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Qui a tué Nola Kellergan ? A la fin de l'été 1975, à Aurora, dans le New Hampshire, Nola Kellergan, une jeune fille de quinze ans, disparaît dans des conditions mystérieuses. Au printemps 2008, à New

Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. Oba Yozo's attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a "clown" to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.

A major June film release from Touchstone Films, this movie tie-in is a sure seller. Starring Robin Williams, this is the poignant story of an eccentric and charismatic English teacher who brings new life to a conservative boys' prep school in Vermont.

The Witcher meets Vikings in the second book in John Gwynne's acclaimed Norse-inspired epic fantasy series, packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance

Una història lúcida que porta fins a les últimes conseqüències la relació de l’home amb la natura.Encara que costi de creure, als Pirineus també s’hi troben illes disposades a acollir robinsons. Són

Un des 30 livres de l'année du magazine Le Point"Le thriller fou du maître français du polar" Julie Malaure, Le PointSuivez le fil infernalUne scène de pure folie dans un chalet. Une victime au visag

Premi Finestres de Narrativa en catalàUna novel·la desbordant, plena d’històries i personatges maleïts més enllà del temps. Amagat entre muntanyes acinglerades i desavinents, en algun lloc remot de l

One of the best fantasy book series of the past decade' TIMEA glorious empire. A desperate quest. An ancient secret.The search for allies extends to a new land in the sixth book of the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas.Chaol Westfall and Nesryn Faliq have arrived in the shining city of Antica to forge an alliance with the Khagan of the Southern Continent, whose vast armies are Erilea's last hope. But they have also come to Antica for another purpose: to seek healing at the famed Torre Cesme for the wounds Chaol received in Rifthold.After enduring unspeakable horrors as a child at the hands of Adarlanian soldiers, Yrene Towers has no desire to help the young lord from Adarlan, let alone heal him. Yet she has sworn an oath to assist those in need, and she will honour it. But Lord Westfall carries his own dark past, and Yrene soon realises that those shadows could engulf them both.

Unappassionante storia di coraggio ed emancipazione femminile ambientata in un paesino del Sud tra gli anni 30 e gli anni 60. Salento, giugno 1934. Nella piazza principale di Lizzanello, dove vivono poche migliaia di anime, si ferma un autobus da cui scende una coppia, Carlo e Anna. Carlo, figlio del Sud emigrato al Nord, e contento di essere tornato a casa, mentre Anna ha uno sguardo pensieroso e preoccupato perche sa di essere arrivata in una terra che non le appartiene. Anna e quella diversa, e la forestiera che non si adatta alle regole che imprigionano le donne del Sud: non va in chiesa, dice sempre quello che pensa ed e determinata a vivere la sua vita senza condizionamenti. Trascorso un anno dal suo arrivo, Anna fa qualcosa di impensabile ed estremamente rivoluzionario: si iscrive al concorso per entrare alle Poste. Una postina donna non si e mai vista in paese, ma Anna sorprende tutti, vince il concorso e inizia a lavorare come portalettere. La notizia stravolge Lizzanello e fa storcere il naso a tutti quei pettegoli, uomini e donne, che dicono che Anna non durera. Anna lavorera invece per ventanni consegnando lettere, cartoline e messaggi. Diventera un filo invisibile che unisce le vite di tutti i paesani e inconsciamente - ma soprattutto senza che nessuno lo voglia - cambiera molte cose. Accanto ad Anna, in tutti questi anni, il fedele marito Carlo che non ha mai smesso di sostenerla e amarla, e Antonio, fratello inseparabile di Carlo, innamorato di lei da sempre. A fare da sfondo alle vicende della famiglia Greco e di Anna, gli eventi drammatici della Seconda Guerra Mondiale e i movimenti femministi.

From the bestselling author of It Ends With Us, a novella about the search for happily ever after.A chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But this love has conditions: they agree it will last only one hour, and it will be only make-believe.When their hour is up and the girl rushes off like Cinderella, Daniel tries to convince himself that what happened between them seemed perfect only because they were pretending it was. Moments like that happen only in fairy tales.One year and one bad relationship later, his disbelief in love-at-first-sight is stripped away the day he meets Six: a girl with a strange name and an even stranger personality. Unfortunately for Daniel, finding true love doesn't guarantee a happily ever after . . . it only further threatens it.Will an unbearable secret from the past jeopardize Daniel and Six's only chance at saving each other?

One of the best fantasy book series of the past decade' TIMEThe heir of ash and fire bows to no one.A new threat rises in the third book in the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas.Celaena Sardothien has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak, but now she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth. That truth could change her life - and her future - forever.Meanwhile, monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. To defeat them, Celaena will need the strength not only to fight the evil that is about to be unleashed but also to harness her inner demons. If she is to win this battle, she must find the courage to face her destiny - and burn brighter than ever before.The third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series continues Celaena's epic journey from woman to warrior.

Un pére recherche sa fille en 2008. S'endort. Et se réveille en 2020.

From the #1 bestselling authors Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny comes a novel of unsurpassed thrills and incomparable insider expertise - STATE OF TERROR.STATE OF TERROR follows a novice Secretary of State who has joined the administration of her rival, a president inaugurated after four years of American leadership that shrank from the world stage. A series of terrorist attacks throws the global order into disarray, and the secretary is tasked with assembling a team to unravel the deadly conspiracy, a scheme carefully designed to take advantage of an American government dangerously out of touch and out of power in the places where it counts the most.This high-stakes thriller of international intrigue features behind-the-scenes global drama informed by details only an insider could know.

WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN''''S PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE INTERNATIONAL SENSATIONA SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER''''Captivating'''' DONNA TARTT''''I loved it'''' J K ROWLING''''Ravishingly vivid'''' EMMA DONOGHUEGreece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles''''s mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.''''A book I could not put down'''' ANN PATCHETT''''An exciting, sexy, violent Superman version of The Iliad'''' GUARDIAN''''Sexy, dangerous, mystical'''' BETTANY HUGHES

Die beruhrende Geschichte von Kya, dem Marschmadchen, von der Zerbrechlichkeit der Kindheit und der Schonheit der NaturChase Andrews stirbt, und die Bewohner der ruhigen Kustenstadt Barkley Cove sind sich einig: Schuld ist das Marschmadchen. Kya Clark lebt isoliert im Marschland mit seinen Salzwiesen und Sandbanken. Sie kennt jeden Stein und Seevogel, jede Muschel und Pflanze. Als zwei junge Manner auf die wilde Schone aufmerksam werden, offnet Kya sich einem neuen Leben - mit dramatischen Folgen. Delia Owens erzahlt intensiv und atmospharisch davon, dass wir fur immer die Kinder bleiben, die wir einmal waren. Und den Geheimnissen und der Gewalt der Natur nichts entgegensetzen konnen.

Perdurar, vaig dir en veu baixa dins l'escandalera, el caos i la barbarie d'aquesta epoca que sembla que no tengui necessitat de poetes. Com si fos un mosaic de roissos d'un banquet de mots que canten no-resos: les energies vivificadores i magnetiques dels amors llargs memorables, les electricitats intimes i decisives de resplendors invisibles de l'esperit, les mirades lluminoses i la qualitat de la veu silent damunt el cos de les coses del mon, aqueixa musica d'un espai sonor carnal teixit de records, desigs i pensaments, formes i perfums, ecos i ressons. Tot aixo que ens ajuda a viure. Com si fos la cacera d'un trencadis d'instants que no es podra veure mai complet perque persegueix, sempre seguit i sense aturador, l'impossible etern, l'irrepetible instant etern que la tecne poetica podria aconseguir salvar de la desaparicio i convertir en una victoria sobre el temps. Com si fos un trast llaurat de solcs de silenci.

This is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born. It tells of Vietnam, of the lasting impact of war, and of his family's struggle to forge a new future. And it serves as a doorway into parts of Little Dog's life his mother has never known - episodes of bewilderment, fear and passion - all the while moving closer to an unforgettable revelation.

VINT-I-SET POEMES EN TRES TEMPS CINC ESGRAFIATS A LA MATEIXA PARET LLIBRE DELS SIS SENTITS amb notes de l'autor No em coixeja cap vers, / amb sang els compto, / amb sang els faig i els dic / i amb mans d'escorça / dibuixo els signes muts / que els representen. En un dels moments mes intensos de la seva poesia, Marti i Pol s'acara a la malaltia, la proximitat de la mort, la solitud i la limitacio progressiva del seu espai.

Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas' epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s. Robin Buss's lively English translation is complete and unabridged, and remains faithful to the style of Dumas's original. This edition includes an introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading.

Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you''ve got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana''s only - and finest - female private detective. Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marple, but she''s got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, not to mention Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And Precious is going to need them all as she sets out on the trail of a missing child, a case that tumbles our heroine into a hotbed of strange situations and more than a little danger ...Delightfully different, THE NO.1 LADIES'' DETECTIVE AGENCY offers a captivating glimpse of an unusual world.