretch of the scorched rock on which the soles of his feet left bloody footprints.Aurelio Zen’s final case brings him to remote town of Calabria, at the toe of Italy’s boot, on what is supposed to be a routine assignment: the death of a scout for an American film company. But the case is complicated by a group of dangerous strangers who have arrived to uncover another local mystery – buried treasure – and who will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. The case rapidly spirals out of control, and Zen must penetrate the code of silence in the tight-knit community in order to solve the crime.If you enjoyed the Inspector Zen Mystery series you may also like The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, another crime novel by Michael Dibdin.
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Duela bostehun urte, Magallaes eta Elkanoren espedizioak lehen itzulia eman zion munduari. Orain, Ander Izagirre Getariatik abiatu eta Getariara bueltatu da, Elkanoren jaioterritik Elkanoren jaioterrira, eta itzuli geografiko, historiko eta mentala eman dio euskaldunen herriari.Bizikletaz egindako bidaia honetan istorio harrigarriak aurkitu ditu: duela bostehun urtekoak (nabigatzaileak, esploratzaileak, esklaboak, iraultzaileak, enperadoreak, erbesteratuak, baleazaleak, hemengo espirituak, hango jainkoak) eta oraingoak (esploratzaileak, arrantzaleak, meatzariak, etorkinak, arotzak, arkeologoak, sukaldariak, eskultoreak, poetak, txokolategileak). Munduaren lehen itzulian parte hartu zuen euskal gizartearen eta gaur egungoaren arteko kontrasteak eta antzekotasunak azaleratzen ditu Izagirreren testuak, eta agerian jarri argiz eta odolez blaitutako gure historia, kulturen arteko nahasketa, esploraziorako pasioa.Bidaia-kronika, abenturen narrazioa, azalpen historikoa eta saiakera fina nahasiz, Izagirrek zalantzan jartzen du euskaldun aratz eta menderaezinaren mitoa, bere esentzien baitan bildutako euskaldunaren figura: «Irudi bakarrean sinplifikatu behar badira, euskaldunak ez ziren nekazari isolatuen herri bat hain justu, ezpada nabigatzaile promiskuoen herri bat».Beti komeni da gauza guztiei bueltak ematea. Batez ere, herrialdeei.
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1944, Bologna sta vivendo il suo «inverno più nero». La città è occupata, stretta nella morsa del freddo, ferita dai bombardamenti. Ai continui episodi di guerriglia partigiana le Brigate Nere rispondono con tale ferocia da mettere in difficoltà lo stesso comando germanico. Anche per De Luca, ormai inquadrato nella polizia politica di Salò, quei mesi maledetti sono un progressivo sprofondare all'inferno. Poi succede una cosa. Nella Sperrzone, il centro di Bologna sorvegliato dai soldati della Feldgendarmerie, pieno di sfollati, con i portici che risuonano dei versi degli animali ammassati dalle campagne, vengono ritrovati tre cadaveri. Tre omicidi su cui il commissario è costretto a indagare per conto di tre committenti diversi e con interessi contrastanti. Convinti che solo lui possa aiutarli.
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En el otoño de 1854, un joven oficial de artillería llamado León Tolstói llega a Sebastopol, la ciudad fortaleza que franceses, británicos y turcos mantienen bajo asedio en la guerra de Crimea. Durante casi un año vive entre los bastiones, los hospitales de campaña y el fuego incesante de la artillería, y desde allí escribe tres relatos que conmovieron a toda Rusia. En «Sebastopol en diciembre» conduce al lector por la ciudad sitiada, en «Sebastopol en mayo» desmonta la vanidad, el miedo y las pequeñas ambiciones de los oficiales, y en «Sebastopol en agosto» narra la caída de la ciudad a través de dos hermanos. Lejos de cualquier épica patriótica, Tolstói muestra la guerra tal como es y anuncia ya la mirada que años después daría vida a Guerra y paz.
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2021 saw the rise of anti-racism, as white people sought to be better allies to people of colour. However, well-meaning white activists have unknowingly been perpetuating the very ideas they claim to be fighting against.NeoOrientalism is an exaggeration of racial difference, and something that many activists are unconsciously promoting. In this rousing and invaluable read, David Swift urges his fellow white activists to reflect on their behaviour, revealing how our well-meaning language and political arguments are feeding NeoOrientalism and further widening the chasm of racial inequality.
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For tourists and locals who have outgrown Hop on–Hop off bus excursions, river cruises and Beatles tours, Secret Liverpool – An unusual guide is an indispensable guide to the curiosities of 'England's finest Victorian city', designed for people who prefer to customise their own itinerary or simply wander where the mood takes them.Discover for yourself the haunts of slave traders, privateers and press-gangs, the hideaway of a suspected assassin and the desecrated grave of a self-professed Jack the Ripper, track down the birthplace of rail travel and the oldest pavilion at a first-class cricket ground, marvel at a life-size replica of the world's first submarine and the original home of the Epsom Derby, be gobsmacked by burial stones older than Stonehenge and one of the earliest human settlements to be found anywhere in the UK, take a turn on John Lennon's first musical instrument and snigger at the sight of Queen Victoria's dildo, meet toads that sing, World War II's best-kept secret and the world's first (and smallest) skyscraper, toast the UK's greatest female athlete in a brew named in her honour or go for a spin on the only purpose-built F1 race track in the country.
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'Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother and father. My father liked to watch the wrestling, my mother liked to wrestle, it didn't matter what'This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts.At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves. Innovative, punchy and tender, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a few days ride into the bizarre outposts of religious excess and human obsession.
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There's always a reason for murder. But when a young actress is killed in a swift and violent attack at a cinema screening, that reason is hard to fathom - even for Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her team. It's only when bestselling crime writer Blaine DeLano arrives at the precinct that the shocking truth is revealed. Someone is recreating the murder scenes from her latest series, book by book. With six more novels left in the series, Eve now knows how the killer will strike next. But why has DeLano been targeted? Could her abusive husband be involved? As fiction is transformed into bloody reality, Eve will need all her skill and experience to solve this unique case. Luckily for her, husband Roarke happens to be a fan of Delano's work. And he's more than happy to work side by side with his brilliant wife - no matter how dark things become...
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Mi nombre es Teresa Ciabatti, tengo cuatro años y soy la hija, la alegría, el orgullo, el amor del Profesor &¬. El profesor es Lorenzo Ciabatti, médico jefe del hospital Orbetello. Pronto se convirtió en uno, después de una pasantía en Estados Unidos, porque es talentoso pero modesto, un benefactor, dicen algunos, un santo. Todos lo quieren, todos le temen, y Teresa es su amada hija: la única a la que el Profesor permite llevar el anillo de zafiros del que nunca se separa. El anillo de la Universidad Americana, dice. El anillo de poder, susurran algunos. Teresa se desliza hacia la adolescencia desde la infancia, y se da cuenta de que la benevolencia que el mundo le reserva es un efecto secundario del servilismo hacia su padre. ¿Quién es Lorenzo Ciabatti? ¿El médico benefactor que ama a los pobres o un hombre calculador y violento? ¿Un poderoso que quizás jugó un papel en algunos de los eventos más oscuros de la historia reciente? Ya adulta, Teresa decide averiguarlo y se encuentra inmersa en el dulce y venenoso líquido amniótico que fue su infancia: preguntas nunca hechas, respuestas evasivas. Todo, en las historias familiares, se readapta, se transforma... Teresa Ciabatti reconstruye la historia de una familia y, con ella, los acontecimientos de toda una época. Una autoficción sincera, feroz, siniestra, nacida del afán de reconciliarse con una infancia feliz que se interrumpió bruscamente.
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Maisu içan duenaren heriotzeac, harenganic ikasitacoari fructuric hoberena atheraco dion ustearen eta expectativaren contra, narratzailea darama melancholian eta nosomanian erorcera. Spirituaren egoquera catastrophico horrec baditu, bere aldetic denaz, bere episodio corporal mingarriac, guztiz ere, sabelaldean.Osasun physico eta psychicoco professional mota orotacoequin ukanicaco experiencia negativoaren ondotic, revelatzen çaio ecen bere sendatzea, oroz gain, berataric doala. Sendatzeco erabaquia berataric doa, ez beste inortaric. Independencia superlativoco revelatione çoragarri eta botheretsu hori bilhacatzen çaio normalitatera bihurceco motor.Alabaina, therapia eta recuperatione gueldoco bide horretan, beragan confi ança duten bi personen lagunça eta adisquidetasun ecin estimatuzcoa eriden du. Confi ança hori aguercen da haiec contatzen dizquiotenean beren experiencia traumaticoac.
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- All-in-one craft and hobby box sets targeting the latest adult trends and crazes- Quality crafting components to get users started on a brand-new, on-trend hobby- Features a book of clear, illustrated step-by-step guides and techniques covering first steps- With a smart tin containing two drawing pencils and 10 coloured pencils, you have everything you need to begin drawing beautiful flowers and plants
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This Ladybird Classic is an abridged retelling of the classic story of The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit, making it perfect for introducing the story to younger children, or for newly confident readers to tackle alone.Beautiful new illustrations throughout and a gorgeous larger format with ribbon marker bring the magic of this classic story to a new generation of children.
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Daniele no le falta nada. Tiene carácter, éxito, amigos y, sobre todo, el amor de Viola. Esta vida perfecta da un vuelco con la llegada de Rocco, un chico al que conocen en el tren. Casi inconscientemente, Rocco se entromete en la relación comprobada entre Daniele y Viola y la cuestiona. No será un triángulo, sino una acrobacia amorosa, en la que los límites se difuminan, las identidades se confunden, la orientación se pierde. La única forma de hacerlo es experimentar...
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Basta un niente per riempire fino all'orlo il cuore di Paolo. Lui è un ragazzino ricoverato al Sant'Orsola di Bologna, reparto malattie genetiche. Il suo pediatra vuole capire come mai si sia fermato al metro e ventuno nonostante i suoi undici anni. Paolo non conosce invece la ragione per la quale il bambino che ha soprannominato Sottile sia nel letto a fianco a lui. Ma è così che, libero dal gioco dei ruoli definiti, comincia a esplorare i propri sentimenti.
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LUKE RYDER’S MURDER HAS NEVER BEEN SOLVEDIn October 2003, Luke Ryder was found dead in the garden of the family home in London, leaving behind a wealthy older widow and three stepchildren. Nobody saw anything.Now, secrets will be revealed – live on camera.Years later a group of experts re-examine the evidence on Infamous, a true-crime show – with shocking results. Does the team know more than they’ve been letting on?Or does the truth lie closer to home?Can you solve the case before they do?The truth will blow your mind.
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Abbie wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. By her side is her husband Tim, the driven British founder of one of the world's most ground-breaking tech companies. They met when she joined his startup as artist-in-residence, their marriage a Silicon Valley fairy tale.But as Abbie's memories return, she realises there's something missing from Tim's version of events. Because, five years ago, Abbie Cullen-Scott was pronounced dead...
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Barcelona, early 1930s: Natalia, a pretty shop-girl from the working-class quarter of Gracia, is hesitant when a stranger asks her to dance at the fiesta in Diamond Square. But Joe is charming and forceful, and she takes his hand. They marry and soon have two children, for Natalia it is an awakening, both good and bad. When Joe decides to breed pigeons, the birds delight his son and daughter - and infuriate his wife. Then the Spanish Civil War erupts, and lays waste to the city and to their simple existence. Natalia remains in Barcelona, struggling to feed her family, while Joe goes to fight the fascists, and one by one his beloved birds fly away. A highly acclaimed classic that has been translated into more twenty-eight languages, In Diamond Square is the moving, vivid and powerful story of a woman caught up in a convulsive period of history.
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Featuring 365 great Impressionist paintings, this book offers a beautiful and inspiring way to celebrate art every day of the year.A perfect gift for art lovers or anyone interested in Impressionism, this collection of 365 pictures gathers the best of the genre's masterpieces from around the world. Covering a wide range of artists and countries associated with the movement, the book features double-page spreads with an Impressionist painting on one side and a blank page on the other, offering space for notes and reminders of significant events. The vibrant colors and dynamic brush strokes that characterize Impressionist art come fully to life in these beautifully reproduced pictures. Each day readers will encounter renowned works by Renoir, Gauguin, Degas, Cézanne, Monet, and Seurat as well as paintings by lesser known practitioners such as Lovis Corinth, Childe Hassam, Lesser Ury, Peder Severin Krøyer, and Dame Laura Knight. Perfect for work, home, or studio this beautiful volume will brighten any room and offer inspiration every day.
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Bring friends and family around the table with Jamie's brand-new cookbook, TOGETHER - a joyous celebration of incredible food to share.Being with our loved ones has never felt so important, and great food is the perfect excuse to get together. Each chapter features a meal - from Curry Night to Last-Minute Feast, Garden Lunch to Autumnal Fare - with a simple, achievable menu that can be mostly prepped ahead.Jamie's aim - whether you're following the full meal or choosing just one of over 120 individual recipes - is to minimise your time in the kitchen so you can maximise the time you spend with your guests.
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A bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club pick, The 6:20 Man is a heart-racing thriller with an incredible ending, set in the world of high finance in New York, from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci.It's time to catch a killer . . .Having survived combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq and been decorated with medals, Travis Devine leaves the army in mysterious circumstances, under a cloud of suspicion. And at thirty-two years old, he’s swapping fighting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda for a different kind of danger in the cut-throat world of high finance.His daily commute on the 6:20 a.m. train into New York’s financial district, to his new job as an analyst at the powerhouse investment bank Cowl and Comely, takes him into a world where greed, power, jealousy and ambition result in the financial abuse of the masses and the enrichment of an elite few.When a close friend of Devine’s is found dead, the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death at Cowl and Comely compel him to investigate further. As he digs deeper, he discovers strange coincidences and unnerving truths.As the deaths pile up, and the major players show their hands, he must question who he can trust – and who he must fight . . .The action continues in The Edge, the second Travis Devine thriller from David Baldacci.
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In the thrilling conclusion to the Defy the Night series, New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer crafts heartrending twists and devastating turns that will keep readers breathless to the very end.Left for dead, but desperate to survive . . . they have one last chance to save their kingdom.Prince Corrick is out of options. Held captive by the vicious Oren Crane, he's desperate to reunite with Tessa, but will need to ally with the rebel leader Lochlan, who until now wished him dead. An unlikely but deadly pair, Corrick and Lochlan must plot their next moves carefully. . .An island away, Tessa Cade is heartbroken and angry. Grieving Corrick, and unsure how to find a way back to Kandala, she doesn't know who to trust. Until Rian--the man she trusts least--makes an offer: aid in a plot to finally oust Oren Crane and see what the future holds. . .Meanwhile in Kandala, Harristan is dethroned and on the run. He's struggling to unite the rebels in his fractured kingdom, but he finds support--and maybe more--in unexpected places.Can Harristan be the king his people need? Can Corrick and Tessa find their way back to each other? As outside threats loom and the fires of revolution burn from within, time is running out to save their kingdom.
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*A BookTok and Wattpad Viral Sensation*Fast-paced and sizzling with a forbidden enemies-to-lovers romance, Our Fault is the final book in Mercedes Ron’s Culpable trilogy. This suspenseful YA series untangles the threads of love, trauma, and secrets, perfect for fans of Ugly Love and After.Nick and Noah's rocky relationship is struggling through its worst moment, and it seems that nothing can go back to the way it was before. They will have to surmount a new and frightening set of challenges to finally understand if they are really made for each other or if being apart is their only chance to be happy.Love is not always enough, and forgiveness sometimes doesn't fix what's been broken. But can you forget such a strong connection? How can memories tattooed on the heart be erased? Will they be able to leave the past behind and start over?
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Discover a forgotten fresco by Marc Chagall in a mountain village, a magnificent American villa where you can spend the night, the superb Corsican beach used as a setting for the D-Day Normandy landings in The Longest Day movie, remarkable paintings by a civilian First World War POW, a miniature village built with pebbles, golden hands embedded in the rock a two-hour walk into the mountains, a papier-mâché statue of the Virgin Mary, an unusual pool-table pocket bearing the image of Napoleon, an initiatory menhir in a chapel sacristy, a brick from the Holy Door of a church in Rome, a confessional cleverly hidden behind woodwork, the world's largest citrus fruit collection, the painting of an eagle under a balcony, a Bonaparte family tree made from locks of hair, a sleepover in a lighthouse far from civilisation ... Corsica is far from the holiday clichés of beaches, mountains and gastronomy: its little-known treasures are only revealed to locals and travellers who are prepared to venture off the beaten track. An essential guide for those who thought they knew the island well or would like to discover its other aspects.
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¿Cuántas vidas necesita una persona para resolver todos los asuntos pendientes? Irene Grau es una mujer madura y atractiva que disfruta de una vida cómoda. Tiene todo lo que uno puede desear: un marido que la adora, dos maravillosos hijos y una existencia acomodada que parece perfecta, pero que oculta un doloroso secreto. No puede olvidar a otro hombre ni la pasión que vivió a su lado. Desesperada, Irene decide buscar el apoyo y el consuelo de su mejor amiga. La espiritual Beatriz le presentará a Emilio, un gurú experto en reencarnación que le abrirá las puertas de una dimensión desconocida y le revelará una verdad que nunca habría imaginado.
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A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II‘Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.’For Marie-Laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazes. The miniature of a Paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home. The microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the Museum of Natural History. The walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the Nazis invade Paris. And a future which draws her ever closer to Werner, a German orphan, destined to labour in the mines until a broken radio fills his life with possibility and brings him to the notice of the Hitler Youth.In this magnificent, deeply moving novel, the stories of Marie-Laure and Werner illuminate the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.
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The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history.Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.
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A heartbreaking, compelling and timely story for older readers about teen pregnancy and its consequences, family trouble and unlikely friendships, set in 1960.When Laura meets a French exchange student, Leon, she is flattered by his interest in her. She's never had any sort of boyfriend before. One night, Leon walks Laura home - and her life will never be the same again. Things start to change for Laura - first her moods, and then her body. Laura isn't prepared for what she learns next - and doesn't even know how it could have happened. When her family learns her secret, they are horrified. Sent away to save them from shame, Laura meets girls just like herself, whose families have given up on them - and they become a family for each other at the most difficult time in all their lives.An emotional and moving tale for fans of Dear Nobody and Juno.
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Historias de rebeldía y amor, de conflictos generacionales y racismo, de partidas y expectativas. Los protagonistas son los alemanes, los inmigrantes italianos en Alemania con una ''vida al revés, con los pies en el norte y la cabeza en el sur'', extranjeros en el extranjero y en casa. Publicada por primera vez en alemán en 1984 y en italiano en 1993, ''Il muro dei muri'' es la ópera prima del narrador Carmine Abate: una sorprendente ''novela de cuentos'' centrada en el tema de la emigración y el encuentro, fuerte y participativa. de diferentes culturas. Sus personajes suelen ser jóvenes que se debaten con ira o ironía entre mitos inverosímiles del retorno y el deseo de integración, entre la desorientación y la apertura a un mundo moderno, a veces duro y difícil, pero que también ofrece perspectivas y esperanzas. Carmine Abate consigue aunar, con frescura, escritura civil y capacidad de narrar en catorce relatos intensos y ejemplares.
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“L'admirable cathédrale, restaurée, rapiécée, éreintée, est vraiment une grande chose morte, un gigantesque sépulcre. Elle se dresse encore en beauté sur le fleuve avec ses contreforts et ses béquilles. Tel fragment de ses assises émeut toujours par sa force : on croirait ces pierres issues du sol, et c'est en nous le même sentiment de vénération que devant un arbre de cinq cents ans au milieu d'une clairière. Telle sculpture aussi enivre par sa beauté délicate, le sens de la vie qu'elle manifeste.” L’écrivain, journaliste et historien de l’art Gustave Geffroy (1855‐1926) propose ici une promedade de deux heures sur les deux îles au coeur de Paris. Livre publié à l’occasion de l’exposition au Louvre sur Notre‐Dame de Paris, automne 2023.
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-All-in-one craft and hobby box sets targeting the latest adult trends and crazes-Quality crafting components to get users started on a brand-new, on-trend hobby-Features a book of clear, illustrated step-by-step guides and techniques covering first steps-With a smart tin containing two drawing pencils and 10 coloured pencils, you have everything you need to begin drawing fantastic portraits
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A calcified lizard in a church, vestiges of a former brothel, a “hole” that cures headaches, a bunker turned art gallery, a customised Vespa from the Second World War, remarkable secret private collections, extraordinary old libraries unknown to Neapolitans, a Greek watchtower in a theatre, a rare clock that measures the equation of time, the bars of a chapel door that resonate like a xylophone, a mysterious phallic symbol in San Gennaro catacombs, a little-known museum with a section dedicated to Punch, a unique anatomical model dating from the 18th century, a raft ride 20 metres below Piazza del Plebiscito …
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This Student Edition of The Crucible is perfect for students of literature and drama and offers an unrivalled guide to Miller's classic play. It features an extensive introduction by Susan C. W. Abbotson which includes: a chronology of Miller's life and times, a summary of the plot and commentary on the characters, themes, language, context and production history of the play. Together with over twenty questions for further study, detailed notes on words and phrases from the text and the additional scene 2 of the second Act, this is the definitive edition of the play. In a small tight-knit community gossip and rumour spread like wildfire inflaming personal grievances until no-one is safe from accusation and vengeance. The Crucible is Miller's classic dramatisation of the witch-hunt and trials that besieged the Puritan community of Salem in 1692. Seen as a chilling parallel to the McCarthyism and repressive culture of fear that gripped America in the 1950s, the play's timeless relevance and appeal remains as strong as when the play opened on Broadway in 1953.
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James and Cordelia must save London — and their marriage — in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to the Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel.
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Xavier Queipo, un dos narradores galegos que máis se ten prodigado na narrativa breve, celebra o seu 66 aniversario con esta colección de sesenta e seis relatos breves, aos que engade un limiar esclarecedor. A primeira parte do libro, «Relatos atópicos», recolle contos no sentido estrito, aínda que con sorpresas, «Gabinete de curiosidades» fai lembrar as prosas das súas entregas anteriores («Contornos», de 1993, e «Mundiños», de 1995), «Prosas finiseculares» é unha colección de fragmentos do seu diario na última década do século XX. Como xa acontecera en «55» (Xerais, 2014), este libro conforma un crisol de historias que pasean polo gume entre a realidade e a ficción, con moitas referencias eruditas e tamén con lembranzas de vidas que xa sucederon ou que aínda poderán suceder. Un Xavier Queipo en estado puro que explora a innovación temática e formal.
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Millions of young readers have loved the World's Worst Children tales and revelled in the World's Worst Teachers with their delightfully dreadful deeds - now prepare for.THE WORLD'S WORST PARENTS! From the phenomenally bestselling David Walliams and illustrated in glorious colour by the artistic genius, Tony Ross.
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a compelling, moving story exploring injustice and mob hysteria by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.'On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on'Santiago Nasar is brutally murdered in a small town by two brothers. All the townspeople knew it was going to happen - including the victim. But nobody did anything to prevent the killing. Twenty seven years later, a man arrives in town to try and piece together the truth from the contradictory testimonies of the townsfolk. To at last understand what happened to Santiago, and why. . .'A masterpiece' Evening Standard'A work of high explosiveness - the proper stuff of Nobel prizes. An exceptional novel' The Times'Brilliant writer, brilliant book' Guardian
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The tie-in edition to the star-studded blockbuster movie. ''Everything you would expect from Collins is here: fraught teenage love, plenty of violence... the themes of friendship, betrayal, authority and oppression will please and thrill'' The Guardian ''It works beautifully... please don't make us wait another decade'' The Times Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmanoeuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.
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Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn’t spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy’s childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy’s life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two daughters. Knitting this powerful narrative together is the brilliant storytelling voice of Lucy herself: keenly observant, deeply human, and truly unforgettable.
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Introducing an unprecedented fusion of AI and storytelling, a groundbreaking art book that will take you on a journey through vivid and surreal visuals that don't exist.With each turn off the page, you'll be drawn deeper into a world crafted in collaboration between the author and a machine, where familiar places and concepts take on entirely new meanings. These visuals will leave you feeling simultaneously confused, excited and hungry for more, as you explore a world that exists only in the mind of Simon and the algorithms that generated it.From placid beaches to surreal fashion shots, this book will transport you to places that never were, unveiling the beauty and mystery of an AI-generated universe. Each story within this art book has been carefully crafted to weave seamlessly between the visuals, creating an immersive experience that will keep you captivated from start to finish.Whether you're into art, fashion, or disruptive technology, this book is sure to capture your imagination and leave you yearning for more.
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Las reflexivas y desenfadadas crónicas de una familia extensa puestas en escena siguiendo el guión de un despistado intelectual y moral de cabaret. Una saga que se desarrolla en una serie de bocetos irreverentes. El léxico familiar de judíos fanáticos, católicos conversos, ateos cínicos. La matriarca de 90 años es la abuela Sara, una ansiosa belicista que vive en Israel y llama constantemente. Su interlocutor favorito es Saretta, la más joven de los nietos, astuta y audaz, dulce e impredecible, un cruce entre Franny Glass y Giovanna D'Arco. Luego están sus hermanos: el mayor, Isaac, un genio de las matemáticas y epistemólogo en formación, y Davide, un maníaco sexual y hincha compulsivo de la Juventus. El tío, el narrador, Paolo. El gato Héctor. El padre: ausente. Abandonó a Ester, la prima de Paolo, cuando Saretta tenía dos años. El tío se ve obligado, a su pesar, a ocupar su lugar, sobre todo por teléfono. Desde allí trata de educar a los niños, da consejos, responde preguntas surrealistas, se escapa. Es neurótico, hipocondríaco e inmaduro como ellos, un viejo adolescente, un puer aeternus y anquilosado al que sus nietos han elegido para el liderazgo chamánico, salvo para burlarse de su inmadurez. Es el idiota sabio, temeroso y tentado por el papel de pater familias. En el contexto del romanismo contemporáneo y burlándose de su propia imaginería psicoanalítica, Paolo Repetti escribe su novela familiar. El encuentro y el choque entre generaciones, la ausencia e indolencia de los padres, la inteligencia de los hijos.
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As a techie--a stage manager, a lighting guy, a jack-of-all-theatrical-trades-- Jackson Ghasnavi is not a fan of the spotlight. And he isn’t too fond of romance, either, ever since his actor ex-boyfriend decided he was too cool to date a techie freshman year.Jackson’s sister Jasmine, on the other hand, loves love. It just doesn’t love her back. But luckily for her, Jackson is always waiting in wings when she gets her heart broken, ready to cheer her up with a breakup list cataloging of all her ex’s faults.Enter Liam Coquyt: senior, swim captain, hot white boy—and the surprise lead in the fall musical. Even more surprising than how incredible Liam is on the stage is how much Jackson likes spending time with him off it.(Not that Jackson is falling for him. Liam is probably --no, definitely--straight.) So why is Jackson crushed when Jasmine sets her sights on him? And why does the idea of eventually drafting breakup list for Liam feel impossible?Love is more complicated “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny new romantic comedy, set in the sordid world of high school theater.As a techie--a stage manager, a lighting guy, a jack-of-all-theatrical-trades-- Jackson Ghasnavi is not a fan of the spotlight. And he isn’t too fond of romance, either, ever since his actor ex-boyfriend decided he was too cool to date a techie freshman year.Jackson’s sister Jasmine, on the other hand, loves love. It just doesn’t love her back. But luckily for her, Jackson is always waiting in wings when she gets her heart broken, ready to cheer her up with a breakup list cataloging of all her ex’s faults.Enter Liam Coquyt: senior, swim captain, hot white boy—and the surprise lead in the fall musical. Even more surprising than how incredible Liam is on the stage is how much Jackson likes spending time with him off it.(Not that Jackson is falling for him. Liam is probably --no, definitely--straight.) So why is Jackson crushed when Jasmine sets her sights on him? And why does the idea of eventually drafting breakup list for Liam feel impossible?
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Dominic of the Dragonseeker lineage - one of the most powerful lines the Carpathian people has - ingests vampire blood laced with parasites in order to infiltrate the heart of the enemy camp and learn their plans. This is a one-way mission. He plans to get in fast, relay the information to the leader of the Carpathians living in the area and go out fighting - an honourable way to end his life.Solange Sangria is one of the last of the jaguar people, a royal pure-blood. Her people, once many, are now nearly extinct. She has long been alone fighting to save the remaining women who are able to shift from the hands of Brodrick the Terrible, her own father who slaughtered everyone she loved. Wounded, weary, she plans one last battle, hoping to stop the man who has made an alliance with the vampires, accepting she will not come out alive. They are two warriors who have lived their lives alone. Now, at the end of their time, they find each other, a complication neither sees coming.
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O albatros negro de María Oruña presenta unha trama de misterio e suspense ambientada en Vigo, unha cidade que, co seu mar e a súa historia, se converte nun personaxe máis da narración. A autora entrelaza o presente e o pasado nunha investigación que conecta un crime recente con feitos do pasado, guiando os lectores a través dunha serie de pistas que os levarán a descubrir segredos agochados baixo a superficie da cidade.
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Atenas, 1973. Mientras estalla la revuelta estudiantil, un arqueólogo muere misteriosamente inmediatamente después de encontrar la olla de oro del adivino Tiresias. Diez años después, una cadena de crímenes atroces conmociona a Grecia. Asesinatos sin explicación para los que no han vivido esos días sangrientos y no conocen el secreto del jarrón de Tiresias, en el que estaba plasmada la profecía sobre el último viaje de Ulises al fin del mundo, para interrogar al misterioso ''oráculo de los muertos''. ..
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Venezia, fine del Cinquecento: una città tentacolare e spietata in cui anche i muri hanno gli occhi, il doge usa il pugno di ferro e il Sant'Uffizio sospetta di tutti e non ci pensa due volte a mandare a chiamare un poveraccio e a dargli due tratti di corda. La Serenissima osserva, ascolta e condanna. Anche ingiustamente. Ed è proprio per sfuggire a un'accusa infondata che Michele, giovane muratore, è costretto a imbarcarsi su una galera lasciando tutto e senza nemmeno il tempo per salutare la sua bella moglie Bianca, appena diciassettenne. Bandito da Venezia, rematore su una nave che vaga per il Mediterraneo carica di zecchini e di spezie e senza speranza di ritornare a breve, Michele vivrà straordinarie avventure tra le onde, sulle isole e nei porti del mare nostrum, fino ad approdare nelle terre del Sultano. Per sopravvivere, con il pensiero sempre rivolto a Bianca, da ragazzo ignaro e inesperto dovrà farsi uomo astuto, coraggioso e forte. Nel frattempo, Bianca rimane completamente sola in città, tra i palazzi dei signori e il ghetto. Il suo temperamento tenace e orgoglioso dovrà scontrarsi con prove se possibile più dure di quelle toccate a Michele, e incontri non meno terribili e importanti l'attendono nel dedalo di vicoli e calli, tra i profumi intensi delle botteghe di speziali, quello del pane cotto nel forno di quartiere, il torso dell'acqua gelida in cui lavare i panni e i pagliericci pidocchiosi che sono il solo giaciglio per la povera gente.
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An old mystery. As midnight strikes, a man desperately seeking sanctuary flees into a church. The next day, his sudden disappearance will make him famous throughout France. A new science. Forensic expert Enzo Macleod takes a wager to solve the seven most notorious French murders using modern technology - and a total disregard for the justice system. A fresh trail. Deep in the catacombs below the city, he unearths dark clues deliberately set - and as he draws closer to the killer, discovers that he is to be the next victim.
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The Twelfth Day of July is first of Joan Lingard's influential Kevin and Sadie books, set in Belfast during the Troubles. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first.Sadie is Protestant, Kevin is Catholic - and on the tense streets of Belfast their lives collide. It starts with a dare - kids fooling around - but soon becomes something dangerous. Getting to know Sadie Jackson will change Kevin's life forever. But will the world around them change too?
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THE PROMISE es una historia inolvidable sobre cómo encontrar el amor, la esperanza y la alegría incluso en los momentos más oscuros, del bestseller del Sunday Times Lucy Diamond, autora de Los secretos de la felicidad.
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The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, the bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer, and What If? 2, coming September 13, 2022.For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex, excessive, and inadvisable that no one would ever try it. How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole.Bestselling author and cartoonist Randall Munroe explains how to predict the weather by analyzing the pixels of your Facebook photos. He teaches you how to tell if you're a baby boomer or a 90's kid by measuring the radioactivity of your teeth. He offers tips for taking a selfie with a telescope, crossing a river by boiling it, and powering your house by destroying the fabric of space-time. And if you want to get rid of the book once you're done with it, he walks you through your options for proper disposal, including dissolving it in the ocean, converting it to a vapor, using tectonic plates to subduct it into the Earth's mantle, or launching it into the Sun.By exploring the most complicated ways to do simple tasks, Munroe doesn't just make things difficult for himself and his readers. As he did so brilliantly in What If?, Munroe invites us to explore the most absurd reaches of the possible. Full of clever infographics and fun illustrations, How To is a delightfully mind-bending way to better understand the science and technology underlying the things we do every day.
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The most famous person in the world is going undercover . . .Global phenomenon Winter Young is the pop star of a generation. With sell-out tours and smash-hit records, everyone wants him, or wants to be him.That's why a top-secret government organisation think he'll make the perfect spy.His target is infamous business tycoon, and all-round bad guy, Eli Morrison. Because Morrison's daughter has just one birthday wish: a private concert with Winter Young.Winter must use his stardom to crack his target's inner circle and bring Morrison down. With him will be expert spy, and expert bad-ass, Sydney Cossette - and she's convinced Winter doesn't have what it takes.But as the stakes get higher and the tension ramps up, Sydney and Winter might find their best chance is each other . . .
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WINNER OF THE FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR'This is a masterfully written history of the world's greatest football club. Més que un book!' - GARY LINEKERFrom the bestselling co-author of Soccernomics comes the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful football club in the world - and how that envied position now hangs in the balance.Barça is not just the world's most popular sports club, it is simply one of the most influential organisations on the planet. With almost 250 million followers on social media and 4 million visitors to its Camp Nou stadium each year, there's little wonder its motto is 'More than a club'. But it was not always so. In the past three decades, Barcelona has transformed from regional team to global powerhouse, becoming a model of sporting excellence and a consistent winner of silverware.Simon Kuper unravels exactly how these transformations took place. He outlines the organisational structure behind the club's business decisions, and details the work of its coaches, medics, data analysts and nutritionists who have revolutionised the sporting world. And, of course, he studies the towering influence of the club's two greatest legends, Johan Cruyff and Lionel Messi.Like many leading global businesses, FC Barcelona closely guards its secrets, granting few outsiders a view behind the scenes. But, after decades of writing about the sport and the club, Kuper was given unprecedented access to the inner sanctum and to the people who strive daily to keep Barcelona at the top.Erudite, personal, and capturing all the latest successes and upheavals, his portrait of this incredible institution goes beyond football to understand Barça as a unique social, cultural, and political phenomenon.''I began my research thinking I was going to be explaining Barca's rise to greatness, and I have, but I've also ended up charting the decline and fall.''
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La esperanza de vida del amor es de ocho años. Para el odio, cuente más de veinte. Lo único que dura parasiempre es la infancia cuando salió mal''. Década de1980. Karel creció con su hermano y hermana en la Cité Artaud, en Marsella. Los tres sueñan con otro destino, lejos de su infancia devastada por la pobreza y crueldad del padre. Presa de impulsos violentos, Karelteme parecerse a él. ¿Y si, como él, dañara a quienes se le acercan demasiado? Un día, su padre es encontrado muerto, asesinado. ¿Quién cometió este asesinatoque le salvó la vida?
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María Xesús Lama, profesora de estudos galegos na Universidade de Barcelona e editora de Cantares gallegos, pescuda con rigor e admiración, con obxectividade non exenta de paixón, na vida da poeta en Galicia e Madrid nun tempo de ideais e de aprendizaxe para a mocidade que na segunda metade do século XIX decide intentar vivir da pluma. A autora aproveita as últimas descubertas da investigación filolóxica e histórica para afondar nas viraxes inesperadas que obrigan a poeta a regresar a Compostela coa carga dunha responsabilidades familiares que lle fan reconsiderar a orientación da súa vida.
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En Egernsund, en la costa de Jutlandia, el cuerpo de una niña se quema bajo los troncos de un incendio de San Juan. ¿Fue el estudiante invitado alemán de raíces turcas víctima de un cruel asesinato ritual? Vibeke Boisen y Rasmus Nyborg de la unidad especial germano-danesa GZ Padborg se hacen cargo del caso y se encuentran con un muro de silencio en la familia de los muertos. Las investigaciones en la tranquila ciudad costera danesa también son difíciles, porque los vecinos están de acuerdo: el agresor debe venir de fuera. Cuando una pista lleva a los dueños de las ladrilleras locales, la solidaridad de la comunidad comprometida comienza a desmoronarse ..
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El abogado Martin Benner ama los objetos de valor, especialmente las mujeres, el vino y las antigüedades. Cuando muere su amigo Henry, le deja una sorpresa a Martin: su parte de la tienda de antigüedades de Henry en Nueva York. Pero la alegría de Martin dura poco: se le acerca un hombre que afirma que Henry no murió de una enfermedad sino que fue víctima de un asesinato. Martin pronto se ve envuelto en una búsqueda febril para encontrar la verdad. ¿Quién era realmente Henry Schiller? ¿Y qué pasó el día que murió?
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A totally overlooked Art Nouveau masterpiece, a forgotten Cubist lamp-post, secrets of the castle alchemists, the message in the hidden palindrome on Charles Bridge, the Kabbalistic mysteries of the Jewish ghetto, a thief’s shrivelled forearm hanging in a church, a statue revealing its intestines, the largest wind tunnel in the Czech Republic, a fragment of the Great Pyramid of Cheops in a pet cemetery, a clock that runs backwards, a house/museum painted blue to meet the needs of the partially blind musician owner …
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Detective Renée Ballard is working the graveyard shift again, and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find that an older man has snuck in and is rifling through old file cabinets.The intruder is none other than legendary LAPD detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard kicks him out, but eventually Bosch persuades her to help and she relents.Bosch is investigating the death of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway who was brutally murdered. He crossed paths with her devastated mother while working a previous case, and Daisy's story has seized hold of him.Now, Ballard joins forces with Bosch and his former partner Lucia Soto to find out what happened to Daisy and finally bring her killer to justice.
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«A arte de escribir consiste en dicir moito con poucas palabras», afirmaba Chéjov, o pai do conto moderno. Un reto para quen crea e unha aventura para quen le. Nestes vinte e dous relatos de «Compostela» achegámonos á cidade dende diversas voces e olladas, mais tamén fuximos dela a arrabaldes de grandes urbes, a vilas pequenas ou a barrios con encanto. Neste paseo literario gozamos de voces consagradas no xénero e doutras que se inician, xeracións diferentes que dialogan nunha mesma lingua na que constrúen historias enraizadas en nós. Cada conto é mostra do gran momento literario do país, estas páxinas son un remuíño de bolboretas mergulladas na mesma luz, a da literatura galega. (Malores Villanueva) A cousa é que a nave foi. E con esta xa van tres... E esta, como di un amigo meu que canta moito e moi ben, «Partiu!». (Pedro Feijoo)
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'Stop it! You're all behaving like animals! Worse than animals - like blankers!'Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power. But she's lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her.Callum is a nought: he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses - but he dreams of a better life.They've been friends since they were children, and they both know that's as far as it can ever go. Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemies - love is out of the question.Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other.But this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger . . . and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.
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A young man enters the culverted remains of an ancient Glasgow stream, looking for thrills. Deep below the city, it is decaying and claustrophobic and gets more so with every step. As the ceiling lowers to no more than a couple of feet above the ground, the man finds his path blocked by another person. Someone with his throat cut. As DS Rachel Narey leads the official investigation, photographer Tony Winter follows a lead of his own, through the shadowy world of urbexers, people who pursue a dangerous and illegal hobby, a world that Winter knows more about than he lets on. And it soon becomes clear that the murderer has killed before, and has no qualms about doing so again.
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El nombre de Julio Cortázar aún resuena en todo el mundo por su calidadliteraria y por su hondo compromiso con el ser humano. Considerado comouno de los autores más importantes del siglo XX, su vida fue tancontrovertida y apasionante como su obra. Escribió, viajó por diferentespaíses y pasó largas temporadas en ellos dejando un rastro imborrable deprofeta social, especialmente en tierras latinoamericanas. En todo esetiempo Cortázar nunca olvidó su destino y luchó por sus ideales, yafueran artísticos, políticos o metafísicos, y siempre bajo el paraguasde la literatura, su vieja amiga de la infancia que le acompañó hasta lamuerte.Pero tras este autor carismático y cosmopolita, se ocultaba un individuofuera de lo común: una persona de extraordinaria sensibilidad que viviómarcada por los traumas familiares y por una relación conflictiva con supropio país, Argentina. Cortázar fue hombre de grandes amores y deexcelentes amigos, también de oscuros secretos. Basándose en recienteshallazgos documentales, Miguel Dalmau construye una biografía rigurosa,vibrante y atrevida, un retrato que se aleja de los patrones académicosal uso para mostrarnos el lado más íntimo y desconocido de un artistaexcepcional.
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Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje PrizeSeventeen-year-old Silvie is camping in rural Northumberland with her father and a group of archaeologists, who hope to uncover evidence of human sacrifice. As Silvie glimpses new freedoms with the students, her relationship with her overbearing father deteriorates, until the haunting rites of the past begin to bleed into the present.
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Discover the weird and wacky history of the Romans!Who was the maddest Roman emperor? Why didn’t the Romans use toilet paper? And just how dangerous was a Roman tortoise? A Question of History: Ancient Rome answers all these questions and much more.With an engaging question and answer format, this series draws young readers into the fascinating, sometimes gruesome, world of famous peoples and civilisations through history. Each spread opens with a simple question, opening up an exploration of an aspect of the life of a people or civilisation and busting some popular myths along the way!The lively design is supported by annotated photos and cartoons, making history fun and accessible for readers aged 8+.
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The winter of 1353 has been appallingly wet, there is a fever outbreak amongst the poorer townspeople and the country is not yet fully recovered from the aftermath of the plague. The increasing reputation and wealth of the Cambridge colleges are causing dangerous tensions between the town, Church and University.Matthew Bartholomew is called to look into the deaths of three members of the University of who died from drinking poisoned wine, and soon he stumbles upon criminal activities that implicate his relatives, friends and colleagues - so he must solve the case before matters in the town get out of hand...On a bitter winter evening in 1356, Matthew Bartholomew, Brother Michael and their book-bearer Cynric arrive in Lincoln. Michael is to accept an honour from the cathedral, and Bartholomew is looking for the woman he wants to marry. It is not long before they learn that the friary in which they are staying is not the safe haven they imagine - one guest has already been murdered.It soon emerges that the dead man was holding the Hugh Chalice, a Lincoln relic with a curiously bloody history. Bartholomew and Michael are soon drawn into a web of murder, lies and suspicion in a city where neither knows who can be trusted.
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George Kranky's grandma is a grouch. She's always mean to George (and not much nicer to his parents either).One day, when George is put in charge of giving Grandma her medicine, he wonders if he can come up with his own remedy to try and help Grandma become less of a grump.Using some rather unusual ingredients, George creates his magic medicine*. But will it stop his grandma from being so horrible . . . or will it shoot sparks out of the top of her head?!*WARNING: Do NOT try to make George's Marvellous Medicine yourselves at home. It is likely to be extremely dangerous.
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In the expert hands of David Mazzuchelli (Batman), Paul Karasik (Raw) and Art Spiegelman (Maus), Auster's spin on the detective story has been given a unique and unexpected new life.
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The heart-wrenching final part in the bestselling The Summer I Turned Pretty Series, perfect for fans of the Netflix smash-hit movies To All The Boys I've Loved Before and The Kissing Booth!One girl. Two boys. The biggest decision of her life . . .Just when Isabel thinks she had everything mapped out, life proves that when it comes to love, you can never have all the answers . . .Isabel has only ever loved two boys, Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher. She's grown up with them, and can't imagine life without them.One broke her heart, the other made her happier than she ever thought she'd be.But each brother is keeping a secret from Isabel, and this summer she must choose between the Fisher boys, once and for all. Which brother will it be?'This book has what every girl wants in a summer' - Sarah DessenThis is funny and romantic book is the breathtaking conclusion to the love triangle that kept tens of thousands of fans guessing, and is the perfect story to lose yourself in!
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Book Two of the international bestselling One of Us Is Lying trilogy - now available in a bold new cover look complete with a midnight blue background and matching sprayed edges.Welcome back to Bayview High . . .It is a year after the action of One of Us Is Lying, and someone has started playing a game of Truth or Dare.But this is no ordinary Truth or Dare. This game is lethal. Choosing the truth may reveal your darkest secrets, but accepting the dare could be dangerous, even deadly.The teenagers of Bayview must work together once again to find the culprit, before it's too late . . .
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''A true fantasy masterpiece.'' —Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author Since Victoria Aveyard launched the instant #1 New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker, the series has taken readers by storm. Now the finale is here to continue this epic fantasy series. Change your fate—or kneel to it. The Companions are scattered and hopeless, torn from each other. After Corayne barely escapes with her life, she must forge on alone, leaving her blade broken and her allies behind her. Her only consolation—Corayne now has Taristan's sword, the only Spindleblade left in existence. Without it, he can’t rip open any more Spindles. Without it, he can’t end the world. But Taristan and Queen Erida will not be defeated so easily. Both will burn the world to bring down Corayne—and bring forth their demon god, What Waits, ready to claim the realm of Allward for his own. In a final clash between kingdoms and gods, all must rise to fight—or be destroyed. Everything has come to this. Prepare for a larger-than-life, unforgettable finale to the instant New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker series, where a shattered alliance must rise from the ashes to make their final stand against a ruthless enemy…and the demon god who looks to shroud the entire world in darkness. Don’t miss Victoria Aveyard’s New York Times bestselling Red Queen series, a sweeping tale of power, intrigue, and betrayal, where the only certainty is betrayal. Perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series.
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De milagres fantasiosos Disque Compostela naceu cando Paio, o eremita, foi guiado por unhas luminarias misteriosas ata a tumba do apóstolo Santiago. De aí o nome de Campus Stellae. E tamén disque o rei Afonso II foi o primeiro peregrino da historia. E que comezou así unha afluencia masiva de camiñantes que non cesou ata os nosos días. Unha incrible sucesión de milagres, non é? Pois lamento dicir que todo isto é mentira. Unha lenda, máis nada. Unha fantasía. A Compostela primixenia Nos primeiros tempos, ao redor dun sepulcro sen identificar non había máis nada que un burgo modesto e unha pequena igrexa. O propio Vaticano desmentiu que esa puidese ser a tumba de Iacobus, e mesmo algún bispo chegou a ser excomungado por defender esa tese. Un milagre tanxible É no ano 1068 cando nace Diego. El fixo de Compostela un arcebispado, e creou a catedral máis fastosa do mundo. El coroou reis e entronizou papas, ordenou escribir os códices máis marabillosos e puxo a insignificante Compostela á altura de Roma e de Xerusalén. El creou o Camiño de Santiago, e en base a el forxou Europa. Esta é a súa historia, e é real. Isto é o que el construíu no século do milagre. Ata agora coñecías a lenda. Agora has descubrir a verdade.
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Pietro Fenoglio, un viejo carabinero que lo ha visto todo, y Giulio, un veinteañero muy inteligente, sensible y desorientado, se hacen amigos en las situaciones más inesperadas. Sus encuentros transcurren entre confidencias personales y el relato de una formidable experiencia investigativa, que se va convirtiendo poco a poco en una reflexión sobre el método del saber, sobre los escurridizos conceptos de verdad y falsedad, sobre la idea misma de poder. ''La version di Fenoglio'' es un manual sobre el arte de la investigación escondido en una novela conmovedora, poblada por personajes de extraordinaria autenticidad: voces de una penumbra en la que se mezclan el bien y el mal, el miserable y el justo.
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The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter - but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe'en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry is amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, Ron and Hermione, he might just make it through - alive!These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASS THE MAGIC ON.
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin delivers a gripping romance about two a certified genius living with a diagnosed mental disorder and a politician's son who is running from his own addiction and grief. Don't miss this gut punch of a novel about mental health, loss, and discovering you are worthy of love.Scars exist to remind us of what we’ve survived.DETACHEDSince Shelbi enrolled at Windward Academy as a senior and won’t be there very long, she hasn’t bothered making friends. What her classmates don’t know about her can’t be used to hurt her—you know, like it did at her last school.WASTEDAndy Criddle is not okay. At all.He’s had far too much to drink.Again. Which is bad.And things are about to get worse.When Shelbi sees Andy at his lowest, she can relate. So she doesn’t resist reaching out. And there’s no doubt their connection has them both seeing stars . . . but the closer they get, the more the past threatens to pull their universes apart.
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Fifty major fashion designers are profiled in this book with full-color spreads that showcase their most memorable creations. Red carpet regulars such as Armani, Prada, Calvin Klein, and Dolce & Gabbana are included, as well as the classic clothiers Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfield, and Oscar de La Renta. While some of these designers have designed for the masses - Ralph Lauren and Diane von Furstenberg - others prefer the avant-garde over function, Vivienne Westwood, for instance. Readers will learn how the early 20th-century designers such as Coco Chanel and André Courrèges made fashion history, and discover who's making it now: Stella McCartney, Marc Jacobs, and Tom Ford, to name a few. A celebration of diversity and innovation and an essential handbook to a century of fashion, this exciting and informative look into the world of style will delight readers of every taste and age.,An accessible introduction to the 50 most important designers who have moved fashion forward over the past century.
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Attimo per Attimo es un programa de entrenamiento mental creado por Silvia Freire para vivir con conciencia cada instante del día. A través de ejercicios, meditaciones y reflexiones, la autora propone transformar los pensamientos limitantes en energía positiva. Con humor, claridad y sabiduría práctica, invita a entrenar la mente para alcanzar equilibrio, bienestar y plenitud en los 1.440 minutos que componen cada día. Silvia Freire ha escrito 40 libros con la intención de ayudarte a recuperar tu estado natural: la felicidad.
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Marigolds Familie muss überraschend eng zusammenrücken, als die älteste Tochter Daisy bei ihnen unterschlüpft. Dabei ist das kleine Haus schon recht voll, wohnt doch die jüngere Tochter noch bei ihnen und auch Großmutter Nan. Aber Marigold macht alles für ihre Familie, sie kümmert sich gerne und will das Glück, das sie empfindet, weitergeben. Sowieso halten auf dem Dorf alle zusammen, und in Marigolds kleinem Lädchen versuchen die Nachbarn, für die großstädtische Daisy einen Job und einen neuen Mann zu finden. Mit – nun ja – durchaus interessanten Vorschlägen. Vielleicht erkennt die Familie deshalb nur langsam, dass es Marigold immer schlechter geht.
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Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe -- witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family's renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin...desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister's killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means using dark magic that's been long forbidden.Then Emilia meets Wrath, one of the Wicked-princes of Hell she has been warned against in tales since she was a child. Wrath claims to be on Emilia's side, tasked by his master with solving the series of women's murders on the island. But when it comes to the Wicked, nothing is as it seems...
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Michel Houellebecq lo hace de nuevo. Después de Submission (2015), centrada en la colonización musulmana, y que anticipó las elecciones presidenciales de 2022, Annihilate se proyecta en 2027. Zemmour sigue trabajando en 2027, «solo tienes que pronunciar tu nombre y la conversación comienza a ronronear de maneras marcadas y suavemente predecibles, un poco como con Georges Marchais en su día, cada uno encuentra sus marcadores sociales, su posicionamiento natural, y saca satisfacciones tranquilas de ellos». Un tono muy kunderiano, Annihilate es quizás el libro maestro del autor, este viejo joven con insolencia desilusionada, endiabladamente inteligente y extrañamente cordel, cuyas proyecciones más acerbicas no dejan de golpear. Bajo un cielo gris, mucho sexo y alcohol, y para terminar una cita con la muerte, sumergirse en la nada. El aleccionismo es completo, una negación total, sin ningún recurso a mentiras maravillosas. Como dice una figura, «el pecado original del cristianismo es la esperanza».
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Five hundred years have passed since the devastating demon-led war that almost exterminated humankind. Those who escaped the carnage were led to sanctuary by the boy saviour known as Hawk: the gypsy morph. But now, the unimaginable has come to pass: the cocoon of protective magic surrounding the valley has vanished.When Sider Ament, last surviving Knight of the Word, detects unknown predators stalking the valley, and Trackers from the human village of Glensk Wood find two of their own gruesomely killed, there can be no doubt: the once safe haven of generations has been laid bare. Together, the young Trackers, the aging Knight and a daring Elf princess race to spread word of the encroaching danger. But suspicion and hostility among their countrymen threaten to doom their efforts from within, while beyond the breached borders, a ruthless Troll army masses for invasion. Standing firm between the two, the last wielder of the black staff and its awesome magic must find a successor to carry on the fight against the cresting new wave of evil.
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Cathy Ryan, giovane ex dipendente di una delle reti televisive più quotate in America, rimane vittima di un tragico incidente dopo aver denunciato alla giornalista d'inchiesta Gina Kane di aver subito abusi sessuali da uno dei suoi superiori. Gina capisce che questa vicenda è solo la punta di un gigantesco iceberg. Cathy infatti non è l'unica ad aver ricevuto quel trattamento e, man mano che emergono nuove accuse, i tentativi di impedire che la storia venga a galla da parte dell'emittente televisiva devono fare i conti con la determinazione di Gina a scoprire la verità. Soprattutto quando un'altra ex dipendente viene trovata senza vita, e qualcuno fa di tutto per proteggere la reputazione di un predatore sessuale.
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Summer on St Kilda – a wild, remote Scottish island. In the 1930s, two strangers from drastically different worlds meet...Wild-spirited Effie Gillies has lived all her life on the small island of St Kilda. But when Lord Sholto, heir to the Earl of Dumfries, visits, the attraction between them is instant. For one glorious week she guides the handsome young visitor around the isle, falling in love for the first time – until a storm hits and her world falls apart.Three months later, St Kilda lays silent as the islanders are evacuated for a better life on the mainland. With her friends and family scattered, Effie is surprised to be offered a position working on the Earl’s estate. Sholto is back in her life but their differences now seem insurmountable, even as the simmering tension between them grows...Then, when a shocking discovery is made back on St Kilda, all her dreams for this bright new life are threatened by the dark secrets Effie and her friends thought they had left behind.Opposites attract in this epic and spellbinding novel, which transports us from the untamed beauty of St Kilda to the glamour and intrigues of high society in the 1930s.The Last Summer is the first book in the Wild Isle series by Sunday Times bestseller Karen Swan, inspired by the true history of St Kilda and its small island community. It is followed by The Stolen Hours.
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A runaway queen. A reluctant prince. And a quest that may destroy them both. Eight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. But in the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth, has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. There she is using an ancient relic to create monsters of stick and snow who will do her bidding and exact her revenge. Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, and the one person with power over her mother, fled to the human world, where she lives feral in the woods. Lonely, and still haunted by the merciless torments she endured in the Court of Teeth, she bides her time by releasing mortals from foolish bargains. She believes herself forgotten until the storm hag Bogdana chases her through the night streets. Suren is saved by none other than Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame, to whom she was once promised in marriage and who she has resented for years. Now seventeen, Oak is charming, beautiful and manipulative. He's on a mission that will lead him into the north, and he wants Suren's help.
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Loved by millions of readers worldwide, let the seventh story in the greatest children's book series of all time take you on an unforgettable journey. The hope and wonder of Harry Potter's world will make you want to escape to Hogwarts again and again. There's magic on every page!As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now is broken, but he cannot keep hiding. The Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything Harry loves, and to stop him Harry will have to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes. The final battle must begin - Harry must stand and face his enemy.J.K. Rowling's enduringly popular Harry Potter books continue to captivate new generations of readers. Harry's seventh adventure alongside his friends, Ron and Hermione, invites you to explore even more of the wizarding world, from the tombstones of Godric's Hollow to the sweeping grandeur of Malfoy Manor. This gorgeous paperback edition features a spectacular cover by award-winning artist Jonny Duddle, plus refreshed bonus material, including Albus Dumbledore's thoughts on a certain unbeatable wand made of elder. Get ready for the magical journey of a lifetime!
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One day Robbie is hit by a car while running after his dog, Lucky. Unconscious, Robbie lies in hospital, unable to speak, move or eat. But he can hear, he is aware.His friends and family try desperately to reach him – even Zola, his favourite Chelsea footballer, comes to see him. And still Robbie can’t ‘wake up’. Until one day, against hospital rules, Dad brings Lucky into the hospital. Can Lucky bring Robbie back to life?
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Els llibres de literatura en altres idiomes són edicions impreses que permeten llegir obres originals en la seva llengua de creació. Les novel·les en altres idiomes ofereixen l’oportunitat d’accedir directament a l’estil, el ritme i els matisos culturals del text sense mediacions. El format en paper afavoreix una lectura pausada, la consulta constant i l’aprenentatge lingüístic a través del contacte directe amb l’obra.
Què són els llibres de literatura en altres idiomes?
Són publicacions en paper que presenten obres literàries escrites i editades en la seva llengua original o en una llengua diferent de l’habitual del lector o lectora.
Definició
Aquests llibres inclouen novel·les, relats, poesia o obres teatrals en idiomes com l’anglès, el francès, l’alemany o altres llengües. Llegir en versió original permet apreciar la riquesa lèxica i les particularitats expressives del text.
Valor lingüístic i cultural
Les novel·les en altres idiomes ofereixen una immersió cultural que amplia la comprensió de contextos històrics i socials. A més, constitueixen una eina eficaç per reforçar competències lingüístiques.
Com triar novel·les en altres idiomes
Seleccionar llibres de literatura en altres idiomes implica valorar el nivell de domini lingüístic i l’interès per determinades tradicions literàries.
Criteris de selecció
És recomanable tenir en compte la complexitat del llenguatge, el gènere literari i l’edició impresa disponible.
- Novel·les contemporànies en versió original.
- Clàssics universals en la seva llengua original.
- Edicions anotades per facilitar la comprensió.
- Obres breus per iniciar-se en la lectura en un altre idioma.
Tipus de llibres i contingut habitual
Els llibres de literatura en altres idiomes en format paper presenten diferents propostes adaptades a diversos nivells de lectura.
Tipus de llibres i contingut
- Novel·les completes en idioma original.
- Relats breus per a la pràctica lectora.
- Antologies d’autors i autores internacionals.
- Edicions amb introduccions culturals explicatives.
Aquests llibres permeten combinar el plaer de la lectura amb l’aprenentatge i l’enriquiment cultural.
Beneficis culturals i educatius
Llegir novel·les en altres idiomes en paper afavoreix l’adquisició de vocabulari, la comprensió intercultural i el desenvolupament de l’autonomia lectora.
Reforç lingüístic
La lectura continuada en un altre idioma millora la comprensió escrita i amplia el coneixement gramatical i lèxic.
Obertura cultural
Accedir a obres en la seva llengua original permet comprendre millor les referències culturals i els matisos propis de cada tradició literària.
Orientació lectora: per a qui són aquests llibres?
Els llibres de literatura en altres idiomes s’adrecen a persones interessades a ampliar el seu horitzó cultural i lingüístic.
- Lectors i lectores que volen practicar un idioma estranger.
- Estudiants que treballen literatura en versió original.
- Persones interessades en cultures i tradicions internacionals.
- Qui busca una experiència de lectura més propera al text original.
Preguntes freqüents sobre llibres de literatura en altres idiomes
Quins avantatges té llegir novel·les en altres idiomes?
Permet apreciar l’estil original de l’autor o autora i millorar la competència lingüística.
Com triar un llibre adequat segons el nivell d’idioma?
És recomanable començar per obres breus o edicions amb notes explicatives i augmentar progressivament la dificultat.
Què aporten aquests llibres a nivell cultural?
Ofereixen una comprensió més profunda de les referències i contextos propis de cada tradició literària.
Per què llegir literatura en altres idiomes en format paper?
El format en paper facilita la consulta, l’anotació manual i una lectura més concentrada, aspectes clau en l’aprenentatge lingüístic.