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In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia, but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossible, and by the terms of the loan agreement, Shylock is able to demand a pound of Antonio's flesh. Portia cleverly intervenes, and all ends well (except of course for Shylock).

"Watney''s gallows humour and his brushes with death as he uses every ounce of his intelligence and astronaut''s training to claw his way out of the pit will have you laughing and gasping by turns. I read this book in a weekend. I didn''t think I''d have the time to - but Andy Weir''s edge-of-the-seat storytelling didn''t leave me any choice." (Richard Madeley, Richard and Judy Book Club)"Andy Weir''s terrific ''lost in space'' novel is an absolute page turner from first to last ... Tautly-written, full of extraordinary and fascinating detail about life in a frozen red desert so far from home, The Martian is one of the best thrillers either of us has read in years. Highly recommended." (Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book Club)"The best book I''ve read in ages. Clear your schedule before you crack the seal. This story will take your breath away faster than a hull breech. Smart, funny, and white-knuckle intense, The Martian is everything you want from a novel." (Hugh Howey New York Times bestselling author of Wool)"The amount of research here is astounding. We''re suckers for well-grounded fiction, and on the technical side, The Martian is exemplary ... witty ... funny" (SFX)"A book I just couldn''t put down! It has the very rare combination of a good, original story, interestingly real characters and fascinating technical accuracy.reads like MacGyver meets Mysterious Island." (Astronaut Chris Hadfield Commander of the International Space Station and author of An Astronaut''s Guide to Life on Earth)

Edició de Roger Canadell i Montse CaraltCoincidint amb el desè aniversari de la seva mort, Edicions 62 publica un recull de poemes inèdits del poeta Miquel Martí i Pol.

Il romanzo comincia seguendo le due protagoniste bambine, e poi adolescenti, tra le quinte di un rione miserabile della periferia napoletana, tra una folla di personaggi minori accompagnati lungo il loro percorso con attenta assiduita. L'autrice scava nella natura complessa dell'amicizia tra due bambine, tra due ragazzine, tra due donne, seguendo la loro crescita individuale, il modo di influenzarsi reciprocamente, i buoni e i cattivi sentimenti che nutrono nei decenni un rapporto vero, robusto. Narra poi gli effetti dei cambiamenti che investono il rione, Napoli, l'Italia, in piu di un cinquantennio, trasformando le amiche e il loro legame. E tutto cio precipita nella pagina con l'andamento delle grandi narrazioni popolari, dense e insieme veloci, profonde e lievi, rovesciando di continuo situazioni, svelando fondi segreti dei personaggi, sommando evento a evento senza tregua, ma con la profondita e la potenza di voce a cui l'autrice ci ha abituati. Si tratta di quel genere di libro che non finisce. O, per dire meglio, l'autrice porta compiutamente a termine in questo primo romanzo la narrazione dell'infanzia e dell'adolescenza di Lila e di Elena, ma ci lascia sulla soglia di nuovi grandi mutamenti che stanno per sconvolgere le loro vite e il loro intensissimo rapporto.

Amb estudi introductori, propostes de treball i comentaris de text a càrrec de Montserrat Estruch.La present edició de Les cartes d'Hèrcules Poirot pretén donar a conèixer als lectors joves una obra

Leiho ondoan ematen du eguna Elenak, kalera begira, munduan egin beharrekoak eginda dituelakoan. Seme-alabek Ekuadorreko neska bat ekarri diote, etxeko lanetan laguntzeko eta etxetik ateratzera animatzeko. Elenak, baina, bertan geratu nahi du, bere oroitzapenei atxikia. Maitasuna eta gorrotoa, adiskidetasuna eta zeloak, bizinahia eta etsipena? Sentimenduen nobela da Karmele Jaioren bigarren eleberri hau, pertsonaien nortasuna fintasunez deskribatzen duena eta, oroz gain, bizitza den sinfonia erraldoiaren handitasuna azpimarratzen duena, bere gazi-gozo eta kontraesan guztiekin.

Amb estudi introductori, propostes de treball i de comentaris de text a cura de Toni Sala.Apareguda per entregues a la revista Joventut l'any 1904 i 1905, Solitud va obtenir immediatament un gran exit entre els lectors i fou traduida a diverses llengues. Passats cent anys des de la seva publicacio, Solitud, una novel.la actual i colpidora, mante avui dia plenament la seva vigencia.Toni Sala, escriptor i professor d'ensenyament secundari, guanyador del Premi Nacional de Literatura 2005 per la seva obra Rodalies, es l'autor de l'acurat estudi introductori i les detallades propostes de treball. Aquesta edicio vol ser una eina per a professors i estudiants que els permeti un apropament literari a l'obra i a la seva epoca i fer, alhora, una lectura actual Considerada una de les obres mestres de la literatura catalana de tots els temps, Solitud narra el trajecte vital i espiritual d'una dona, la Mila, en l'ambit rural. Contraposant la realitat de les valls amb l'idealisme de l'alta montanya, la protagonista inicia un proces d'autoconeixement que la dura a trobar en la solitud la força per trencar amb les convencions del seu mon quotidia. El drama de la Mila ens ajuda a entendre que estem sols al mon, i per aixo mateix ens fa companyia i ens dona coratge per continuar endavant, com fa ella, malgrat tot.

A long, long time from now, in the valleys of what will no longer be called Northern California, might be going to have lived a people called the Kesh.But Always Coming Home is not the story of the Kesh. Rather it is the stories of the Kesh - stories, poems, songs, recipes - Always Coming Home is no less than an anthropological account of a community that does not yet exist, a tour de force of imaginative fiction by one of modern literature''s great voices.

O vindeiro 6 de marzo chegará ás librarías O último barco unha nova entrega do inspector Leo Caldas que se publicará simultáneamente en galego e castelán A filla do doutor Andrade vive nuna casa pin

Nova edició.Recuperem l'obra d'una autora jove, perquè Maria-Mercè Marçal tenia vint-i-set anys quan va publicar Bruixa de dol. Es tracta d' una obra compromesa amb la vida, amb la llengua i amb l' a

I certame de textos teatrais Roberto Vidal Bolaño 2018 Luciano é descuberto intentando desertar da guerra e, despois de ser xulgado polos seus superiores, é condenado a morte. Á mañá seguinte, será f

UNA GIORNATA NELL ANTICA ROMA. VITA QUOTIDIANA, SEGRETI E CURIOSITÀ

A l’agost del 1967, un virus desconegut per la humanitat es va estendre per la pintoresca localitat alemanya de Marburg i va causar la mort fulminant de 23 persones. Aquest és el punt de partida de M

En Pau és novel.lista i l'Eva, editora. Són parella des de fa anys. Un dia ell li va pegar, i una amiga va denunciar l'agressió. Només va ser una vegada. Ara cap dels dos té ganes de parlar-ne, però no tindran més remei que fer una terapia obligatòria amb una psicòloga dels serveis socials. Amb aquesta obra, la dramaturga Marta Buchaca s'enfronta al drama dels maltractaments de gènere, amb una obra en què el drama i la comèdia es confonen per reflexionar sobre les dificultats de comunicació en una societat en què les tensions de gènere es barregen massa sovint amb els comportaments violents.

In 1978, gifted student and writer Greg Roberts turned to heroin when his marriage collapsed, feeding his addiction with a string of robberies. Caught and convicted, he was given a nineteen-year sentence. After two years, he escaped from a maximum- security prison, spending the next ten years on the run as Australia''s most wanted man. Hiding in Bombay, he established a medical clinic for slum- dwellers, worked in the Bollywood film industry and served time in the notorious Arthur Road prison. He was recruited by one of the most charismatic branches of the Bombay mafia for whom he worked as a forger, counterfeiter, and smuggler, and fought alongside a unit of mujaheddin guerrilla fighters in Afghanistan. His debut novel, SHANTARAM, is based on this ten-year period of his life in Bombay. The result is an epic tale of slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison torture, mafia gang wars and Bollywood films. A gripping adventure story, SHANTARAM is also a superbly written meditation on good and evil and an authentic evocation of Bombay life.

From comic masterpieces, like Much Ado about Nothing and Twelfth Night, to tragedies such as Hamlet, Othello and Romeo & Juliet, as well as the grand histories of Henry V and Richard III, this collection is the perfect introduction to the genius of England's greatest playwright.With two volumes devoted to each category of Shakespeare's dramas (Comedies, Tragedies and Histories), there are 15 wonderful creations to enjoy that will introduce readers to a cavalcade of fascinating and memorable characters. Evoking both magical and historical realms, the power of Shakespeare's words is undiminished, and reading (or rereading!) these plays, will reveal how indelible the impact of the Bard's work has been on English literature since they were first performed more than 400 years ago and why they offer timeless entertainment.

Aleksy rematou os seus estudos e planea pasar as vacacións cos seus amigos en Amsterdam, pero todo se torce cando a súa nai ûa persoa que máis odia no mundoû o suborna para que pase con ela un último

Puffin Clothbound Classics - stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world.Heathcliff, an orphan, is raised by Mr Earnshaw as one of his own children. Hindley despises him but wild Cathy becomes his constant companion, and he falls deeply in love with her. But when she will not marry him, Heathcliff's terrible vengeance ruins them all. Yet still his and Cathy's love will not die.Also in Puffin Clothbound Classics:Black BeautyThe Secret GardenA Christmas CarolThe Wizard of OzTreasure IslandDraculaThe Little PrinceTales from ShakespeareFrankenstein

At the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School, which aims to produce the country's future leaders, students are given remarkable freedom. However, they also have to deal with a point system that decides one's place in the school's hierarchy! Ayanokoji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who's determined to work her way back up to Class A, and Kushida Kikyo, who seems like she only wants to make friends. Can they advance through this school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?