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A Dante, un libertino en tiempos modernos, se le cruza en su camino una mujer que lo hará cumplir las reglas a rajatabla…, aunque no todas.Dante "Razor" Guillard es el jugador estrella de uno de los

Faixa etária: A partir de 12 anosTemas: Crítica social, literatura de língua inglesa, Espírito natalino, natal, Redenção pessoal, romance.Ebenezer Scrooge, velho e rabugento que detesta o Natal, é eg

Erin and Bee are the TWO LITTLE LIARS. Vilified. Despised. Never forgiven, forgotten, or meant to see each other again after the tragedy they caused.Until a fateful college trip brings them together, and Bee is murdered.Twenty years on, the case remains unsolved and a threat reunites the survivors of the trip.Someone knows who Erin is and what she did the night Bee died.Someone wholl kill again.

A fantastic, sharp, and witty debut... Two Left Feet is not one to miss! Hannah Bonam-Young, New York Times bestselling author of People WatchingIn a league with no room for love, two players are about to change the game.Oliver Harris is football royalty in London. Ordinarily, the star of the Camden Roses is calm, cool, and collected, keeping his club relevant with his prowess in the midfield and mighty left foot. But this season, the threats abound: theres Camdens management to contend with complete with a new, prickly Dutch coach, eager for better results and a mid-season injury, which sidelines him when his team needs him most. When a recruit is called up to fill in, Oliver fears hell be replaced. If he can mentor this younger talent, then they might just have a chance at winning, together.After a string of lacklustre performances in his native Spain, Leonardo Davis-Villanueva is looking for one last shot at the club he always dreamed of, where he once played in the youth academy. Oliver immediately finds confident, eager Leo irritating. He can barely go through the motions, let alone coach him, without outright hostility. When he comes to admire Leos skill and warms to his humor and energy, though, he begins to see Leo as a friend and then, to his mounting horror, as something more.Leo craves Olivers attention and partnership; Oliver cant afford to fall in love with his teammate. Hes always kept a tight lid on his sexuality in a league thats never had a player come out. As the season heats up, a lot more than football hangs in the balance. Can Oliver and Leo win when it counts most?

New York Times bestselling author Susan Dennard returns to paranormal romance with a suspenseful and darkly atmospheric summer mystery with fiery kisses and haunting melodies.Magpie Adams, a lonely teen pariah in the tourist town of Two Pines, finds her reputation in tatters after her ex-boyfriend cheated on her and then lied about it. With her only true friends being the dramatic Adeliade and her brooding twin brother Buck Taylor, Magpie finds solace in romance novels, and in noticing the tiny details that everyone else seems to miss.Things turn eerie when a museum exhibit honouring Two for Joy, the cult-classic romance filmed in that very town, gets vandalized: fake magpies are impaled with knitting needles, a mannequin is mutilated, blood is spilled. The town people brush it off as a prank. But Magpie knows better. Especially when the attacks seem to follow her.Magpie begins to suspect someone is recreating scenes from the movie, and she might be the stand-in for a missing woman from the 1970s: Becky, the forgotten body double whose face looks eerily like her own. Someone is covering up a decades-old death tied to the films crew. And someone doesnt want the truth revealed.As the mystery spirals toward murder, Magpie must use her uncanny empathy to uncover the past, and survive the present. Because Beckys story was never told.Until now.

In an opulent villa near the English Channel lives a family. The father has a safe, a spanner, a candle and a maid called Rose. The son has a swing, a croquet set, a raincoat, a car. Some members of the family read crime novels to fall asleep (the father), some instead of sleeping (the son), and some to ease the loneliness of an unhappy marriage (the mother). Their equilibrium is shattered in the wake of a shocking incident and the twenty minutes of silence that follow. Darkly comedic and wonderfully strange, Twenty Minutes of Silence is a truly original take on the crime genre, inspired by a true story. Here Helene Bessette builds a world of intrigue, a world punctured by startling disruptions and unexpected shifts, and in doing so destroys and remakes the crime novel, creating a form wholly new.

At this dead hour of the morning, the lorry park is deserted. It is a bitterly cold night, with rain falling and an edge of snow, and under the sickly yellow lighting the great lorries and tarpaulined trailers are dark and bulky as huddled beasts. For the last six months, Callan has been spending nights looting the lorries for their precious cargos - and its all been going well. But this fateful evening something will change, and Callan will find himself at the heart of a murder, and DCI Kelso Strang finds himself at the heart of the investigation .

This new translation of the best stories by Ichiyo Higuchi showcases the pioneering authors profound sensitivity and lyrical eye. The crystalline beauty of falling snow is a painful reminder of lost innocence; three children growing up on the fringes of Tokyos red-light district enjoy a last summer of freedom before adulthood and its compromises overtake them; a discontented serving maid and a prodigal son find their transgressions can be mutually beneficial; and a mans passion for an indifferent teahouse courtesan becomes so consuming that he is willing to sacrifice everything to it - his job, his family, perhaps even his life. Rarely translated into English, but revered in Japan for the purity of her classical language and her status as the countrys first professional woman writer, Ichiyo Higuchi drew on her own short life in a poor Tokyo neighbourhood to inspire her work. With immense delicacy of phrase and feeling, and vivid evocations of the colourful festivals and salty street banter that mask unspoken yearning and disappointed hopes, she transmits both the beauty and the struggle of working-class womens lives in turn-of-the-century Japan. In her clear-eyed vision of the world, longing and memory may be the only solace.

"[Um olhar] perspicaz sobre família, amor e casamento"— David Nicholls, autor best-seller de Um dia"Leia pelos personagens excêntricos, pelos diálogos perfeitos, pelo humor e pelos momentos comuns tã

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_____

Él no quiere quedarse. Ella no quiere marcharse. Lo tenían decidido…, hasta que el amor eligió por ellos. Silje vive en las islas Lofoten, situadas al norte del círculo polar ártico, y acaba de abri

Número 1 en Francia.Una emocionante novela sobre el amor a los libros por el autor que ha cautivado a millones de lectores yque ha cosechado quincepremios literarios, entre ellos elRenaudot y el Goncourt desLyceens.El primer encuentro solo puede vivirse una vez. Con las palabras revisitamos una felicidad que se agota.Alexis Koskas tiene un trabajo respetable en un banco privado y una hija adolescente a la que adora, Clara. Cuando la joven sufre un accidente que la deja en coma, la vida de Alexis da un vuelco. Mientras retoma el contacto con su exmujer durante las visitas al hospital, se embarca en un proceso de escritura para intentar aliviar el dolor. Pero las consecuencias del accidente van mas alla cuando Clara despierta y no es la misma.Conmovedora, inteligente, ironica, llena de suspense y de reflexiones sobre la escritura, la familia y el destino, la ultima novela del ganador del Renaudot y el Goncourt des Lyceens nos hace entender una vez mas por que todos aman a David Foenkinos.La critica ha dicho... La nueva novela de David Foenkinos es uno de los mejores libros para leer este año. CosmopolitanUna vez mas, David Foenkinos consigue llevarnos a donde no esperabamos. LeParisienUn libro tierno y conmovedor. NouvelObsTras convertirse en un autor imprescindible con La delicadeza, el escritor regresa con una novela sobre el azar y el destino, pero tambien sobre los misterios de la escritura. MadameFigaroSobreLa vida feliz: Foenkinos evidencia una vez mas que la vida es una "tragicomedia". Impecable. Laura Gimenez Perez, ABCFoenkinos retrata, con su caracteristico sarcasmo emotivo y su habitual profusion de aforismos, a dos personajes atrapados en los vaivenes de la vida, luchando por ser cualquier cosa menos ellos mismos. Raquel R. Incertis, El MundoSobreNumero dos:Foenkinos urde una ficcion impecable que se devora. [...] Numero dos merece llegar al numero uno. Marius Serra, La VanguardiaUn acto de justicia poetica. Justo Barranco, La Vanguardia

La presentadora de Eurovisión y periodista de RTVE, Julia Varela, nos deslumbra en esta novela con su sensibilidad y belleza narrativa.Todo por hacer nos habla de la vida, la pérdida y el amor. Un relato precioso que explora las relaciones entre madres e hijas y abraza las distintas emociones que nos envuelven durante el duelo.La vida de Blanca se detiene tras la repentina muerte de su madre. Con cuarenta y dos años, debe afrontar un duelo que lo anega todo. No es solo el vacio inmenso de la ausencia; siente que la ha perdido demasiado pronto. Todavia les quedaba mucho por compartir y mucho por decirse De hecho, la ultima llamada -esa maldita ultima llamada- le ha dejado un sabor amargo, pues nunca penso que se despediria asi de su madre.Ahora, mientras transita el duelo, esta diseñadora de interiores, separada y madre de un adolescente, se embarca en un viaje muy personal cuando, a raiz de unas misteriosas flores y unas viejas fotografias, descubre unos secretos de familia que la llevaran a repensar quien fue su madre, pero tambien a replantearse su propia vida.La critica ha dicho:Todo por hacer es una historia sobre la perdida, el peso de las ausencias y la capacidad de la vida para dejarte sin aliento. Julia Varela escribe con el pulso de la ternura. Leerla es sostener entre las manos la sonrisa de un niño. Ledicia Costas Una emotiva historia sobre el duelo que, sin embargo, nos deja calados hasta los huesos de ganas de vivir. Laura Barrachina La sensibilidad de Julia Varela como narradora es tan extraordinaria que es capaz de iluminar el oscuro transito por el duelo sin renunciar a la certeza de que todas somos humanas, tambien nuestras madres, y nosotras, sus hijas. Ines Martin Rodrigo

Las abuelas nunca hablaron de la guerra, eso era cosa de hombres. Pero la vivieron igual. Estamos en un pueblo. La expresión " tocan a muerto " se usa para nombrar las campanadas que anuncian la muerte de una persona: dos si es un hombre, tres si se trata de una mujer. Laura Vivar toma la expresion para dar titulo a su novela, una obra que recrea la voz de las mujeres madres, primas, tias, vecinas: todas desde la ruina de la posguerra y que, magistralmente, va enhebrando instantaneas familiares que tienen en comun la carestia, la pobreza, la violencia, el luto riguroso, la dureza de la vida cotidiana, la injusticia, la emigracion de las jovenes a las grandes ciudades, el silencio.Con un castellano precioso, lleno de hallazgos verbales y pleno de historias, Tocan a muerto propone con imaginacion y crudeza algunas posibles respuestas a la pregunta sobre que es lo que sabriamos de nuestros pueblos si el dolor de la guerra civil española no hubiera cortado sus formas de vida y la transmision de su memoria.

A cien años de su publicación, Tirano Banderas no ha perdido un ápice de vigencia y se disfruta hoy como un atlas, tan real como simbólico, del poder totalitario.En 1926, se publicó por primera vez Tirano Banderas, una novela radical Valle-Inclan en forma y fondo. Con ella, el autor rompe con las formas narrativas tradicionales, implanta el esperpento en la novela y construye un retrato feroz del poder totalitario. Aunque ambientada en una republica ficticia (se descubre el paisaje de Mexico como trasfondo, pais al que viajo Valle en distintas ocasiones), la novela no busca verosimilitud telurica sino retratar la estructura psicologica del despotismo.La figura del general Santos Banderas no es solo un personaje, sino una sintesis del caudillo iberoamericano, desde Rosas hasta Trujillo, pasando por Porfirio Diaz. Con su prosa riquisima, su lexico mestizo, su mirada deformante y su critica brutal, Valle-Inclan abre un camino que recorreran luego Asturias, Roa Bastos, Garcia Marquez o Vargas Llosa, entre otros.A cien años de su publicacion, Tirano Banderas no ha perdido un apice de vigencia: la manipulacion del lenguaje, el uso del terror como herramienta politica, el culto al lider, la violencia institucionalizada... siguen presentes en muchas naciones a lo largo y ancho del planeta. Esta obra no solo es una pieza literaria de primer orden: es un mapa actual y simbolico del poder.

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.

Una joya precolombina de gran valor, una historia de amor que traspasa fronteras. Toda la esencia de México en la nueva novela de Félix G. Modroño, con más de 30.000 lectores.Santander, 1937. Ana Cossio, una joven de trece años, huye para embarcarse en el Mexique con destino a Mexico junto con otros cientos de niños españoles con el fin de protegerse de la inminente llegada de las tropas franquistas, dejando en tierra a su familia y a Mateo Llamazares, su primer gran amor.Mexico, 1939. Arriba a Veracruz el Vita, un yate colmado de joyas y objetos preciosos, requisados por el Gobierno de la Republica para financiar a los exiliados a causa de la guerra civil. En el barco viaja Mateo Llamazares con la mision de salvaguardar su codiciada mercancia y dispuesto a encontrar a Ana. Madrid, verano de 2005. David Quijano, arqueologo del Museo Arqueologico Nacional, conoce a Maria, una galerista de arte mexicana, y enseguida queda cautivado por ella. Al dia siguiente, decide enseñarle unos valiosos pendientes precolombinos que custodia para restaurarlos. Pero las consecuencias de este acto iran mucho mas alla de lo esperado y David debera partir rumbo a Mexico en un viaje surrealista y cargado de historia que lo obligara a enfrentarse no solo a los secretos ancestrales de una tierra inabarcable, sino tambien a si mismo.

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

In the smoky underworld of 1860s London, a labyrinth of molly houses, crumbling estates and illicit affairs, this gloriously gothic trans retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray unfurls a twisting tale of love, deceit, and dissolution.This atmospheric reimagining 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.