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A No hi havia a Valencia, Merce Climent ens ofereix, amb lempatia i la força que la caracteritzen, una poderosa novel·la que ens convida a explorar les identitats i els generes amb la ment i el cor ben oberts. Una historia escrita en paper que ajuda a entendre que hi ha vida mes enlla de la immediatesa de les xarxes i les pantalles. Un llibre que naix dun dels poemes mes bells de la nostra literatura per estirar el fil de totes les maneres destimar que conviuen als carrers de la Valencia actual.

On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home?Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London.Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week.Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright: a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written.

They are from opposites sides of the track - but when their two worlds collide, nothing will ever be the same again.Johnny Kavanagh has everything going for him. On the rugby pitch, he''''s a force to be reckoned with. Primed for stardom, he''''s heading straight for the top. Nothing can possibly get in his way, right? Not even the shy new girl at Tommen College. The one with the sad eyes and hidden bruises. The one that distracts him like no one ever has.Life has never been easy for Shannon Lynch. Bullied and tortured, she arrives at Tommen College mid-way through the school year praying for a fresh start and desperate to shake off the demons that plague her. On her very first day at the prestigious private school, she comes into contact with the notorious Johnny Kavanagh. Thrown through a hoop over her feelings for him, and desperate to keep a low-profile, Shannon finds herself once again the target of bullies as she forms a fragile alliance with rugby''''s rising star.Falling into a complicated friendship and grappling with their undeniable chemistry, Johnny and Shannon could never have foreseen the obstacles that will threaten their blossoming relationship . . .

Nora's life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?

Una important multinacional cerca executiu d'alt nivell, i quatre candidats han superat la preselecció i són a la fase final. Fins on estan disposats a arribar per aconseguir la feina? Quins són els seus limits morals? La delirant seleccio els enfrontara en un combat de sentiments, ambicions i enveges, en el limit de la realitat i la ficcio, la veritat i la mentida. Galceran ens proposa una divertida radiografia de les tensions i els conflictes del mon laboral i de la competitivitat de la societat contemporania en una obra de teatre que ha estat un exit clamoros.

Mendekua hotz zerbitzatu behar omen da; norbere haserrea kontrolatu eta ondo pentsatu zer pauso eman. Eleberri honetan ere, ezkutuan gordetzen den protagonistak maisuki mugitzen ditu bere piezak, xake-partida erraldoi batean bezala: amodiozko minak, gazte sentiberen depresioak, balizko suizidioak... Norena da hari horiek guztiak elkartzen dituen eskua? Zein da estrategia horren azken helburua? Misteriozko eleberri guztiz erakargarri bat idatzi du Fernando Morillok, jakin-mina pizten duen joko intelektual baten moduan eraikia, arnasari eutsiz eta eskuetatik kendu ezinik irakurtzen dena hasi eta buka.

A twisting, pulse-pounding psychological thriller from Freida McFadden, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the highly addictive global bestselling Housemaid series.***"You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that wayI used to clean other people's housesnow, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve.Even still, I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell. When she invites us over for dinner it's our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it's like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chillsThe Lowells' maid isn't the only strange thing on our street. I'm sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors.Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here?I thought I'd left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all?Unbelievably twisty and tension-packed, The Housemaid is Watching can be enjoyed as a standalone read: and once you start, it will have you up all night racing through the pages until the final explosive twist.

Amb estudi introductori, comentaris de text i propostes didactiques de Jaume Aulet.Aigues encantades (1908) se situa en un poble de la part alta i muntanyosa de les comarques tarragonines i planteja el tipic conflicte modernista entre l'individu i la societat. El problema de la sequera provoca un enfrontament entre el sector tradicionalista i conservador del poble -que es el que compta amb el poder factic- i la visio moderna d'un enginyer vingut de la ciutat que compta amb la complicitat de la filla del cacic local. Es la lluita ancestral entre la tradicio i la modernitat vista des dels parametres del Modernisme mes regeneracionista i vitalista.L'estudi preliminar i els complements didactics han anat a cura de Jaume Aulet, professor de literatura catalana contemporania de la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.

Jubilatu ondoren aspertzen hasita dauden komando ohi bateko kideak atraku bat eta bahiketa bat antzez-tera jolastuko dira, berrogei urte lehenagoko ekintzak gogoratzeko, batetik, eta garai hartan atzetik izan zituzten lehen promozioko ertzainekin sagardotegian apustu bat egin dutelako ere bai. Politika, umorea eta erotismoa nahasten dituen kok-tel gisa funtzionatzen duen nobelak hainbat adar ditu: zahartzaroaren eta maskulinotasunaren gaineko gogoetak, garai bateko ideal eta helburuen zimeltzea, baita gaztetasunaren gorazarrea ere, gizon barrega-rriek adinako protagonismoa baitu Maria Mendizabal Antropologiako ikasle gazte eta distiratsuak, zeina uniformedunen usainei buruzko doktore-tesia egiten ari den. Idazkera bihurri ederra eta tramaren katramila uste-kabekoak elkartzen ditu Agirrek literaturaren ospatze gisa gozatzen den nobela harrigarri, dotore bezain ironiko honetan.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger''s, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour''s dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down.

He''''s a boy who''''s lost. She''''s girl who might just be the home he''''s never had.The second born son in a broken marriage, Joey Lynch has spent a lifetime picking up the pieces of a family unravelling. When his older brother Darren skips town, twelve-year-old Joey finds himself thrown into the role of protector to his younger siblings and mother. Plagued by self-loathing, and furious with the world, he grapples with teenage life and his unwavering sense of duty to his family, while balancing precariously close to a life of addiction that threatens to swallow him whole. The only light in his sea of darkness is his boss''''s firecracker of a daughter who refuses to back down. A girl who just so happens to be his classmate.Aoife Molloy has never been backwards in coming forward. Her bubbly and self-assured nature has never led her astray. Until her first day of secondary school when she collides with a hot-headed boy who sparks a burning curiosity inside of her that only grows stronger by the day.Falling into a complicated friendship with her father''''s apprentice, Aoife works to unravel the secrets around Joey Lynch''''s life - while he desperately fights to keep her out.

Falling in love was the easy part. What comes next is the test . . .Following a devastating injury that has left him sidelined and stripped of his beloved number 13 jersey, Johnny Kavanagh is struggling to hold onto his dreams. Lost, insecure, and desperately seeking comfort, he sets his sights on unravelling the mystery of the girl with the midnight-blue eyes, who haunts his every waking hour.Keeping secrets has never been a problem for Shannon Lynch. The life she was born into demands nothing less. She knows that demons and evil men don''''t just exist in fairytales. They exist in her world, too. Traumatized beyond repair after her return from Dublin, and desperate to protect her little brothers, Shannon finds herself falling into the same old cover-up, barely keeping her head above water, as her future unravels before her eyes. Beaten and broken, her walls are up and her trust is shaken.Only one boy has the ability to climb those walls. The boy who owns her heart. But secrets are about to be exposed and lives could be changed forever - can Johnny and Shannon''''s love survive?

Set in a sleepy town in South Alabama during the Great Depression in the 1930s, this multi-layered story dissects the white and black communities of the American South. Told with gentle humour, it focuses on religious turpitude and the ambivalence of adult morality.

Amb estudi introductori i propostes de treball a cura d'Albert Planelles i Francesc Vernet.Antologia de textos de la literatura catalana contemporania que vol contribuir al coneixement del conte literari i la narrativa breu. La seleccio d'autors (Llorenç Villalonga, Merce Rodoreda, Jaume Cabre i Marius Serra, entre d'altres) permet estudiar les tecniques basiques de la narrativa breu i l'evolucio historica d'aquest genere. Les activitats didactiques que complementen el llibre apropen el lector a les eines d'identificacio dels models narratius i a l'analisi de les diferents tecniques de creacio.

4t. Premi Llibres Anagrama de Novel·laPrimer hi ha la tempesta i el llamp i la mort d’en Domènec, el pagès poeta. Després, la Dolceta, que no pot parar de riure mentre explica les històries de les qu

''Such a beacon of pleasure'' KATE ATKINSON''So smart and funny. Deplorably good'' IAN RANKIN''A gripping read'' SUNDAY TIMESTHE FIRST BOOK IN THE #1 BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES BY TV PRESENTER RICHARD OSMANIn a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders.But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case.Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it''s too late?

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros is the latest book in the Empyrean series that began with the explosive Fourth Wing. Picking up where Iron Flame ended, Onyx Storm is a thrilling read with intrigue, epic fantasy, addictive romance, and dragons!

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The Thursday Murder Club faces a new mystery amid wedding plans, secrets, and a villain chasing an uncrackable code.

A mind-bending, psychological thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid!Lesson #1: trust no oneEve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. ExceptLast year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal, with one student, Addie, at its center. And this year, Eve is dismayed to find the girl in her class.Addie can't be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that's what everyone says.But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet.From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story of twisting secrets and long-awaited revenge.