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A brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last centurys most influential pop culture figures.

When her cousin is slain by an unknown assassin, Ariel Behn becomes the sole heir to a family legacy: a sinister cache of manuscripts that thrusts her into the deadly center of international intrigue--and an age-old enigma that spans the centuries. Whoever assembles and interprets the cryptic clues of this ancient mystery will possess the power to control the fate of the world. What strange powers lie hidden within the manuscripts? Splashed against a lavish backdrop that sweeps from the rise of the Roman Empire to the fall of the Berlin Wall, THE MAGIC CIRCLE finds one woman standing at the center of it all: Ariel Behn. As she races across continents to reveal the dark secrets buried in her family''s past, she begins to unlock the chilling truth of the coming millennium. . . .

A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win. The stunning, internationally bestselling sequel to Caraval 'Extravagantly imaginative and enchanting . . . Pure magic and escapism' Cecelia Ahern After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn't yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver: Caraval Master Legend's true name. The only chance of uncovering Legend's identity is to win Caraval, so Tella throws herself into the legendary competition once more - and into the path of the murderous heir to the throne, a doomed love story, and a web of secrets . . . including her sister's. Caraval has always demanded bravery, cunning, and sacrifice. But now the game is asking for more. If Tella can't fulfill her bargain and deliver Legend's name, she'll lose everything she cares about - maybe even her life. But if she wins, Legend and Caraval will be destroyed forever. Welcome, welcome to Caraval . . . the games have only just begun. *************** Praise for Caraval: 'I love this novel . . . It's a thing of beauty and the stuff of dreams' Cecelia Ahern 'Immersive and engaging . . . destined to capture imaginations' Kirkus 'An enchanting carnival of dreams and nightmares . . . beautifully and vividly written' SciFi Now 'Stephanie Garber spins a spellbinding tale of sisterhood, love and betrayal . . . I lost myself in the dangerous, enchanting world she created - and never wanted to come out' Sabaa Tahir *************** What readers have said about Caraval: 'An exceptional read, to the point where I felt I couldn't put it down' 'Very rare to find a book this wonderful!' 'One of the most gripping books I've ever read' 'Magical, mysterious, moving . . . a clever page-turner which swept me up and dropped me right in the middle of Caraval'

Bi emakume, bi ama gazte: batek (Jade/Alice) bere ume bikiak hil ditu, bere eskuz baineran itota. Bestea, nobelaren narratzailea, bere haurraz erditzerakoan, bat-batean ohartu da ezagutzen duela ama hiltzaile hori, aspaldian haren berri izan ez badu ere; Jade/Alicerekin eta haren ekintzarekin obsesionatuta, gehiago jakitea erabakiko du, hartaz ikertzea eta horri guztiari buruzko eleberri bat idaztea.Sorkuntza esaten diogu artista baten lanaren emaitzari; sorkuntza da halaber haur bat mundura ekartzean ama batek egiten duena. Bi sortze mota, bata bestearekin zerikusirik gabea, kontraesankorrak ere bai agian? Sormenaren bi alderdi horiek eta bien arteko harremanak arakatu ditu Katixa Agirrek bere bigarren nobela honetan, irrikaz irensten den fikzioa erakiz eta aldi berean gogoan luzaroan geratzen diren hausnarketekin aberastuz.

Tu havies estimat així abans? Pep arriba al Regne Unit amb l'esperança de desenvolupar una carrera com a traductor. Però aviat s'adona que les coses no eren tan facils com esperava. A contracor, perquè volia conviure amb anglesos per a millorar l'idioma, només troba una habitació al pis d'Òscar, un individu misteriós i poc amable que comparteix pis amb una noia encara més enigmatica, Violeta.

"Fernando eta Sebastian trenbidean daude, tunelari begira, bata bestearen ondoan. Sebastian eskuinaldean dago; Fernando, ezkerraldean. Herritik bi kilometrora daude, tuneletik irtenda ageri den tokian: belardi txiki bat ezkerrean, ibairaino, eta belardi handi bat eskuinean, muinoraino. Hirurak eta laurdenetan iristen den trenaren zain daude. Trenaren aurrean gehien eusten dionak irabaziko du azken froga hau, alegia, trena etorri eta trenbidetik beranduen erretiratzen denak.Sebastian kuadrilako liderra bihurtuko da, baina horretarako zazpi froga gainditu beharko ditu, eta ez nolanahikoak. Sebastian hiritik heldu da eta galantak pasaraziko dizkiote herriko lagunek beren kuadrilan onartu baino lehen. Hura, ordea, ez da erraz izutzen den horietakoa, eta, lagunen harridurarako, denak errendituko ditu".Gazteentzako eleberri klasiko bat idatzi du oraingoan Juaristik, abentura eta intrigaz betea.

Con A ponte das poldras incórporase á colección Dombate, que Galaxia dedica á poesía, unhas das autoras que máis traballa por facer da literatura un espazo textual e aberto: Chus Pato

'I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the book' Jojo Moyes Can a broken town survive a second tragedy? By the time the last goal is scored, someone in Beartown will be dead . . . Us Against You is the story of two towns, two teams and what it means to believe in something bigger than yourself. It's about how people come together - sometimes in anger, often in sorrow, but also through love. And how, when we stand together, we can bring a town back to life. Praise for Beartown and Fredrik Backman 'A mature, compassionate novel' Sunday Times 'Backman can tickle the funny bone and tug on the heart strings when he needs to, and is a clever enough storyteller to not overindulge in either' Independent 'As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and Stieg Larsson' The New York Times Book Review 'A story about families, about friendship and loyalty, inequality, female vulnerability, male back-slapping, and parenthood ... No person's story is too little to be told, Backman includes them all. A novel with a big heart' Jönköpings-Posten, Sweden

Sarum is the towering story of five families through 100 centuries of turmoil, tyranny, passion and prosperity. In a novel of extraordinary richness the whole sweep of British civilization unfolds through the story of one place, Sailsbury, from beyond recorded time to the present day. The landscape - as old as time itself - shapes the destinies of the five families. The Wilsons and the Shockleys, locked in a cycle of revenge and rivalry for more than 400 years. The Masons, who pour their inspired love of stone into the creation of Stonehenge and Sailsbury Cathedral. The Porters, descended from a young Roman soldier in exile. And the aristocratic Norman Godefrois, who will fall to the very bottom of the social ladder before their fortunes revive.

From a youthful infatuation with a cabinet maker in a small Italian fishing village, to a passionate yet sporadic affair with a woman in New York, to an obsession with a man he meets at a tennis court, Enigma Variations charts one man''s path through the great loves of his life. Paul''s intense desires, losses and longings draw him closer, not to a defined orientation, but to an understanding that ''heartache, like love, like low-grade fevers, like the longing to reach out and touch a hand across the table, is easy enough to live down''.Andre Aciman casts a shimmering light over each facet of desire, to probe how we ache, want and waver, and ultimately how we sometimes falter and let go of the very ones we want the most. We may not know what we want. We may remain enigmas to ourselves and to others. But sooner or later we discover who we''ve always known we were.

Con“Feliz Idade”, Olga Novo tende unha mechadesde a xeración que a precedeu á que lle segue;entre o onte e o mañá da estirpe, alén do pasamento do paie da nenez da filla. Nese punto, no territorio pu

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

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.

Antoine Duris est professeur aux Beaux-Arts de Lyon. Du jour au lendemain, il décide de tout quitter pour devenir gardien de salle au musée d’Orsay. Personne ne comprend cette surprenante reconversio