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« François pensa : si elle commande un déca, je me lève et je m’en vais. C’est la boisson la moins conviviale qui soit. Un thé, ce n’est guère mieux. On sent qu’on va passer des dimanches après-midi

Often compared to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaids Tale and Naomi Alderman's The Power Woman on the Edge of Time has been hailed as a classic of speculative science fiction. Disturbing and forward thinking, Marge Piercys remarkable novel will speak to a new generation of readers.After being unjustly committed to a mental institution, Connie Ramos is contacted by an envoy from the year 2137, who shows her a utopian future of sexual and racial equality and environmental harmony.But Connie also bears witness to another potential outcome: a dystopian society of grotesque exploitation. One will become our world. And Connie herself may strike the decisive blow...For fans of THE HANDMAID'S TALE, this is a reissue of a much loved feminist classic.'She is a serious writer who deserves the sort of considered attention which, too often, she does not get... MARGARET ATWOOD. NOTA: El libro no esta en español, sino en ingles

This is Britain as you've never read it.This is Britain as it has never been told.From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twenty-first, Girl, Woman, Other follows a cast of twelve characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years. They're each looking for something - a shared past, an unexpected future, a place to call home, somewhere to fit in, a lover, a missed mother, a lost father, even just a touch of hope . . .'Masterful . . . A choral love song to black womanhood in modern Great Britain' Elle'Exceptional. Ambitious, flowing and all-encompassing, an offbeat narrative that'll leave your mind in an invigorated whirl... [It] unites poetry, social history, women's voices and beyond. You have to order it right now' Stylist'Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life' Ali Smith, author of How to be both'Sparkling, inventive' Sunday Times'Funny, sad, tender and true, deserves to win awards' Red'Brims with vitality' Financial Times

Introducing Geralt the Witcher - revered and hated - who holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in the bestselling series that inspired the Witcher video games and a major Netflix show.Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin.Yet he is no ordinary killer: he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.But not everything monstrous-looking is evil; not everything fair is good . . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.Translated by Danusia Stok.Andrzej Sapkowski, winner of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award, started an international phenomenon with his Witcher series. The Last Wish is the perfect introduction to this one-of-a-kind fantasy world.

Oran, dans les années 1940. Le docteur Rieux est témoin de l'apparition de rats dans les rues. La ville est mise en quarantaine, pour ne pas que la peste se propage. La chronique de cette épidémie et des comportements qu'elle suscite est relatee. Une representation transposee de l'occupation allemande en France et de la Resistance.

Daniel Defoe''s bawdy tale of a woman''s struggle for independence and redemption, Moll Flanders is edited with an introduction and notes by David Blewett in Penguin Classics.Born in Newgate prison and abandoned six months later, Moll Flanders'' drive to find and hold on to a secure place in society propels her through incest, adultery, bigamy, prostitution and a resourceful career as a thief (''the greatest Artist of my time'') before her crimes catche up with her, and she is transported to the colony of Virginia in the New World.If Moll Flanders is on one level a Puritan''s tale of sin and repentance, through self-made, self-reliant Moll, Daniel Defoe''s rich subtext conveys all the paradoxes and amoralities of the struggle for property and power in the newly individualistic society of Eighteenth-century England.

As historias poden contarse de moitas formas.Mais poucas tan orixinais coma esta, deslumbrante, que nos propón Arantza Portabales neste segundo libro logo do éxito sen discusión da súa anterior novela, Sobrevivindo.Un mollo de voces que deixan mensaxes nun contestador. Historias de moitas almas que imos construindo a medida que escoitamos o que se deixa nun aparello, frio, que, con todo, esta cheo de vida, das vidas, as que a autora fai brillar cun lume de palabras que non vai deixarnos indiferentes.

The Republic of Gilead is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, two girls with radically different experiences of the regime come face to face with the legendary, ruthless Aunt Lydia. But how far will each go for what she believes?Now with additional material: book club discussion points and an interview with Margaret Atwood about the real-life events that inspired The Testaments and The Handmaid's Tale.

Aitari zerbait entzunik, amatxiren bizipenen gibeletik abiatzen da Marie, Donibane Lohizuneko gaztea, Parisko ikasketak bururatzeko egin behar duen azken memoria lanerako. Ez zaio erraza suertatuko, ordea, amatxik ez baitio nahi duena emanen, eta Mariek berak ere ez baitaki zeren bila dabilen, xuxenKutxa batean gotorturiko oroitzapen zatiak balira bezala jasoko ditu irakurleak Josefinaren gazte garaiko amets, pentsamendu eta bizi-minak, Marieren begiradapetik. Askotariko istorioak gurutzatzen dira Maddi Ane Txoperena Iribarrenen lehen eleberrian: 1950.eko hamarkadan Ipar Euskal Herrian eta Frantzian neskato ibilitako emakumeen errealitateak, lehengo eta oraingo maitasun eta desamodio istorioak, laneko sufrimenduak, gatazka politiko baten ondorengo testuinguru baten ezinak, amatxi-biloba eta alaba-guraso harreman korapilatsuakGuzia etorkizunaren eta orainaren arteko zubi jolas batean.

Pronto a diventare un brillante caso editoriale, Il treno dei bambini di Viola Ardone e una storia che finalmente entra nella memoria collettiva italiana: quella dei bambini che dal Sud Italia, alla fine della seconda guerra mondiale, arrivarono nel Nord per poter avere un pasto caldo in tavola ogni giorno e per andare a scuola. Amerigo vive a Napoli e nel suo quartiere tutti lo conoscono come Nobel perche sa un sacco di cose: la sua passione e infatti ascoltare storie. La madre Antonietta invece parla poco, soprattutto da quando il marito e andato in America e non e piu tornato. Nel 1946 separarsi da Amerigo, per lei, sara difficile, ma lo fa per il suo bene, per garantirgli un futuro migliore. Quando il treno di Amerigo e di tanti altri bambini parte per Modena, Antonietta, in cuor suo, sa che niente sara piu come prima. A Modena Nobel si affezionera alla sua nuova famiglia e grazie al suo nuovo papa del Nord conoscera la bellezza della musica. Per Amerigo sara una svolta che segnera il suo futuro, ma tornare a Napoli sara difficile e con la madre Antonietta vi sara uno squarcio difficile da ricucire. In Il treno dei bambini di Ardone, le emozioni pero troveranno pace solo dopo cinquantanni quando le esistenze di tutti avranno trovato strane e impensabili vie.

XX. mendeko libururik esanguratsuenetako bat da 1984. Aurreko mendearen erdian idatzi zuen Orwellek bere distopia, bere utopia negatibo hau. Hala, bada, joan den mende erdiko gerra hotzetik, etorkizun hits eta gupidagabea marraztu zuen. Ontasunarentzat ez dago lekurik Winston protagonistaren munduan. Anaia Nagusiaren eskutik gezurrak, beldurrak eta gorrotoak dena hartu dute 1984an: hizkuntza, morala, maitasuna... Itxaropenik bada, proletarioen baitan dago. Itxaropenik bada. Anaia Nagusiaren aurpegia aienatu egin zen, eta, haren lekuan, Alderdiaren hiru sloganak agertu ziren letra lodi eta larriz: GERRA DA BAKEA ASKATASUNA DA ESKLABUTZA EZJAKINTASUNA DA INDARRA AGogokoen dudan liburuen artean da 1984. Behin eta berriz irakurtzen dudan horietakoa daA (Margaret Atwood). APentsatu dezakegu, erraz, 1984an Orwellek bere semearen belaunaldia eta bere etorkizuna zituela buruan eta etorkizunaz ohartarazi nahi ziela, hain zuzenA (Thomas Pynchon). AKafkaren Prozesuaz geroztik ez dago izugarrikeria logikoa 1984k bezain ondo adierazi duen beste obra fantastikorikA (Arthur Koestler). ALiburu zoragarri eta interesgarriaA (Aldous Huxley).

t was butcher work...the horrid screeching as the stake drove home; the plunging of writhing form, and lips of bloody foam' Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic shocker introduced Count Dracula to the world, an ancient creature bent on bringing his contagion to London, the very heart of the British Empire. Only a handful of men and women stand between Dracula and his long-cherished goal, but they are vulnerable and weak against the cunning and supernatural powers of the Count and his legions. As the horrifying story unfolds in the diaries and letters of young Jonathan Harker, Lucy, Mina, and Dr Seward, Dracula will be victorious unless his nemesis Professor Van Helsing can persuade them that monsters still lurk in the era of electric light. The most famous of all vampire stories, Dracula is a mirror of its age, its underlying themes of race, religion, science, superstition, and sexuality never far from the surface. A compelling read, rattling along at break-neck speed, it is a modern classic. This new edition includes Stoker's companion piece, 'Dracula's Guest'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Ravel fut grand comme un jockey, donc comme Faulkner. Son corps était si léger qu''en 1914, désireux de s''engager, il tenta de persuader les autorités militaires qu''un pareil poids serait justement ideal pour l''aviation. Cette incorporation lui fut refusee, d''ailleurs on l''exempta de toute obligation mais, comme il insistait, on l''affecta sans rire a la conduite des poids lourds. C''est ainsi qu''on put voir un jour, descendant les Champs-Elysees, un enorme camion militaire contenant une petite forme en capote bleue trop grande agrippee tant bien que mal a un volant trop gros.J.E.Ce roman retrace les dix dernieres annees de la vie du compositeur français Maurice Ravel (1875-1937).

SALES MANAGEMENT. SIMPLIFIED. THE STRAIGHT TRUTH ABOUT GETTING EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS FROM YOUR SALES T es un libro del autor WEINBERG editado por MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION (UK). SALES MANAGEMENT. SIMPLIFIED. THE STRAIGHT TRUTH ABOUT GETTING EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS FROM YOUR SALES T tiene un codigo de ISBN 978-0-8144-3643-1.

Como tema literario, la Navidad ha inspirado a todo, desde dramas domésticos íntimo, a los vuelos fantásticos de la imaginación, y toda la gama de su expresión está representada en esta colección maravillosamente atractivo. Duendes se divierten en el cementerio de uno de los primeros cuentos de Dickens, un amor-struck fantasma irrumpe en una casa de campo en Elizabeth Bowen 'Green Holly, demonios, brujas, cosacos y campesinos retozan en Gogol' The Night Before Christmas '. La difícil situación de los sitios frecuentados por menos afortunados de Chejov "Vanka" y Willa Cather 'de Navidad del ladrón', pero da un giro a carcajadas cómico Damon Runyon 'Dancing Dan de Navidad' y John Cheever "La Navidad es una temporada triste para los pobres". De la historia de intensa emoción de Nabokov de dolor de un padre en "Navidad" de gracioso, si no rompe el corazón de Truman Capote 'A Christmas Memory', de la niña judía Grace Paley en el desfile de Navidad en "la voz más alta" de las vacaciones de esquí familiar disfuncional en "Richard Ford Guardería '- cada una de las historias está impregnada de espíritu de la Navidad de una forma u otra, y todos son ricos y entretenidos de forma indeleble.

With an Introduction by Dr Richard Serjeantson, Trinity College, Cambridge Since its first publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes''s Leviathan has been recognised as one of the most compelling, and most controversial, works of political philosophy written in English. Forged in the crucible of the civil and religious warfare of the mid-seventeenth century, it proposes a political theory that combines an unequivocal commitment to natural human liberty with the conviction that the sovereign power of government must be exercised absolutely. Leviathan begins from some shockingly naturalistic starting-points: an analysis of human nature as being motivated by vain-glory and pride, and a vision of religion as simply the fear of invisible powers made up by the mind. Yet from these deliberately unpromising elements, Hobbes constructs with unparalleled forcefulness an elaborate, systematic, and comprehensive account of how political society ought to be: ordered, law-bound, peaceful. In Leviathan, Hobbes presents us with a portrait of politics which depicts how a state that is made up of the unified body of all its citizens will be powerful, fruitful, protective of each of its members, and - above all - free from internal violence.

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NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER *A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: TOP TENA spellbinding novel (People) from the New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Franzen, the author of Crossroads, The Corrections is a comic, tragic epic of worlds colliding: an old-fashioned world of civic virtue and sexual inhibitions, a new world of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental health care, and globalized greed.After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinsons disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives.The oldest, Gary, a once-stable portfolio manager and family man, is trying to convince his wife and himself that, despite certain alarming indicators, he is not clinically depressed. The middle child, Chip, has lost his seemingly secure academic job and is failing spectacularly at his new line of work. And Denise, the youngest, has escaped a disastrous marriage only to pour her youth and beauty down the drain of an affair with a married manor so her mother fears.