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Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett's breakthrough international bestseller, is a heart-racingly exciting tale about the fate of the war resting in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and a brave woman. Victory Hangs in the Balance 1944. In the weeks leading up to D-Day the Allies are disguising their invasion plans with elaborate decoys of ships and planes. If they can land a force on mainland Europe they will gain the upper hand in a war that has ravaged the world for years, and take the fight to the Nazi menace. A Cold-blooded Killer His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: The Needle. He is Hitler's prize undercover agent - a ruthless and professional murderer. In England he uncovers the Allies' D-Day plans but his cover is blown in the process. A Deadly Chase Leaving a trail of bodies in his wake, The Needle ruthlessly races to a U-boat waiting to convey him and his critical message to Germany, with MI5 on his tail. But he hasn't planned for a storm-battered island and the remarkable young woman who lives there . . .

VINTAGE VOYAGES: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mindTouching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner, Simon, reached the summit of the remote Siula Grande in June 1995. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frost-bitten, with news that that Joe was dead. What happened to Joe, and how the pair dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a compelling testament of friendship.. NOTA: El libro no esta en español, sino en ingles.

A nave de Sándalo percorre doucentos anos de historia entre Europa e América.Fitos heroicos, Ulises galaicos, orixas afrocubanas, secretas sociedades de figuras públicas, independencias políticas e pendencias eroticas, saltan de tempo e lugar nunha viaxe emocionante con corpo de relato estimulante dos sentidos e dos sentimentos, para facernos complices da relacion antiga e inmorrente de dous universos unidos pola Corrente do Golfo: Galicia e Cuba.

Territory of Light is the radiant story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her two-year-old daughter. Its twelve chapters follow the first year of the narrator's separation from her husband. The novel is full of light, sometimes comforting and sometimes dangerous: sunlight streaming through windows, dappled light in the park, distant fireworks, dazzling floodwater, de-saturated streetlamps and mysterious explosions. The delicate prose is beautifully patterned: the cumulative effect is disarmingly powerful and bright after-images remain in your mind for a long time.

L IDIOTA. EDIZ. INTEGRALE

Di fronte allo specchio, Sofia non si riconosce piu, e si chiede chi sia quella donna dallo sguardo spento, che sembra aver perso la passione per ogni cosa, persino per la musica. I suoi amici e conoscenti sono convinti che si sia trasferita in Russia per lavoro, in realta Sofia e scappata. È scappata dal matrimonio con Andrea, in cui paradossalmente si sentiva sola; e soprattutto e scappata da Tancredi, l'uomo che aveva messo in crisi tutte le sue certezze per poi deluderla e lasciare solo macerie. Adesso pero Sofia non puo continuare a fuggire, a mettere tra parentesi la sua vita. È tempo di riprendere in mano il proprio destino. E allora torna a casa dal marito, per capire se sia rimasto qualcosa del loro amore, fatto di complicita e sogni. E ricomincia a suonare in pubblico, provando di nuovo il gusto di far volare le dita sulla tastiera del pianoforte. E, una sera, Sofia ritrova anche Tancredi. Non e piu il Tancredi che l'aveva sedotta per capriccio, che non voleva impegnarsi, che non sapeva amare. È un uomo diverso. Un uomo disposto a mettersi in gioco e a costruire una relazione matura e durevole. Ma cosa vuole veramente Sofia? Forse deve ancora scoprirlo, ma di certo questa volta non si fara travolgere dagli eventi e sara lei a scrivere il proprio futuro.

VINTAGE VOYAGES: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mindLed by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team of seven British men including Dr Prone (constantly ill); Jungle the route finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing) and 3,000 Yogistani porters, set out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas. An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, The Ascent of Rum Doodle has been a cult favourite

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Warner gazte hitlerzale bat da gerra aurreko Alemania nazian. Sekretu handi bat gordetzen dute bere familian, eta sekretu hori ageriko egiten denean, ihes egitera behartuta egongo da Warner Europan barrena: Triestera aurrena, Frantziara gero.Lertxundik, hausnarketa eta ekintza, suspentsea eta jakin-mina elkar txandakatuz darama irakurlea oztopoz oztopo azken liluragarriraino.Eleberri honek ez du inor hotz utziko. Gogoan iltzatuta geratzekoak dira gertatzen diren gauzak, esaten diren hitzak, isiltzen direnak, eta, batez ere, bere orrialdeetan barrena aurkezten zaizkigun pertsonaia gogoangarriak eta haien historia hunkigarriak.

IL GIOVANE HOLDEN (THE CATCHER IN THE RYE)

The most hotly anticipated thriller of 2018 follows our hero Jack Reacher on a quest into his father''s past, and climaxes in the most blood-curdling ticking time bomb of an adventure yet.The present can be tense . . . A young couple trying to get to New York City are stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. Before long theyre trapped in an ominous game of life and death.But the past can be worse . . .Meanwhile, Jack Reacher sets out on an epic road trip across America. He doesnt get far. Deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born. But when he arrives he is told no one named Reacher ever lived there. Now he wonders: whos lying?As the tension ratchets up and these two stories begin to entwine, the stakes have never been higher for Reacher.Thats for damn sure.

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Poète, essayiste, romancier, auteur dramatique et homme politique, Victor Hugo (1802-1885) domine son siècle et notre littérature par son génie aux multiples facettes. Il est l'un des représentants m

Una història de guerra, exili i innocència. Ara, en versió il·lustrada.Ara que estem junts és l’extraordinària història que explica la separació de dos germans bessons per la Guerra Civil. Una mirada

Connell e Marianne frequentano la stessa scuola di Carricklea, un piccolo centro dell'Irlanda rurale appena fuori Sligo. A parte questo, non hanno niente in comune. Lei appartiene a una famiglia agiata e guasta che non le fa mancare nulla tranne i fondamenti dell'amore e del rispetto. Lui e il figlio di una donna pratica e premurosa che per mantenerlo fa la domestica in casa d'altri (quella della madre di Marianne). Nell'inventario di vantaggi e svantaggi, l'inferiorita economica di Connell e bilanciata sul piano sociale. Lui e il bel centravanti della squadra di calcio della scuola e fra i compagni e molto amato, mentre Marianne, che nella pausa pranzo legge da sola Proust davanti agli armadietti, e quella strana ed evitata da tutti. Se la loro fosse una battaglia, o anche solo una sequenza di scaramucce amorose, si potrebbe dire che le frecce al loro arco si equivalgono. Ma Connell e Marianne sono come due pianticelle che condividono lo stesso pezzo di terra, crescendo l'una vicino all'altra, contorcendosi per farsi spazio, assumendo posizioni improbabili: nella loro crescita, si appoggiano e si scavalcano, si fanno molto male ma anche molto bene, e la sofferenza che si procurano non e che boicottaggio di se. Certo, la ferocia informa tutti i rapporti di potere che vigono fra i personaggi, nella piccola scuola di provincia come nel prestigioso Trinity College cui entrambi i ragazzi accedono, nelle dinamiche di genere come negli equilibri famigliari.

Shorlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Costa Novel Award and the Gordon Burn PrizeBooker-winning novelist Pat Barker imagines the untold story of the women at the heart of history's greatest epic'Magnificent... You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard'Chilling, powerful, audacious... A searing twist on The Iliad. Amid the recent slew of rewritings of the great Greek myths and classics, Barker's stands out for its forcefulness of purpose and earthy compassion' The Times'A stunning return to form' ObserverWhen the Greek Queen Helen is kidnapped by Trojans, the Greeks sail in pursuit, besieging the city of Troy. Trapped in the Greek soldiers' camp is another captured queen, Briseis. Condemned to be bed-slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her family, she becomes a pawn in a menacing game between bored and frustrated warriors. In the centuries after this most famous war, history will write her off, a footnote in a bloody story scripted by vengeful men - but Briseis has a very different tale to tell . . .

As such, it contains HUGE SPOILERS for the books Mistborn (The Final Empire), The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages. It also contains very minor spoilers for the book The Bands of Mourning.Mistborn: Secret History builds upon the characterization, events, and worldbuilding of the original trilogy. Reading it without that background will be a confusing process at best.In short, this isn''''t the place to start your journey into Mistborn (though if you have read the trilogy - but it has been a while - you should be just fine, so long as you remember the characters and the general plot of the books).Saying anything more here risks revealing too much. Even knowledge of this story''''s existence is, in a way, a spoiler.There''''s always another secret.