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FROM THE GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR She means to save us by telling us stories. . . She comes closer than anyone else I know ANN PATCHETT [Kingsolver] reminds us that a novel can be wildly entertaining and still have a social conscienceNEW YORK TIMES, 100 Best Books of the 21st Century (on Demon Copperhead)Youve taken Demon to your hearts, prepare for another emotionally raw, riotously entertaining read as you meet Livia.Heres my question: How does a person step in front of a train and leave everything right there? Livia Bohusz misses her big brother, Cyrus. But since the day he took his own life, a day that changed everything, eleven-year-old Livia has also known she has no choice but to survive.Her solace is music. A gifted pianist, Livias only escape is the quiet rapture it brings as she practices. The promise of a new life her talent might offer is intoxicating, a life away from the stifling silence that has enveloped the farm since Cyrus death.When Livia starts college as a music major and scholarship prodigy, it feels as if a new life might begin. Immersing herself in her passions in a world where she excels, even as she struggles to fit in with more urbane classmates, she glimpses the possibilities of a life beyond the farm and her parents.Then one springtime, the smell of reviving grass and crocuses and the sounds of songbirds fill the air, and Livia catches a glimpse of shirt sleeves rolled to the elbow, muscles you wouldnt miss in the rear view:Who is that man?It is a question Livia may come to wish she had never asked.Partita is Livias story: It is a tale of thwarted ambitions, accumulated pain, of newfound hope, unexpected love, and endless resilience. It is as compelling and profound as the pieces Livia has mastered, and as heart-rending and engrossing as the music that makes, breaks and mends her.Readers love Barbara Kingsolver: Barbara Kingsolvers way with words is beyond description! Thats the magic of Barbara Kingsolver I guess - to make you laugh in one line and then absolutely wreck you in the next. What a genius I love Kingsolver because I never know where she will go next but it will always be somewhere that Ive never been before Barbara Kingsolver has an understanding of the human condition and the abuses inflicted by an unjust society upon those who do not deserve that A trademark ability to tell a story with empathy One of those writers who somehow can produce writing that sounds as natural as talking and yet that somehow comes out as poetry Kingsolver is a magician with words

Um mundo mergulhado em inverno.Uma jovem marcada pela dor.Uma profecia que reaviva a esperança. Após a Grande Pacificação, o mundo foi dividido em nove colônias sob o domínio do Núcleo, um regime fri

Tras veinte años de ausencia, Matías regresa a su ciudad natal con las cenizas de su madre y una pluma que guarda un secreto. El reencuentro con Julen, su primer amor silenciado, abre una herida que lo arrastra de nuevo a 2005, cuando, con 14 años, conocio a Miro Mallen, un guionista mucho mayor que el, quien utilizaba sus propios textos para manipularlo y arrastrarlo a situaciones que jamas deberian haber existido. Ante el dolor, Matias solo encontrara en la escritura la manera de volver a vivir.¿Como se ama bajo las secuelas de una adolescencia arrebatada?

La nueva novela de J. D. Barker, el maestro americano del suspense, autor de la trilogía El Cuarto Mono. Para que una casa encantada nazca, alguien tiene que morir.En el adormecido pueblo costero de New Castle, New Hampshire, la vida del joven Billy Hasler, de diecisiete años, esta a punto de dar un giro aterrador. Cuando su mejor amigo, David Spivey, hereda una misteriosa casa en una isla cercana, parece el lugar perfecto para pasar su ultimo verano antes de irse a la universidad. Sin padres. Sin policia. Sin responsabilidades. Pero al indagar en el oscuro pasado de la isla, despiertan una antigua maldad que ha influido en generaciones. Lo que comienza como una inocente aventura veraniega pronto se convierte en una pesadilla.

T. S. Eliot took George Barker onto the Faber poetry list in 1935 with Poems, when Barker was only twenty-two. This was the beginning of a publishing association which would endure through nineteen further volumes. There was an earlier Collected Poems published in 1957, but this edition, published in 1987 towards the end of the writers life, is the definitive edition. Here, readers have access to the contents of all of those volumes together with lesser-known work published by smaller presses and journals both in the UK and abroad. The book allows us to follow the evolution of a major talent who subscribed to no school and scorned all affiliation, but whose work is uncompromisingly true in both its stylistic integrity and its unswerving conception of poetic responsibility.His work was passionate, intellectually challenging and highly original, his language incantatory and often hypnotic. Peter Wilby, Guardian

In 1850, only one man stands between the living and the dead; only one man can uncover the secrets of the afterlife. His name? Ebenezer Scrooge.An uncanny festive sequel to the classic novel, written in the tradition of Charles Dickens.Perfect for fans of Laura Purcell and Kate Griffin. Seven years have passed since the events of A Christmas Carol, seven years since the night Ebenezer Scrooge took to a life of philanthropy and kindness.But there is another side to Scrooge. Those afflicted by spirits and hauntings know of him as a man who can help rid them of the unquiet dead. Alongside his trusted companion and old friend, Captain Ambrose, Scrooge faces off against malevolent poltergeists, and supernatural wickedness.So when Louisa Fell invites him to investigate her family home on the coast of England, he is more than happy to oblige. But the mysteries at the Fell house are deep and terrifying, and the more Scrooge uncovers, the more he risks awakening the ghosts of his past, present, and of things yet to come.

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR TWICE WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEARA masterly work of historical witness and moral reckoningOBSERVER, Fiction to look out for in 26An immersive and unforgettable novel of one mans life in the aftermath of the American Civil War.I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things . . . were gone forever.Against this rapidly shifting landscape, Tennyson Bouguereau - freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man - journeys to find meaning and belonging. From the relative safety of home in Tennessee with his sister Rosalee, he is offered the possibility of a whole new life in Nashville, until a surprising trip to Victorian England changes everything.Exquisitely rendered, and with a rich cast of characters, The Newer World is a lyrical, visceral novel about what it is to survive, and what might be lost along the way.

What does it mean to lose yourself and is that something you should be aiming for? A young woman with little interest in games takes up a job in Frankfurt at a famous gaming company, naively set on reinvention. On her morning commute, in the familiar clutches of tedium and self-loathing, she encounters a nice-eyed stranger who returns her forgotten umbrella and finds herself catapulted into a dizzying, year-long whirlwind of obsession not just with this endlessly attractive spectre, but also with the feverish karaoke trips from which she draws the ultimate solace. With astonishing existential acuity, Polly Bartons formidable debut novel renders the paradoxes of modern life in all its complexity, in deliriously self-conscious prose that is at once propulsive, titillating and bitingly funny. Echoing with the sounds of Whitney Houston and The Cure, reaching for the sublime in dark, sweaty boxes, What Am I, A Deer? is an exhilarating exploration of authenticity, fantasy, romance and intoxication.

Maqluba es una historia de amor contada a dos voces: la de Osama, un profesor gazatí que se ve atrapado en Ramallah, Cisjordania, de donde las autoridades israelíes no le dejan salir, y la de Sari, una abogada israeliestadounidense, que lo representa ante esas autoridades, para que le permitan viajar. Ambos se conocen, se enamoran Pero una relacion asi, no sera facil en un contexto como el que les rodea. Una historia real que sorprende y, a la vez, lleva a la reflexion.

A novel of identity and resistance from one of Palestines most striking literary voiceswritten entirely from behind bars Nur, a Palestinian refugee from a camp near Ramallah, is often mistaken for an Ashkenazi Jew. Fluent in Hebrew and with a degree in archaeology, he dreams of freedom beyond the fence, and of writing a novel about Mary Magdalene based on the Gnostic Gospels. When he discovers an Israeli ID card in the pocket of a secondhand coat, he assumes a false identity and is hired for an archaeological dig near Megiddo. Passing as an Israeli, he moves through a world previously off-limits and gains insight into the lives of those hes been taught to perceive as enemies. As Nurs borrowed identity deepens, so does the rift within. Through an exploration of this internal conflict, Bassem Khandaqjis Arabic Booker-winning novel offers a meditation on the personal toll of occupation and the elusive desire to belongfully, honestly, and without fear.

French poet, essayist, art critic and translator Charles Baudelaire inaugurated a new era in world literature - indeed, he coined the term modernity. This fresh translation of his best poetry, by eminent translator, poet, and novelist Philip Terry, lays bare the richness and the long afterlife of Baudelaires verse, and brings out all the originality of his ideas.Here, in lushly visual and sonorous verse, we find themes that still preoccupy us today. Baudelaire captured life in the city like no one else, drawing a portrait of Paris as the ultimate glittering seductress - and also as a fragmented landscape peopled by isolated individuals. As much as an urban eyewitness, he was an incisive personal poet, vividly evoking the ebb and flow of desire: the joy of fulfilling it, the agony of feeling, and even worse, not feeling it. Terrys bold, contemporary translation style makes clear why Baudelaire, a century and a half after his death, is still the painter of modern life.

A queer, Black horror-thriller about a woman returning to the upstate New York town in which she grew up in order to uncover the terrifying truth about her mother and a set of terrifying paintings. From the author of the TikTok sensation Cinderella is Dead.Perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix and Riley Sagar.Jasmine Payton is glad that her mother is dead.Not that Antonia was much of a mother to begin with. Forced to endure alcohol-fueled rages her entire childhood, Jasmine escaped Antonias abuse as a teenager and never looked back. Now, shes an investigative journalist, is a mom herself, and has firmly put her past behind her when she gets the call to make arrangements for her deceased mother. Her hopes to quickly bury her and skip town are dashed when the police wont release her body, as Antonia is a suspect in a recent missing persons case.With nothing to do but wait for the detectives to work the case, Jasmine starts cleaning out Antonias belongings when she discovers several unsettling items: gruesome paintings that depict all manner of torture and a series of deranged letters in which Antonia admits to brutalizing inmates while she was the warden at the local prison.Trusting her journalistic instincts, Jasmine tracks down information about the now-abandoned prison, convinced that its still harboring deadly secrets tied to her mothers past. As she explores the bowels of the penitentiary, she uncovers the truth behind Antonias obsession with one inmate and how they connect to her disturbed paintings.

Pedro Baños lee el arte de la guerra. Estrategia, poder y conflicto. Un clásico milenario para entender nuestro tiempo. Mientras el mundo mira hacia las guerras del presente, el gigante asiático avanza silencioso y paciente, aplicando las mismas enseñanzas que escribio Sun Tzu hace mas de dos mil años en El arte de la guerra, un verdadero tratado para vencer en el campo de batalla, pero tambien en la vida.En El Tao de la guerra, el coronel Pedro Baños se adentra en este clasico imbatible. Con su habitual claridad y rigor, agrupa y comenta las maximas de Sun Tzu en grandes temas espionaje, liderazgo, tropas, tactica, estrategia, mando, logistica, demostrando que su obra no solo ofrece una guia personal accesible a todos, sino que constituye tambien la base de la actual estrategia de poder de China.Unicamente conociendo en profundidad el pensamiento autentico del mundo chino su concepcion del poder, la armonia y el conflicto puede entenderse la forma en que esta civilizacion milenaria aborda la competencia global.Este volumen incluye una nueva traduccion de El arte de la guerra realizada por el prestigioso sinologo Gabriel Garcia-Noblejas, junto con una joya taoista inedita: Las tres artes de la guerra del duque de Jade, un tratado taoista que enseña que la estrategia perfecta nace de la armonia entre etica y poder, entre gobernante y pueblo, entre accion y quietud.En El Tao de la guerra, Pedro Baños nos ofrece una leccion sobre como se conquista el mundo sin disparar un solo tiro y como se planifica la victoria antes de que empiece la lucha.

Experience the myth and magic of antiquitys most alluringand provocativegoddess as never witnessed before, in this gorgeously rendered, unflinching, and deeply vulnerable retelling from the author of Mother of Rome and Medusas Sisters.Two hundred years before the common era, Aphrodite surprises an itinerant sculptor with a shocking request: Hear my story, see me for who I truly am, and carve it into stone. Never before has the goddess posed for her likeness, and as the artist works, she shares pieces of herself.Her greatest triumphs and most grievous mistakes. The truth behind the tales of her beneficence and vengeance. And the one epic romance that slips through her perfect fingers, time and time again.Part memoir, part fantasy, and all heart, Aphrodite in Pieces begs the eternal, essential questions: what do love and beauty truly mean? And can they last?

One hundred thousand years ago. In the wake of the apparent self-destruction of the alien Forerunner empire, two humansChakas and Riserare like flotsam washed up on very strange shores indeed. Captured by the Forerunner known as the Master Builder and then misplaced during a furious battle in space, Chakas and Riser now find themselves on an inverted world, where horizons rise into the sky and humans of all kinds are trapped in a perilous cycle of horror and neglect. They have become both research animals and strategic pawns in a cosmic game whose madness knows no enda game of ancient vengeance between the powers who seeded the galaxy with life, and the Forerunners who expect to inherit their sacred Mantle of Responsibility to all living things.In the company of a young girl and an old man, Chakas begins an epic journey across a lost and damaged Halo ringworld in search of a way home, an explanation for the warrior spirits rising up within, and the reason for the Forerunner Librarians tampering with human destiny. Their travels will take them into the domain of a powerful and monstrous intelligenceknown as "the Captive" by Forerunners, and "the Primordial" by ancient human warriors, this being may not only control the fate of Chakas, Riser, and the rest of humanity, but of all sentient life across the galaxy

Vuelven el humor británico más mordazy la heroína más querida del cozy crime.Más de 10 millones de lectores en todo el mundoUna gran alegría reina en el pequeño pueblo de Carsely: ¡por fin Agatha Raisin se ha casado con James Lacey! Sin embargo, negros nubarrones se ciernen enseguida sobre el cielo matrimonial: las desavenencias de la pareja aumentan cada dia, y Agatha acusa a James de tener una aventura. Hasta que un dia, la relacion da un vuelco dramatico tras una acalorada discusion en el pub: primero, James desaparece, dejando solo una enorme mancha de sangre, y luego su presunta amante es asesinada. Mientras Agatha Raisin se convierte en la principal sospechosa, esta, acompañada de su fiel amigo sir Charles Fraith, hara lo que sea para demostrar su inocencia y encontrar a su marido.La critica ha dicho sobre Agatha Raisin:Entre las escritoras de series de misterio de pueblos acogedores, M.C. Beaton es de las que ameniza una agradable fiesta de te.Associated Press Una joya absoluta.Publishers Weekly Una heroina refrescante, sensata, maravillosamente excentrica y muy simpatica.Booklist Agatha Raisin es una miss Marple moderna.Entertainment Weekly La reina del cozy crime.Mail on Sunday

Um dos livros mais vendidos de todos os tempos — no século XIX, quando foi lançado, perdeu apenas para a Bíblia — A cabana do pai Tom, de Harriet Beecher Stowe, exerceu uma influência inegável. Esta

Sucesso de crítica e público (finalista do Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura 2020, semifinalista do Prêmio Oceanos 2021, bem como destaque do Clube TAG Curadoria em 2025), Mundos de uma noite só é um ro

Travis lives an unassuming life with his cat in a small English town. Travis also happens to be the cosmic force of Death, visiting people in their final days and hours of life, before shepherding them into whatever happens next. He doesnt judge them, doesnt feel emotion at their passing, and never tries to change anyones fate... until he meets a young, single midwife called Dalia and her boisterous eight-year-old daughter, Layla. As he gets closer to this small, seemingly unremarkable family, Travis begins to learn what it is that makes life so worth living, and so what it is that is irrevocably lost in death.Full of compassion and deep magic, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt might be a novel about Death, but its also about the joy of being alive - because only through knowing that all things must end can we truly appreciate all the things that we already have, from the people around us to the strange wonder of our spinning world.

Después de vender más de 5.000.000 de ejemplares, la escritora Elísabet Benavent regresa con una novela que reivindica el amor propio como opción necesaria.Las pequeñas revoluciones empiezan con un libroJulia Casanovas trabaja en un bar de tapas de Barcelona. Hace ya una decada fue una actriz de exito, pero su naturaleza complaciente la llevo a aceptar un papel que hizo añicos su amor por la interpretacion y su carrera.Sin embargo, todo cambiara cuando un desconocido aparezca en el local en el que trabaja con un mensaje bastante criptico: "Creo que te necesito".Julia ha de tomar la decision de arriesgarse, ocultarle a su controladora madre que esta a punto de lanzar de nuevo los dados y dejarse guiar por su instinto. Lo que desconoce es que ademas ese golpe sobre la mesa abrira el cajon de los amores olvidados.