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Jedes Spiel hat seinen Preis. Und Carrie Soto ist bereit, alles zu geben.Carrie Sotos eiserner Wille und unbarmherziger Ehrgeiz haben sie zur größten Tennisspielerin aller Zeiten gemacht. Sie hält unzählige Weltrekorde und hat zwanzig Grand Slam Titel geholt. Doch nach sechs Jahren im Ruhestand muss sie ohnmächtig dabei zusehen, wie ihre Rekorde von einer jungen Britin gebrochen werden. Mit 37 entscheidet sie sich, auf den Platz zurückzukehren. Sie will nichts mehr als ewigen Ruhm und beschließt: Ein finales Jahr als Tennisspielerin soll sie für immer unbesiegbar machen. Denn wer ist sie, wenn sie nicht die Beste ist? Um ihr Ziel zu erreichen, ist sie sogar bereit, ihren Stolz beiseitezuschieben und mit Bowe Huntley zu trainieren, dem Tennisstar, der ihr einst das Herz gebrochen hat …
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Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. This became all too apparent when, after nearly two decades in England, the world's best-loved travel writer upped sticks with Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al. and returned to live in the country he had left as a youth.Of course there were things Bryson missed about Blighty but any sense of loss was countered by the joy of rediscovering some of the forgotten treasures of his childhood: the glories of a New England autumn, the pleasingly comical sight of oneself in shorts, and motel rooms where you can generally count on being awakened in the night by a piercing shriek and the sound of a female voice pleading, 'Put the gun down, Vinnie, I'll do anything you say.'Whether discussing the strange appeal of breakfast pizza or the jaw-slackening direness of American TV, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life...
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Si las mujeres que leen son peligrosas, ¿,qué, decir de aquellas que se han impuesto como escritoras en un mundo lleno de prejuicios?La literatura ha sido tradicionalmente un terreno reservado a los hombres y, hasta bien entrado al siglo XX, las pocas mujeres que se atreví,an a tomar la pluma solí,an utilizar seudó,nimos masculinos para ocultar semejante acto de rebeldí,a. Sin embargo, ya en el siglo XIII algunas mujeres se atreví,an a escribir en un mundo en el que só,lo unas poquí,simas privilegiadas tení,an acceso siquiera a la lectura. Esta interesante y reveladora obra, llena de ilustraciones y fotografí,as, propone repasar la trayectoria de las escritoras má,s destacadas que ha dado la historia, como las hermanas Brö,nte, Jane Austen, George Sand o Virginia Woolf.
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«― Trois morts, c’est exact, dit Danglard. Mais cela regarde les médecins, les épidémiologistes, les zoologues. Nous, en aucun cas. Ce n’est pas de notre compétence.,― Ce qu’il serait bon de vérifier, dit Adamsberg. J’ai donc rendez-vous demain au Muséum d’histoire naturelle.,― Je ne veux pas y croire, je ne veux pas y croire. Revenez-nous, commissaire. Bon sang mais dans quelles brumes avez-vous perdu la vue ?,― Je vois très bien dans les brumes, dit Adamsberg un peu sèchement, en posant ses deux mains à plat sur la table.,Je vais donc être net. Je crois que ces trois hommes ont été assassinés.,― Assassinés, répéta le commandant Danglard. Par l’araignée recluse ?»
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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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'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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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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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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«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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Freden neskamea da Gileadeko Errepublikan. Komandantearen eta haren emaztearen etxetik egunean behin ateratzen da elikagaiak erostera, errotuluetan hitzak ez baizik eta irudiak dituzten saltokietara, emakumeek debekaturik baitute irakurtzea. Buruz gora etzaten da hilean behin eta otoitz egingo du Komandanteak haurdun utz dezan, jaiotze tasak beherantz egin zuenetik Freden eta gainerako neskameak beren obarioen emankortasunaren arabera balioesten baitira. Hori guztia isilik eta burumakur beteko du, baldin eta Kolonietan edo Horman amaitu nahi ez badu. Jokamoldea, janzkera eta sexu jarduna ez bezala, desira nekez da gobernatzen, ordea, eta Fredenek lehengo bizitza gogoratuko du: bere senar Lukerekin amodioa egiten zuenekoa, alabarekin jostatzen zenekoa, ofizio bat, beraren dirua eta ezagutzarako sarbidea zituenekoa. Orain, akabo guztia. Jainkoak eta Gobernuak bat egiten dute distopia aztoragarri honetan, eta erregimen ahalguztidun baten itxura hartzen. Politikaren eta sexuaren arteko lotura ilunenetako batzuei argi emanez, mehatxu ezkutu bat agerrarazten du: gizarte osoa azpiratzeko lehen urratsa emakumeak mendean hartzea da. Antizipazio izugarriz, 80ko hamarkadan kaleratu zuen Margaret Atwoodek eleberria, bere prosak ohi duen sarkasmo sotil eta ideien argitasuna lagun. Urteek indartu baizik ez dute egiten istorio lazgarri hau.
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Daunted by the singular sexual tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house.But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven and demanding Fifty Shades.While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her, and make the most important decision of her life.
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La nueva y encantadora novela del exitoso autor del Sunday Times, Santa Montefiore. ¡La lectura perfecta para el verano de 2020!
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From Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of BLONDE, now a major motion picture, a collection of four dark and compelling novellas about love gone wrong.The young fourth wife of a prominent intellectual thinks herself happy until the first wife comes to stay. A shy teenager meets a dazzling kindred spirit. But the first sparks of young love soon take on a darker shade...A spoiled frat boy decides to murder his parents, only to be floored by the power of his mother's love, and a fragile woman reveals deeply buried secrets to her curious lover with devastating consequences...All of these stories are about love, just not as we like to think of it.
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Anthropological theory can radically transform our understanding of human experience and offer theologians an introduction to the interdisciplinary nature between anthropology and Christianity.Both sociocultural anthropology and theology have made fundamental contributions to our understanding of human experience and the place of humanity in the world. But can these two disciplines, despite the radical differences that separate them, work together to transform their thinking on these topics? Robbins argues that they can. To make this point, he draws on key theological discussions of atonement, eschatology, interruption, passivity, and judgement to rethink important anthropological debates about such topics as ethical life, radical change, the ways people live in time, agency, gift giving, and the nature of humanity. The result is both a major reconsideration of important aspects of anthropological theory through theological categories and a series of careful readings of influential theologians such as Moltmann, Pannenberg, Jüngel, and Dalferth informed by rich ethnographic accounts of the lives of Christians from around the world. In conclusion, Robbins draws on contemporary discussions of secularism to interrogate the secular foundations of anthropology and suggests that the differences between anthropology and theology surrounding this topic can provide a foundation for transformative dialogue between them, rather than being an obstacle to it. Written as a work of interdisciplinary anthropological theorizing, this book also offers theologians an introduction to some of the most important ground covered by burgeoning field of the anthropology of Christianity while guiding anthropologists into core areas of theological discussion. Although theoretically ambitious, the book is clearly argued throughout and written to be accessible to all readers in the social sciences, theology, and religious studies interested in the place of religion in social life and human experience.
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Edición en bolsillo del éxito de Camilla Lackberg THEGILDED CAGE, éxito de ventas mundialmente reconocidapor sus brillantes thrillers psicológicos Sus novelas han vendido más de 24.5 millones de copias en 43 países con traducciones a 37 idiomas. THE GILDED CAGE es la edición británica de su último bestseller de 2018
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Blanka Lipinska es una de las autoras más populares einfluyente de Polonia. Es autora por deseo más que por necesidad y escribe por diversión. Molesta por lafalta de franqueza sobre el sexo, se encargó de iniciar un debate sobre las diversas facetas del amor. Legusta decir que hablar de sexo es tan fácil como preparar la cena. Esta obra suya ha sido adaptada y convertida en un éxito como serie de Netflix.
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Todo lo que Antoine de Saint Exupéry quiere hacer es ser piloto. Pero volar es un sueño peligroso y uno que lo pone en desacuerdo con su origen aristocrático y la mujer que ama. A pesar de los intentos de mantenerlo en tierra, Antoine está decidido a aventurarse hacia lo desconocido. Junto con sus amigos, Jean y Henri, será pionero en nuevas rutas de correo en todo el mundo y ayudará a cambiar el futuro de la aviación. En medio de sus aventuras, Antoine también comienza a tejer un cuento infantil que está destinado a tocar la vida de millones de lectores en todo el mundo. Una historia llamada El Principito. . . Es posible que la fama y la fortuna finalmente hayan encontrado a Antoine, pero a medida que la sombra de la guerra comienza a amenazar a Europa, se pregunta si su mayor aventura aún está por llegar.
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MICHAEL CONNELLY es autor de 32 novelas, incluidos los bestsellers DARK SACRED NIGHT, TWO KINDS OF TRUTH yTHE LATE SHOW. Sus libros, que incluyen la serie Harry Bosch y la serie Lincoln Lawyer, han vendido más de 64 millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo. Connelly es ex reportero y ha logrado numerosos premios porsu trabajo periodístico y sus novelas.
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Edición en bolsillo de TIME FOR MERCY. Jake Brigance,el protagonista del clásico thriller legal de John Grisham, A TIME TO KILL, está de regreso. Esta vez está en el epicentro de un sensacional juicio por asesinato que divide amargamente a los ciudadanos de Clanton, Mississippi. John Grisham es autor americano de thrillers judiciales cuyas obras han vendido más de 250millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo.
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HER PERFECT LIFE IS A PERFECT LIE.As a teenager at the prestigious Bradley School, Ani FaNelli endured a shocking, public humiliation that left her desperate to reinvent herself. Now, with a glamorous job, expensive wardrobe, and handsome blue blood fiancé, she’s this close to living the perfect life she’s worked so hard to achieve.But Ani has a secret.There’s something else buried in her past that still haunts her, something private and painful that threatens to bubble to the surface and destroy everything.With a singular voice and twists you won’t see coming, Luckiest Girl Alive explores the unbearable pressure that so many women feel to “have it all” and introduces a heroine whose sharp edges and cutthroat ambition have been protecting a scandalous truth, and a heart that's bigger than it first appears.The question remains: will breaking her silence destroy all that she has worked for—or, will it at long last, set Ani free?
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Grumpy George doesn’t want friends – until he meets a funny little seal called Pebble . . . George the dog loves living alone on his island. He likes to do everything his own way, and friends would just ruin things. But one day a cheerful little seal wiggles up to him. Her name is Pebble, and she’s determined to be George’s friend, whether he likes it or not. George is quiet and grumpy. Pebble is lively and funny. Can this odd couple ever become friends? This wonderfully funny story about making friends and overcoming differences will strike a chord with children and grown-ups alike. Full of warmth, humour and wonderful illustrations, it’s guaranteed to become a storytime favourite!
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The world is classic Jane Austen. The mystery is vintage P.D. James.The year is 1803, and Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet have been married for six years. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane and her husband Bingley live nearby and the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball, the guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland. As it pulls up, Lydia Wickham - Elizabeth Bennet's younger, unreliable sister - stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered.Two great literary minds - master of suspense P.D. James and literary icon Jane Austen - come together in Death Comes to Pemberley, a bestselling historical crime fiction tribute to Pride and Prejudice. Conjuring the world of Elizabeth Bennet and Mark Darcy and combining the trappings of Regency British society with a classic murder mystery, James creates a delightful mash-up that will intrigue any Janeite.From the bestselling author of The Murder Room, Children of Men and A Certain Justice, comes a wonderful mixture of the nation's greatest romance and best-loved crime fiction. In 2013, this novel was adapted as a miniseries by the BBC, starring Matthew Rhys as Darcy, Anna Maxwell Martin as Elizabeth Bennet and Jenna Coleman as Lydia Wickham.
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Beth is desperate to return to normality. After a years-long ordeal, her daughter is finally home and safe. But Carmel has questions she can't ignore about the cult that kidnapped her, and about the preacher who gave her another girl's name.
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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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Over 100 identical generations, Mia’s family has shaped earth history to push humanity to the stars, making brutal, wrenching choices and sacrificing countless lives.After nudging the human race through the dawn of rocket technology, Mia finds herself about to help launch the first people into space. She can't take them to the stars, not quite yet, but she's getting them ever closer...But a terrible adversary is upon her, threatening the future of two species...
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This survey of great contemporary artists is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of art today. Artists working after the Second World War faced a confounding array of challenges, as stylistic barriers were broken, technology advanced, and issues of sexuality and race came to the forefront. From painters and photographers to sculptors and performance artists, fifty of the most influential contemporary artists are profiled in this colorful and engaging book that traces the various artistic movements and radical changes of the second half of the twentieth and early twentyfirst centuries. Presented chronologically, each artist is featured in 2 or 4-page spreads that include brilliant reproductions of their most important works, an illuminating biography, key dates in their career, and informative background on major developments in the art world. Throughout the volume a timeline places each artist within the context of contemporary art. As diverse and inspiring as the artists themselves, this book is a voyage of discovery into art's cutting edge.
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Recommended for children aged 3-11, the eight levels of Ladybird Readers follow the CEFR framework (Pre-A1 to A2+) and develop key language and comprehension skills. This Level 3 Reader is A1+ in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, some expression of future meaning, comparisons, contractions and relative clauses. I can make you a love potion, said Abeba's Grandmother. But there's one thing I need. You must steal a whisker from a cheetah. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to any online resources. Exclusively with the print edition only, readers can unlock a digital book and audio edition (not available with the eBook). There are no activities included with the eBook edition.
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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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Based on a true story, Remember Me brings Mary Broad vividly to life in this moving story of a woman triumphing against overwhelming odds. She made one mistake, and now she'll never see home again . . . Mary, a Cornish mariner's daughter, makes the biggest mistake of her short life when she steals a silk hat. Convicted and sentenced to be transported to Australia, she endures horrific conditions aboard ship before landing in a brutal and barbaric country. It will take all her courage just to survive. But Mary is also determined to make something of herself in this rugged man's world. And she dreams that one day she will find a way of crossing the cruel seas that lie between her and home . . . Santa Montefiore and Penny Vincenzi fans will swiftly fall for Lesley Pearse's mesmerising novels - you'll want to read them again and again . . . 'With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best' Daily Mail 'An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry' Woman's Weekly 'Utterly riveting, brilliant' Closer
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Stephanie Plum returns to hunt down a master cyber-criminal operating out of Trenton in the 28th book in the wildly popular series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. When Stephanie Plum is woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of footsteps in her apartment, she wishes she didn’t keep her gun in the cookie jar in her kitchen. And when she finds out the intruder is fellow apprehension agent Diesel, six feet of hard muscle and bad attitude whom she hasn’t seen in more than two years, she still thinks the gun might come in handy. Turns out Diesel and Stephanie are on the trail of the same fugitive: Oswald Wednesday, an international computer hacker as brilliant as he is ruthless. Stephanie may not be the most technologically savvy sleuth, but she more than makes up for that with her dogged determination, her understanding of human nature, and her willingness to do just about anything to bring a fugitive to justice. Unsure if Diesel is her partner or her competition in this case, she’ll need to watch her back every step of the way as she sets the stage to draw Wednesday out from behind his computer and into the real world.
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As the temperature rises in Gaborone, Precious Ramotswe, founder of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, wonders whether the heat could be the reason that business is particularly slow. Luckily, a slower pace in life is her natural preference, unlike her colleague Mma Makutsi, who is alert to every passing observation and inclined to making snap decisions. With fewer cases to handle, Precious has time to contemplate her new neighbours, a couple who, by the sounds of it, have a rather volatile relationship . . .But then a distant cousin of Mma Ramotswe’s comes to the agency with a plea for help, and the ladies decide to pursue the issue together. Armed with Mma Ramotswe’s circumspection and Mma Makutsi’s sharp eye, they proceed with confidence and open hearts. What, after all, could be more straightforward than a family matter?Meanwhile, their colleague Charlie is behaving oddly, borrowing Mma Ramotswe’s van and returning it in an unusual condition. Digging a little deeper, the explanation is both strange and extraordinary, and takes Charlie, along with Mma Ramotswe’s husband, Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, on a hair-raising night-time expedition.In the end, Precious is reminded of the need to view a picture from every angle, to accept the imperfections in people and situations, and then find a solution – preferably over a delicious slice of her friend Mma Potokwani’s fruit cake.
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With the emotional intelligence of Maggie O'Farrell and the witty observational skills of Kate Atkinson, this is a novel of unexpected second chances set in 1950s England.¿A quién va dirigido el libro ?Small Pleasures de Clare Chambers atrae a un público amplio, pero se dirige especialmente a lectores interesados en novelas literarias con un trasfondo histórico, que aprecien las historias centradas en el desarrollo de los personajes y las relaciones humanas. La novela explora temas de la condición femenina en la década de 1950, la búsqueda de la felicidad y el significado de la familia, por lo que resultará especialmente atractivo para aquellos interesados en la literatura que aborda estas temáticas con profundidad y sensibilidad. Asimismo, aquellos que disfrutan de novelas con un misterio sutilmente entretejido en la trama encontrarán en Small Pleasures una lectura cautivadora.Temas que trata el libro Small Pleasures explora una serie de temas interconectados:La condición femenina en la década de 1950 en Gran Bretaña: La novela presenta la vida de Jean Swinney, una mujer de cuarenta años que se enfrenta a las limitaciones sociales y profesionales de su época. Se muestra la presión social sobre las mujeres para casarse y formar una familia, y las dificultades que enfrentan aquellas que eligen un camino diferente.La búsqueda de la felicidad y el significado de la vida: Jean se encuentra en un momento de su vida en el que cuestiona sus elecciones y busca un propósito más allá de sus responsabilidades cotidianas. La novela explora la idea de que la felicidad puede encontrarse en los pequeños momentos y en las conexiones humanas inesperadas.Las relaciones familiares y amistosas: La relación de Jean con su madre, su interacción con la familia Tilbury y el desarrollo de nuevas amistades son elementos centrales de la trama. La novela explora la complejidad de las relaciones familiares, la importancia del apoyo social y la capacidad de encontrar conexiones significativas en circunstancias inesperadas.El misterio y la verdad: La historia de un supuesto nacimiento virginal sirve como catalizador de la trama, creando un misterio que Jean investiga. Este misterio no solo impulsa la acción, sino que también sirve como metáfora de la búsqueda de la verdad en la vida personal de Jean.El conflicto entre el deber y el deseo personal: Jean se enfrenta a un dilema entre sus responsabilidades y sus propios deseos. La novela explora el conflicto entre la obligación social y la búsqueda de la realización personal.Resumen de críticas, opiniones y valoraciones del libro Se destacan las descripciones de la novela como una obra "asombrosa y agudamente observada", que captura la vida de una mujer británica común en la década de 1950, mostrando su vida cotidiana y cómo un evento inesperado la lleva a una batalla entre la decencia y una pasión inesperada. Se elogia la prosa de la autora, calificándola de "bella", capaz de crear "un gran placer a partir de pequeños detalles". La novela ha sido comparada con obras de autoras como Tessa Hadley, Kazuo Ishiguro y Ann Patchett, lo que sugiere una calidad literaria notable. También se menciona que la obra ha sido preseleccionada para el Women's Prize for Fiction, lo que refuerza su reconocimiento en el ámbito literario. Finalmente, se describe la novela como una mezcla de misterio e historia de amor, que explora el conflicto entre la realización personal y el deber, celebrando la belleza y el potencial de alegría en las cosas sencillas y poco comunes.
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