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Through the eyes of four characters - a young engineer, an adolescent girl, a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris brilliantly recreates a luxurious world on the brink of dest

Gudarien balentriak biltzen eta Loiuko aireportuan jasotako bezeroei kontatzen dizkien taxizaleak, bat-batean, argitaletxe baten enkargua jasoko du liburu bat idazteko; izan ere, Agirrezabal idazle zarauztarra taxistaren emaztearen maitalea zena istripu edo atentatu ilun batean hil berri da, El Lobo espioiaz idazten ari zen nobela erdibidean utzita, eta nor egokiago taxizalea baino, eleberri errealista hori amaitzeko?Bere betiko ezaugarriei sentsualtasuna, metaliteratura, idazketaren dotorezia dohain berriak erantsi dizkie Joxean Agirrek eleberri honetan: hainbat hari aldi berean jorratzea, gure historia hurbileko istorio txundigarrienak aletzea, ironia dosi oparoak banatzea Sasoi betean dagoela erakusten digu horrenbestez, eta bere narraziogintza koska bat estuago eraman.

Cleanliness is next to enlightenment In this Japanese bestseller a Buddhist monk explains the traditional meditative techniques that will help cleanse not only your house but your soul Live clean Feel calm Be happy We remove dust to sweep away our worldly cares We live simply and take time to contemplate the self mindfully living each moment It s not just monks that need to live this way Everyone in today s busy world needs it In Japan cleanliness is next to enlightenment This bestselling guide by a Zen Buddhist monk draws on ancient traditions to show you how a few simple changes to your daily habits from your early morning routine to preparingfood from respecting the objects around you to working together as a team will not only make your home calmer and cleaner but will leave you feeling refreshed happier and more fulfilled

Three women Three countries One unforgettable journeyIn India, Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of giving her young daughter an education and will go to any length to make that happen, including leaving behind all she knows in search of a better future. In Sicily, Giulia works in her fathers wig workshop, the last of its kind in Palermo. When her father is the victim of a serious accident, she discovers that her familys livelihood is at stake. In Canada, Sarah is a twice-divorced mother of three children and a successful lawyer whose identity is wrapped up in her work. Just as she expects the promotion shes been working her entire career for, she learns she has breast cancer. The Braid is a vibrant and singular reminder of what connects us all across borders, across languages, across cultures.

She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her . . .When sixteen-year-old Janie is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor, her grandmother swiftly marries her off to an old man with sixty acres. Janie endures two stifling marriages before she finally meets the man of her dreams - who offers not diamonds, but a packet of flowering seeds.Their Eyes Were Watching God is one of the very greatest American novels of the 20th century. It is so lyrical it should be sentimental it is so passionate it should be overwrought, but it is instead a rigorous, convincing and dazzling piece of prose, as emotionally satisfying as it is impressive. There is no novel I love more - Zadie Smith Books included in the VMC 40th anniversary series include: Frost in May by Antonia White The Collected Stories of Grace Paley Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West Their Eyes Were Watching God

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016 Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power - from the author of Swimming Home and The Man Who Saw Everything Propulsive, uncanny, dreamlike. A feverish coming-of-age novel Daily Telegraph A triumph of storytelling Literary Review_________________________________Today I dropped my laptop on the concrete floor of a bar built on the beach. My laptop has all my life in it and knows more about me than anyone else. So what I am saying is that if it is broken, so am I . . .Two women arrive in a village on the Spanish coast. Rose is suffering from a strange illness and the doctors are mystified. Her daughter Sofia has brought her here to find a cure with the infamous and controversial Dr Gomez - a man of questionable methods and motives. Intoxicated by thick heat and the seductive people who move through it, both women begin to see their lives clearly for the first time in years. Through the opposing figures of mother and daughter, Deborah Levy explores the strange and monstrous nature of womanhood. Dreamlike and utterly compulsive, Hot Milk is a delirio

This is an old and wicked island. An island of Phoenicians and merchants, of bloodsuckers and fraudsExpelled from her convent school for kicking the prioress, and abandoned by her father when her mother dies, rebellious teenager Matia is sent to live with her domineering grandmother on the island of Mallorca. In the hot, oppressive stillness of an adolescent summer, she learns to scheme with her cousin Borja, and finds herself increasingly drawn to the strange outsider Manuel. But civil war has come to Spain, and it will teach Matia about the adult world in ways she could not foresee.This powerful, lyrical coming-of-age novel depicts Mallorca as an enchanted island, a lost Eden and a Never Land combined, where ancient hatreds and present-day passions collide.brilliant, devastating . . . every character is remarkable and captivating The Times Literary Supplementa feverish, dramatic brew . . . the style is intoxicating . . . it offers a unique view of a part of Spain usually overlooked by literature The Irish Times

Ehun metro nobela 1976an argitaratu zen, nahiz eta 1974rako amaituta egon. Franco diktadorea 1975ean hil zen, baina 1976an argia ikusi zuen nobelaren lehen edizioak ez zuen artean indarrean zegoen zentsura-legerik gainditu, eta, edizioa bahitu eta liburu-dendetatik erretiratzearekin batera, egilea bere ere prozesatu eta epaitua izan zen. Urte berean, ordea, zentsura-legea desagertzearekin batera, nobela liburu-dendetara itzuli zen.Behin eta berriz aipatu dira nobelaren arkitektura, kontakizunean erabilitako teknika, baliabide eta estrategia aberatsak. Eta hori guztia argumentu xume baten euskarri: poliziarengandik ihesi doan aktibista batek zerraldo erori bitartean egindako ehun metroren kontaketa. Metro horietan, polizien tiro eta jazarpenari ihesi, bere bizitzako pasadizo batzuk dakartza oroimenera protagonistak.Iheslariak berak aukeratutako taberna itxi bateko terrazan eserita dagoen lekuko anonimoarengana bideratzen ditu urratsak. Huraxe aukeratu du, gero eta barnerago susmatzen duen heriotzaren zafraldiekin batera, helduleku, eta sakrifizio erritual baten aurrean bageunde bezala, testigu harixe eskainiko dio bizitza ofrendan. Zergatik eta zertarako hil modu antzu horretan, dio ritornello gisa errepikatzen den kantak.Nobela hunkigarria gertatu zen argitaratu zenean, eta gaur egun ere berdin hunkitzen gaitu.

A stunningly beautiful clothbound hardback edition of one of the most famous Gothic horror stories in the world.Jonathan Harker is travelling to Castle Dracula to see the Transylvanian noble, Count Dracula. He is begged by locals not to go there, because on the eve of St George's Day, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will come full sway. But business must be done, so Jonathan makes his way to the Castle - and then his nightmare begins. His beloved wife Meena and other lost souls have fallen under the Count's horrifying spell. Dracula must be destroyed...

Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series The Master and Margarita is here presented in a new translation and a wealth of extra material

Una nit tornant de festa, la hiperconsciència de la pròpia condició de mortal travessà Juana Dolores Romero, que començà a escriure poemes. Diu: «A Bijuteria supero el pànic de morir perquè l’enamora

La vie est mal faite : a trente-cinq ans, on n'a le temps de rien ; a soixante-cinq ans, on a du temps, mais encore faut-il savoir quoi en faire... Bernard et Brigitte en savent quelque chose. Depuis qu'elle a cesse de travailler, Brigitte profite de sa liberte retrouvee et s'investit dans son role de grand-mere. Pour elle, ce n'est que du bonheur. Jusqu'au drame : la retraite de son mari. Car, pour Bernard, troquer ses costumes contre des pantoufles, hors de question ! Ajoutez a cela des enfants au bord de la crise de nerfs, des petits-enfants infatigables, et des voisins insupportables... La retraite : un long fleuve tranquille ? Pour le decouvrir, plongez dans cette comedie irresistible et inspirante ! Une saga familiale pleine d'humour et de bienveillance. Le Parisien. De la litterature qui fait du bien. Elle. Les lecteurs ont adore : Realiste, drole, touchant ! - Antonio. Un tres bon moment de lecture. - Eliane Caron. Excellent ! - Brigitte Benso. Que du bonheur... - Grognours.

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

Tretze faules modernes en què l'autor combina magistralment la fantasia, l'humor i l'existència quotidiana. Hi ha un esquimal que fuig d'un ós, ¿o potser és l'ós qui fuig de l'esquimal? I un armari q

En Nils Holgersson, un marrec trapella i ronsejaire, és transformat en follet com a càstig pel seu mal comportament. Endut per les oques salvatges en la seva migració cap a les terres dels lapons, al

Emile, 26 ans, touché par un Alzheimer précoce, décide de quitter l'hôpital et sa famille afin de partir à l'aventure. Une jeune femme, Joanne, répond à son annonce. Ils commencent ensemble un péripl

Designed to follow on from the Jolly Phonics Pupil Books 1 2 and 3 Builds on the skills taught in Jolly Phonics and introduces grammar and spelling rules to improve writing and reading comprehensi

Le roman d'un homme qui a reçu la beauté du monde en héritage.

A Antoloxía escolar da época Nós pretende ser unha ferramenta útil e didáctica para todos os estudantes que se acheguen a un dos períodos máis importantes da nosa literatura, o comprendido entre 1920 e 1936. O volume reune textos, actualizados en canto a lexico e ortografia, imprescindibles para coñecer a ideoloxia e o pensamento das principais figuras da xeracion Nos.A escolma esta especialmente indicada para os ultimos cursos de ESO e Bacharelato, e inclue un apartado con actividades, co que se procura que os lectores reforcen conceptos e consoliden coñecementos.

Animal Farm is George Orwells brilliant political satire and allegorical fable about the corrupting effects of power. Published in 1945 it is, to this day, one of the most famous and influential works of fiction ever written.Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by journalist and writer Jason Cowley.When the old Major, a highly respected white boar, gathers his fellow farm animals to preach about freedom, rebellion and the evils of man, he incites a revolution that has been brewing for years. The animals drive out their drunken farmer, Mr Jones and create their own society which promises equality for all. Two scheming pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, appoint themselves leaders and what begins as a supposedly equalitarian community descends into an increasingly violent and hierarchical society permeated by lies and corruption.