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Conceived from a nightmare, Frankenstein, is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has thus seared its way into the popular imagination while establishing itself as one of the pioneering works of modern science fiction.

One of Britain''s most popular novels, George Orwell''s Nineteen Eighty-Four is set in a society terrorised by a totalitarian ideology propagated by The Party.Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101. . .Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell''s terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime. The novel also coined many new words and phrases which regular appear in popular culture, such as ''Big Brother'', ''thoughtcrime'', ''doublethink'' and ''Newspeak''.

L'obra mestra de Mercè Rodoreda, amb més de vuitanta edicions catalanes i més de trenta traduccions, ve acompanyada en aquest volum d'un postfaci de Maria Barbal sobre la seva visió de la novel la, i

Natàlia, la protagonista, ens explica la seua vida marcada per l''opressió i la necessitat d''alliberar-se''n. Una història individual que es transforma en imatge d''una època agitada.La Plaça del Di

A haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy.'A small miracle' The New York TimesFor a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, and everything changedDeep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SOPHIE MACKINTOSH, MAN BOOKER PRIZE-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF THE WATER CURE

4t. Premi Llibres Anagrama de Novel·laPrimer hi ha la tempesta i el llamp i la mort d’en Domènec, el pagès poeta. Després, la Dolceta, que no pot parar de riure mentre explica les històries de les qu

Miñan, Amets Arzallus, Ibrahima Balde: Gineako hiriburutik Nzerekorera mila eta hirurehun bat kilometro daude. Ibrahima han ibili zen hiru edo lau urtez, kamioi batean, gidari batek aprendiz onartu zuelako. Aste batean Konakrytik Nzerekorera joaten ziren, eta hurrengo astean Konakryra itzuli. Egun batean amak deitu zuen arte: anaia txikia falta zen etxean. Eta haren bila abiatu zen. Basamortua gurutzatu; pasatzaile, polizia, bahitzaileekin topo egin; egarria, gosea, mina ezagutu. Afrikatik Europarako bidea. Mediterraneoa zeharkatzen dutenak deshumanizatzea ezinbestekoa da haien heriotzen, kanporatzeen, ilegalizatutako bizitzen gaineko ezaxola zabaltzeko. Baina bizitza horietako bakoitza bakarra da eta, beraz, unibertsala. Eta kontatzeak hori azpimarratzen du. Ibrahima Balderen bizitzaren kronika da nobela hau, hark ahoz eta Amets Arzallusek letraz idatzia. Berezia duelako zauria, eta berezia kontatzeko manera. Hitz egitean han balego bezala.

Assassin's Creed: The Renaissance Codex is set in fifteenth century Italy and features a young nobleman-turned-assassin, Ezio Auditore di Firenze. He must defend his family name in a bitter blood feud between the warring political familes of Rome, Venice and Florence - the likes of the Paz's and the Borgias. During Ezio's quest - he is mentored by a young Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli - who will help him decypher the mysterious Templar Codex.

The Housemaid's Secret es un libro del autor McFadden, Freida editado por PENGUIN. The Housemaid's Secret tiene un código de ISBN 978-0-349-13260-0, de la colección LITTLE BROWN (EDITOR).

From Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Callie Hart comes the blistering sequel to the runaway bestseller and global phenomenon Quicksilver.Duty. Blood. Honour. Power.Saeris Fane doesn't want power. The very last thing she needs is her name whispered on an entire court's lips, but now that she's been crowned queen of the Blood Court, she's discovering that a queen's life is not her own. A heavy weight rests upon her shoulders.Her ward - and her brother - need her back in her homeland . . . but the changes that have strengthened Saeris have also made her weak. Born under blazing suns, Saeris will surely die if she makes her way home through the Quicksilver. Which means that, once again, she must send someone else in her stead . . .'Keep your mouth shut. Stick to the shadows. And for the love of all seven Gods, do NOT crack any jokes.'Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate has defeated armies and survived all manner of horrors, but traveling back to Zilvaren with Carrion Swift might just be the death of him. The male just will not shut up. Hidden dangers await them down the narrow alleyways of the Silver City. Unfolding secrets pose impossible threats. Fisher must wrangle the smuggler and accomplish his goals quickly if he wants to see his mate again.A darkness falls across Yvelia. The realm and their friends are in danger. Together, Saeris and Fisher will pass through fire and brimstone to save them.

From the master of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world's greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge.A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFTSeft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year. He is there to trade his stone at the Midsummer Rite, and to find Neen, the girl he loves. Her family lives in prosperity and offers Seft an escape from his brutish father and brothers, within their herder community.A PRIESTESS WHO BELIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLEJoia, Neen's sister, is a priestess with a vision and an unmatched ability to lead. As a child, she watches the Midsummer ceremony, enthralled, and dreams of a miraculous new monument, raised from the biggest stones in the world. But trouble is brewing among the hills and woodlands of the Great Plain.A MONUMENT THAT WILL DEFINE A CIVILISATIONJoia's vision of a great stone circle, assembled by the divided tribes of the Plain, will inspire Seft and become their life's work. But as drought ravages the earth, mistrust grows between the herders, farmers and woodlanders - and an act of savage violence leads to open warfare . . .Truly ambitious in scope, Circle of Days invites you to join master storyteller Ken Follett in exploring one of the greatest mysteries of our age: Stonehenge.

Historical novel highlighting courage and resilience of a small group facing overwhelming odds.

BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS, THE

From the #1 bestselling authors Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny comes a novel of unsurpassed thrills and incomparable insider expertise - STATE OF TERROR.STATE OF TERROR follows a novice Secretary of State who has joined the administration of her rival, a president inaugurated after four years of American leadership that shrank from the world stage. A series of terrorist attacks throws the global order into disarray, and the secretary is tasked with assembling a team to unravel the deadly conspiracy, a scheme carefully designed to take advantage of an American government dangerously out of touch and out of power in the places where it counts the most.This high-stakes thriller of international intrigue features behind-the-scenes global drama informed by details only an insider could know.

They are from opposites sides of the track - but when their two worlds collide, nothing will ever be the same again.Johnny Kavanagh has everything going for him. On the rugby pitch, he''''s a force to be reckoned with. Primed for stardom, he''''s heading straight for the top. Nothing can possibly get in his way, right? Not even the shy new girl at Tommen College. The one with the sad eyes and hidden bruises. The one that distracts him like no one ever has.Life has never been easy for Shannon Lynch. Bullied and tortured, she arrives at Tommen College mid-way through the school year praying for a fresh start and desperate to shake off the demons that plague her. On her very first day at the prestigious private school, she comes into contact with the notorious Johnny Kavanagh. Thrown through a hoop over her feelings for him, and desperate to keep a low-profile, Shannon finds herself once again the target of bullies as she forms a fragile alliance with rugby''''s rising star.Falling into a complicated friendship and grappling with their undeniable chemistry, Johnny and Shannon could never have foreseen the obstacles that will threaten their blossoming relationship . . .

Amb estudi introductori, propostes didactiques i comentaris de text a cura de Vicent Salvador.Diccionari per a ociosos, aplega, sota la forma de diccionari fictici, una serie d'assaigs molt diversos, que compren des d'aforismes fins a textos d'una extensio mitjana. La tematica del llibre es heterogenia: parla -d'una manera desimbolta i, sovint, provocativa- sobre l'amor, la bellesa, la bestieses, el nacionalisme, la novel·la o el sexe, amb un punt de vista radicalment subjectiu, propi del genere iniciat per Michel de Montaigne.

Premi Finestres de Narrativa en catalàUna novel·la desbordant, plena d’històries i personatges maleïts més enllà del temps. Amagat entre muntanyes acinglerades i desavinents, en algun lloc remot de l

Nora's life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?

The new captivating novel from the author of The Island, The Return, The Thread, The Sunrise and Cartes Postales from Greece 'Hislop's passionate love of the country breathes from every page' Daily Mail on Cartes Postales from Greece 'Fascinating and moving . . . Hislop writes unforgettably about Cyprus and its people' The Times on The Sunrise 'Intricate, beautifully observed and with a painter's eye for imagery, in these stories Hislop evokes Greece, its people, its customs and traditions with a sensitivity that reveals her deep knowledge of not just the place but also the human condition' Express on The Last Dance and Other Stories 'Sweeping, magnificently detailed and ambitious' The Sunday Times on The Thread 'Meticulously researched historical narrative and imaginative storytelling' Telegraph on The Return 'This is a vivid, moving and absorbing tale . . . Her message seems as relevant today as it would have been a century ago' Observer

AS SEEN ON BARACK OBAMA'S 2021 SUMMER READING LIST'THE MOST ENJOYABLE HARD SF I HAVE READ IN YEARS' THE GUARDIANOUT NOW from the bestselling author of THE MARTIAN'Weir's finest work to date. . .This is the one book I read last year that I am certain I can recommend to anyone, no matter who, and know they'll love it.' BRANDON SANDERSON'If you like a lot of science in your science fiction, Andy Weir is the writer for you. . .This one has everything fans of old school SF (like me) love.' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'Brilliantly funny and enjoyable. One of the most plausible science fiction books I've ever read' TIM PEAKE, astronaut________________________________________A lone astronaut.An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time.And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it's up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery-and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

Conceived from a nightmare, Frankenstein, is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has thus seared its way into the popular imagination while establishing itself as one of the pioneering works of modern science fiction.

One of Britain''s most popular novels, George Orwell''s Nineteen Eighty-Four is set in a society terrorised by a totalitarian ideology propagated by The Party.Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101. . .Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell''s terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime. The novel also coined many new words and phrases which regular appear in popular culture, such as ''Big Brother'', ''thoughtcrime'', ''doublethink'' and ''Newspeak''.

L'obra mestra de Mercè Rodoreda, amb més de vuitanta edicions catalanes i més de trenta traduccions, ve acompanyada en aquest volum d'un postfaci de Maria Barbal sobre la seva visió de la novel la, i

Natàlia, la protagonista, ens explica la seua vida marcada per l''opressió i la necessitat d''alliberar-se''n. Una història individual que es transforma en imatge d''una època agitada.La Plaça del Di

A haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy.'A small miracle' The New York TimesFor a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, and everything changedDeep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SOPHIE MACKINTOSH, MAN BOOKER PRIZE-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF THE WATER CURE

4t. Premi Llibres Anagrama de Novel·laPrimer hi ha la tempesta i el llamp i la mort d’en Domènec, el pagès poeta. Després, la Dolceta, que no pot parar de riure mentre explica les històries de les qu

Miñan, Amets Arzallus, Ibrahima Balde: Gineako hiriburutik Nzerekorera mila eta hirurehun bat kilometro daude. Ibrahima han ibili zen hiru edo lau urtez, kamioi batean, gidari batek aprendiz onartu zuelako. Aste batean Konakrytik Nzerekorera joaten ziren, eta hurrengo astean Konakryra itzuli. Egun batean amak deitu zuen arte: anaia txikia falta zen etxean. Eta haren bila abiatu zen. Basamortua gurutzatu; pasatzaile, polizia, bahitzaileekin topo egin; egarria, gosea, mina ezagutu. Afrikatik Europarako bidea. Mediterraneoa zeharkatzen dutenak deshumanizatzea ezinbestekoa da haien heriotzen, kanporatzeen, ilegalizatutako bizitzen gaineko ezaxola zabaltzeko. Baina bizitza horietako bakoitza bakarra da eta, beraz, unibertsala. Eta kontatzeak hori azpimarratzen du. Ibrahima Balderen bizitzaren kronika da nobela hau, hark ahoz eta Amets Arzallusek letraz idatzia. Berezia duelako zauria, eta berezia kontatzeko manera. Hitz egitean han balego bezala.

Assassin's Creed: The Renaissance Codex is set in fifteenth century Italy and features a young nobleman-turned-assassin, Ezio Auditore di Firenze. He must defend his family name in a bitter blood feud between the warring political familes of Rome, Venice and Florence - the likes of the Paz's and the Borgias. During Ezio's quest - he is mentored by a young Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli - who will help him decypher the mysterious Templar Codex.

The Housemaid's Secret es un libro del autor McFadden, Freida editado por PENGUIN. The Housemaid's Secret tiene un código de ISBN 978-0-349-13260-0, de la colección LITTLE BROWN (EDITOR).

From Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Callie Hart comes the blistering sequel to the runaway bestseller and global phenomenon Quicksilver.Duty. Blood. Honour. Power.Saeris Fane doesn't want power. The very last thing she needs is her name whispered on an entire court's lips, but now that she's been crowned queen of the Blood Court, she's discovering that a queen's life is not her own. A heavy weight rests upon her shoulders.Her ward - and her brother - need her back in her homeland . . . but the changes that have strengthened Saeris have also made her weak. Born under blazing suns, Saeris will surely die if she makes her way home through the Quicksilver. Which means that, once again, she must send someone else in her stead . . .'Keep your mouth shut. Stick to the shadows. And for the love of all seven Gods, do NOT crack any jokes.'Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate has defeated armies and survived all manner of horrors, but traveling back to Zilvaren with Carrion Swift might just be the death of him. The male just will not shut up. Hidden dangers await them down the narrow alleyways of the Silver City. Unfolding secrets pose impossible threats. Fisher must wrangle the smuggler and accomplish his goals quickly if he wants to see his mate again.A darkness falls across Yvelia. The realm and their friends are in danger. Together, Saeris and Fisher will pass through fire and brimstone to save them.

From the master of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world's greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge.A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFTSeft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year. He is there to trade his stone at the Midsummer Rite, and to find Neen, the girl he loves. Her family lives in prosperity and offers Seft an escape from his brutish father and brothers, within their herder community.A PRIESTESS WHO BELIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLEJoia, Neen's sister, is a priestess with a vision and an unmatched ability to lead. As a child, she watches the Midsummer ceremony, enthralled, and dreams of a miraculous new monument, raised from the biggest stones in the world. But trouble is brewing among the hills and woodlands of the Great Plain.A MONUMENT THAT WILL DEFINE A CIVILISATIONJoia's vision of a great stone circle, assembled by the divided tribes of the Plain, will inspire Seft and become their life's work. But as drought ravages the earth, mistrust grows between the herders, farmers and woodlanders - and an act of savage violence leads to open warfare . . .Truly ambitious in scope, Circle of Days invites you to join master storyteller Ken Follett in exploring one of the greatest mysteries of our age: Stonehenge.

Historical novel highlighting courage and resilience of a small group facing overwhelming odds.

BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS, THE

From the #1 bestselling authors Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny comes a novel of unsurpassed thrills and incomparable insider expertise - STATE OF TERROR.STATE OF TERROR follows a novice Secretary of State who has joined the administration of her rival, a president inaugurated after four years of American leadership that shrank from the world stage. A series of terrorist attacks throws the global order into disarray, and the secretary is tasked with assembling a team to unravel the deadly conspiracy, a scheme carefully designed to take advantage of an American government dangerously out of touch and out of power in the places where it counts the most.This high-stakes thriller of international intrigue features behind-the-scenes global drama informed by details only an insider could know.

They are from opposites sides of the track - but when their two worlds collide, nothing will ever be the same again.Johnny Kavanagh has everything going for him. On the rugby pitch, he''''s a force to be reckoned with. Primed for stardom, he''''s heading straight for the top. Nothing can possibly get in his way, right? Not even the shy new girl at Tommen College. The one with the sad eyes and hidden bruises. The one that distracts him like no one ever has.Life has never been easy for Shannon Lynch. Bullied and tortured, she arrives at Tommen College mid-way through the school year praying for a fresh start and desperate to shake off the demons that plague her. On her very first day at the prestigious private school, she comes into contact with the notorious Johnny Kavanagh. Thrown through a hoop over her feelings for him, and desperate to keep a low-profile, Shannon finds herself once again the target of bullies as she forms a fragile alliance with rugby''''s rising star.Falling into a complicated friendship and grappling with their undeniable chemistry, Johnny and Shannon could never have foreseen the obstacles that will threaten their blossoming relationship . . .

Amb estudi introductori, propostes didactiques i comentaris de text a cura de Vicent Salvador.Diccionari per a ociosos, aplega, sota la forma de diccionari fictici, una serie d'assaigs molt diversos, que compren des d'aforismes fins a textos d'una extensio mitjana. La tematica del llibre es heterogenia: parla -d'una manera desimbolta i, sovint, provocativa- sobre l'amor, la bellesa, la bestieses, el nacionalisme, la novel·la o el sexe, amb un punt de vista radicalment subjectiu, propi del genere iniciat per Michel de Montaigne.

Premi Finestres de Narrativa en catalàUna novel·la desbordant, plena d’històries i personatges maleïts més enllà del temps. Amagat entre muntanyes acinglerades i desavinents, en algun lloc remot de l

Nora's life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?

The new captivating novel from the author of The Island, The Return, The Thread, The Sunrise and Cartes Postales from Greece 'Hislop's passionate love of the country breathes from every page' Daily Mail on Cartes Postales from Greece 'Fascinating and moving . . . Hislop writes unforgettably about Cyprus and its people' The Times on The Sunrise 'Intricate, beautifully observed and with a painter's eye for imagery, in these stories Hislop evokes Greece, its people, its customs and traditions with a sensitivity that reveals her deep knowledge of not just the place but also the human condition' Express on The Last Dance and Other Stories 'Sweeping, magnificently detailed and ambitious' The Sunday Times on The Thread 'Meticulously researched historical narrative and imaginative storytelling' Telegraph on The Return 'This is a vivid, moving and absorbing tale . . . Her message seems as relevant today as it would have been a century ago' Observer

AS SEEN ON BARACK OBAMA'S 2021 SUMMER READING LIST'THE MOST ENJOYABLE HARD SF I HAVE READ IN YEARS' THE GUARDIANOUT NOW from the bestselling author of THE MARTIAN'Weir's finest work to date. . .This is the one book I read last year that I am certain I can recommend to anyone, no matter who, and know they'll love it.' BRANDON SANDERSON'If you like a lot of science in your science fiction, Andy Weir is the writer for you. . .This one has everything fans of old school SF (like me) love.' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'Brilliantly funny and enjoyable. One of the most plausible science fiction books I've ever read' TIM PEAKE, astronaut________________________________________A lone astronaut.An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time.And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it's up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery-and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.