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Amb vint-i-dos anys va publicar Implosions (LaBreu Edicions, 2008). El 2013 va guanyar el Premi de poesia mediterrània Pare Colom amb L’ésser solar (Lleonard Muntaner) i al cap de dos anys va publica

Great British Classics - the very best of classic children''s English literature A set of 6 much-loved stories from classic English literature for children, brought together by Puffin Classics in beautiful paperback cover designs.The classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London.After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London. Here he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads him to Fagin and his gang of pickpockets. When a thieving mission goes wrong, Oliver narrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind Mr Brownlow. But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search of the young orphan, determined to drag him back . . .

Radical and inspiring Yanagi s vision puts the connection between heart and hand before the transient and commercial Edmund de WaalThe daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects common things used in commonplace settings These objects are our constant companions in life As such writes Soetsu Yanagi they should be made with care and built to last treated with respect and even affection They should be natural and simple sturdy and safe the aesthetic result of wholeheartedly fulfilling utilitarian needs They should in short be things of beauty In an age of feeble and ugly machine made things these essays call for us to deepen and transform our relationship with the objects that surround us Inspired by the work of the simple humble craftsmen Yanagi encountered during his lifelong travels through Japan and Korea they are an earnest defence of modest honest handcrafted things from traditional teacups to jars to cloth and paper Objects like these exemplify the enduring appeal of simplicity and function the beauty of everyday things

So bold and so vulnerable at the same time. I don't know how she did it' - Phoebe Waller-BridgeNow with an introduction from Dolly Alderton, author of Everything I Know About Love, revealing how a new generation of women can take inspiration from Nora's sharp wit and wisdom about life.*Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from.* If the shoe doesn't fit in the shoe store, it's never going to fit.* When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.* If only one third of your clothes are mistakes, you're ahead of the game.* Anything you think is wrong with your body at the age of thirty-five you will be nostalgic for by the age of forty-five.

La mare de Peter Handke era una dona invisible. Al llarg de la seva vida ?que va abastar el període nazi, la guerra i la prosperitat de la postguerra? va fer el possible per mantenir les aparences, pero va arribar a una conclusio terrible: ?Ja no soc una persona.? No gaire despres, es va suicidar amb una sobredosi de somnifers. A Infelicitat perfecta, el seu fill s?asseu a posar per escrit allo que sap, o que creu que sap, sobre la vida i la mort de la seva mare, tot i que topa amb una ?incapacitat d?expressio extrema?. Aquest llibre auster, escrupolos i profundament commovedor es un dels punts mes alts de l?obra de l?escriptor guardonat amb el premi Nobel de Literatura el 2019.

Often compared to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaids Tale and Naomi Alderman's The Power Woman on the Edge of Time has been hailed as a classic of speculative science fiction. Disturbing and forward thinking, Marge Piercys remarkable novel will speak to a new generation of readers.After being unjustly committed to a mental institution, Connie Ramos is contacted by an envoy from the year 2137, who shows her a utopian future of sexual and racial equality and environmental harmony.But Connie also bears witness to another potential outcome: a dystopian society of grotesque exploitation. One will become our world. And Connie herself may strike the decisive blow...For fans of THE HANDMAID'S TALE, this is a reissue of a much loved feminist classic.'She is a serious writer who deserves the sort of considered attention which, too often, she does not get... MARGARET ATWOOD. NOTA: El libro no esta en español, sino en ingles

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.

Thirty years ago, a child was found in the New Jersey backwoods.He had been living a feral existence, with no memory of how he got there or even who he is. Everyone just calls him Wilde.Now a former soldier and security expert, he lives off the grid, shunned by the community - until they need him.A child has gone missing. With her family suspecting she's just playing a disappearing game, nobody seems concerned except for criminal attorney Hester Crimstein. She contacts Wilde, asking him to use his unique skills to find the girl.But even he can find no trace of her. One day passes, then a second, then a third.On the fourth, a human finger shows up in the mail.And now Wilde knows this is no game. It's a race against time to save the girl's life - and expose the town's dark trove of secrets...

Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I'm proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic. Lana Del Rey Lana's breathtaking first book solidifies her further as 'the essential writer of her times' (The Atlantic). The collection features more than thirty poems, many exclusive to the book: Never to Heaven, The Land of 1,000 Fires, Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving, LA Who Am I to Love You?, Tessa DiPietro, Happy, Paradise Is Very Fragile, Bare Feet on Linoleum and many more. This beautiful hardcover edition showcases Lana's typewritten manuscript pages alongside her original photography. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator.

Esprit vagabond, toujours mobile, Baudelaire explore les dédales de la conscience. Tantôt il atteint à l''extase, tantôt il se perd dans les abîmes du péché. Par ses poèmes, il nous fait partager le

Edith e Andrea, una giovane un po trasgressiva e un capitano molto rigoroso, si incontrano per caso su un traghetto, tra Venezia e la Grecia. Un evento minimo dei tanti di cui e fatta la vita. Ma la loro cambia per sempre. Dapprima ce il rifiuto: come possono, loro cosi diversi, sentirsi attratti una dallaltro? Poi le fasi alterne di un amore dapprima clandestino, le avventure di una lunga separazione, il pericolo di un segreto, una felicita inattesa e una grande prova... E infine lisola, piena di vento e di luce, dove i due vanno ad abitare ristrutturando una vecchia casa abbandonata. Lisola dove ora Andrea si ritrova solo. I dialoghi veramente importanti, pero, non si esauriscono mai: mentre la cura quotidiana del giardino e delle api dellamata moglie lo aiuta a tornare alla vita, Andrea continua a parlare con lei. Le racconta, con tenerezza e passione, la loro grande storia damore. E le promette che ritrovera la figlia, Amy, che da troppo tempo ha interrotto i rapporti con i genitori. Forse e possibile ricominciare, riscoprirsi famiglia, nonostante i dispiaceri e le scomode verita?

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XX. mendeko libururik esanguratsuenetako bat da 1984. Aurreko mendearen erdian idatzi zuen Orwellek bere distopia, bere utopia negatibo hau. Hala, bada, joan den mende erdiko gerra hotzetik, etorkizun hits eta gupidagabea marraztu zuen. Ontasunarentzat ez dago lekurik Winston protagonistaren munduan. Anaia Nagusiaren eskutik gezurrak, beldurrak eta gorrotoak dena hartu dute 1984an: hizkuntza, morala, maitasuna... Itxaropenik bada, proletarioen baitan dago. Itxaropenik bada. Anaia Nagusiaren aurpegia aienatu egin zen, eta, haren lekuan, Alderdiaren hiru sloganak agertu ziren letra lodi eta larriz: GERRA DA BAKEA ASKATASUNA DA ESKLABUTZA EZJAKINTASUNA DA INDARRA AGogokoen dudan liburuen artean da 1984. Behin eta berriz irakurtzen dudan horietakoa daA (Margaret Atwood). APentsatu dezakegu, erraz, 1984an Orwellek bere semearen belaunaldia eta bere etorkizuna zituela buruan eta etorkizunaz ohartarazi nahi ziela, hain zuzenA (Thomas Pynchon). AKafkaren Prozesuaz geroztik ez dago izugarrikeria logikoa 1984k bezain ondo adierazi duen beste obra fantastikorikA (Arthur Koestler). ALiburu zoragarri eta interesgarriaA (Aldous Huxley).

Chiltern creates the most beautiful editions of the World's finest literature.Your favourite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colours of these remarkable covers make these titles feel extra special and will look striking on any shelf.

Voyager Classics - timeless masterworks of science fiction and fantasy. The classic collection of robot stories from the master of the genre. In these stories Isaac Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics and ushers in the Robot Age. Earth is ruled by master-machines but the Three Laws of Robotics have been designed to ensure humans maintain the upper hand: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or allow a human being to come to harm2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. But what happens when a rogue robot's idea of what is good for society contravenes the Three Laws?

Jack 'No Middle Name' Reacher, lone wolf, knight errant, ex military cop, lover of women, scourge of the wicked and righter of wrongs, is the most iconic hero for our age. This is the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume. Read together, these twelve stories shed new light on Reacher's past, illuminating how he grew up and developed into the wandering avenger who has captured the imagination of millions around the world. The twelve stories include a brand new novella, Too Much Time. The other stories in the collection are: Second Son James Penney's New Identity Guy Walks Into a Bar Deep Down, High Heat Not a Drill Small Wars All of which have previously been published as ebook shorts. Added to these is every other Reacher short story that Child has written: Everyone Talks Maybe They Have a Tradition No Room at the Motel The Picture of the Lonely Diner

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San Braulio Hego Amerikako herri txiki baten izena da. Hango jendea nekazaria da, hau da, lurra lantzen du. Baina lurra San Frantziskoko jaun aberatsena da eta San Braulioko jendea oso pobrea da.Egun batean, San Brauliora gizon arraro bat heldu da. Oso zaharra da eta ez dauka ondo burua. Bai, eroa da. Nor da? Nongoa da? Zertara etorri da San Brauliora? Inork ez daki, baina amona Mariak eroa maite du. Zergatik?Liburu hau ikasle askok irakurri dute eta guztiek ulertu dute. Euskara errazean idatzita dago eta zuk ere ondo ulertuko duzu. Ezagutu nahi duzu San Braulioko eroaren istorioa?

On 21 June 1922, Count Alexander Rostov recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol.Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. But instead of his usual suite, he must now live in an attic room while Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval.Can a life without luxury be the richest of all?

Io per diventare bambino cho messo dieci anni, per spararti in faccia ci metto un secondoDieci ragazzini in scooter sfrecciano contromano alla conquista di Napoli. Quindicenni dai soprannomi innocui Maraja, Pesce Moscio, Dentino, Lollipop, Drone , scarpe firmate, famiglie normali e il nome delle ragazze tatuato sulla pelle. Adolescenti che non hanno domani e nemmeno ci credono. Non temono il carcere ne la morte, perche sanno che lunica possibilita e giocarsi tutto, subito. Sanno che i soldi li ha chi se li prende. E allora, via, sui motorini, per andare a prenderseli, i soldi, ma soprattutto il potere. La paranza dei bambini narra la controversa ascesa di una paranza un gruppo di fuoco legato alla Camorra e del suo capo, il giovane Nicolas Fiorillo. Appollaiati sui tetti della citta, imparano a sparare con pistole semiautomatiche e AK-47 mirando alle parabole e alle antenne, poi scendono per le strade a seminare il terrore in sella ai loro scooter. Paranza e nome che viene dal mare, nome di barche che vanno a caccia di pesci da ingannare con la luce. E come nella pesca a strascico la paranza va a pescare persone da ammazzare. Qui si racconta di ragazzini guizzanti di vita come pesci, di adolescenze ingannate dalla luce, e di morti che producono morti. Roberto Saviano entra implacabile nella realta che ha sempre indagato e ci immerge nellautenticita di storie immaginate con uno straordinario romanzo di innocenza e sopraffazione. Crudo, violento, senza scampo.