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I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration PHILIP PULLMAN Entrancing a creative manifesto TELEGRAPH Mesmerising vibrating with life and curiosity OBSERVER

The most terrifying novel of the year from the internationally bestselling author of The Whisper Man available to pre order now You never forget the day you meet a serial killer Dan was just a teenager when he had a chance encounter with the elusive killer known only as the man made of smoke Nobody could blame him for being too scared to intervene for being too scared to save the latest victim for letting the killer vanish again Nobody except Dan himself Years later Dan has a successful career as a criminal psychiatrist unpicking the very darkest of human behaviour Because despite what he saw that day Dan knows there s no such thing as a monster But now his father John has gone missing And when Dan returns to the small island where he grew up he finds out that not long before his disappearance John had stumbled across a body As Dan begins to dig he finds unsettling links stretching all the way back to the man made of smoke Which means this might just be a chance to not only save his dad but to finally find redemption But what if he s been wrong about that day for all these years What if he was right to be scared Praise for Alex North As terrifying as a great horror novel as unpredictable as the best type of crime novel and

Pre order the paperback now and discover the heartwarming first hand account of one of the most celebrated partnerships in the history of British entertainment the 60 year marriage of Timothy West and Prunella Scales Timothy West and Prunella Scales were first and foremost actors Over seventy years they have delighted millions portraying a host of larger than life characters that the nation has taken to our hearts But their finest roles it turns out have always been as husband and wife in the extraordinary and enduring double act that is Tim and Pru In Pru and Me the late Timothy West charted the course of their lives from the years before they met treading the boards in the 50s to their secret courting marriage and settling in Wandsworth And then together as they established themselves at the heart of British theatre television and film over the next seventy years in some of the nation s favourite shows such as Fawlty Towers and Brass Crammed full of stories which are funny poignant jaw dropping and occasionally painful Pru and Me also vividly recounts the late blaze of glory that introduced the world to the real Tim and Pru via Great Canal Journeys Here the couple charmed the nation while at the same time charting Pru s ge

The story of an incredible friendship between one man and a wild robin and a beautiful celebration of Britain s favorite bird When a robin appears a loved one is near In 2019 Tony Putman was working as a gardener in Edenbridge Kent when he noticed a bold robin sitting on a branch of an old plum tree The robin glanced in his direction as he approached but he didn t move so Tony grabbed his camera and took a photo This would be the first of hundreds of photos that Tony would take of Bob the robin and the start of an extraordinary friendship that would last for years As Tony shared his pictures on his social media account Putman and Robin he witnessed an outpouring the love not just for Bob but for robins everywhere who populate our gardens with song and movement even on the direst winter days In this book Tony shares his touching journey with Bob and tells the story of our unwavering affection for these magnificent creatures This is an informative book about the life of a robin as well as a beautiful love letter to these spirited and lively birds who offer us a connection with nature a moment of contact and a great source of comfort and joy

As the autumn nights draw in join Polly Atkin in a nocturnal love song to the owls that surround her Lake District home a stunning meditation on learning to listen in a world full of noise

A beloved Japanese modern classic about our special connection with cats and how they can change our lives over the course of a lifetime Cat lovers prepare to weep The Times A cat classic Catherine Lacey Profoundly real and beautifully written Elif Batuman Aglow with incidental joys Rivka GalchenOn a cool summer evening in 1977 Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry She follows the sound to the banks of Tokyo s Tamagawa River and finds a newborn kitten dangling from a fence abandoned Overcome by tender affection she takes the cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her Mii so begins an unshakeable bond Over the next twenty years we follow Inaba a poet and novelist by moonlight as she pursues quiet solitude and a room of her own Through it all Mii a fiercely independent creature in her own right is her confidante and muse This beloved Japanese modern classic is not just a love letter to companionship it s a poignant searching meditation on the forces that enable us to connect to create and to build a life Reveals the profound respect and compassion that a friendship with an animal can inspire Sigrid Nunez New YorkerTranslated by Ginny Tapley Takemori Readers ADORE Mii A lovely little gem Gentle and enchanti

Pacy witty and authoritative Jonathan Freedland In her hands ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern world concern a powerful and important book Daily Telegraph

Se puede decir, sin razón, que este es un libro viejo y superado. Publicado originariamente en 1944, esta biografía histórica de Alejandro Magno escrita por el profesor Montero Díaz aún conserva el atractivo de la particular forma de escribir del autor, aunando el rigor historico con un hermoso relato literario bien construido que nos ofrece, en pocas paginas, una sintesis de la vida prodigiosa de Alejandro, casi mitica por sus hazañas. El rey macedon fue modelo de inspiracion para los emperadores romanos. Su conquista del Oriente no fue solo para someterlo, sino que supuso abrir la puerta de la sabiduria oriental al mundo griego, y desde ahi al romano y al nuestro.

La Natàlia va lluitar contra la depressió a l’adolescència. Aquestes són reflexions que la van ajudar a avançar i a progressar, i n’explica anècdotes reals d’aquell període per extreure’n aprenentatg

¿Hasta dónde tiene que soportarun cuerpo para encajar?A los diecisiete años Candelaria encuentra una carpeta con sunombre. Dentro, está todo su historial de salud, la partida denacimiento de “Esteban

PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE SUBLIME A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 STUNNINGLY GOOD THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOKS 2024 COMPULSIVE A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 BRILLIANT A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A delicious grippingly paced tale of rogues riotous sex regicide and realpolitik INDEPENDENT BEST BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS This is the page turner that Buckingham s short racy life deserves DAILY TELEGRAPH Vivid erudite and sympathetic The Scapegoat shows that Hughes Hallett s eye for the seamy realities of an extraordinary life is as sharp as ever THE TIMES Lord Buckingham rockets off the page of this gloriously epic seductively detailed biography OLIVIA LAING As King James I s favourite Buckingham was also his confidant gatekeeper right hand man and lover When Charles I succeeded his father he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor A dazzling figure on horseback and a skilful player of the political game Buckingham rapidly transformed the influence his beauty gave him into immense wealth and power He became one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic Englishmen at the heart of seventeenth century royal and political life With a novelist s touch

The instant Sunday Times bestseller The UK s bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V who survived rebellion a near fatal arrow wound and a lengthy and precarious princely apprenticeship to become England s greatest warrior king A historian who writes as addictively as any page turning novelist Observer Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months and died at the age of just 35 but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond The victor of Agincourt was a model king for his successors Shakespeare s version of Henry V saw his youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship and in the dark days of World War II Henry s victories in France were recounted in British propaganda Churchill called Henry a gleam of splendour in the dark troubled story of medieval England while for one modern medievalist Henry was quite simply the greatest man who ever ruled England For Dan Jones Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history but one of the hardest to pin down He was a hardened sometimes brutal warrior yet he was also creative and artistic with a bookish temperament He was a leader who made many mistakes who misjudged his friends and

Absolute heaven Jilly CooperA hilarious and heartfelt year following one woman and her puppy from chaos and tears to healing and new beginnings It s a love story but not as you know it Raising a puppy is simple feed them walk them love them Right Wrong Armed with Pinterest perfect plans and firm ideas about training Sophia brings Dennis a scruffy and defiant Parson terrier into her life But just as the puppy pads hit the floor the rest of her world falls apart Suddenly single and quietly unravelling Sophia finds herself solo parenting a tiny gleeful agent of chaos who devours foam earplugs destroys her shoes and has an alarming taste for spiders He s also the only thing keeping her afloat As the months roll by in a haze of dodgy first dates sleepless nights and meltdowns in the park Sophia begins to make sense of it all the grief of a life that didn t go to plan the weirdness of being single in your late thirties and the surprising ways love shows up when you least expect it By the end of their first year together Dennis hasn t just wrecked the furniture he s quietly rebuilt her life For anyone who s ever been through shattering heartbreak this is a story of quiet resilience unpredictable joy and the quiet wonder of a small body curle

YOUR ULTIMATE LIFESTYLE GUIDE TO THE MOST ENDURING OF ALL SUBCULTURES FROM A VOGUE BEAUTY EDITOR There s a bit of goth in us all KATE MOSS A celebration of the darkness ANJELICA HUSTON Amidst the waking nightmares of our times the melancholy of goth soothes our morbid anxieties Influencing pop culture at every juncture fashion art music film the Kardashians what was once mysterious is now mainstream This is a grimoire for the modern goth whether seasoned or aspiring as you navigate the pentagram of life in style Cradled within these pages lie the secret lives of undead icons throughout the ages including godmother of goth Siouxsie Sioux To illuminate the darkness further you ll hear from notable goths and goth coded figures such as Christina Ricci on what films to watch clothes to don music to wallow in and books to take with you to the grave AS SEEN ON RITA ORA S INSTAGRAM

This is more than a richly detailed story about the hubris corruption and incompetence that doomed Credit Suisse it s a stark warning to all of us about what happens when we let bankers do what they like Oliver Bullough bestselling author of Butler to the World For centuries Swiss banks have served the globe s wealthiest individuals employing a strict culture of anonymity and gaining massive wealth in the process But when Credit Suisse collapsed the veil of secrecy came down and the world was suddenly privy to the corruption scandal and empty hubris that keep our biggest banks alive It was a 166 year old bastion of Swiss banking amongst the most important and influential financial institutions in the world but a veneer of high class service disguised a darker dirtier reality From its sterile Zurich headquarters the bank catered to a clientele that included dictators drug dealers and former Nazi officers and helped fleece its own clients out of billions of dollars This continued for decades even as Credit Suisse continued to expand acquiring smaller banks and granting its own executives lucrative bonus contracts Meltdown is the story of how the house of cards fell apart Bloomberg investigative journalist and bestselling author of Pyramid

The world in which I began my life in cricket could hardly be further away from the world of cricket today Henry Blofeld has entertained countless fans around the world with his wit and charm In his trademark way Blowers reminisces on a lifetime of being immersed in the sport he loves Taking readers on a nostalgic journey through his illustrious career sharing delightful stories about the timeless traditions and remarkable characters that have shaped the game Filled with stories and marvellous anecdotes from his own life Henry reflects warmly on a different era which was full of great fun and adventure Looking back at the great characters that brought the sport to life Sharing My Love of Cricket is a nostalgic and heart warming reminder of the appeal of summers gone by With the same wit and wisdom that has endeared him to fans worldwide he turns his keen eye to the future of the sport With the rise of the short format game the unrelenting rise of franchises and the inevitable influx of money Henry shares his thoughts on what the future holds and what comes next Can cricket maintain its historic charm while embracing change And where is the spirit of cricket Sharing My Love of Cricket is a love letter to the sport penned by a man who has l

El duelo puede ser un viaje extraordinario hacia lugares recónditos: los huecos de la memoria, todo lo inapreciable, la suma de matices no tenidos en cuenta hasta el momento. Al morir su padre, Almudena Solana se adentra en un territorio tan lejano como desconocido: la geografia de la ausencia, un lugar en el que todos nos reconocemos cuando nos invade, como la niebla. Pero pronto descubre que ese paisaje, lejos de ser desertico, esta poblado de señales. Alli se alzan las casas de la infancia, los patios donde las cuerdas de la ropa no solo penden en horizontal, sino tambien de arriba abajo y transportan tesoros de un piso a otro, las playas gallegas donde el mar devuelve hasta las gafas perdidas... Viaje a la ausencia es, a la vez, memoria personal y ensayo poetico, un libro que mira de frente a la ausencia para descubrir, en sus intersticios, la alegria secreta de seguir vivos.

La significación del aristócrata judío alejandrino Tiberio Julio Alejandro en la historia política del Imperio romano del siglo I de la era común es obvia, dados los cargos de creciente relevancia que desempeño bajo los emperadores Claudio, Neron, Galba y Vespasiano. Sin embargo, este personaje sobrino de Filon de Alejandria y emparentado con la casa real de Judea es insuficientemente conocido para muchos interesados en la historia de Roma. El presente volumen ofrece la traduccion de la monografia que sobre Tiberio Julio Alejandro publico el historiador aleman Viktor Burr en 1955. La edicion se completa con un estudio preliminar y una bibliografia actualizada que dan cuenta de la investigacion efectuada en las ultimas decadas.

From the internationally bestselling author of Welcome to the Hyunam dong Bookshop comes a warm and reflective collection of essays about reading language and life Why do we read What is it that we hope to take away from the intimate personal experience of reading for pleasure Rarely do we ask these profound expansive questions of ourselves and of our relationship to the joy of reading But in this gentle philosophical collection celebrating books reading and language Hwang Bo reum doesn t just tell us but shows us what living a life immersed in reading means Every Day I Read provides many quiet moments for introspection and reflection encourages book lovers to explore what reading means to each of us While this is a book about books at its heart is an attitude to life one outside capitalism and climbing the corporate ladder Readers and non readers will take away something from it including a treasure trove of book recommendations blended seamlessly within

A priori, pocos lectores sabrán quiénes son María y Carmen Menéndez ni por qué comparten apellido. La explicación es sencilla: son suegra y esposa, respectivamente, del político Santiago Carrillo, y ambas son las protagonistas de esta historia.¿Y que interes pueden tener sus vidas, practicamente anonimas, se preguntaran quienes sostienen este libro entre las manos? Maria nacio en un pequeño pueblo asturiano, marcado por el caciquismo y la vida rural, y fue victima de una de las peores violencias que puede sufrir una mujer. Aquella experiencia la empujo a marcharse, y fue en Barcelona donde dio a luz a Carmen.En 1939, madre e hija se vieron obligadas a huir a Francia. Alli consolidaron su compromiso con el Partido Comunista. En ese entorno, Carmen conocio a Santiago Carrillo, con quien emprendio una vida compartida en lo personal, lo familiar y lo politico, hasta el final de sus dias.Su hijo menor, Jorge Carrillo Menendez, reconstruye en este relato intimo y conmovedor las vidas de su madre y su abuela. Sus recuerdos familiares se entrelazan con el contexto historico que abarca desde la Segunda Republica, la Guerra Civil y el largo exilio, hasta el franquismo y la Transicion.Abusos de poder, maternidad en solitario, memoria historica, educacion, resistencia y supervivencia femeninas son algunos de los ejes que recorren este relato intergeneracional. Pero, por encima de todo, destaca la lucha, el coraje, la solidaridad y el firme compromiso social de dos mujeres que, pese a las adversidades, dejaron una huella imborrable.

I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration PHILIP PULLMAN Entrancing a creative manifesto TELEGRAPH Mesmerising vibrating with life and curiosity OBSERVER

The most terrifying novel of the year from the internationally bestselling author of The Whisper Man available to pre order now You never forget the day you meet a serial killer Dan was just a teenager when he had a chance encounter with the elusive killer known only as the man made of smoke Nobody could blame him for being too scared to intervene for being too scared to save the latest victim for letting the killer vanish again Nobody except Dan himself Years later Dan has a successful career as a criminal psychiatrist unpicking the very darkest of human behaviour Because despite what he saw that day Dan knows there s no such thing as a monster But now his father John has gone missing And when Dan returns to the small island where he grew up he finds out that not long before his disappearance John had stumbled across a body As Dan begins to dig he finds unsettling links stretching all the way back to the man made of smoke Which means this might just be a chance to not only save his dad but to finally find redemption But what if he s been wrong about that day for all these years What if he was right to be scared Praise for Alex North As terrifying as a great horror novel as unpredictable as the best type of crime novel and

Pre order the paperback now and discover the heartwarming first hand account of one of the most celebrated partnerships in the history of British entertainment the 60 year marriage of Timothy West and Prunella Scales Timothy West and Prunella Scales were first and foremost actors Over seventy years they have delighted millions portraying a host of larger than life characters that the nation has taken to our hearts But their finest roles it turns out have always been as husband and wife in the extraordinary and enduring double act that is Tim and Pru In Pru and Me the late Timothy West charted the course of their lives from the years before they met treading the boards in the 50s to their secret courting marriage and settling in Wandsworth And then together as they established themselves at the heart of British theatre television and film over the next seventy years in some of the nation s favourite shows such as Fawlty Towers and Brass Crammed full of stories which are funny poignant jaw dropping and occasionally painful Pru and Me also vividly recounts the late blaze of glory that introduced the world to the real Tim and Pru via Great Canal Journeys Here the couple charmed the nation while at the same time charting Pru s ge

The story of an incredible friendship between one man and a wild robin and a beautiful celebration of Britain s favorite bird When a robin appears a loved one is near In 2019 Tony Putman was working as a gardener in Edenbridge Kent when he noticed a bold robin sitting on a branch of an old plum tree The robin glanced in his direction as he approached but he didn t move so Tony grabbed his camera and took a photo This would be the first of hundreds of photos that Tony would take of Bob the robin and the start of an extraordinary friendship that would last for years As Tony shared his pictures on his social media account Putman and Robin he witnessed an outpouring the love not just for Bob but for robins everywhere who populate our gardens with song and movement even on the direst winter days In this book Tony shares his touching journey with Bob and tells the story of our unwavering affection for these magnificent creatures This is an informative book about the life of a robin as well as a beautiful love letter to these spirited and lively birds who offer us a connection with nature a moment of contact and a great source of comfort and joy

As the autumn nights draw in join Polly Atkin in a nocturnal love song to the owls that surround her Lake District home a stunning meditation on learning to listen in a world full of noise

A beloved Japanese modern classic about our special connection with cats and how they can change our lives over the course of a lifetime Cat lovers prepare to weep The Times A cat classic Catherine Lacey Profoundly real and beautifully written Elif Batuman Aglow with incidental joys Rivka GalchenOn a cool summer evening in 1977 Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry She follows the sound to the banks of Tokyo s Tamagawa River and finds a newborn kitten dangling from a fence abandoned Overcome by tender affection she takes the cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her Mii so begins an unshakeable bond Over the next twenty years we follow Inaba a poet and novelist by moonlight as she pursues quiet solitude and a room of her own Through it all Mii a fiercely independent creature in her own right is her confidante and muse This beloved Japanese modern classic is not just a love letter to companionship it s a poignant searching meditation on the forces that enable us to connect to create and to build a life Reveals the profound respect and compassion that a friendship with an animal can inspire Sigrid Nunez New YorkerTranslated by Ginny Tapley Takemori Readers ADORE Mii A lovely little gem Gentle and enchanti

Pacy witty and authoritative Jonathan Freedland In her hands ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern world concern a powerful and important book Daily Telegraph

Se puede decir, sin razón, que este es un libro viejo y superado. Publicado originariamente en 1944, esta biografía histórica de Alejandro Magno escrita por el profesor Montero Díaz aún conserva el atractivo de la particular forma de escribir del autor, aunando el rigor historico con un hermoso relato literario bien construido que nos ofrece, en pocas paginas, una sintesis de la vida prodigiosa de Alejandro, casi mitica por sus hazañas. El rey macedon fue modelo de inspiracion para los emperadores romanos. Su conquista del Oriente no fue solo para someterlo, sino que supuso abrir la puerta de la sabiduria oriental al mundo griego, y desde ahi al romano y al nuestro.

La Natàlia va lluitar contra la depressió a l’adolescència. Aquestes són reflexions que la van ajudar a avançar i a progressar, i n’explica anècdotes reals d’aquell període per extreure’n aprenentatg

¿Hasta dónde tiene que soportarun cuerpo para encajar?A los diecisiete años Candelaria encuentra una carpeta con sunombre. Dentro, está todo su historial de salud, la partida denacimiento de “Esteban

PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE SUBLIME A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 STUNNINGLY GOOD THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOKS 2024 COMPULSIVE A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 BRILLIANT A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A delicious grippingly paced tale of rogues riotous sex regicide and realpolitik INDEPENDENT BEST BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS This is the page turner that Buckingham s short racy life deserves DAILY TELEGRAPH Vivid erudite and sympathetic The Scapegoat shows that Hughes Hallett s eye for the seamy realities of an extraordinary life is as sharp as ever THE TIMES Lord Buckingham rockets off the page of this gloriously epic seductively detailed biography OLIVIA LAING As King James I s favourite Buckingham was also his confidant gatekeeper right hand man and lover When Charles I succeeded his father he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor A dazzling figure on horseback and a skilful player of the political game Buckingham rapidly transformed the influence his beauty gave him into immense wealth and power He became one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic Englishmen at the heart of seventeenth century royal and political life With a novelist s touch

The instant Sunday Times bestseller The UK s bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V who survived rebellion a near fatal arrow wound and a lengthy and precarious princely apprenticeship to become England s greatest warrior king A historian who writes as addictively as any page turning novelist Observer Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months and died at the age of just 35 but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond The victor of Agincourt was a model king for his successors Shakespeare s version of Henry V saw his youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship and in the dark days of World War II Henry s victories in France were recounted in British propaganda Churchill called Henry a gleam of splendour in the dark troubled story of medieval England while for one modern medievalist Henry was quite simply the greatest man who ever ruled England For Dan Jones Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history but one of the hardest to pin down He was a hardened sometimes brutal warrior yet he was also creative and artistic with a bookish temperament He was a leader who made many mistakes who misjudged his friends and

Absolute heaven Jilly CooperA hilarious and heartfelt year following one woman and her puppy from chaos and tears to healing and new beginnings It s a love story but not as you know it Raising a puppy is simple feed them walk them love them Right Wrong Armed with Pinterest perfect plans and firm ideas about training Sophia brings Dennis a scruffy and defiant Parson terrier into her life But just as the puppy pads hit the floor the rest of her world falls apart Suddenly single and quietly unravelling Sophia finds herself solo parenting a tiny gleeful agent of chaos who devours foam earplugs destroys her shoes and has an alarming taste for spiders He s also the only thing keeping her afloat As the months roll by in a haze of dodgy first dates sleepless nights and meltdowns in the park Sophia begins to make sense of it all the grief of a life that didn t go to plan the weirdness of being single in your late thirties and the surprising ways love shows up when you least expect it By the end of their first year together Dennis hasn t just wrecked the furniture he s quietly rebuilt her life For anyone who s ever been through shattering heartbreak this is a story of quiet resilience unpredictable joy and the quiet wonder of a small body curle

YOUR ULTIMATE LIFESTYLE GUIDE TO THE MOST ENDURING OF ALL SUBCULTURES FROM A VOGUE BEAUTY EDITOR There s a bit of goth in us all KATE MOSS A celebration of the darkness ANJELICA HUSTON Amidst the waking nightmares of our times the melancholy of goth soothes our morbid anxieties Influencing pop culture at every juncture fashion art music film the Kardashians what was once mysterious is now mainstream This is a grimoire for the modern goth whether seasoned or aspiring as you navigate the pentagram of life in style Cradled within these pages lie the secret lives of undead icons throughout the ages including godmother of goth Siouxsie Sioux To illuminate the darkness further you ll hear from notable goths and goth coded figures such as Christina Ricci on what films to watch clothes to don music to wallow in and books to take with you to the grave AS SEEN ON RITA ORA S INSTAGRAM

This is more than a richly detailed story about the hubris corruption and incompetence that doomed Credit Suisse it s a stark warning to all of us about what happens when we let bankers do what they like Oliver Bullough bestselling author of Butler to the World For centuries Swiss banks have served the globe s wealthiest individuals employing a strict culture of anonymity and gaining massive wealth in the process But when Credit Suisse collapsed the veil of secrecy came down and the world was suddenly privy to the corruption scandal and empty hubris that keep our biggest banks alive It was a 166 year old bastion of Swiss banking amongst the most important and influential financial institutions in the world but a veneer of high class service disguised a darker dirtier reality From its sterile Zurich headquarters the bank catered to a clientele that included dictators drug dealers and former Nazi officers and helped fleece its own clients out of billions of dollars This continued for decades even as Credit Suisse continued to expand acquiring smaller banks and granting its own executives lucrative bonus contracts Meltdown is the story of how the house of cards fell apart Bloomberg investigative journalist and bestselling author of Pyramid

The world in which I began my life in cricket could hardly be further away from the world of cricket today Henry Blofeld has entertained countless fans around the world with his wit and charm In his trademark way Blowers reminisces on a lifetime of being immersed in the sport he loves Taking readers on a nostalgic journey through his illustrious career sharing delightful stories about the timeless traditions and remarkable characters that have shaped the game Filled with stories and marvellous anecdotes from his own life Henry reflects warmly on a different era which was full of great fun and adventure Looking back at the great characters that brought the sport to life Sharing My Love of Cricket is a nostalgic and heart warming reminder of the appeal of summers gone by With the same wit and wisdom that has endeared him to fans worldwide he turns his keen eye to the future of the sport With the rise of the short format game the unrelenting rise of franchises and the inevitable influx of money Henry shares his thoughts on what the future holds and what comes next Can cricket maintain its historic charm while embracing change And where is the spirit of cricket Sharing My Love of Cricket is a love letter to the sport penned by a man who has l

El duelo puede ser un viaje extraordinario hacia lugares recónditos: los huecos de la memoria, todo lo inapreciable, la suma de matices no tenidos en cuenta hasta el momento. Al morir su padre, Almudena Solana se adentra en un territorio tan lejano como desconocido: la geografia de la ausencia, un lugar en el que todos nos reconocemos cuando nos invade, como la niebla. Pero pronto descubre que ese paisaje, lejos de ser desertico, esta poblado de señales. Alli se alzan las casas de la infancia, los patios donde las cuerdas de la ropa no solo penden en horizontal, sino tambien de arriba abajo y transportan tesoros de un piso a otro, las playas gallegas donde el mar devuelve hasta las gafas perdidas... Viaje a la ausencia es, a la vez, memoria personal y ensayo poetico, un libro que mira de frente a la ausencia para descubrir, en sus intersticios, la alegria secreta de seguir vivos.

La significación del aristócrata judío alejandrino Tiberio Julio Alejandro en la historia política del Imperio romano del siglo I de la era común es obvia, dados los cargos de creciente relevancia que desempeño bajo los emperadores Claudio, Neron, Galba y Vespasiano. Sin embargo, este personaje sobrino de Filon de Alejandria y emparentado con la casa real de Judea es insuficientemente conocido para muchos interesados en la historia de Roma. El presente volumen ofrece la traduccion de la monografia que sobre Tiberio Julio Alejandro publico el historiador aleman Viktor Burr en 1955. La edicion se completa con un estudio preliminar y una bibliografia actualizada que dan cuenta de la investigacion efectuada en las ultimas decadas.

From the internationally bestselling author of Welcome to the Hyunam dong Bookshop comes a warm and reflective collection of essays about reading language and life Why do we read What is it that we hope to take away from the intimate personal experience of reading for pleasure Rarely do we ask these profound expansive questions of ourselves and of our relationship to the joy of reading But in this gentle philosophical collection celebrating books reading and language Hwang Bo reum doesn t just tell us but shows us what living a life immersed in reading means Every Day I Read provides many quiet moments for introspection and reflection encourages book lovers to explore what reading means to each of us While this is a book about books at its heart is an attitude to life one outside capitalism and climbing the corporate ladder Readers and non readers will take away something from it including a treasure trove of book recommendations blended seamlessly within

A priori, pocos lectores sabrán quiénes son María y Carmen Menéndez ni por qué comparten apellido. La explicación es sencilla: son suegra y esposa, respectivamente, del político Santiago Carrillo, y ambas son las protagonistas de esta historia.¿Y que interes pueden tener sus vidas, practicamente anonimas, se preguntaran quienes sostienen este libro entre las manos? Maria nacio en un pequeño pueblo asturiano, marcado por el caciquismo y la vida rural, y fue victima de una de las peores violencias que puede sufrir una mujer. Aquella experiencia la empujo a marcharse, y fue en Barcelona donde dio a luz a Carmen.En 1939, madre e hija se vieron obligadas a huir a Francia. Alli consolidaron su compromiso con el Partido Comunista. En ese entorno, Carmen conocio a Santiago Carrillo, con quien emprendio una vida compartida en lo personal, lo familiar y lo politico, hasta el final de sus dias.Su hijo menor, Jorge Carrillo Menendez, reconstruye en este relato intimo y conmovedor las vidas de su madre y su abuela. Sus recuerdos familiares se entrelazan con el contexto historico que abarca desde la Segunda Republica, la Guerra Civil y el largo exilio, hasta el franquismo y la Transicion.Abusos de poder, maternidad en solitario, memoria historica, educacion, resistencia y supervivencia femeninas son algunos de los ejes que recorren este relato intergeneracional. Pero, por encima de todo, destaca la lucha, el coraje, la solidaridad y el firme compromiso social de dos mujeres que, pese a las adversidades, dejaron una huella imborrable.