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Ayla, la voyageuse des steppes, compagne de Jondalar, ne cesse d'étonner le clan des Zelandonii.Elle-même, fille de tribus nomades, amie des chevaux et des loups apprivoisés, découvre les m?urs décon

Recueil de réflexions et de souvenirs dans lequel l'écrivain évoque ses passions pour la littérature, la musique, la politique et la nature. A travers les portraits de personnages illustres qu'il a connus, tels Serge Gainsbourg, Johnny Hallyday, Romain Gary, Georges Pompidou ou Tom Wolfe, il tente de comprendre ce feu sacre qui habite les grands createurs qui ont donne du sens a son parcours.

Crónica emocional d'un mundu que desapaez, Hestoria universal de Paniceiros traza caminos que parten de la memoria y lleguen a los lugares más insospechaos. Paniceiros, Nueva York, Coimbra, Tánxer...son los nomes distintos colos que nomamos la mesma cosa, igual que la literatura ye l'alfabetu secretu pa conxurar tolos mieos. Mediante una escritura enllena de resonancies y al empar netamente personal, Xuan Bello crea un espaciu lliterariu propiu del que'l llector s'apropia cuasi ensin decatase: esti llibru, que fala de cualquiera, fala sobre too de nós, de toos nós

Anyone that has read NAKED and BARREL FEVER, or heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you that a new collection from him is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris from New York inspired these hilarious new pieces, including ''Me Talk Pretty One Day'', about his attempts to learn French from a sadistic teacher who declares that ''every day spent with you is like having a caesarean section''. His family is another inspiration. ''You Can''t Kill the Rooster'' is a portrait of his brother, who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers of food and cashiers with six-inch fingernails.

Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century''s most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. Here is Exodus --one of the great best-selling novels of all time.

The Witcher's magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin.Yet he is no ordinary killer: he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.But not everything monstrous-looking is evil; not everything fair is good . . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.Translated by Danusia Stok and David French.

In Bram Stoker's bone-chilling vampire tale, told through the diaries and letters of the chief characters, young lawyer Jonathan Harker and his friends are drawn into a desperate battle to stop the sinister Count Dracula - but not all of them will survive. This book has matching lined and blank journals (sold separately). They make a great gift when paired together but are also just as beautiful on their own.

A curse has hung over the Baskerville family for generations and the latest victim is Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the legendary gigantic hound be responsible for his death - or is there a malevolent human hand behind the seemingly supernatural events? It's up to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to uncover the truth. This book has matching lined and blank journals (sold separately). They make a great gift when paired together but are also just as beautiful on their own.

The tenth Nikki Heat novel, set in the universe of the Castle TV series. New York police captain Nikki Heat is accustomed to dealing with murders, even those with no leads and no motives. However, when a coed is murdered on campus, Heat's husband is a suspect, making this case the most personal one yet. Marriage. It's a double-edged sword, or at least it is for Nikki Heat. Her husband, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jameson Rook, infuriates her in a way no one else in her entire life has ever done. He also takes her to heights of pleasure she has never experienced. But most of all, she loves the man with all her heart and she'd do anything to protect him -which is just what she had done not so long ago. It almost cost them everything. Now Rook is given the honor to be a visiting professor at his alma mater, and he can't pass up the opportunity to mentor burgeoning writers at his award-winning college newspaper. But shortly after his arrival on campus, a female reporter for the paper is found dead . . . naked . . .in Rook's bed. Dealing with betrayal from any man is not Nikki's style. She and Jameson have had plenty of conflicts during their complicated relationship, but none like this. Is her husband keeping secrets, or can she really trust him? In order to find out, Nikki gives Jameson the benefit of the doubt and digs into his theory of a secret society within a secret society. What she finds puts her investigative skills, and her marriage, to the test.

The Bad Beginning is the first book in the globally bestselling series A Series of Unfortunate Events. This exclusive gold foiled 20th anniversary hardback gift edition commemorates the miserable fact that every child in the world has wanted this brilliantly funny book for twenty years.Perfect for fans of Roald Dahl and Mr Gum, young readers of 9 to 11 will adore the mischievously dark humour. 'A Series of Unfortunate Events has been made into a blockbuster Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey and is also a hit Netflix TV series. Now with new anniversary blurb by the mysterious author himself.Dear Reader,For the past twenty years, my books have been upsetting the countless readers who have been foolish enough to begin to read them. The three Baudelaire siblings and their lives of misery and woe have now been responsible for more than two decades of weeping. From the very first page of this book, when the children are at the beach and receive terrible news, to the last page, when something goes wrong at the worst possible moment, disaster strikes Violet, Klaus and Sunny wherever they go.In this short book alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, and cold porridge for breakfast.I have spent the last twenty years writing down these unpleasant details so that they might be available to the general public, but there is nothing stopping the general public, or you, from putting this book down at once and reading something less upsetting, if you prefer that sort of thing.With all due respect,Lemony SnicketAre you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures?The Bad BeginningThe Reptile RoomThe Wide WindowThe Miserable MillThe Austere AcademyThe Ersatz ElevatorThe Vile VillageThe Hostile HospitalThe Carnivorous CarnivalThe Slippery SlopeThe Grim GrottoThe Penultimate PerilThe End

Isabel parte dalle origini, dai dati biografici di uninfanzia e di unadolescenza passate nella cornice di una rigida struttura patriarcale. Listinto di ribellione in lei e una sorta di reazione naturale a questa esistenziale forma di discriminazione che genera lattitudine filosofica che lha portata negli anni a schierarsi sempre con i deboli, con gli emarginati e con tutte le donne, vittime di una mancata emancipazione. Isabel ci racconta le tappe del suo cammino, la consapevolezza dellimportanza dellindipendenza economica, le relazioni tra sessi, la sua biografia sentimentale e professionale. E poi la terza eta, cio che ha significato per lei, donna pienamente liberata e convinta che i modelli imposti portino a una forma di pregiudizio contro la vecchiaia non dissimile dagli atteggiamenti sessisti e razzisti.

Un premier roman coup de poing sur le féminicide en Irak. Une lecture qui prend aux tripes.Dans l’Irak rural d’aujourd’hui, alors que des combats sévissent, la narratrice a, en cachette, une relation

Helen Grant is a mystery to her daughter. An extrovert with few friends who has sought intimacy in the wrong places; a twice-divorced mother-of-two now living alone surrounded by her memories, Helen (known to her acquaintances as 'Hen') has always haunted Bridget. Now, Bridget is an academic in her forties. She sees Helen once a year, and considers the problem to be contained. As she looks back on their tumultuous relationship - the performances and small deceptions - she tries to reckon with the cruelties inflicted on both sides. But when Helen makes it clear that she wants more, it seems an old struggle will have to be replayed. From the prize-winning author of First Love, My Phantoms is a bold, heart-stopping portrayal of a failed familial bond, which brings humour, subtlety and new life to the difficult terrain of mothers and daughters.

The astonishing new novel from the author of Freshwater - Longlisted for the Women''s Prize for Fiction and the Wellcome Book Prize. They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died.One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son''s body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. The Death of Vivek Oji transports us to the day of Vivek''s birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one family''s struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself.Teeming with unforgettable characters whose lives have been shaped by Vivek''s gentle and enigmatic spirit, it shares with us a Nigerian childhood that challenges expectations. This novel, and its celebration of the innocence and optimism of youth will touch all those who embrace it.

The epic that began with the HUGO and NEBULA Award-winning classic DUNE continues ...The epic that began with the HUGO and NEBULA Award-winning classic DUNE -- now a major motion picture from the director of Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival -- continues ...The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone.But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms, and this in turn is disastrous for the planet''''s economy.Leto and Ghanima, Paul Atreides''''s twin children and his heirs, can see possible solutions - but fanatics begin to challenge the rule of the all-powerful Atreides empire, and more than economic disaster threatens ...

Horace Rumpole, the irrepressible barrister fuelled by cigars, Tennyson, steak-and-kidney pud and the cooking claret from Pommeroy's wine bar, is back for further misadventures. Amid an unfortunate and temporary downturn in London crime, the Old Bailey Hack sits in Chambers (he never writes at home for fear of She Who Must Be Obeyed) and picks up his pen to recount six classic tales of his recent trials. Here he deals with, among others, a clergyman on a shoplifting rampage, a backstage theatrical murder, a villain with unfortunate sartorial taste and, worst of all, the possibility that he may have to hang up his wig and retire.

Femme de ménage dans un hôpital psychiatrique, Vanda rêvait d'être artiste. Elle vit seule avec son fils de 6 ans, Noé, dans un cabanon d'une ville côtière. Parti avant sa naissance, Simon, le père d

The Sun always has ways to reach us.'From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change for ever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.In Klara and the Sun, his first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly-changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?

The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . ___________________''''Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It''''s the other way around.'''' Three witches - Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick - have gathered on a lonely heath. A king has been cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. An infant heir and the crown of the kingdom, both missing . . . Witches don''''t have these kind of dynastic problems themselves in fact, they dont have leaders. Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders the witches don''''t have. But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe . . . ___________________The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Wyrd Sisters is the second book in the Witches series.

Chiltern creates the most beautiful editions of the World's finest literature.Your favourite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colours of these remarkable covers make these titles feel extra special and will look striking on any shelf.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes a new novel in her Blood and Ash series... Is Love Stronger Than Vengeance?A Betrayal...Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden.But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark One. The Prince of Atlantia.He wants her to fight him, and that's one order she's more than happy to obey. He may have taken her, but he will never have her.

Named a "Best Novel of the Decade" by Literary HubSaul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. Among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the authorities who have been kidnapping Ojibway youth. But when winter approaches, Saul loses everything: his brother, his parents, his beloved grandmotherand then his home itself.Alone in the world and placed in a horrific boarding school, Saul is surrounded by violence and cruelty. At the urging of a priest, he finds a tentative salvation in hockey. Rising at dawn to practice alone, Saul proves determined and undeniably gifted. His intuition and vision are unmatched. His speed is remarkable. Together they open doors for him: away from the school, into an all-Ojibway amateur circuit, and finally within grasp of a professional career. Yet as Sauls victories mount, so do the indignities and the taunts, the racism and the hatredthe harshness of a world that will never welcome him, tied inexorably to the sport he loves.Spare and compact yet undeniably rich, Indian Horse is at once a heartbreaking account of a dark chapter in our history and a moving coming-of-age story.

Longa noite de pedra (1962) é unha das obras claves para entender a nosa literatura contemporánea: libro emblemático e referencia obrigada de toda unha época e de hoxe. Celso Emilio Ferreiro (Celanov

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration from Elizabeth Gilbert's books for years. Now, this beloved author shares her wisdom and unique understanding of creativity, shattering the perceptions of mystery and suffering that surround the process - and showing us all just how easy it can be. By sharing stories from her own life, as well as those from her friends and the people that have inspired her, Elizabeth Gilbert challenges us to embrace our curiosity, tackle what we most love and face down what we most fear.Whether you long to write a book, create art, cope with challenges at work, embark on a long-held dream, or simply to make your everyday life more vivid and rewarding, Big Magic will take you on a journey of exploration filled with wonder and unexpected joys.

Livro de culto – uma carta ao pai ausente – que uniu milhares de leitores em todo o mundo. Morreste-me, texto que deu a conhecer o jovem escritor José Luís Peixoto, é uma obra intensa, avassaladora

S’inspirant du cas d’un homme exécuté à Paris en 1832, et quelques années après Le Dernier Jour d’un Condamné, Victor Hugo écrit un nouveau plaidoyer contre la peine de mort. Il dénonce la misère qui

Zerk egiten du gure gizartea den bezalakoa? Zertan eta zergatik gara aurreko belaunaldietatik desberdinak? Gure aroa bereizten duten ezaugarriak hauteman nahi ditu Iñigo Martinezek, eta, horretarako, inkontzienteki geureganatu ditugun aginduak bilatu eta definitzen ditu: bidaia ezazu, ez egon triste, izan zu zeu, zaindu zaitez, ez hartu maitasun konpromisorik, zoriontsu, bilatu berriena Horrela, 19 mandamentuko zerrenda osatu arte. Garai likidoa, kontsumoaren gizartea, globalizazioa, informazioaren, sarearen edo errendimenduaren jendartea Hainbat izen eman zaizkio bizi dugun sasoiari, eta hipermodernitatea kontzeptua darabil egileak izendapen horiek biltzeko eta guztien azpian datzan muina ulertzeko: garaiak gehiago ematea eta gehiago egitea eskatzen digula uneoro. Pentsarazten duen gogoeta-sorta, geure munduari eta geure buruari begi berriekin begiratzen laguntzen duena, eta agian bizimodu hobe baterako gonbidapena: horra liburu mamitsu bezain atsegingarri honek eskaintzen diguna

This dystopian classic is 'exciting, relevant and thought-provoking' (Stephen King). When a group of schoolboys are stranded on a desert island, what could go wrong? ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' 'The first book with hands - strong ones that reached out of the pages and seized me by the throat. It said to me, 'This is not just entertainment; it's life or death.' ... I've been thinking about it ever since, for fifty years and more.' Stephen King 'One of my favorite books - I read it every couple of years.' Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What's grown-ups going to think? Going off-hunting pigs-letting fires out-and now! A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day, they explore the dazzling beaches, gorging fruit, seeking shelter, and ripping off their uniforms to swim in the lagoon. At night, in the darkness of the jungle, they are haunted by nightmares of a primitive beast. Orphaned by society, they must forge their own; but it isn't long before their innocent games devolve into a murderous hunt ... 'Thrills me with all the power a fiction can have ... Exemplary.' Ian McEwan 'An existential fable backlit with death's incandescent glare.' Ben Okri 'Violently real ... An apocalyptic novelist [who writes with] humanist rage and defiance.' Marlon James 'Beautiful and desperate, something quite out of the ordinary.' Stevie Smith 'Beautifully written, tragic and provocative.' E. M. Forster 'A fragment of nightmare.' New Statesman 'A post-apocalyptic, dystopian survivor-fantasy ... [A novel] for all time ... A cult classic.' Guardian 'Stands out mightily in my memory ... Such a strong statement about the human heart.' Patricia Cornwell 'Terrifying and haunting.' Kingsley Amis What readers are saying: 'Every real human being should read this ... This is what we are.' 'It's brilliant, it's captivating, it's thought provoking and brutal and for some, its truly terrifying.' 'It can be read and re-read many times, and every time something new will appear.' 'There is a reason why this is studied at school ... Excellent read.' 'This is one of the few books I've read that I keep on my Kindle to read again.' 'I revisit this every few years and it's always fresh and impressive ... One of the best books I've ever read.'

Elles: constel·lació poetica dibuixa un mapa de la poesia valenciana actual escrita per dones. Per sort, no es un mapa complet, perque a tota hora apareixen noves veus que il·luminen el nostre panorama literari. Precisament per aixo, aquesta antologia aspira a ser una mostra representativa de les diferents sensibilitats, estetiques i propostes que existeixen a l& x02019;hora d& x02019;ara. L& x02019;acompanyen una serie de textos complementaris que ajuden a completar i enriquir la lectura.

When a young student follows Williams arguments to a shocking conclusion, it appears William has already set his own fate in motion. Against a backdrop of tabloid frenzy, Leonard can only watch as William embraces the danger in the only way he knows how, which threatens to consume not only himself, but his entire family.

The inaugural winner of the Mo Siewcharran Prize

Set in a London of the near future, its three principal characters, Handel, Picasso and Sappho, separately flee the city and find themselves on the same train, drawn to one another through the curious agency of a book. This book features a question and a quest: How shall I live?

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s.

From its breath-taking opening section, telling the events of a fateful summers day in 1935, McEwan unravels a tale of love and war that breaks the heart, even as the master novelists provocative twi

Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone.

Ezezagun baten ohean esnatu da Garazi; ondoan duen gaztea ez da "bere Axi". Pentsamenduak korapilatu zaizkio protagonistari, bezperan edan zituen marrubizko tekila txupitoak bere sabelean nola. Egoera berriak haren ordu arteko bizimodua, harremanak, ziurtasunak eta usteak irauliko ditu. Bakarrizketa maistraki darabil Goiatz Labandibarrek Bekatua eleberrian. Tragikomedia honetan, protagonistaren ahots organiko eta hordigarriak txundituta utziko du irakurlea.

La peur était pour le peuple iranien une compagne de chaque instant, la moitié fidèle d'une vie. Les Iraniens vivaient avec dans la bouche le goût sablonneux de la peur. Seulement, depuis la mort de

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO STAND TOGETHER? 'It's often said that winners write history, but there are no winners here'This is a small story about big questions. It's a story about family, community, life. It starts with a storm - and a death.But how does it end? Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place that prevents it. The residents continue to grapple with life's big questions: What is a family? What is a community? And what, if anything, are we willing to sacrifice in order to protect them? As the locals of Beartown struggle to overcome the past, great change is on the horizon.Someone is coming home after a long time away. Someone will be laid to rest. Someone will fall in love, someone will try to fix their marriage, and someone will do anything to save their children.Someone will submit to hate, someone will fight, and someone will grab a gun and walk towards the ice rink. So what are the residents of Beartown willing to sacrifice for their home? Everything. PRAISE FOR THE BEARTOWN BOOKS: 'This is a stunning read that plunges you into another world.