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A fierce new chorus of voices emerges from contemporary Ireland. Eight writers. Sixteen unforgettable stories. Translated from Irish for the first time. Stories from Belfast to Kerry, from the immigrant experience to the weight of tradition, these voices refuse easy comfort. They explore the raw territories of motherhood and loss, desire and betrayal and the clash between old certainties and new realities. A tattooist claims his lovers skin. A widow faces an impossible choice about her disabled son. Birds of prey stalk through dreams of environmental catastrophe. Here is family in all its beautiful, terrible complexity the bonds that sustain us, the ones that suffocate, the love that heals and the secrets that destroy. Bold, unflinching, and impossible to ignore Stepsisters showcases the depth and power of contemporary Irish womens writing.Featuring stories from Eithne Ni Ghallchobhair, Deirdre Brennan, Roise Ni Bhaoill, Biddy Jenkinson,Katherine Duffy andRealtan Ni Leannain.

Some years after the events of Aliens and Alien 3 an artist obsessed with the disturbing visceral potential of the xenomorphs is pursued to an abandoned colony. Written by the much-celebrated Shaun Hamill, author of A Cosmology of Monsters and The Dissonance.Desperate, depressed and nearly destitute, Cynthia Goodwin goes against her better judgement to keep her ship the Chariot and its crew in work: she agrees to meet with the reclusive billionaire Roman Fade.Fades request is unorthodox: go to the abandoned colony of New Providence and bring back his former lover, the renowned artist Corinth Bloch.The job is rife with uncertainty. No one knows what happened on New Providence or why it is under quarantine. And Bloch may be brilliant, but he is also deranged. As Cynthia follows his path to the colony, she learns of a mind obsessed with images of dark and horrifying creatures Of an almost religious fervour for the ultimate subject for his art Of the drive to capture the sublime terror of the perfect organism

Durante o Carnaval e em pleno colapso institucional, um grupo de personagens insólitos — entre eles um juiz chamado Fato Consumado, um promotor de nome Acuso Nascerta, o advogado de defesa Sempre Pas

Once Junipers life was filled with magic. Little things went right and sometimes big ones, like that enchanted night at college when she found herself playing Juliet opposite her secret crush James as Romeo.But then her mother died, and Junipers world has grown cold. After misguidedly selling the rights to her growing podcast, she finds herself back in her hometown, in her old bedroom, with no job in sight. When a mysterious email invites her to audition for a starring role in the audio drama adaptation of The Meadow, the beloved, bestselling vampire romance of her teenage years, its the opportunity of a lifetime.Or it seems to be, until she learns that it all hinges on her co-star, James from college, now on the cusp of breaking through as one of Hollywoods leading actors. He broke her heart ten years ago; can she trust him now?

After Polly ends her relationship with the father of her young son, Louis, she is determined to move on. All she wants is to focus on her job, her friends and to be a good mum. No more looking over her shoulder. No more complications Then Polly meets Ben. Ben is guardian to his niece, Emily. They become close, with Polly teaching Ben how to plait Emilys hair and Ben playing football with Louis. Their friendship is unexpected. Polly has never been happier. But just as Polly thinks her life may be turning around, the unthinkable happens. When her new life balances on a knife edge, will she be able to stay strong for one more time? And give herself, as well as her son, a chance at a new life?

Nine breathtaking, gripping and oddly sublime tales of narcos, cops and addicts in modern-day Mexico. Gritty hard-boiled tales shot through with the hallowed light of the miraculous, written in MacGabhanns pyrotechnic exhilarating prose. A constellation of rich, vivacious stories of sewer diving, ghosts, a falling satellite and vengeful pigs.

May 1938. The young Japanese novelist Aoyama Chizuko arrives in Taiwan on the invitation the Japanese colonial government. With no interest in their imperial agenda, Chizuko longs to experience real island life and to taste as much of its authentic cuisine as her famously monstrous appetite can bear.Soon, a young Taiwanese woman is hired as her interpreter: the charming, meticulous Chizuru, who provides expert guidance on the Land of the South and cooks her sumptuous meals. Over scenic train rides and braised pork rice, Chizuko grows infatuated with her companion and intent on drawing her closer. But the elusive Chizuru seems to keep drawing away - and as conflict begins to simmer between them, Chizuko begins the painful process of understanding why.Disguised as a translation of a rediscovered text by a Japanese writer, Taiwan Travelogue is a bittersweet story of love between two women that is shadowed by complexities of language, history and power.

Dogs may be mans best friend, but every friendship is different. Prepare to meet Nicholas, a gregarious Airedale whose arrival in a moneyed Long Island home unleashes complete and total chaos throughout the neighbourhood. Verdun Belle, the lady of the title, is a silky-eared spaniel whose loyalty - and litter of puppies - rallies an entire American regiment fighting on the Western Front during the First World War. Then theres Egon, a large - very large - German Shepherd, accustomed to summering on the Cote dAzur, and to managing the diaries and daily activities of his human charges, whether they want him to or not.This charmingly illustrated collection of three delightful stories, rediscovered after decades out of print, shows our canine companions in all their guises: comic, heroic, companionable.

A vivid, hallucinatory rediscovered classic about split identity in the wake of First World War traumaHans, an esteemed surgeon, has just returned from the hellish battlefields of the First World War. But everything in his home feels alien, even his wife Grete. As he tries to regain a sense of normality, he is haunted by nightmarish visions and a profound sense of dissociation. Has the war turned him into someone else? Or has another man wormed his way into Hanss life?Told in a feverish monologue, A Shadow of Myself is a vivid, hallucinatory immersion in an unsettled mind. First published in 1926 and rediscovered in Germany only last year, this lightning-bolt of a war classic is now appearing in English for the first time.

Luminous... a vibrant portrait of African-American life at the nations crossroadsNew York Times Book ReviewA rousing, inspired work, keenly observed and soulful... the novel sparkles with life, soaring with the loose flow of a jazzy improvisationBoston GlobeAmerigo Jones grows up poor but surrounded by love in Jazz Age Kansas City. A precocious young dreamer, he longs for the college education that his parents could not have.But as Amerigo begins to venture further away from his doting mother and father, he encounters a world marred by prejudice, where amid the bustle and the beauty, violence and injustice stalk the streets.Such Sweet Thunder is a majestic and unforgettable childs-eye-view of Jim Crow America from a powerful chronicler of American family life.Amerigo Jones grows up poor but surrounded by love in Jazz Age Kansas City. A precocious young dreamer, he longs for the college education that his parents could not have. But as Amerigo begins to venture further away from his doting mother and father, he encounters a world marred by prejudice, where amid the bustle and the beauty, violence and injustice stalk the streets. Such Sweet Thunder is a majestic and unforgettable childs-eye-view of Jim Crow America from a powerful chronicler of American family life.

E se a história do Brasil que você conhece fosse só uma versão — e não a verdade? Paulo é um velho zelador que guarda um segredo: ele voltou para se reaproximar da filha, Cláudia, sem nunca revelar q

Ninguém sabe capturar as delícias e os dissabores do dia a dia como Luis Fernando Verissimo. Nesta antologia, reunimos o melhor de suas Comédias da vida privada. Com sua prosa afiada e inteligente, Verissimo transforma o banal em arte. Um convite irresistivel a gargalhada cumplice e ao reconhecimento imediato.Comedias da vida privada foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1994. O sucesso foi tanto que no ano seguinte suas personagens e historias foram parar na televiso: adaptada por Jorge Furtado (que foi quem sugeriu o titulo) e Guel Arraes para a rede Globo, a obra se transformou em um programa semanal que levou milhes de espectadores a reconhecerem no espelho as figuras criadas por Verissimo. Em 1996, ampliando o repertorio de historias, foram lançadas As novas comedias da vida privada, que junto com o primeiro livro, foram lidas por milhares de leitores, mostrando a força e a perenidade desses breves esquetes sobre a vida cotidiana de todos nos.Em 2004, a editora Objetiva lançou O melhor das comedias da vida privada. Agora o escritor gaucho escolheu suas historias preferidas dos livros que ja haviam se tornado um classico, e ainda incluiu 35 novas cronicas, ate ento ineditas.A presente antologia reune o melhor desses tres best-sellers. Uma amostra generosa do estilo inconfundivel de Verissimo: ironia precisa, timing perfeito, e uma sensibilidade unica para extrair poesia e nonsense da vida comum. Mais do que um titulo, Comedias da vida privada tornou-se uma marca registrada, um retrato intimo e divertido do Brasil urbano. Passando da critica politica, da cronica de costumes ate a radiografia dos relacionamentos amorosos, Verissimo decifra e atualiza nossa vida intima. So historias que atravessam o tempo traduzindo as neuroses do dia a dia."Suas cronicas so o canone do humor brasileiro." Gregorio Duvivier"No conheço ninguem, alem do Luis Fernando Verissimo, capaz de reunir tantas condiçes de genio: a inteligencia, o senso de humor, a presença de espirito." Zuenir Ventura"Ninguem escreve como ele, ninguem escreve melhor do que ele, com total dominio do fraseado, do ritmo, da cadencia e da articulaço das ideias." Sergio Augusto

A desperate fathers Christmas promise sparks a wild Finnish road trip involving an antique sofa, unexpected passengers and danger A darkly humorous and warmly touching suspense novel about friendship, love and death, The Winter Job flies at 120 kilometres an hour straight into the darkest heart of a Finnish winter night. `Another wonderfully lean slice of European noir by one of its finest exponents. As darkly fun as any Coen brothers offering Vaseem Khan`The king of the humorous crime caper Abir Mukherjee`It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we havent been looking in Finland TelegraphThe NEW standalone darkly funny, poignant and uber-tense thriller from The funniest writer in Europe (The Times) Fargo meets Carl Hiassen and Fredrik Backman via the Coen Brothers____Sofas, secrets and a snowbound road to troubleHelsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go and no money hes desperate.A last-minute job offers a solution: transport a valuable antique sofa to Kilpisjarvi, the northernmost town in Finland.With the sofa secured in the back of his van, Ilmari stops at a gas station, and an old friend turns up, offering to fix his faulty wipers, on the condition that he tags along. Soon after, a persistent Saab 96 appears in the rearview mirror. And then a bright-yellow Lada.Thats when Ilmari realises that he is transporting something truly special.And thats when Ilmari realises he might be in serious troubleA darkly funny and unexpectedly moving thriller about friendship, love and death The Winter Job tears through the frozen landscape of northern Finland in a beat-up van with bad steering, worse timing, and everything to lose________Praise for Antti Tuomainen`Humour drier than a desert snakes belly Ian Moore`You dont expect to laugh when youre reading about terrible crimes, but thats what youll do when you pick up one of Tuomainens decidedly quirky thrillers New York Times `Deftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections and very funny Irish Times`Laconic, thrilling and warmly human Christopher Brookmyre`Right up there with the best Times Literary Supplement`Finlands greatest export M.J. Arlidge`A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known Publishers Weekly`Fresh and witty Chris Ewan`Charming, funny and clever Literary Review`Thrilling and hilarious Liz Nugent`A delight from start to finish Big Issue`Tuomainen has a talent for creating offbeat characters that you cant help rooting for Guardian

When the chief suspect in the disappearance of Áróras sister is found dead, and Áróras new financial investigation leads to the street where her sister was last seen, she is drawn into a shocking case that threatens everything The unmissable finale to the chilling, twisty, award-winning series`Icelandic crime-writing at its finest Shari Lapena`Icelandic crime queen Lilja Sigurardottir goes from strength to strength Financial Times`A blast of Icelandic air The Times _______A final reckoningWith the fate of her missing sister, Isafold, finally uncovered, Arora feels a fragile relief as the search that consumed her life draws to a close. But when Isafolds boyfriend the prime suspect in her disappearance is found dead at the same site where Isafolds body was discovered, Aroras grip on reality starts to unravel and the mystery remains far from solved.To distract herself, she dives headfirst into a money-laundering case that her friend Daniel is investigating. But she soon finds that there is more than meets the eye and, once again, all leads point towards Engihjalli, the street where Isafold lived and died, and a series of shocking secrets that could both explain and endanger everythingAtmospheric, dark and chilling, Black as Death is the breathtaking finale to the twisty, immersive An Arora Investigation series, as Arora and her friends search for answers that may take them to places even darker than deathPerfect for readers of Camilla Lackberg, Karin Slaughter, Eva Bjorg gisdottir and Jo Nesb.____________Praise for An Arora Investigation series`A terrific tale with twist after twist Sunday Times `Your next literary thrill Vogue`So atmospheric Crime Monthly`Action-packed and pacy I would like to be Aroras best friend Liz Nugent`The Icelandic scenery and weather are beautifully evoked Daily Mail`Chilly and chilling Tariq Ashkanani`Tough, uncompromising and unsettling Val McDermid`A dark, twisty and pitch-perfect thriller Michael Wood`Another bleak, unpredictable classic Metro

O Clube do Crime apresenta uma das obras mais prestigiadas da literatura italiana, com tradução inédita e posfácio de Milena Vargas.Roma, 1927. Em meio ao calor abafado da capital italiana, uma série

Think twice if youve been naughty or nice with this novelization of the original 1984 cult classic slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night the Christmas horror film that inspired the 2022 remake.Relive the original 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night with this novelization of the classic slasher movie. Earning cult status for its wicked twist on the holiday season, Silent Night, Deadly Night scarred a generation of kids into thinking twice before they ask Santa for a present.Little Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18, and out of the orphanage, and he has just become a toy-store Santa, himself. The Christmas holiday leads him into a psychological breakdown, and he emerges as a spree killer donning a Santa suit, doomed to repeat the horror of his past.

Neste último e extraordinário capítulo da trilogia O Lugar Mais Sombrio, o autor dos premiados Dois irmãos e Cinzas do Norte acrescenta uma perspectiva nova à história, que faz com que a saga de Mart

The country is flooding. Every day the sea claims another kilometre of land. The prime minister holds a daily press conference. Scientists try to find an explanation, without success. Sheep drown in the fields, weighed down by their waterlogged fleeces. The museums are emptied of their valuable works. Some people stay. Most leave. Once the evacuation is complete, and the rest of the world is already moving on, a climate activist, a young poet and an oceanographer voyage across the new sea. They are drawn back into the heart of a changed nation, seeking what they have lost in the deluge.

Um tratado sobre a paixão e um livro poderoso sobre as doenças invisíveis que corroem o espírito, as matérias perigosas de que todos somos feitos.Ao fim de quase quarenta anos de silêncios e ausência

University student Wonjun visits his friend Jingus basement apartment, only to find unsettling changes that are somehow tied to a K-pop stars suicide. Jingu behaves coldly, a strange statue looms in the corner, and reality begins to fracture. Blurring the lines between hallucination and nightmare, this graphic novel by JaeHoon Choi explores guilt and despair through a Lovecraftian lens, creating a haunting tale of emotional and cosmic horror.The Call of the Friend is part of the Lovecraft Reanimated project, where leading Korean speculative fiction writers reimagine the works of horror master H.P. Lovecraft. While honoring his eerie, grotesque imagery and the blurred boundaries between reality and fantasy, they update his ideas for a global audience.