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Amb estudi introductori, comentaris de text i propostes didàctiques de Joan Martínez.Invasió subtil i altres contes de Pere Calders va ser publicat per primera vegada l'any 1978 a la col·lecció "Anto

LAntoni es dirigeix a una entitat bancaria per demanar un credit personal, pero quan el director de la oficina veu que no pot oferir cap tipus de garantia ni daval per tornar-lo, decideix denegar-lhi. Davant daquesta negativa, lAntoni no es conforma i fa una proposta molt desconcertant al director. El credit es, en paraules de Sergi Belbel, una gran comedia sobre leconomia, la crisi, la desesperacio, la fragilitat de les vides humanes i, tambe, encara que no ho sembli a primera vista, sobre les estranyes i insondables relacions de parella.Si a El metode Gronholm Galceran feia una disseccio, en clau dhumor, del que estem disposats a fer els humans per aconseguir una feina, a El credit ens planteja quin es el limit huma davant de la desesperacio economica.

Traduit en 18 langues, Un sac de billes , livre d'une exceptionnelle qualité, est un des plus grands succès de librairie de ces dix dernières années.

Seleccionado para el Man Booker Prize y el National Book Award 2015. Es una novela inmensamente potente acerca del amor fraternal y los límites de la fortaleza humana

'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.' A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

THE BRAND NEW DARK ROMANCE FROM THE AUTHOR OF TIKTOK SENSATION LIGHTS OUT. . .I wanted this woman, and I was a man who always got what he wanted. Nico 'Junior' Trocci knows Lauren Marchetti is off limits. She is sweetness and laughter, whereas Junior exists in a world of violence and depravity.Men like him don't get to have women like her. It's why he pushed her away back in high school and has kept his distance ever since. But when Junior looks Lauren up online, he discovers the shy, bookish girl he remembers is gone.In her place is a strikingly beautiful woman whose social media is filled with scantily clad pictures of herself and a connection to a nearby play club. Junior's innocent curiosity quickly turns into a dark obsession. But watching Lauren from a distance isn't enough; he needs to make her his.He's ruthless; a walking red flag. Good thing red is my favorite color. Lauren is intrigued by the mystery man who keeps showing up at her club, who tempts her white-hot desires.

''Abercrombie is in a class of his own'' JOE HILL''An unholy delight'' PIERCE BROWN''Hilarious, profound, tragic, and so thrillingly paced'' NICHOLAS EAMES''An incredibly fun, incredibly action-packed and, by the end, incredibly affecting book'' TAMSYN MUIR Europe stares into the abyss. Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone. Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the light. Paths on which the righteous will not dare to tread . . . And so, buried beneath the sacred splendour of the Celestial Palace, is the secret Chapel of the Holy Expediency. For its congregation of convicted monsters there are no sins that have not been committed, no lines that will not be crossed, and no mission that cannot be turned into a disastrous bloodbath. Now the hapless Brother Diaz must somehow bind the worst of the worst to a higher cause: to put a thief on the throne of Troy, and unite the sundered church against the coming apocalypse. When you''re headed through hell, you need the devils on your side.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A beautiful novel full of lifeaffirming wonder and imagination' BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH'What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don't understand yet . . .'When retired Maths teacher Grace Winters is left a rundown house on a Mediterranean island by a longlost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a oneway ticket, no guidebook and no plan.Among the rugged hills and golden beaches Grace searches for answers about her friend's life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the lifechanging power of a new beginning.

Aujourd'hui est censé être le plus beau jour de la vie de Millie. La femme de ménage se marie avec Enzo, l'homme de ses rêves, et rien ne peut gâcher son bonheur. D'autant que ses parents, avec lesqu

"La mort i la primavera" es la novel·la que Rodoreda volia convertir en la seva obra mestra, i la mes autobiografica de totes les que va escriure sota la seva aparença fantastica. Els grans temes rodoredians -l'amor que neix i mor, l'afany de llibertat que topa amb la repressio, la solitud davant la meravella del mon, el talent dels homes per convertir la vida en un infern- s'hi despleguen amb mes esplendor i mes horror que mai. En un lloc sense nom i en una epoca indeterminada, allat enmig duna natura inquietant, viu un poble sotmes a una llei rigorosa que vetlla per destruir tota forma de desig. Un noi de catorze anys, en el moment de fer-se home, comença a rebel·lar-se i sembra sense voler la llavor d'una guerra civil. Real com un contes de fades modern, "La mort i la primavera" es un llibre sobre la sedicio i el testament d'una escriptora que va posar la seva llibertat per damunt de tot.

Ez nuen leihorik ireki behar izan gertatuko zitzaidana ezagutzeko, horixe da eleberriaren lehen perpausa. Martzelinaren bihozkada hori nagusitzen da hasiera-hasieratik; eta nobela zehazki ez dakigun gertakariaren inguruko informazioa antolatzen igaroko da. Baserri giroko trajedia bat da eleberri hau. Indarrean eta afanean oinarritzen den kontakizuna: apostulari baten heriotza du gertaera nagusi. Pertsonaia desberdinen eta ikuspuntu desberdinetan oinarrituz, emakume baten bakardade eta sofrimenduaren ikuspegi sakona eskaini du idazleak. Ikuspuntuaren erabilera erabakigarria gertatzen da. Bernardo Atxagaren Bi Anairekin batera hauxe da 80eko euskal nobelarik lortuena. Sotelo

THE MIND-BENDING CULT CLASSIC ABOUT A HOUSE THATS LARGER ON THE INSIDE THAN ON THE OUTSIDE A masterpiece of horror and an astonishingly immersive, maze-like reading experience that redefines the boundaries of a novel. ''''Simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious." Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Thrillingly alive, sublimely creepy, distressingly scary, breathtakingly intelligentit renders most other fiction meaningless." Bret Easton Ellis, bestselling author of American Psycho This demonically brilliant book is impossible to ignore. Jonathan Lethem, award-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn One of The Atlantics Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youthmusicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkiesthe book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices, the story remains unchanged. Similarly, the cultural fascination with House of Leaves remains as fervent and as imaginative as ever. The novel has gone on to inspire doctorate-level courses and masters theses, cultural phenomena like the online urban legend of the backrooms, and incredible works of art in entirely unrealted mediums from music to video games. Neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of the impossibility of their new home, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another storyof creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.

Bi ahizpa, urtetan elkar ikusi ez dutenak, bat-batean amaren heriotzak berriro elkartudituen arte. Asko dute batak besteari esateko, urrun egon diren bitartean bakoitzari gertatu zaizkionak, eta baita lehenagotik nork bere kolkoan gordetakoak ere. Otzan eta esanekoa izana da bata, errebelde eta lotsagabeagoa bestea, ama estu eta zurrunaren alabak biak ere. Trapu zikinak etxean garbitzeko aginduaren kontra, isilpekoak argitara aterako dituzte Arratek eta Begoñak, beren arteko arrangurak eta ezin ulertuak sendatzeko, hezkuntza zikiratzaile baten min herdoilduak goxatzen saiatzeko.

Guanyadora del II Premi Llibres Anagrama de Novel·la "Em puc posar content?" No sap per que, el Jan intueix que no es tan bona notícia que ara siguin cinc a casa. Els avis Joan i Caterina han deixat Vilaverd i shan instal·lat amb ells al pis del barri de Sant Antoni, a Barcelona. I aquest canvi alterara el dia a dia a casa, on les paraules i els silencis prendran nous significats. Pero el Jan i el Joan tenen el seu mon, ple de passejades, arbres i lletres amb mes significat del que sembla.Mentre els adults fan el possible perque tot vagi com sempre, el Jan es fixa en els detalls del seu voltant i els va ajuntant per entendre que passa. Les converses entre avi i net, amb preguntes sense resposta i respostes sense pregunta, construeixen un mosaic descenes per on avança la relacio entre tots dos, i la historia dun desmai en sera el fil conductor.Lamemoria de larbre es una novel·la bellament escrita i construda que aconsegueix col·locar el lector en la pell dun nen i que parla de la transmissio dels records, de com es fabriquen i com es conserven, don es guarden i com es poden perdre.Un llibre memorable que suposa tambe la confirmacio del talent com a nar

An astonishing tour of the key astronomical events of the past century and of all the accidents and human error involved in our pursuit of asteroids radio waves new stars and alien life A riveting real life Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy Telegraph An enjoyable tour of astronomical discoveries His excellent book is a layman s guide to the surprises Daily Mail Lintott s boundless enthusiasm for everything cosmic makes it hard to put this book away once you start reading BBC Sky at Night Magazine Entertaining and enlightening The Idler The BBC presenter of Sky at Night and Gresham Professor of Astronomy Chris Lintott takes us on an astonishing tour of bizarre accidents big characters and human error to tell the story of some of the most important astronomical events of the past hundred years Our first views of the earliest galaxies were brought to us by the Hubble Space Telescope when it was pointed at absolutely nothing The ice covered Enceladus one of Saturn s nearly one hundred moons was revealed as a possible habitat for life after a by cha

'To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.' Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west, towards California, where they hope to find work and a future for their family. But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll, there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival ...Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Grapes of Wrath is an epic human drama. Of this novel, Steinbeck himself said: 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.'

En aquestes narracions hi trobem dones tendres i dones múrries, dones passives i dones agressives, dones fortes i dones febles, dones víctimes i dones victimàries."És tan necessari creure que les don

Je pourrais dire que cest un recueil de nouvelles, que ce sont des histoires, quil y en a sept en tout et quelles commencent toutes a la premiere personne du singulier mais je ne le vois pas ainsi. Pour moi, ce ne sont pas des histoires et encore moins des personnages, ce sont des gens. De vraies gens.Ils parlent pour essayer dy voir clair, ils se devoilent, ils se confient, ils fendent larmure. Tous ny parviennent pas mais de les regarder essayer, deja, cela ma emue. Cest pretentieux de parler de ses propres personnages en avouant quils vous ont emue mais je vous le repete : pour moi ce ne sont pas des personnages, ce sont des gens, de reelles gens, de nouvelles gens, et cest eux que je vous confie aujourdhui.Anne Gavalda.

For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage.'A tender, devastating and funny exploration of love and friendship and the yearning for self-evisceration. Coco Mellors is an elegant and exciting new voice' PANDORA SYKES, author of How Do We Know We're Doing It RightNew York is slipping from Cleo's grasp. Sure, she's at a different party every other night, but she barely knows anyone. Her student visa is running out, and she doesn't even have money for cigarettes. But then she meets Frank. Twenty years older, Frank's life is full of all the success and excess that Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a green card. She offers him a life imbued with beauty and art-and, hopefully, a reason to cut back on his drinking. He is everything she needs right now.Cleo and Frank run head-first into a romance that neither of them can quite keep up with. It reshapes their lives and the lives of those around them, whether that's Cleo's best friend struggling to embrace his gender identity in the wake of her marriage, or Frank's financially dependent sister arranging sugar daddy dates after being cut off. Ultimately, this chance meeting between two strangers outside of a New Year's Eve party changes everything, for better or worse.Cleopatra and Frankenstein is an astounding and painfully relatable debut novel about the spontaneous decisions that shape our entire lives and those imperfect relationships born of unexpectedly perfect evenings.