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Around the Moon is a visionary science fiction novel by Jules Verne that continues the thrilling journey begun in From the Earth to the Moon. Blending scientific imagination with adventurous storytelling, the novel takes readers on an extraordinary voyage beyond Earth and into the depths of space.The story follows three daring travelersImpey Barbicane, Captain Nicholl, and the eccentric Frenchman Michel Ardanwho are launched inside a projectile fired from a giant cannon, destined for the Moon. As they travel through the vast silence of space, the explorers observe celestial wonders, experience weightlessness, and confront the unknown dangers of extraterrestrial travel. Vernes detailed scientific speculation, grounded in the knowledge of his time, brings remarkable realism to this bold adventure.Alongside its thrilling premise, Around the Moon explores themes of human curiosity, technological ambition, and the limits of scientific understanding. The novel captures the excitement of discovery while also reflecting on humanitys desire to push beyond known boundaries.Around the Moon is a cornerstone of early science fiction, remarkable for its imaginative foresight and sense of wonder. Entertaining, thought-provoking, and historically significant, the novel stands as a testament to Jules Vernes genius and his lasting influence on the literature of space exploration.

Michael Strogoff is one of Jules Vernes most thrilling and emotionally powerful adventure novels, a masterful tale of courage, loyalty, and endurance set against the vast and unforgiving landscapes of imperial Russia. The story follows Michael Strogoff, a trusted courier of Tsar Alexander II, who is charged with an urgent and dangerous mission: to cross Siberia and deliver a vital message to the Grand Duke in Irkutsk, warning him of a treacherous uprising.As war looms and enemy forces close in, Michael must travel thousands of miles through hostile territory while concealing his true identity. Along the way, he faces relentless pursuit, natural disasters, brutal captivity, and the constant risk of betrayal. His journey is marked by extraordinary physical suffering and moral , yet his unwavering sense of duty and inner strength never falter.Accompanied by memorable companions and adversariesincluding the courageous Nadia Fedor and the ruthless traitor Ivan Ogareffthe novel blends fast-paced action with deep emotional resonance. Verne combines meticulous geographical detail with suspense and drama, transforming the Siberian wilderness into a powerful backdrop for one mans heroic resolve.Michael Strogoff remains a timeless classic of adventure fiction, celebrating honor, perseverance, and sacrifice in the face of overwhelming odds. It is a compelling testament to Jules Vernes ability to unite grand adventure with profound human emotion.

The Mutineers of the "Bounty" is Jules Vernes compelling retelling of one of the most famous episodes in maritime historythe dramatic mutiny aboard HMS Bounty. Drawing on historical accounts while infusing the narrative with his trademark clarity and sense of adventure, Verne brings new depth and perspective to this legendary tale of authority, rebellion, and survival at sea.The novel chronicles the ill-fated voyage of the Bounty, sent to the South Pacific to transport breadfruit plants to the West Indies. Under the rigid command of Captain William Bligh, tensions steadily rise among the crew, culminating in a dramatic act of mutiny led by Fletcher Christian. What follows is a gripping account of divided loyalties, perilous ocean journeys, and the struggle to endure in some of the worlds most remote and unforgiving regions.Beyond the excitement of seafaring adventure, The Mutineers of the "Bounty" explores complex moral questions about leadership, justice, and human endurance. Verne presents the mutiny not merely as an act of defiance, but as a human drama shaped by harsh conditions, clashing personalities, and the limits of authority.Rich in historical detail and maritime atmosphere, this classic work stands as a powerful blend of history and storytelling. The Mutineers of the "Bounty" remains a timeless narrative of rebellion and survival, captivating readers who appreciate nautical adventures and true stories brought vividly to life.

The Green Ray is a charming and romantic adventure by Jules Verne that blends science, humor, and human emotion against the breathtaking scenery of Scotlands western coast. Inspired by the rare optical phenomenon said to appear at the precise moment of sunset, the novel follows the young and spirited Helena Campbell, whose life takes an unexpected turn when she becomes determined to witness the elusive "green ray" before agreeing to marriage.Encouragedand sometimes hinderedby her well-meaning but overly practical uncles, Helena embarks on a series of journeys through the Hebrides and surrounding islands. Along the way, missed sunsets, sudden storms, and comical mishaps delay her goal, while new relationships and deeper self-discovery begin to unfold. Among these is the thoughtful artist Aristobulus Ursiclos and the more kindred-spirited Oliver Sinclair, whose contrasting personalities highlight the novels gentle satire of rigid logic versus genuine feeling.Unlike many of Vernes technology-driven adventures, The Green Ray focuses on inner exploration as much as physical travel. It is a warm, reflective story about perception, love, and the idea that true understanding often comes not from scientific explanation alone, but from the heart.Graceful, witty, and quietly profound, The Green Ray stands as one of Jules Vernes most tender worksa timeless classic that celebrates natures beauty, romantic awakening, and the magic found in lifes fleeting moments.

Five Weeks in a Balloon is the groundbreaking adventure novel that launched Jules Vernes legendary career and introduced readers to his unique blend of science, imagination, and exploration. Set during the great age of discovery, the story follows Dr. Samuel Fergusson, an ingenious British scientist who proposes an audacious plan: to cross the uncharted interior of Africa in a hydrogen-powered hot air balloon.Accompanied by his loyal servant Joe and his skeptical yet courageous friend Richard Kennedy, Dr. Fergusson embarks on a breathtaking aerial journey over vast deserts, dense jungles, towering mountains, and unknown territories. As the balloon drifts across the African continent, the travelers confront violent storms, hostile wildlife, dwindling supplies, and life-threatening mechanical failures. Each challenge is met with ingenuity, scientific reasoning, and unshakable determination.More than a thrilling tale of exploration, Five Weeks in a Balloon reflects Jules Vernes deep fascination with scientific progress and humanitys drive to push beyond the limits of the known world. Rich in geographic detail and imaginative technology, the novel captures both the wonder and danger of exploration during the nineteenth century.Fast-paced, educational, and endlessly entertaining, Five Weeks in a Balloon remains a timeless classic of adventure and early science fiction, celebrating curiosity, courage, and the enduring human spirit of discovery.

"O FILHO DE SATÃ e a VOLTA DE CRISTO" Desde o início dos tempos… A humanidade busca respostas. O bem… E o mal. A luz… E as trevas. E se as profecias não forem apenas símbolos… Mas alertas? Uma histór

Histórias da literatura brasileira -- e de outras literaturas -- que você não conhecia ou pensava conhecer. Mistérios seculares revelados, envolvendo Anchieta, Carlos Gomes e a cabeça de Álvares de A

Um reencontro consigo mesmo e com aqueles que nos cercam, diante da delicada arte de seguir vivendo. Em Afagos e afins, Jairo Pereira apresenta uma poesia que nasce do corpo e retorna para ele como cuidado. Seus versos pulsam no ritmo do peito, entre feridas abertas e gestos de acolhimento, afirmando o afeto como força vital, etica e politica. Aqui, a palavra no suaviza a dor para esconde-la: ela a reconhece, atravessa e prope caminhos de cura possiveis. Com linguagem direta, marcada pela oralidade e pela musicalidade do samba, do tambor e da fala cotidiana, o autor constroi poemas que dialogam com temas como negritude, masculinidade, cidade, memoria, amor, luto e recomeço. A escrita se move entre o intimo e o coletivo, fazendo do colo, do chamego e do carinho no uma fuga da realidade, mas uma forma de enfrenta-la. Afagos e afins, aposta na potencia do cuidado como gesto transformador. Em vez de negar o passado, a obra sugere uma invenço constante do presente: fazer um novo dia, todos os dias. Muito alem de sua trajetoria pessoal, Jairo apresenta poemas intimistas e bem-humorados, que falam sobre a vivencia negra contemporanea, seus movimentos de cura e embate, de amor e ativismo, sem minimizar a importancia dos sentimentos. Para o filosofo e escritor Renato Noguera, que assina o texto de apresentaço do livro, Jairo Pereira revela "a coragem nua e crua da potencia poetica da cura", mostrando que o afeto pode coexistir com a dor e, justamente por isso, se tornar ainda mais necessario. Publicado pela Global Editora e com projeto grafico de Marina Itano, este e um livro para ler de cabeça erguida, com o coraço aberto e os pes no cho.

Homography: mapping multiple perspectives of a single subject; words with the same form but different meanings (see gay, story); homosexual history approached through autobiography; projective transformation (from personal to political plane). Evans uses his own relationshipssexual and familial, chosen and biologicalto explore queer heritage. In this collection youll happen upon ancestors from antiquity to present day including Narcissus and Derek Jarman, as well as iconic venues like the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. There is imagery drawn from the natural world, and from to the underworlds of fetish and clubbinga diversity echoed in forms concrete and classical. There is also shame, and there is trauma, but always leavened by fierce humour and hope for our future. This bold and beautiful third collection from Polari Prize longlisted poet Nathan Evans features poems published by Royal Society of Literature, Muswell Press, Broken Sleep and Fourteen Poems. It is edited by TS Eliot Prize winner Joelle Taylor and published for LGBTQIA+ History Month 2026.

Youd think it should be the simplest thing. Walking. Just one foot in front of the other. But it never ceases to amaze me how complicated things can be.Harold Fry never meant to be a hero. An ordinary man in an ordinary life, until a letter from a long-lost friend sends him out the front door and he keeps on walking.Strangers turn into companions, kindness appears in unexpected places, and the road reveals more than Harold ever imagined. Back home, his wife Maureen begins her own journey, one that might bring them together again.Funny, profound and uplifting, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a joyous celebration of the human spirit, adapted by Rachel Joyce from her multi-million-selling novel, with music and lyrics by the chart-topping musician Passenger. Originally commissioned by Chris Harper Productions, it was first performed in a critically acclaimed, sold-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2025. The production transferred to the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, in 2026, directed by Katy Rudd, starring Mark Addy and Jenna Russell.

Hes a vampire. He sucks the life out of people because his own life bores him so much.A plague rages across Europe. On a remote island, former actress Alice and army officer Captain Edgar are quarantined together locked in a bitter, brutal and compulsive marriage.When an old friend arrives to help celebrate their wedding anniversary, its the perfect excuse for the couple to take their games to a terrifying new level.Filled with wit and savagery, Richard Eyres thrilling version of August Strindbergs Dance of Death is a darkly comic portrait of psychological warfare. It premiered at the Orange Tree Theatre, London, in 2026.

Home can be the most dangerous place. They had cameras, alarms, lights, even guard dogs. They had storm doors and locks on their windows. They knew martial arts, they had knives to hand, and one of them even had a gun. And he still got in . . . A terrifying killer is haunting Glasgows affluent suburbs invading homes and smothering people left on their own. The tabloids have a name for the murderer based on his method of folding the bodies into tiny spaces, as well as his uncanny knack of seemingly springing out of nowhere: Jack-in-the-Box. Inspector Lomond has an impossible case to crack. The houses involved have state-of-the-art security systems and were all securely locked at the time of death. There is no evidence of forced entry, and video footage shows no sign of any intruders. How is he getting in? How is he getting out? And who will be next?

A STYLE MUST-READ BOOK FOR 2026 - the intoxicating thriller about cults, true crime and toxic mothers________________________ImpeccableSunday TimesDarkly addictive Katy HaysFiction with a true-crime edge Janice Hallett ________________________EVERYBODY KNOWS THE STORY. NOBODY KNOWS THE TRUTH...Lucy Golden is a true-crime icon, infamous for killing someone as a teenager while escaping a California cult.Twenty years later, still coasting on the success of the memoir she wrote after her acquittal, Lucy knows that her story is always just one news cycle away from obscurity, even as online trolls ask questions that threaten to tear her life apart.So when a hot-shot documentary filmmaker decides to make her case his next subject, Lucy sees a chance to silence her doubters once and for all.But just how far will Lucy go to protect the story shes been telling - and selling - all along?________________________Readers are loving Paper CutWOW! What a stunning debut!Id watch the hell out of the Netflix adaptationPsychological suspense, cult horror, and celebrity noirTwisted, fast-paced and totally engrossingI read this in one sitting

PREMIO NADAL 2026. Por el autor de La península de las casas vacías. 2.ª EDICIÓN «Me ha gustado una barbaridad. Un desfile de personajes para mí muy entrañables y ya desaparecidos.» Eduardo Mendoza«

Siete personajes atrapados por un temporal deciden animar la espera contándose historias que nunca antes habían confesado. La nueva delicia de un autor que se ha afianzado libro a libro como un clásico contemporaneo. Landero es uno de los mejores novelistas españoles. Jose-Carlos Mainer, Babelia (El Pais)Un pedazo de escritor que crece y crece, cuando creiamos que era ya suficientemente grande. J.M. Pozuelo Yvancos, Abc CulturalSi hay un valor seguro en la actualidad literaria española es la prosa, son las historias, de este escritor extraordinario. Fernando Aramburu Landero sigue en racha Uno de los narradores mas contundentes, ricos, profundos y reconocidos en español. Jesus Ruiz Mantilla, El Pais SemanalLandero es uno de los grandes escritores de este mundo. Manuel Vilas Si me pidieran candidatos españoles al Nobel no dudaria en declamar el primero: Luis Landero. Jose Antonio Vidal Castaño, LevanteLandero es uno de los grandes novelistas actuales, si no el mas grande. Luis Beltran, Barcarola Siete personajes se quedan atrapados en un hotel rural durante la tormenta de nieve Filomena. Sin cobertura ni conexiones, pero si con viveres, deciden animar la espera contandose historias, y de ese dialogo, al que se suman los dos hosteleros, saldran anecdotas que ocuparan ritualmente cada sobremesa, y que no solo les permitiran conocerse entre si, sino tambien debatir y aprender de las vidas de los otros. Con el dominio magistral del relato oral de un autor como Landero, las historias que se cuentan estos desconocidos pronto se convierten en confesiones de sus peripecias vitales hechas al calor del momento, en narraciones de algunas experiencias que les han marcado de por vida y que se suceden y entrelazan con autentica intriga y emocion. Homenaje a las novelas dialogadas clasicas, pequeño Decameron de nuestros dias y sucesion cervantina de relatos ejemplares, Coloquio de invierno es una delicia literaria de principio a fin, un nuevo regalo de un escritor que ha afianzado libro a libro su condicion de clasico contemporaneo.

La historia de una mujer que se rompió… y tuvo la osadía de seguir bailando. Porque a veces perderlo todo es la única manera de volver a ser.Esta historia es un viaje sin retorno por la memoria, la l

Un thriller histórico y emocional que desentierra las verdades incómodas del siglo XX en España.Un asesinato asfixia la vida de Julia. Han pasado casi veinte años, pero todos los días se le aparece la sangre recorriendo aquellas baldosas a pocos metros de la playa.Desde que empezo a trabajar en un periodico, Julia se sumerge en investigaciones vertiginosas, un tanto oscuras, para mantenerse a flote. Viva. El hallazgo de unos papeles la pone tras la pista de un viejo nazi con un pasado pendiente de resolver. ¿Quien fue Gustav Hafner? ¿Que hizo? ¿Por que?En esa persecucion para desvelar el misterio de alguien que le resultaba tan lejano, en esas conversaciones con el, Julia va a encontrar la fuerza, los motivos y las pistas para atreverse a descifrar el crimen que la ahoga a ella desde que era niña.Los dias que no existieron es un intento de contar, a traves de la literatura, como cualquier ser humano puede convertirse en un asesino en un ambiente determinado. Esta novela es un viaje a los silencios mas incomodos de nuestro pasado. Una manera de acercarnos visceralmente a interrogantes como este: ¿que habrias hecho tu si hubieras estado ahi?Hay verdades que salvan y verdades que devoran. Esta novela formidable se construye con las dos. Un desafio al lector acerca de los limites de la conciencia, el amor y la muerte, Carlos Alsina.Toda vida es una novela de accion si se sabe contar. Julia, treinta años y periodista, vive la suya sin saber que es, ademas, una magnifica novela, Andres Trapiello.

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

NOVELA NEGRA, COMEDIA NEGRAUna perfecta combinación de la mejor tradición detectivesca, el esperpento de Valle-Inclán y el humor de Eduardo Mendoza.Pascual Cordero es un modesto detective privado con una virtud compulsiva: cumplir las normas. Todas ellas. Lejos de ser una ventaja, en su profesion esto resulta un obstaculo paralizante. La gran oportunidad de demostrar su valia le llega cuando el magnate de la hosteleria Ramon Glase muere en su mansion madrileña de El Vison. Todo apunta a una sobredosis accidental de viagra, pero Paz Carnal, amante del finado y exestrella televisiva, contrata a Cordero para que encuentre la ultima version del testamento de Glase, donde se establece que la familia del fallecido quedara desheredada en caso de que exista la mas minima sospecha de que no se trata de una muerte por causas naturales.El escrupuloso detective se adentra asi en un mundo de privilegiados que, a diferencia de el, consideran las normas un molesto obstaculo para sus intereses. Pero ni la viuda oficial de Glase ni sus hijos estaran dispuestos a permitir que Cordero se entrometa en sus asuntos y saque a la luz los secretos que esconden. Y no solo ellos: oscuros personajes como el jubilado comisario Escombreras se empeñaran en sabotear la investigacion y la vida de un detective que ya se basta de sobra el solo para complicarsela.Sera por dinero conjuga con perfecta soltura e inteligencia los codigos de la novela negra, la satira valleinclanesca y el humor de Rafael Azcona o Eduardo Mendoza.Un singular detective que rompe con los codigos clasicos del genero y nos arrastra a una trama agil y a contracorriente.Maria DueñasUn tono inedito en el genero, un personaje que va de lo patetico a lo grandioso y un ritmo impecable. Quedense con su nombre: Pascual Cordero, detective.Juan Carlos GalindoAitor Marin arma una hilarante trama, surcada de agiles dialogos y personajes singulares.Carmen R. Santos, AbcEl genero policiaco y el humor mezclados de forma magistral. Un libro muy bien escrito que gustara a todo el mundo. Ely del Valle, Onda MadridUna novela negra que se rie de si misma, que se apiada de su protagonista y que observa el mundo con una ironia educada, casi compasiva. Jorge Morla, El Pais

EL FENÓMENO JAPONÉS QUE UNE LIBROS Y COCINA YA ESTÁ AQUÍ. Una librería secreta en una vieja estación de tren, recetas con alma y lecturas que transforman vidas. Más de 500.000 lectores en Japon. Cada capitulo es un festin emocional que marida un clasico literario con una receta unica, en una historia que celebra la lectura, la cocina y las emociones cotidianas. Una experiencia multisensorial, donde los libros curan y la comida reconforta. En la estacion de Nohara, a las afueras de Tokio, se esconde una pequeña libreria envuelta en leyendas urbanas: dicen que quien entra en ella encuentra justo el libro que necesita, en el momento preciso. Fumiya, un estudiante universitario inseguro, llega en busca de un libro para su padre enfermo y descubre en La Libreria de los Viernes un lugar inesperado: un refugio literario con un calido cafe donde cada dia el menu cambia segun la inspiracion del chef y los libros que se estan leyendo, y tres libreros tan excentricos como entrañables. Entre lectores que buscan respuestas, historias que se entrelazan y libros que curan, Fumiya aprendera a confiar en si mismo y en el poder transformador de la lectura.La Libreria de los Viernes es una declaracion de amor a los libros, a los lectores y a esos lugares donde siempre es posible volver a empezar.