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Davids best mate died falling off a cliff and he was the last to see him alive. Fifteen years later, he returns to Arbroath, where another death forces him to face the past. A darkly funny, gripping debut from one of Scotlands finest writers newly reissued.ANNIVERSARY EDITIONINTRODUCTION BY CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYREYour best mate just fell off a cliff in mysterious circumstances. You were the last person to see him alive. What do you do?If youre David Lindsay from Arbroath, you leg it and dont go back. Not for fifteen years.Then Nicola Cruickshank yes, that Nicola, the girl you always fancied but never had the guts to speak to gets in touch. She wants you back for a school reunion. At the very place it happened. Of course you say yes. Not to lay ghosts to rest, but because you still fancy Nicola.The thing is, if you are David Lindsay, then returning to Arbroath isnt going to bring closure. Because when someone else tumbles off the cliffs an act the locals now call tombstoning David has a choice: run away again, or finally find out why people around him keep dying_____

¿Hasta qué punto conoces a las personas que más quieres?¿Hasta qué punto conoces a tu propia familia?La mujer: Eve desea con todas sus fuerzas que su vida sea perfecta. Vivir en una casa preciosa, con unas vistas increibles al campo, es todo lo que siempre ha soñado. Y esta dispuesta a hacer lo que haga falta para no perder ese sueño de vida ideal.El hijo: Joe es el hijo perfecto, un estudiante ejemplar que nunca se mete en lios. Sabe que su madre no permitiria otra cosa. Pero la noche despues de haber celebrado su decimosexto cumpleaños, todo se tuerce de forma dramatica. Con las luces de la policia y la ambulancia iluminando el exterior de la casa, de repente todas las miradas se centran en su familia.El marido: Noah no siempre es sincero con su mujer. Sabe lo exigente que puede llegar a ser. Pero las mentiras que ha ido acumulando empiezan a descontrolarse. Y cuando un accidente impactante sacude su propio hogar ¿podra mantener unida a su familia o esta a punto de perderlo todo?---Un drama familiar trepidante con un ritmo excelente y giros inesperados: es muy dificil saber en quien confiar. Una trama fascinante y una gran variedad de personajes interesantes, aunque no necesariamente simpaticos.Lyndas Bookreviews Empiezo a creer que A. J. McDine no es capaz de escribir un libro que no me guste.My Book Review Freedom La historia me engancho desde el primer momento Los giros inesperados me tuvieron mordiendome las uñas ¡A. J. McDine nunca decepciona con sus novelas de suspense domestico!.Books by the Bottle Una historia absorbente y llena de sorpresas, y todos los personajes esconden mas de lo que parece ¡Me lei el libro en menos de un dia, con muchas ganas de descubrir la verdad y ver como terminaba todo!.Locky Loves Books Una de mis autoras favoritas de thrillers psicologicos. ¡Este libro despertara emociones que no sabias que tenias o que habias olvidado! ¡Uno de mis favoritos de 2024!.Life, Love and Books

A aventura ideal para os fãs de Café & Lendas e Our flag means death, onde piratas lésbicas finalmente descobrem se inimigas podem se tornar amantes.Tudo o que Kianthe e Reyna queriam era achar o

¿Cómo es posible escribir la vida entera de uno a través de su currículum? Con ironía y originalidad, Violeta Niebla apunta al corazón del siglo XXI: el trabajo precario. En permanente búsqueda de trabajo, la escritora Violeta Niebla se sienta a repasar su vida laboral y se da cuenta de que esa lista de ocupaciones relata su vida entera. Una narracion desde el yo que recuerda a la novela picaresca y engarza recuerdos reales e inventados organizandolos bajo los epigrafes de un curriculum al uso que miente todo el rato para decir la verdad. Ecos de David Sedaris fundidos con el humor y la ternura de Alison Bechdel.

Adaptación basada en el best seller de Dolores Redondo.En la Ribeira Sacra, Álvaro muere a causa de un fatídico accidente. Cuando Manuel, su marido, llega a Galicia para reconocer el cadáver, descubre que la investigacion sobre el caso se ha cerrado demasiado rapido. El rechazo de su poderosa familia politica le impulsa a huir, pero la sospecha de que esa no es la primera muerte de su entorno que se ha enmascarado como accidental hara que Manuel decida investigar que ocurrio en realidad.Asi que Lucas, un sacerdote amigo de la infancia de Alvaro, Nogueira, un guardia civil jubilado y Manuel formaran equipo para reconstruir la vida secreta de quien creian conocer bien.Basado en el best seller, ganador del Premio Planeta, de Dolores Redondo llega la novela grafica publicada por Planeta Comic de la mano de Israel Escudero como guionista y Marc Garreta como dibujante.

La transición española como nunca se la han contado: a través de las vivencias y la escritura alucinada de una adolescente que despierta al mundo adulto.«Dios no quiere que escriba esta novela», dice

O que o amor vira quando chega o fim… Do mundo?Lorenzo Mendes não imaginava que um dia, a caminho da faculdade, sua vida mudaria para sempre ao ouvir a voz de Conrado Dias. Assim como um pescador é a

Atlas De Vaus loves his job as a Carlisle K9 officer. When his canine partner Evie senses a problem during a semitrailer traffic stop, a search of the truck reveals illegal immigrants being transported to New York. Local shelters can house the women while the case is processed, but they cant accommodate the lone man. Unwilling to leave a vulnerable person alone at the mercy of the system, Atlas takes him in until a place can be found for him. When Bijan Daryas family and village discovered his secret, his only option was to leave Iraq. Hes used every cent he had to reach America, but hes determined to get where hes going, no matter how scared he is. He appreciates Atlas offering him a place to stay, but hes forgotten how to trust anyone, much less a figure of authority like Atlas.Slowly, Atlasand Evie, mostly Eviebegin to win him over, leaving Bijan even more confused by his developing feelings for Atlas. They circle each other, each reluctant to make the first move. Just when they might be on the same track and close to catching the traffickers, government red tape threatens to separate them forever.

You were told to live a meaningful life. But no one ever told you how. Our lives are shaped by contradictions. Competing voices tell us who to be, what to want, and how to live. The result? A fragmented moral imagination. Were handed a thousand broken messages and left to cobble together something resembling a life. But instead of clarity, we get exhaustion. Instead of wisdom, we get anxiety.This leaves you asking yourself How can I get through when I feel alone and confused? How can I live well in this broken and chaotic world? In To Live Well, Alan Noble shows you how you can not only endure but flourish in life. Through exploring the seven virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance, faith, hope, and love, youll learn how to choose gracefully, act justly, suffer steadfastly, live moderately, believe soundly, hope resolutely, and love rightly. This book wont give you a ten-step plan to fix everything. It doesnt promise clarity overnight. But it will invite you into something deeper: an ancient, time-tested path of habits of heart and mind that shape who we are and how we live.With honesty, theological depth, and a mentors heart, Noble names your confusion and offers an antidotenot by escaping the mess but by learning how to live faithfully within it. If youve ever longed for something solid in a world that just wants to sell you more temporary stuff, To Live Well is a good place to begin.

Antes era sencillo: quedarse hasta tarde, entregar un trabajo impecable y recuperar el sueño más tarde. Pero ahora se necesita una mentalidad diferente para tener éxito en el trabajo, como padre y como miembro de la familia.Tips para gestionar hogar y trabajo, si vives sol@ no te enseñara a estar en dos sitios a la vez, pero te ofrece algunos consejos de expertos para gestionar los retos de triunfar en el trabajo y, al mismo tiempo, asegurarte de que tu familia tenga un techo, comida, salud, seguridad y educacion.Aprenderas a: Delegar, pedir ayuda cuando la necesites y decir no a asumir mas tareas / Seguir utilizando tus habilidades de gestion una vez que salgas de la oficina / Hacer mas trabajo con los niños en casa / Seguir adelante con resiliencia cuando cometas un error / Navegar por el caos durante los momentos mas ajetreados en el trabajo y en casa.Te recomiendo que leas estos articulos con la vista puesta en tus propias necesidades, confiando en tu propia intuicion. Puede que las ideas de Bruce Feiler sobre reuniones familiares eficaces te ayuden a dominar el caos semanal, o que los consejos de Rebecca Knight sobre decir no te ayuden a tener menos cosas que hacer en primer lugar, o que el analisis de Alison Beard sobre por que y como formar tu pandilla de padres te ayude a conseguir el apoyo que necesitas cuando las cosas se ponen muy ajetreadas. Al igual que hace este libro, piensa en terminos generales y aborda el problema desde todos los angulos. Aqui hay un estupendo buffet de ideas. Coge los trucos y herramientas que te ayudaran y empieza a utilizarlos. Daisy Dowling, editora

Timeu de Locros era, até então, a única obra do Corpus Platonicum ainda sem tradução para o português. De autoria controversa, o tratado sobre cosmologia foi atribuído tanto ao próprio Timeu de Locro

When Laura Cameron, a philosophy professor at a London university, is found dead in a bizarre echo of the Reeva Steenkamp case, the questions are myriad. Her friend and colleague, Esther Luck, is as shocked as everyone else.But Esther knows more than shes letting on. After two years battling ovarian cancer, her notions of what makes life worth living, of what her future holds, have changed utterly. Held in a tense web of intrigue between Lauras widower Jack, her ex Michel, and her conventional family, Esther is given the chance of new life on borrowed time as the mystery of Lauras death deepens.What follows is an exploration of guilt, mortality, freedom, time and the brilliant and beautiful puzzle of being alive.

to be affected in many ways is the sole ambition of the daysthrums grows out of Clarks celebrated collection, that which appears, in an extension and affirmation of that books particular aesthetic. Including poems first published in London Review of Books and New York Review of Books, the poems closely observed landscapes tell of presence and loss, of change and precarious continuity.One of Scotlands most distinctive writers, a vivid minimalist, ruralist and experimentalist, his selected poems, The Threadbare Coat (2020), is also published by Carcanet.

The third volume of Kurkovs critically acclaimed, intimate and deeply moving war diaries: a poignant, personal account of life under siege in Ukraine rich with humanity, dark humour, and unforgettable resilience amidst devastation."Clever, passionate"The Times"The pieces are flawlessly structured; the tone is devoid of self-pity Yet saturating the book is a note of savage black comedy, the farce of a world made weird by unimaginable violence"Spectator"Uplifting and utterly defiant"Daily Express"No-one with the slightest interest in this war, or the nation on which it is being waged, should fail to read Andrey Kurkov"Daily Mail______Andrey Kurkovs war diaries continue a searing, deeply human portrait of a nation reshaped by war.In this third volume of Andrey Kurkovs war diaries, Ukraines greatest living writer chronicles the third year of the full-scale invasion from his home in Kyiv and from journeys all over the country capturing moments of horror, resilience, absurdity and grace with unmatched clarity.Children on a contested border wear hooded bulletproof vests to school; soldiers write haiku; professional clowns go to war; and the mother of a young soldier, killed in battle, uses his compensation money to create a rehabilitation centre for veterans. Roses bloom across Ukraine in quiet tribute to a florist and soldier killed in Avdiivka, remembered by those who once bought his flowers.The Dnipro River seems to slow when the first missiles fall, as though nature itself had paused in shock. In Pokrovsk, 7,500 residents refuse to leave a city that no longer exists their homes obliterated but their will unbroken. A generals seventeen-year-old pet toad becomes an iconic symbol of defiance. And buried beneath a cherry tree, a murdered writers final diary is recovered, a haunting echo of a silenced voice.From the home front to the trenches, Kurkov captures the rhythms of survival the quiet rituals, unlikely joys, unexpected humour and appalling costs in an intimate and deeply moving record of national endurance. Three Years on Fire is a luminous act of remembrance, rich with unforgettable detail and human spirit, from a writer whose voice stands witness to everything Ukraine has lost and everything it refuses to give up.From the international bestselling author of The Stolen Heart, Death and the Penguin and The Grey Bees______Praise for Andrey Kurkovs war diaries"Andrey Kurkov [is] one of the most articulate ambassadors to the West for the situation in his homeland,"Sam Leith, Spectator"Immediate and important From the grim incredulity at Russians massing on the border to the displacement of millions of people, this is an insiders account of how an ordinary life became extraordinary. It is also about survival, hope and humanity,"Helen Davies, The Times"Ukraines greatest novelist is fighting for his country,"Giles Harvey, New York Times"The authors on-the-ground account is packed with surprising details about the human effects of the Russian assault ... His voice is genial but also impassioned, never more so than when deploring Putins efforts to erase Ukrainian culture and history. Ukraine, he says, will either be free, independent and Europea...

Penniless and newly orphaned Briar Monroe finds shelter at Thornby Manor, a brooding estate above a mist-shrouded lake. But whispers of a dead wife, an estranged son and locked-away secrets haunt its corridors Atmospheric, intoxicating and laced with peril a spellbinding historical mystery of love, betrayal, obsession and a house that will not release its pastWarwickshire, 1891. Recently orphaned and left destitute, Briar Monroe accepts the protection of Lord Danville and the shadowed sanctuary of Thornby Manor. The great house looms above a mist-shrouded lake, its corridors heavy with secrets not least the mysterious death of Lady Elizabeth Danville, and the unspoken tensions between her formidable widower and his magnetic son, Gabriel.As Briar navigates the undercurrents of a household ruled by watchful servants and locked doors, she is drawn ever deeper into a web of suspicion, desire and fear. Whispers in the night, figures at windows, and a constant sense of being watched leave her questioning not only the truth about Thornby, but her own safety within its walls.Atmospheric, intoxicating and laced with peril, Thornby Manor is a gothic tale of betrayal, obsession and a house that never forgets.A simmering, haunting debut for readers who loved Jane Eyre, Rebecca, The Woman in White and The Silent Companions

La primera entrega de un romantasy imprescindible.En el reino de Daradon, poseer un espectro una forma de magia interna y viva es una sentencia de muerte. Alissa ha vivido toda su vida ocultando el suyo, entre la nobleza que caza a la gente con poderes como si fueran animales. Pero cuando una oleada de ejecuciones sacude el pais y su padre es asesinado brutalmente, la joven no puede quedarse al margen.Infiltrada en la corte, rodeada de mentiras y alianzas peligrosas, vigilada por un rey que la desea y podria matarla, debera acercarse al unico que parece comprender lo que arde en su interior: Keil, un embajador extranjero que guarda mas secretos de los que revela.Con una revolucion latente, una conspiracion letal y un pasado que amenaza con destruir su mundo, Alissa tendra que decidir si esta dispuesta a arriesgarlo todo por un amor que podria condenarla o salvarlos a todos.***RomantasyEnemies to loversTriangulo amorosoAmor prohibidoMagia ilegalIntrigas palaciegas

In this gloriously gothic transfemme retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray, a wealthy aristocrat tumbles down a treacherous path of deceit, dissolution and violence when they exchange their soul for eternal youth.This atmospheric reimagining of Oscar Wildes classic is perfect for fans of Every Exquisite Thing and The Spirit Bares Its Teeth.London, 1867. Dorian Gray is wealthy, beautiful, and miserable. Heir to both the fortune and reputation of their austere, manipulative grandfather, their only moments of joy are snatched by sneaking out to their fathers gallery for secret visits. One night, they meet a sweet, talented young painter named Basil, who immediately recognizes Dorian as his new muse. Dorian is struck by the beauty and depth that Basil paints into their portraitand dares to hope there might be more to life than living as their grandfathers perfect, empty-headed heir.Basil and his friend Henry Wootton introduce Dorian to the heady world of molly houses and drag performers. But Dorians double life is shattered when a police investigation implicates them in "indecent" activities, andterrified of their grandfathers wraththey offer evidence against beloved drag performer Sybil Vane. Fleeing London in shame and disgrace, Dorian sets up a scandalous life in the country as Henrys mistress, throwing extravagant parties and breaking hearts at every turn.As Dorians spiral of self-loathing deepens, something strange happens: the portrait begins to change. Their smile becomes a little sharper, the glint in their eyes a little colder. Dorian will soon have to choose: embrace the wickedness within and become what they were always meant to be, or dare to try for something far more fragile and dangerous: a life of their own making.

A Small Town. A Big Secret. One Chance to Heal. In the small Pacific Northwest town of Port Lawrence, five people search for a way forward in the wake of broken trust and lost hope. Molly McIntyre spends her days teaching fourth grade and her evenings and weekends caring for her grandmother Eleanor, a woman of deep faith who lives with chronic pain. The rest of Mollys time is spent volunteering at the community theater. Though she loves the magic of a good play, she doesnt trust actorstheyre too good at what they do.Tristan Stuart always wanted to be a movie star. But he put that dream aside when he decided to leave Hollywood to care for his sick mother, Diana, who continually mourns the time lost with her other son, who the family hasnt seen in years. But as far as his dad, Hal, is concerned, Tristans brother can stay away forever.After nine months away from the hustle of Hollywood, Tristans lifelong dream has turned to dust and ashes, and he has no idea what to dountil he meets Molly.As Tristan seeks a new path, Molly retreats in fear. But in slow fits and starts, their relationship begins to blossomuntil Tristans past collides with his present and shatters Mollys fragile faith in him, forcing them and their families to confront heartbreaking truths.A Journey of Love, Grace, and Following the Light With This Shore of Light, immerse yourself in a story where the tides of life reveal beauty in the midst of trialswhere love, family, and faith guide each step toward a brighter shore.

Curious, compassionate and utterly practical. This book doesnt just help you understand sleep; it helps you understand yourself Damian Hughes, co-presenter of High PerformanceWere drowning in sleep advice - this book is your lifeboat.A clear-eyed and passionate antidote to both individual sleep anxiety and our current obsessive, perfectionist culture, Think Less, Sleep More unpacks the science and fundamentals of sleep - including misunderstood concepts such as sleep drive and sleep debt - and arms you with simple tools for how you can improve something you spend a third of your life doing.Youll discover: Why your evening routine matters far less than your morning routine How to trust your bodys natural sleep drive and rhythms Why bad nights dont ruin your health How to re-set your relationship with sleep and free yourself from sleep anxiety