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A woman with a successful career in child protection is floored by her husbands sudden death; a retired civil servant smothers his wife, but cant go through with their pact; a teacher fleeing a disastrous school trip finds himself literally in a dark wood.Pascal famously said we shall die alone. But there are always others left behind to grieve, to cheer, to feel guilt, relief or laughter, because we are human, whether we like it or not. In these stories, a dozen characters find at least a dozen ways to live by facing death their own or that of those they love in familiar worlds shot through with a strange absurdity.A man with cancer is employed to smoke by a character from a novel who may never have existed; an historian finds a love he hopes will last beyond the grave, even if it isnt his; a former judge dispenses justice in a prison camp; a randomly-selected Prime Minister confronts the biggest life-or-death decision she or anyone will ever have to take.A Day Like Any Other explores death natural, assisted, promised and unexpected with compassion, wit, a steady gaze and a desire to confront the challenge we mostly prefer to avoid: why live at all? It is the perfect collection for anyone whos going to die one day.

DA AUTORA BESTSELLER DE A CRIADA N.º 1 DO THE NEW YORK TIMES.UM THRILLER PSICOLÓGICO INTENSO E IMPOSSÍVEL DE LARGAR DA AUTORA BESTSELLER N.º 1 DA AMAZON.O passado encontra sempre forma de regressar.Casey e uma ex-professora de Boston que vive agora numa cabana isolada no coraço da floresta de New Hampshire. A meio de uma tempestade, o telhado estremece, as luzes piscam e as arvores balançam perigosamente ao sabor do vento. No entanto, mesmo no meio de todo este cenario, o que a preocupa realmente e aquilo que ve ao olhar pela janela da cozinha. Esta la fora uma rapariga. Sozinha e coberta de sangue.Casey decide ajuda-la, abrindo-lhe a porta, deixando-a entrar e oferecendo-lhe abrigo, alimento e calor. No entanto, apesar desta amabilidade, a rapariga no explica como chegou ate ali, nem revela interesse em largar a faca, que segura com força na mo direita. Alem disso, e como se no bastasse, quando Casey faz uma descoberta perturbante a meio da noite, percebe que a situaço so tera tendencia a piorar. A jovem esconde um segredo, e esta disposta a matar para protege-lo. Se Casey se aproximar demasiado da verdade, talvez no viva tempo suficiente para ver o nascer do novo dia.FREIDA McFADDEN E A AUTORA MAIS VENDIDA DO ANO EM PORTUGAL E UM DOS MAIORES SUCESSOS EDITORIAIS DE SEMPRE.

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, Basim Khandaqjis Arabic Booker-winning novel offers a meditation on the personal toll of occupation and the elusive desire to belongfully, honestly, and without fear.

A Scots Quair is revolutionary - innovative in its form, deft and humorous in its use of the Scots language, courageous in its characterisation and politics. Central to the trilogy is Chris Guthrie, one of the most remarkable female characters in modern literature. In Sunset song, Gibbons finest achievement, the reader follows Chris through her girlhood in a tight-knit Scottish farming community: the seasons, the weddings, the funerals, the grind of work, the gossip. As the Great War takes its toll, machines repalce the old way of life. Cloud Howe and Grey Granite take Chris from her rural homeland to life in an industrial Scotland and the desperate years of the Depression. The triology as a whole is a major achievment, a picture of society undergoing traumatic and far-reaching transformation. Always readable, never sentimental, A Scots Quair is one of the most important works of Scottish literature.

Um dos maiores nomes da ficção histórica contemporânea, Philippa Gregory retorna com um romance emocionante sobre ambição, traição e sobrevivência.Esposa de George Bolena e cunhada de Ana Bolena, Jan

In A State of Siege, Janet Frame brings her signature playfulness to paint a thrilling psychological portrait. After the death of her invalid mother, Malfred Signal, a retired New Zealand art teacher, leaves her birthplace in the south for a beach cottage on a sub-tropical island in the north. Freed from endless lessons on still life and the dominating presence of her family, she hopes at last to be alone with nature and the room two inches behind the eyes. But the solitude she has sought mocks her with echoes of her past, when, one stormy night, an intruder pounds ceaselessly and inexplicably on her door. Propulsive yet poignant, A State of Siege is a mesmerizing exploration of the artistic process, of selfhood and loneliness, and of death and its counterpart: the need to survive, to live.

"And I struggle to find my place in this dark novel. I yearn for passion and despair for that is what makes good literature while Ishwari seeks a life of joy for herself and her son."A powerful novel from the author of Panty about a woman who runs away from home, seeking to free herself from the shackles of society and familial attachments, and instead devote her attentions to writing a novel. When she realises that her five year old son Roo has followed her, Ishwari struggles with her identity as a mother and the responsibilities that brings, versus the guilty knowledge that she cannot want her own child when his existence requires her to suppress her own dreams.Ishwari and Roo wander the streets at night, looking for a place to stay, until an elderly caretaker takes pity on them and offers them an empty room on the terrace of a guest house. Ishwari gets work as a caregiver to the handsome gentleman who lives next door, while Roo, who is lame, spends all day locked up in the room on the roof. Pulsating with raw energy, Abandon gives voice to the perpetual conflict between life and art.

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWPoignant and tender, FERDIA LENNONA dynamic voice. IRENOSEN OKOJIEThis is the story of one mans weekend, a weekend in which everything could changeThese lines could change everything /He sips more of his tinny / Imagines a new lifeAidys just punched a co-worker, but he hasnt got time to deal with the fallout. With a deadline fast looming he must get home, knuckle down and finish the story hes been working on, a story he hasnt been able to stop thinking about. Its the story of a falling plane and of a grieving mother.Set across one weekend, About to Fall Apart is the exhilarating story of a man of mixed heritage - living on the Irish border - as he tries to stay positive, reconnect with his children and maybe, even, find his own birth mother.

VEINTICINCO HISTORIAS EXTRAORDINARIAS Un libro de relatos único donde caben todos los universos literarios de Lorenzo Silva y que pone de manifiesto su maestría literaria.En Afanes sin provecho, Lorenzo Silva recoge cuentos escritos en los ultimos cuarenta años, entre 1984 y 2024; relatos con una marca comun: la literatura como un modo de habitar la vida y observarla.En estas paginas encontramos desde ficciones historicas, contemporaneas o de genero negro hasta textos autobiograficos una rareza en su trayectoria que nos devuelven a un Silva mas confesional y directo. Sin pretension de cerrar nada, el autor traza un mapa vital que complementa su obra y la humaniza.Un libro imprescindible para quien lo haya seguido a lo largo de todos estos años, pero tambien para quien quiera asomarse a su escritura desde un angulo distinto. Porque al final, como recuerda el titulo, lo verdaderamente valioso esta en ese afan sin provecho que llamamos literatura.

Three years since the sudden death of her beloved husband Etienne Grenaud, and the end of her life in the beautiful French village of Monpazier, 30 year-old Ava is at a loose end. Now back in London, she spends most of her time with her semi-regular hookup Archie and working on the unfinished draft of her book: The Grief Diary. But when her Editor tells her to head back to Monpazier to focus on finishing the book, Ava finds herself learning how to navigate life back in the small town without Etienne.Ava struggles to come to terms with her feelings towards the town, especially after the arrival of Etiennes estranged brother, Florian, which digs up resentment from the past. But with the support of new friends, including her Octogenarian Landlady, Ava rediscovers the person she was before her husband, and finds out what her life could look like, After Ever After.

An FBI agent on the trail of a brutal serial killer gets caught in the web of a Xenomorph-worshipping religion in this thrilling murder mystery twist on the Alien universe, for fans of Scott Siglers Aliens: Phalanx and Alex Whites Cold Forge.In the affluent, technocratic Alexandria Colony, people are disappearing. And witnesses are dying in grisly, mysterious waysit all reeks of Xenomorphs. At a loss, the Hume City police call in Special Agent Tyler Matterton to solve what they cant. Tyler is a rising star in the FBIs Esoteric Crime Unit, investigating crimes involving exotic tech or first contact situationsthe weird murders.With the local police department baffled, Tyler and his synthetic partner Serena are set on the case, tracking the killer through the underbelly of Hume City only to find themselves in the middle of something much larger and more horrifying than they possibly imagined. There is a cult at the heart of the Alexandria Colony, and it will stop at nothing to serve its Goddess.In this latest original novel, discover the world of Alien as youve never seen it before. Veteran sci-fi author Gavin G. Smiths deliciously twisted crime thriller is a terrifying thrill ride sure to hook readers from the first page to the last.

Some years after the events of Aliens and Alien 3 an artist obsessed with the disturbing visceral potential of the xenomorphs is pursued to an abandoned colony. Written by the much-celebrated Shaun Hamill, author of A Cosmology of Monsters and The Dissonance.Desperate, depressed and nearly destitute, Cynthia Goodwin goes against her better judgement to keep her ship the Chariot and its crew in work: she agrees to meet with the reclusive billionaire Roman Fade.Fades request is unorthodox: go to the abandoned colony of New Providence and bring back his former lover, the renowned artist Corinth Bloch.The job is rife with uncertainty. No one knows what happened on New Providence or why it is under quarantine. And Bloch may be brilliant, but he is also deranged. As Cynthia follows his path to the colony, she learns of a mind obsessed with images of dark and horrifying creatures Of an almost religious fervour for the ultimate subject for his art Of the drive to capture the sublime terror of the perfect organism

Get the FIRST FOUR books in the chilling, twist-filled and heart-wrenching An Áróra Investigation series in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set!When Áróra returns to Iceland to search for her estranged sister, who has disappeared without trace, shes pulled into a series of unpredictable, unsettling investigations with her detective friend Daniel, where violent secrets, shocking crimes and breathtaking twists lurk in the Icelandic dark.Icelandic crime writing at its finest immersive and unnervingShari LapenaAnother bleak, unpredictable classicMetroTense, edgy and full of unexpected turnsSunday Times__________Cold as Hell (book 1)Arora returns to find her missing sister and crosses paths with a violent boyfriend and secretive neighbours, uncovering abuse and menace beneath Icelands midnight sun.Red as Blood (book 2)A woman vanishes mid-dinner, leaving only a ransom note. Arora and Daniel hunt her captors while the search for Aroras sister turns even more dangerous.White as Snow (book 3)A shipping container hides five womens bodies one alive. As Daniel races to stop a killer, Arora follows a man with chilling links to his past.Dark as Night (book 4)A child claims to be Aroras lost sister reincarnated as Daniel investigates a friends sudden disappearance separate threads converge in Icelands unrelenting darkness._____________Twisty and pitch-perfect I loved itMichael WoodA terrific tale with twist after twistThe TimesA stunning addition to an icy-cold genreForeword Reviews

In 1947 and again in 1971, entire communities in the South Asian subcontinent crossed newly drawn borders, seeking new homes as partitions divided and reshaped nations. Kalyani Thakurs evocative novel tells the story of her people, Dalits of the Matua sect, who settled around a local water body Andhar Bil in a newly formed country. This new bil, reminiscent of the one left behind, becomes a place for the refugees to slowly, painfully, rebuild their lives.Children play in and around the bil, the novels central character, while people catch fish and cook them in ways that recall the flavours of home. Festivals and boat races unfold, jute is harvested and sold, floods push people to higher ground, marriages are arranged, and property disputes arise. The still waters of the bil hold all these stories, while the boroi tree stands in the centre, a silent witness to everything.Woven through this episodic, plotless narrative is the story of Kamalini, a young girl who, one day, will leave her beloved Andhar Bil behind for the city just as her parents generation left their villages and their cherished bil for a new land.

Em um mundo devastado por pragas e tormentas, a chama verde de Eleazar brilha como última esperança de uma caravana de refugiados. Perseguidos pelos caçadores de Fanasrou, Isaia, um espadachim enfaixado, e Zirtacai, a jovem deslocadora de relampagos, lutam por sobrevivencia e identidade. Sob o olhar distante do divino Tifion, um legado perdido ressurge em batalhas brutais e sacrificios dolorosos. Quando o sangue mancha o campo carmesim, o destino de Astion pende entre a escurido e a luz. Uma saga epica começa aqui.

María es profesora universitaria en Castellón y una mujer independiente, libre, que se embarca en un viaje a Colombia tras recibir la llamada de su amiga de la infancia, Carmen, una monja oblata que trabaja en un centro en las afueras de Bogota donde acogen a niños huerfanos o abandonados que han llegado alli tras vivir infancias muy duras. En su visita al centro Maria conecta de una manera muy intensa con Ava, una niñita que decide adoptar y con la que regresara a España.Pero pese a que la relacion entre ambas y la convivencia es maravillosa, el amor no siempre puede con todo: Ava arrastra graves problemas que tienen que ver con su traumatica infancia y que se evidenciaran de manera mas intensa en su adolescencia, precisamente tal vez el momento en que los depredadores sexuales y los explotadores, siempre al acecho, mas estrechan su cerco en torno a sus objetivos: mujeres jovenes a las que utilizar sin compasion, como mercancia, para satisfacer un mercado siempre avido de carne fresca.Esta es la historia de como Ava cayo en las redes de uno de esos depredadores, un nuevo tipo de proxeneta muy alejado de los estereotipos que siempre se han asociado a esta figura. Y es, tambien, la historia de como su madre, Maria, lucho sin tregua hasta recuperar a su hija.

Exquisite and unputdownable. RACHEL JOYCETenacious and tender . . . a modern tale of love blossoming in unlikely circumstances. AUBE RAY LESCUREPowerful and meditative . . . this will stay with me for years to come. CRYSTAL HANA KIMThis is a love story of two people working side by side but living worlds apart.Miras days are filled with duty and light on freedom. In a new country, living with a husband she barely knows - and who she fears shell never love - Mira is desperate to discover all that her new life in England might offer.And then theres Tahliil. The quiet, beautiful man she sees at work each day. With a depth in his eyes and a face full of questions. The first person in this new world who listens to Miras hopes for who she yearns to become.But beyond their lunchtime encounters, the pair couldnt lead more different lives: the duties that bind them, the homes they are trying to build threaten to subsume them. As Mira and Tahliil navigate the deep and turbulent waters of their new worlds can they find a way to be together, and will finding each other set them free?

Um romance emocionante, em que a autoaceitação, o despertar sexual e o primeiro amor de um menino entram em choque com as leis de criminalização das relações entre pessoas do mesmo sexo na Nigéria."H

Berlin, 1920s: a beacon of culture and hedonism, but a political mess. The streets are crowded with war veterans, beggars, prostitutes and madmen, desperately chasing any means to secure a few marks or a roof over their heads. Come nighttime, a rag-tag group descends on the Jolly Huntsman pub to dance and drown their cares in all the schnapps they can afford. But in this society on the brink, pleasure all too easily erupts into violence.A bleakly comic story of struggle and discontent on the fringes of the metropolis, Berlin Shuffle is a blistering portrait of a divided society that would give way to fascism. Written when he was just twenty-two years old, Boschwitzs first novel displays his extraordinary talent for capturing Germanys self-destruction, which would tragically engulf him only five years later.

An official prequel novel to World of Warcraft: MidnightArator the Redeemer was born to heroism. The son of High Exarch Turalyon and the legendary Alleria Windrunner, Arator has long borne the weight and expectations of their legacy. . . a legacy he inherited as a babe, the day his parents disappeared through the Dark Portal.Alleria and Turalyons journey took them farther afield than theyd intended. While their absence spanned mere decades on Azeroth, the heroes experienced a thousand years at war against the Burning Legiona demonic army seeking the destruction of all worlds. When at last they reunited with their son, Arator was a man grown, pledged to the very order of paladins for which they had once fought. The Legion fell quickly in a decisive final battle, yet the millennium of distance between the family was less easily conquered.Now, on the other side of recent events in Khaz Algar, Arator embarks on a new journey, investigating rumors of a strange glow emanating from the ruins of a long-abandoned Legion base. Turalyon and Alleria volunteer to assist, eager to eliminate their ancient enemy before it can threaten their world anew. As the family delves further into the mystery, Arator works to reconcile his parents heroic legacy with the flawed people he has come to know. He sees both of his parents in himself: his fathers high standards, his mothers intellect, their unwavering commitment to the defense of Azeroth. But Arator exists at the conflux of their greatest strengths and weaknessesweaknesses that are revealed as the demonic threat proves to be a former lieutenant of the Burning Legion, intent on using Azeroth to launch a new campaign of destruction.