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Everything gets easier in your thirties, right?Though she has plenty to celebrate - successful career, new home, loving friends and family - for Nina Dean, her thirties have not exactly been the liberating experience she was sold. From fading friendships to exes popping the question, everyone is moving on (or worse, to the suburbs). And as her dad slowly loses his memories, her mum seems dead set on making new ones.Then she meets Max, who tells her on date one that he''s going to marry her. But what seems like an exciting new development will ensure this year is Nina''s strangest yet . . .

SELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMAS SUMMER READING LISTA monstrous and brilliant book Philip PullmanWholly mesmerising and revelatory Completely fascinating William BoydSometimes discovery brings destructionWhen We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain.Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled lives we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers, they descend into isolated states of madness. Some of their discoveries revolutionise our world for the better; others pave the way to chaos and unimaginable suffering. The lines are never clear.With breakneck pace and wondrous detail, Benjamin Labatut uses the imaginative resources of fiction to break open the stories of scientists and mathematicians who expanded our notions of the possible.

Discover the unforgettable finale to Ali Smith's dazzling literary tour-de-forceIn the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble.Meanwhile the world's in meltdown - and the real meltdown hasn't even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they're living on borrowed time.This is a story about people on the brink of change. They're family, but they think they're strangers. So: where does family begin? And what do people who think they've got nothing in common have in common?Summer.'Smith's seasonal quartet of novels is a bold and brilliant experiment' Independent'The novel's hopeful message about the healing power of friendship ensures the quartet ends on a feel-good note' Sunday Times

Welcome to New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson's first collection of short fiction. These wonderful works, originally published individually, have been collected for the first time and convey the true expanse of the Cosmere. Telling the exciting tales of adventure Sanderson fans have come to expect, Arcanum Unbounded include the Hugo Award-winning novella 'The Emperor's Soul', an excerpt from the graphic novel 'White Sand', and the never-before-published Stormlight Archive novella 'Edgedancer'.The collection will include nine works in all:'Edgedancer' (Stormlight Archive)'The Hope of Elantris' (Elantris)'The Eleventh Metal' (Mistborn)'The Emperor's Soul' (Elantris)'Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania' (excerpt; Mistborn)'White Sand' (excerpt; Taldain)'Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell' (Threnody) 'Sixth of Dusk' (First of the Sun)'Mistborn: Secret History' (Mistborn)This superb collection also includes essays and illustrations which offer an insight into the numerous worlds in which the stories are set.

The Mistborn saga comes to its thrilling conclusion, as an acclaimed epic commercial fantasy comes to Australia for the first time.Tricked into releasing the evil spirit Ruin while attempting to close the Well of Ascension, new emperor Elend Venture and his wife, the assassin Vin, are now hard-pressed to save the world.This adventure brings the Mistborn epic fantasy trilogy to a dramatic and surprising climax as Sanderson''s saga offers complex characters and a compelling plot, asking hard questions about loyalty, faith and responsibility.

"Erros e Tánatos" componse dun conxunto de dez relatos nos que Gonzalo Navaza demostra unha gran soltura no manexo das técnicas narrativas a partir dunha prosa breve, limpa, directa, chea de sentido do humor, que sorprende ao lector coa sua capacidade para ironizar, para crear intriga e para sorprender."Erros e Tanatos" e un libro magnifico que, con moita claridade narrativa, atrapa ao lector coas suas boas historias, historias e acontecementos que se suceden medrando e creando unha grande tension narrativa que remata nun final sorprendente, un final que explora os territorios do Tanatos por culpa dos Erros do azar. Partindo dunha forma clasica de narrar, Gonzalo Navaza escribiu un libro que divirte, que seduce; e o libro dun narrador eficiente que, sen lugar a dubidas, construe unha obra notable. A presente edicion, ofrecida en novo formato e aparencia, revisada polo autor e decima dende a sua aparicion en 1996, converte a este monllo de relatos de Gonzalo Navaza nun dos clasicos da narrativa galega contemporanea.

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.

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Oroimena eta hitza galdu ditu Goiok, izoztuta geratu da Bluefieldsgo bere erbestean, eta hari laguntzera doa Maribel, errefuxiatuen postaria; Ekuadorrera eraman nahiko du sendatzera, han bizi baita paper faltsuekin Andoni, Goioren ikaskide izandakoa, baina bidaia ez da inondik ere erraza.Abiapuntu horrekin, hiru narrazio-hari josten dira kontrapuntuan: Maribelek Goioren gaixotasunaren eta laguntzen dien Urioste familiaren kronika egiten du, orainaldian; Andonik, berriz, 14 urte zituela Goiorekin batera Kalaportuko jesuitenean igarotako ikasturtea oroituko du; eta narratzaile orojakile batek geroaldian kontatu edo iragarriko digu nola Goio, sendatu ostean, Antarktikara doan espedizio zientifiko batean.

The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family's rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother Smerdyakov. As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer, Dostoyevsky's dark masterwork evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil blur, and everyone's faith in humanity is tested.

The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very brink. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship and horror.

Lewis Carroll's beloved classic stories are reimagined in this deluxe illustrated gift edition from the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise, MinaLima-designed with stunning full color artwork and several interactive features. Originally published in 1865, Lewis Carroll's exquisite Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass have remained revered classics for generations. The story of Alice, an inquisitive heroine who falls through a rabbit hole and into a whimsical world, has captured the hearts of readers of all ages. Perhaps the most popular female character in English literature, Alice is accompanied on her journey of trials and tribulations by the frantic White Rabbit, the demented and terrifying Queen of Hearts, the intriguing Mad Hatter, and many other eccentric characters. Lewis Carroll's beloved companion stories Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are reinvented on one volume by the talented design firm MinaLima, whose fey drawings of some of Western literature's most famous characters will delight and enthrall, In addition, they have created interactive features exclusive to this edition, including: Alice with extendable legs and arms The rabbit's house which opens to reveal a giant Alice The Cheshire cat with a pull tab that removes the cat and leaves the cat's grin A flamingo croquet club that swings to hit the hedgehog A removable map of the Looking Glass world This keepsake illustrated edition-the sixth book in Harper Design's series of illustrated children's classics-will be

Prés de 40 000 ex vendus en grand format.á Un auteur du catalogue LDP, avec toujours une charte graphique trés forte et trés identifiable.D'excellentes critiques : "On découvre derriére cette quªte un peu folle une reflexion bien plus fine et plus complexe qu'il n'y parat." Elle / "On savoure son art de la formule, sa malice, ce ton qui est sa marque." Le Figaro litteraire /a "Un roman d'amour audacieux, entre obsessions et espoir." Marie-Claire

Geralt de Riv est un homme inquiétant, un mutant devenu le parfait assassin grâce a la magie et a un long entraînement. En ces temps obscurs, ogres, goules et vampires pullulent, et les magiciens sont des manipulateurs experts. Contre ces menaces, il faut un tueur a gages a la hauteur, et Geralt est plus qu'un guerrier ou un mage. C'est un sorceleur. Au cours de ses aventures, il rencontrera une magicienne capricieuse aux charmes vénéneux, un troubadour paillard au grand cœur… et, au terme de sa quête, peut-être réalisera-t-il son dernier vœu : retrouver son humanité perdue.

Agosto 1938. Un momento tragico della storia d'Europa, sullo sfondo del salazarismo portoghese, del fascismo italiano e della guerra civile spagnola, nel racconto di Pereira, un testimone preciso che rievoca il mese cruciale della sua vita. Chi raccoglie la testimonianza di Pereira, redatta con la logica stringente dei capitoli del romanzo, impeccabilmente aperti e chiusi dalla formula da verbale che ne costituisce il titolo: Sostiene Pereira? Questo non e detto, ma Pereira, un vecchio giornalista responsabile della pagina culturale del "Lisboa" (mediocre giornale del pomeriggio) affascina il lettore per le sue contraddizioni e per il suo modo di "non" essere un eroe. Introduzione di Andrea Bajani.

Quan Mateu, un pintor en hores baixes, rep l’encàrrec d’il·lustrar els textos d’un escriptor anomenat Crisòstom, accepta sense pensar-s’ho dues vegades. Però qui és, realment, Crisòstom? Per què no h

En aquest segon volum, el protagonista, que ja té el paper d'ajudant de veterinari rural més assumit i les particularitats dels pagesos de Yorkshire una mica més apamades, continua vivint experièncie

Quan la famosa cantant Lucrecia comença a rebre missatges amb amenaces, la policia es troba d'allò més perduda. Qui li pot recriminar que adapte els poemes d'Ausiàs March per a les seues versions mus