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A Japanese inspired guide to living a happier more fulfilled life

Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be I found this book amazing Daniel Kahneman Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling autho

Tras a espectacular acollida das súas anteriores novelas negras, Arantza Portabales inicia unha nova serie, Os crimes de Loeiro, protagonizada por Santaclara & Araújo. A inspectora Iria Santaclar

El secret més ben guardat de la humanitat corre perill de ser desvelat. PREMI JOSEP PLAAcre, Terra Santa, any 1291. Un grup de cavallers templers fugen de l’agonitzant Regne de Jerusalem. S’emporten

Quan encara era una nena, la Cora va anar de vacances a un poble del sud de França amb el seu pare, un ginecoleg retirat, i la Sara, la seva parella daleshores. Una tarda que havia sortit a voltar en bicicleta, es va veure obligada a buscar refugi en una cova propera, on descobriria unes estranyes pintures que la perseguirien durant la resta de la seva vida. Aquest es el detonant duna historia laberintica, un thriller que no fa escarafalls a la poetica ni a la reflexio, i que representa el gran salt endavant duna de les narradores mes celebrades dels ultims anys. Elisenda Solsona sens emporta pagines endins en un misteri que te com a telo de fons els problemes de fertilitat convertits en plaga social, i les relacions maternals convertides en malediccio. Mammalia es una novel·la sobre les consequencies devastadores del passat, i sobre com els secrets de familia sacaben convertint en fantasmes.

A brand-new psychological thriller from #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden the master of riveting suspense and emotional twists that readers cant get enough of.***The nightmare shes running from is nothing compared to where shes headedTegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesnt realise shes heading straight into a blizzard.She never arrives at her destination.Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries shes made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears.But something isnt right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she comes to realise she is in grave danger. This safe haven isnt what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet.And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself and her unborn child.A gut-wrenching story of motherhood, survival, and twisted expectations from the master of mystery and suspense, Freida McFadden delivers a snowbound thriller that will chill you to the bone.

Challenges readers to consider the issues in cities not simply as legal or economic problems but as moral ones asking readers How can a city become more ethical Timothy Beatley exposes and explores the many ethical questions cities face today and touches on many topics from privacy and crime to racism and the ethics of public space

An evocative tale of romance, mystery and alluring monsters, told in beautifully lush prose' Lyndall Clipstone, author of LakesedgeI WAS BORN WITH THE FEVER, MY BLOOD DARK AS NIGHT . . .An ancient, mercurial spirit is trapped inside Elspeth Spindle's head - she calls him the Nightmare. He protects her. He keeps her secrets. But nothing comes for free, especially magic.When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, she is thrust into a world of shadow and deception. Together, they embark on a dangerous quest to cure the town of Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. As the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly, darkly, taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.

Sido et Les Vrilles de la vigne sont deux textes distincts de l'oeuvre de Colette écrits à des périodes différentes de sa vie. Dans Sido (1930), elle évoque le souvenir de sa mère tant aimée, puis so

Kai Im a single dad and starting pitcher for Chicagos MLB team.Im stretched too thin, but I dont want help raising my son.Each of his previous nannies only lasted a few weeks before I let them go.Now, my coach is putting his foot down by hiring the one person I cant fire-his daughter.Miller Montgomery is the last woman I should fall for. Too wild, too young, and too unattached.Chicago is just a quick stop for her. I thought Id be counting down the days until she left, but summer feels too short when I start thinking about forever.MillerAs a high-end pastry chef who recently won the most prestigious award in my industry, Im desperate to prove I deserve it. But with a new title comes new pressure, and I cant create a fresh and inspiring dessert to save my life.With only two months to get back on track, I should be focusing in the kitchen, but instead, I let my dad talk me into using my time off to nanny for his star players kid.Kai Rhodes forgot how to have fun, and Im eager to jog his memory. But when he and his son start to feel like home, I have to remind us both that my time in Chicago ends with the summer.Besides, Ive always been a runner, and the last thing I want is to get caught.

The Serpent and the Wings of Night is The Hunger Games with vampires and the first book in the BookTok phenomenon and international bestselling Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent - perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses.The Hunger Games meets vampires in the first book of the New York Times bestselling Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent, a heart-wrenching, epic fantasy romance of dark magic and bloodthirsty intrigue.Human or vampire, the rules of survival are the same: never trust, never yield, and always always guard your heart.The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Kejari: a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself.

A comedia desenvólvese no cuarto dunha c asa cunha ventá a través da cal se pode ver o peirao dunha vila mariñeira.Don Miguel é un mariñeiro, xa retirado, que volveu adiñeirado da emigración no Brasil. Encargalle a un pintor que lle faga un retrato, no que aparece a fiestra. No cadro vese o ambiente mariñeiro da vila, mais a sua muller prefire que apareza de fondo unha paisaxe mais señorial, coma o dos xardins dun pazo. Ela quere renegar do pasado mariñeiro do home para aparentar unha riqueza vedraña e facilitar as relacions sociais da sua filla, mais don Miguel sentese orgulloso das suas orixes.

Quan, amb L'home manuscrit, Manuel Baixauli va irrompre amb força inusitada en el panorama literari català, els únics que no es van sorprendre foren els qui, anys enrere, havien llegit Espiral, un co

Avec sa petite blouse a fleurs et son air timide, Valentine Vendermot et son histoire de fantomes ne sont pas de taille a mobiliser une brigade parisienne. Pourtant, le commissaire Adamsberg a tres envie de s''interesser a cette chevauchee nocturne dans le bocage normand. Il delegue l''enquete en cours et se rend sur les lieux : Ordebec, son eglise, son bistrot, son chemin de Bonneval, ses crimes atroces.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, Under the Whispering Door and In the Lives of Puppets, Wolfsong is a story of love, loyalty, and family.Ox Matheson was twelve when his father taught him a lesson: Ox wasnt worth anything and people would never understand him. Then he left.

A capacidade de resistencia á dor física ou psicolóxica non se pode medir. Tampouco o grao de maldade que pode chegar a concibir o ser humano. É en situacións límite cando as persoas sacan a relucir comportamentos insolitos, para ben e para mal. No escenario da II Guerra Mundial tiveron lugar episodios tan estarrecedores e crueis que alguns deles resultan imposibles de dixerir. ``Un animal chamado neboa`` e un libro de relatos onde a ficcion se construe a partir de diferentes acontecementos sucedidos durante o conflito...

THE TIKTOK SENSATIONMeet BUNNY: the darkly funny, spellbinding trip of a novel that EVERYONE is talking about'No punches pulled, no hilarities dodged, no meme unmangled. O Bunny you are sooo genius!' MARGARET ATWOODWe call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other. Seriously.Bunny. Samantha Heather Mackey is an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at Warren University. In fact, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort - a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other 'Bunny'.But then the Bunnies issue her with an invitation and Samantha finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door, across the threshold, and down their rabbit hole. Blending sharp satire with fairytale horror, Bunny provides a hilarious look at the dark side of female friendship from one of fiction's most original voices. 'The Secret History meets Jennifer's Body.Brilliant, sharp, weird... I loved it and I couldn't put it down.' KRISTEN ROUPENIAN 'Made me nod and cackle in terrified recognition.' LENA DUNHAM 'Hilarious, hallucinogenic freakery.' DAILY MAIL 'Cerebral and complusively readable.' VANITY FAIR

FINALISTA DEL BOOKER PRIZEPREMI OMNIUMPREMI LLIBRETERPermagel, Boulder i Mamut per fi juntes i en tapa dura. No per res les heroines de Baltasar sexpressen en primera persona sense que en sapiguem el nom, i des duna situacio vital que les agafa desprevingudes. ¿Que son? ¿Germanes? ¿Avatars? ¿Formes de vida?A Permagel una jove suicida viu sense treballar ni relacionar-se amb ningu mes que amb les seves amants, fins que un parell de criatures li cauen del cel. A Boulder una ionqui de la solitud fa de cuinera en un vaixell, fins que senamora duna islandesa i accepta de fundar-hi familia. A Mamut una sociologa barcelonina ho planta tot, pis i feina, per anar-sen a viure en un mas de muntanya, alla on la vida son les besties, i procrear. Una critica francesa publicava a proposit del Triptic: La narradora sembla la mateixa en les tres novel·les, un simple jo sense nom. ¿Podria ser que Eva Baltasar hagues volgut mostrar que una mateixa pregunta pot tenir tres respostes diferents, fins i tot contradictories? Com qui diu: aqui teniu una solucio al problema, aqui una altra i encara una altra, a veure quina escolliu! Lautora juga ironicament amb la credulitat del lector, sempre disposat a empassar-se les aventures que ella sinventa per incomodar-lo i fer-lo dubtar i riures de les seves certeses.El llenguatge del desig no deixa de vibrar mai a la pagina; Baltasar extreu or de les situacions quotidianes i lofereix en forma de bocins d'intimitat, que atrapen i sadollen.Greg Mania sobre Boulder a The New York TimesBaltasar convoca lerotisme juganer de les paraules i la lectura.Yara Rodrigues Fowler sobre Boulder a The GuardianLa Baltasar desmunta el secret no del genere sino del patriarcat: desmunta la subordinacio i la subalternitat.Brigitte Vasallo sobre Mamut al Diari Ara"Exquisita, oscura y poco convencional, Eva Baltasar convierte la intimidad en una aventura salvaje" Fernanda MelchorEs una escritora durisima y muy original. Me encantaria adaptar Boulder" Pedro AlmodovarQuan cada llibre daquesta trilogia contradiu tan clarament els altres, es lescriptora qui sallibera de tota doctrina creativa i sevadeix del calabos literari. Es aqui que retroba el seu plaer primitiu, inicial, o mes aviat essencial: la seva identitat de poeta, mestressa de les ambiguitats, dels oximorons i de les polisemies." Collateral

Tras a espectacular acollida das súas anteriores novelas negras, Arantza Portabales inicia unha nova serie, Os crimes de Loeiro, protagonizada por Santaclara & Araújo. A inspectora Iria Santaclar

El secret més ben guardat de la humanitat corre perill de ser desvelat. PREMI JOSEP PLAAcre, Terra Santa, any 1291. Un grup de cavallers templers fugen de l’agonitzant Regne de Jerusalem. S’emporten

Quan encara era una nena, la Cora va anar de vacances a un poble del sud de França amb el seu pare, un ginecoleg retirat, i la Sara, la seva parella daleshores. Una tarda que havia sortit a voltar en bicicleta, es va veure obligada a buscar refugi en una cova propera, on descobriria unes estranyes pintures que la perseguirien durant la resta de la seva vida. Aquest es el detonant duna historia laberintica, un thriller que no fa escarafalls a la poetica ni a la reflexio, i que representa el gran salt endavant duna de les narradores mes celebrades dels ultims anys. Elisenda Solsona sens emporta pagines endins en un misteri que te com a telo de fons els problemes de fertilitat convertits en plaga social, i les relacions maternals convertides en malediccio. Mammalia es una novel·la sobre les consequencies devastadores del passat, i sobre com els secrets de familia sacaben convertint en fantasmes.

A brand-new psychological thriller from #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden the master of riveting suspense and emotional twists that readers cant get enough of.***The nightmare shes running from is nothing compared to where shes headedTegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesnt realise shes heading straight into a blizzard.She never arrives at her destination.Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries shes made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears.But something isnt right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she comes to realise she is in grave danger. This safe haven isnt what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet.And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself and her unborn child.A gut-wrenching story of motherhood, survival, and twisted expectations from the master of mystery and suspense, Freida McFadden delivers a snowbound thriller that will chill you to the bone.

Challenges readers to consider the issues in cities not simply as legal or economic problems but as moral ones asking readers How can a city become more ethical Timothy Beatley exposes and explores the many ethical questions cities face today and touches on many topics from privacy and crime to racism and the ethics of public space

An evocative tale of romance, mystery and alluring monsters, told in beautifully lush prose' Lyndall Clipstone, author of LakesedgeI WAS BORN WITH THE FEVER, MY BLOOD DARK AS NIGHT . . .An ancient, mercurial spirit is trapped inside Elspeth Spindle's head - she calls him the Nightmare. He protects her. He keeps her secrets. But nothing comes for free, especially magic.When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, she is thrust into a world of shadow and deception. Together, they embark on a dangerous quest to cure the town of Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. As the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly, darkly, taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.

Sido et Les Vrilles de la vigne sont deux textes distincts de l'oeuvre de Colette écrits à des périodes différentes de sa vie. Dans Sido (1930), elle évoque le souvenir de sa mère tant aimée, puis so

Kai Im a single dad and starting pitcher for Chicagos MLB team.Im stretched too thin, but I dont want help raising my son.Each of his previous nannies only lasted a few weeks before I let them go.Now, my coach is putting his foot down by hiring the one person I cant fire-his daughter.Miller Montgomery is the last woman I should fall for. Too wild, too young, and too unattached.Chicago is just a quick stop for her. I thought Id be counting down the days until she left, but summer feels too short when I start thinking about forever.MillerAs a high-end pastry chef who recently won the most prestigious award in my industry, Im desperate to prove I deserve it. But with a new title comes new pressure, and I cant create a fresh and inspiring dessert to save my life.With only two months to get back on track, I should be focusing in the kitchen, but instead, I let my dad talk me into using my time off to nanny for his star players kid.Kai Rhodes forgot how to have fun, and Im eager to jog his memory. But when he and his son start to feel like home, I have to remind us both that my time in Chicago ends with the summer.Besides, Ive always been a runner, and the last thing I want is to get caught.

The Serpent and the Wings of Night is The Hunger Games with vampires and the first book in the BookTok phenomenon and international bestselling Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent - perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses.The Hunger Games meets vampires in the first book of the New York Times bestselling Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent, a heart-wrenching, epic fantasy romance of dark magic and bloodthirsty intrigue.Human or vampire, the rules of survival are the same: never trust, never yield, and always always guard your heart.The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Kejari: a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself.

A comedia desenvólvese no cuarto dunha c asa cunha ventá a través da cal se pode ver o peirao dunha vila mariñeira.Don Miguel é un mariñeiro, xa retirado, que volveu adiñeirado da emigración no Brasil. Encargalle a un pintor que lle faga un retrato, no que aparece a fiestra. No cadro vese o ambiente mariñeiro da vila, mais a sua muller prefire que apareza de fondo unha paisaxe mais señorial, coma o dos xardins dun pazo. Ela quere renegar do pasado mariñeiro do home para aparentar unha riqueza vedraña e facilitar as relacions sociais da sua filla, mais don Miguel sentese orgulloso das suas orixes.

Quan, amb L'home manuscrit, Manuel Baixauli va irrompre amb força inusitada en el panorama literari català, els únics que no es van sorprendre foren els qui, anys enrere, havien llegit Espiral, un co

Avec sa petite blouse a fleurs et son air timide, Valentine Vendermot et son histoire de fantomes ne sont pas de taille a mobiliser une brigade parisienne. Pourtant, le commissaire Adamsberg a tres envie de s''interesser a cette chevauchee nocturne dans le bocage normand. Il delegue l''enquete en cours et se rend sur les lieux : Ordebec, son eglise, son bistrot, son chemin de Bonneval, ses crimes atroces.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, Under the Whispering Door and In the Lives of Puppets, Wolfsong is a story of love, loyalty, and family.Ox Matheson was twelve when his father taught him a lesson: Ox wasnt worth anything and people would never understand him. Then he left.

A capacidade de resistencia á dor física ou psicolóxica non se pode medir. Tampouco o grao de maldade que pode chegar a concibir o ser humano. É en situacións límite cando as persoas sacan a relucir comportamentos insolitos, para ben e para mal. No escenario da II Guerra Mundial tiveron lugar episodios tan estarrecedores e crueis que alguns deles resultan imposibles de dixerir. ``Un animal chamado neboa`` e un libro de relatos onde a ficcion se construe a partir de diferentes acontecementos sucedidos durante o conflito...

THE TIKTOK SENSATIONMeet BUNNY: the darkly funny, spellbinding trip of a novel that EVERYONE is talking about'No punches pulled, no hilarities dodged, no meme unmangled. O Bunny you are sooo genius!' MARGARET ATWOODWe call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other. Seriously.Bunny. Samantha Heather Mackey is an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at Warren University. In fact, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort - a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other 'Bunny'.But then the Bunnies issue her with an invitation and Samantha finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door, across the threshold, and down their rabbit hole. Blending sharp satire with fairytale horror, Bunny provides a hilarious look at the dark side of female friendship from one of fiction's most original voices. 'The Secret History meets Jennifer's Body.Brilliant, sharp, weird... I loved it and I couldn't put it down.' KRISTEN ROUPENIAN 'Made me nod and cackle in terrified recognition.' LENA DUNHAM 'Hilarious, hallucinogenic freakery.' DAILY MAIL 'Cerebral and complusively readable.' VANITY FAIR

FINALISTA DEL BOOKER PRIZEPREMI OMNIUMPREMI LLIBRETERPermagel, Boulder i Mamut per fi juntes i en tapa dura. No per res les heroines de Baltasar sexpressen en primera persona sense que en sapiguem el nom, i des duna situacio vital que les agafa desprevingudes. ¿Que son? ¿Germanes? ¿Avatars? ¿Formes de vida?A Permagel una jove suicida viu sense treballar ni relacionar-se amb ningu mes que amb les seves amants, fins que un parell de criatures li cauen del cel. A Boulder una ionqui de la solitud fa de cuinera en un vaixell, fins que senamora duna islandesa i accepta de fundar-hi familia. A Mamut una sociologa barcelonina ho planta tot, pis i feina, per anar-sen a viure en un mas de muntanya, alla on la vida son les besties, i procrear. Una critica francesa publicava a proposit del Triptic: La narradora sembla la mateixa en les tres novel·les, un simple jo sense nom. ¿Podria ser que Eva Baltasar hagues volgut mostrar que una mateixa pregunta pot tenir tres respostes diferents, fins i tot contradictories? Com qui diu: aqui teniu una solucio al problema, aqui una altra i encara una altra, a veure quina escolliu! Lautora juga ironicament amb la credulitat del lector, sempre disposat a empassar-se les aventures que ella sinventa per incomodar-lo i fer-lo dubtar i riures de les seves certeses.El llenguatge del desig no deixa de vibrar mai a la pagina; Baltasar extreu or de les situacions quotidianes i lofereix en forma de bocins d'intimitat, que atrapen i sadollen.Greg Mania sobre Boulder a The New York TimesBaltasar convoca lerotisme juganer de les paraules i la lectura.Yara Rodrigues Fowler sobre Boulder a The GuardianLa Baltasar desmunta el secret no del genere sino del patriarcat: desmunta la subordinacio i la subalternitat.Brigitte Vasallo sobre Mamut al Diari Ara"Exquisita, oscura y poco convencional, Eva Baltasar convierte la intimidad en una aventura salvaje" Fernanda MelchorEs una escritora durisima y muy original. Me encantaria adaptar Boulder" Pedro AlmodovarQuan cada llibre daquesta trilogia contradiu tan clarament els altres, es lescriptora qui sallibera de tota doctrina creativa i sevadeix del calabos literari. Es aqui que retroba el seu plaer primitiu, inicial, o mes aviat essencial: la seva identitat de poeta, mestressa de les ambiguitats, dels oximorons i de les polisemies." Collateral

1828ko irailean, Bermeoko Almika auzoan, Agirretxu baserriko gizona Juan Ormaetxea desagertu egin da, eta hura hiltzearen susmagarri egin dituzte haren emazte Josepa eta alaba Maripepatxu. Ikerketak abiaturik, gorpua agertu da, aizkorakadaz hila eta baserri aurrean lurperatua, eta ama-alabak atxilotu egin dituzte, bai eta epaiketarako bidean jarri ere. Eleberri historikoa, kronika judiziala eta thrillerra konbinatu ditu egileak pasioz idatzi eta irrikaz irakurtzen den nobela hau ontzeko: ikerketaren joan-etorriak, pertsonaien gorabeherak, epaiketako xehetasunak eta erruduntzat jotakoen zigorrak: garrotez euskal lurretan exekutaturiko emakume bakarrenetakoa, besteak beste.

En 1976, mon père a rouvert la maison qu’il avait reçue de sa mère, restée fermée pendant vingt ans.À l’intérieur : un piano, une commode au marbre ébréché, une Légion d’honneur, des photographies su

La fam de viure, la sobrefam, ha perseguit la protagonista d’aquesta història des que era adolescent. Vint anys després, contempla estupefacta com la seva vida s’ha convertit en tot allò que rebutjav

Una de les obres cabdals de l'autor. La bogeria és la descripció d'un cas de trastorn mental que l'autor va conèixer de prop. Un ric propietari de Vilaniu, Daniel Serrallonga, aferrissat partidari de