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El llibre que fa del fricandó una arma de destrucció massiva cultural.Fricandónation és molt més que una novel·la gastronòmica, és una sàtira ferotge sobre l’ambició, la fama i la traïció. Tot començ

Una obra compromesa amb la vida, amb la llengua i amb l' amor i la llibertat. Aquesta edició vol posar a l' abast del lector jove l'obra d'una autora jove, perquè Marçal tenia vint-i-set anys quan v

Blokeatuta dago Ismael, bere nobela berriarekin aurrera egin ezinik, argitaletxetik deika eta epea gogoratzen ari zaizkion arren. Gauzak okertu egingo dira, gainera, bere amak istripu bat izan duela-eta, aita zaharraz arduratu behar duenean.Jasone da senarraren idazlanen lehenengo irakurle eta zuzentzailea; gaztetan idazle izana, gero utzi ziona, baina azken urtean, gauetan ordenagailuaren aurrean, sekretuan berriz sortzen hasi dena. Emazteak idatzitako horretan topatuko ote du Ismaelek azkenaldian aurkitu ezin duen ahotsa? Ala bere baitan arakatu beharko du, ez dakien sekretu hori deskubritzeko?Maskulinitatea eraikitzeko eta transmititzeko moduez eta orokorrean generoak emakume eta gizonen bizitzetan duen eragin itzelaz ari da Karmele Jaioren eleberria. Baita familietan sortzen diren isiltasun esanguratsuez ere. Bere nobela anbiziotsu eta ausartena burutu du Jaiok, lurralde ezezagun batean barneratuz eta bertatik arrakastaz itzuliz.

A haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy.'A small miracle' The New York TimesFor a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, and everything changedDeep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SOPHIE MACKINTOSH, MAN BOOKER PRIZE-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF THE WATER CURE

Després de reeditar-les al Club dels Novel·listes, publiquem les sis novel·les de Rodoreda en una butxaca atrevida i delicada. La mort i la primavera és la seva obra més surrealista, on utilitza l’ho

When the animals take over the farm, they think it is the start of a better life. Their dreams is of a world where all animals are equal and all property is shared. But soon the pigs take control and one of them, Napoleon, becomes the leader of all the animals. One by one the principles of the revolution are abandoned, until the animals have even less freedom than before.

Welcome to the family, Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But Ill soon learn that the Winchesters secrets are far more dangerous than my ownEvery day I clean the Winchesters beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrews handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, its hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Ninas life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.I only try on one of Ninas pristine white dresses once. Just to see what its like. But she soon finds out and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, its far too late.But I reassure myself: the Winchesters dont know who I really am.They dont know what Im capable ofA New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller and winner of a 2023 ITW Thriller Award. This unbelievably twisty read will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train wont be able to put down The Housemaid!

The Housemaid's Secret es un libro del autor McFadden, Freida editado por PENGUIN. The Housemaid's Secret tiene un código de ISBN 978-0-349-13260-0, de la colección LITTLE BROWN (EDITOR).

Ez da normala izango, esan zion medikuak haurrak urtebete zuenean. Jaio aurretik, ordea, Amak jakin bazekien barruan zeraman haurra ez zela besteak bezalakoa izango. Amak alaba etxean isolatu zuen, eta herritarren txutxu-mutxuak areagotu egin ziren. Hain zen estua bien arteko harremana, beste alaba baten jaiotzak ez baitzuen hori haustea lortu.Etxe heze eta ilunean sustraituko dira hiru emakumeak, asinkronia batean; bizilagunen usteak inguratuta, sufrikario eta errezoen artean, patu ankerrari begira. Etxe horretan ez dira, inolaz ere, hain erraz ustelduko sekretuak.Emakumeen sufrimendua, osasun mentala eta familiarteko dinamikak ardatz ditu Puntobobo eleberriak. Itxaso Martinek ez du eufemismorik erabiltzen; estilo intimista eta soil batez idatzi du istorio honen errealitate gordina. Ez da eleberri kostunbrista bat, protagonisten psikologian sakonduz idazleak ateratako argazki gardena baizik.

'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?'A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

Au lendemain de la Deuxième guerre mondiale, un jeune bourgeois bordelais rencontre une jeune fille pauvre, apatride, fille d'une aristocrate germano-russe ruinée et d'un Géorgien bipolaire, disparu

An enemies-to-lovers spicy novella set in the world of video gaming from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Deep End and Mate - now in print and ebook!Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time favorite book series. The only problem? Her co-lead is Jesse F-ing Andrews, aka her archnemesis. Jesse has made it abundantly clear over the years that he wants nothing to do with her - and Viola has no idea why.When their bosses insist a wintery retreat is the perfect team-building exercise, Viola can't think of anything worse. Being freezing cold in a remote mountain lodge knowing Jesse is right next door? No, thank you.But as the snow piles on, Viola discovers there's more to Jesse than she knew, and heat builds in more ways than one.

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?

La novel·la en català més divertida i esbojarrada del moment.Una història per riure, plorar i reconciliar-se amb la vida. La Rita Racons se’n va als Estats Units a fer d’au-pair sense saber-ho del to

Unha muller leva once anos agardando polo retorno do seu home. Cando comeza a temer a probable morte do marido, recibe a carta dunha estraña, unha muller misteriosa que a informa de que o seu home non esta morto, senon que vive con ela un romance apaixonado. A partir de ai vaise tecendo unha relacion epistolar entre as duas; o home dunha e amante doutra acabase convertendo so no pretexto que vai unir para sempre o destino das duas mulleres.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction **** An Evening Standard One to Watch in 2023 **** An Independent Best Romantic Summer Reads' **** A Book of the Month pick for Diva, Irish Examiner, Novellic & Sainsburys Magazine **** A Most Anticipated pick for PinkNews & Queer on the Street **It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore, Lucy feels out of place. Despite her fierce friendships, she's always felt this way, and the conventional path of marriage and motherhood doesn't appeal to her at all. Not even with handsome and doting Martin, her closest childhood friend.Lucy begins to make sense of herself during a long hot summer, when a spark with her school friend Susannah escalates to an all-consuming infatuation, and, very quickly, to a desperate and devastating love.Fearful of rejection from her small and conservative community, Lucy begins living a double life, hiding the most honest parts of herself in stolen moments with Susannah.

Everyone's favorite hockey players are back! Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander continue the romance that began with viral sensation Heated Rivalrynow streaming on Crave in Canada and on HBO Max in the USin the highly anticipated seventh book in New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reids Game Changers series.A line has been drawnand the hockey world is divided.For the first time in their professional hockey careers, Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander have nothing to hide. For more than a decade, they kept their love a secret, but now theyre out, married, and even playing on the same team. The support is incredible.Most of the time.Theyve gotten a lot of love from fans who are thrilled for them. But some people in the hockey world are still reeling from their relationship reveal, and the backlashled by popular hockey podcast Top Shelf and the #TakeBackHockey movementis getting louder.Ilya and Shane are finally able to stand together in the light, the way theyd always wanted. And now they might be facing their biggest challenge yet.

L'obra mestra de Mercè Rodoreda, amb més de vuitanta edicions catalanes i més de trenta traduccions, ve acompanyada en aquest volum d'un postfaci de Maria Barbal sobre la seva visió de la novel la, i

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