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Iris étouffe dans sa petite vie étriquée de la bourgeoisie de province. Un mariage qui se délite, un métier frustrant, elle s''échappe dans des drapés vaporeux et de sages petites robes sur mesure. La couture est son refuge, la machine suivant la cadence de son coeur apaise. Jusqu''au jour de l''explosion, lorsque Iris decouvre que ses parents lui ont vole ses aspirations de jeunesse.Alors elle dechire le carcan et s''envole pour suivre la formation dont elle revait. Et, de fil en aiguille, sous l''egide autoritaire de l''elegante Marthe, Iris se confectionne une nouvelle vie, dans l''exuberance du Paris mondain.

Annie has a secret. But if she''s not going to tell, we won''t either. It''s a heart-breaking secret she wishes she didn''t have - yet Annie isn''t broken, not quite yet. Especially now there''s someone out there who seems determined to fix her.Kate has run away. But she''s not going to tell us why - that would defeat the point of running, wouldn''t it? It''s proving difficult to reinvent herself, however, with one person always on her mind.Scratch beneath the surface and nobody is really who they seem. Even Annie and Kate, two old friends, aren''t entirely sure who they are any more. Perhaps you can work it out, before their pasts catch up with them for good .

48 mirades atentes als moviments de la bellesa... i la fosca.De reüll, mirar per la cua de l’ull, vigilar, estar atents als moviments de la bellesa, també al moure’s estratègic dels llops i les lleon

Après la mort de son époux, Khadija doit se remarier pour conserver sa place au sein de la communauté des riches marchands de La Mecque. A 37 ans, elle tombe amoureuse de Muhammad ibn Abdallâh, de do

Christopher Martin, the sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer, is stranded upon a rock in the middle of the Atlantic. Pitted against him are the sea, the sun, the night cold and the terror of his isolation. To drink there is a pool of rain water; to eat there are weeds and sea anemones. Through the long hours with only himself to talk to, Martin must try to assemble the truth of his fate, piece by terrible piece. While most readers are aware of William Golding as the writer of Lord of the Flies, it is Pincher Martin, his third novel, that speaks most directly to contemporary readers. This shocking, unusual bullet of a book is the definitive survival novel and has an ending that is guaranteed to leave you reeling.

Beloved and bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith lends his delightful touch to the Austen classic, Emma. 'It's comfort reading at its most soothing' Independent Sometimes it takes time to discover who you really are. And for Emma Woodhouse the journey is only just beginning. After graduating, Emma returns home to Norfolk, where she plans to set up a design business. But that summer, as Emma begins to match-make various friends and neighbours, some important lessons about life and relationships await her...

The biggest-selling writer of popular women''s fiction tells a stunning tale of losing the life you had and finding a better oneWith sales of her novels exceeding 6 million copies TCM - Marian is undisputedly Britain''s most loved and most successful writer of female fictionAll Marian''s books are No 1 bestsellers with total hardback sales of over 550K TCMWhen a Dublin housewife unexpectedly becomes the most influential women in the worldStella Sweeny is back in Dublin. After living the dream in New York for a year - touring her self-help book, appearing on talk shows all over the USA and living it up in her 10-room duplex on the Upper West Side - she''s back to normality with a bang. And she''s got writer''s block.Stella wants a clean break as she didn''t exactly leave New York on a high. Why is she back in Ireland so soon? Who is it who keeps calling? Stella wants to get back to being the woman she used to be. But can she? And should she?

Jojo Harvey is a literary agent whose star is on the rise. In love with both her married boss and her burgeoning career, not much distracts her. Until she finds herself representing two women who used to be best friends.One of them, Gemma, has suddenly found herself from a broken home - at the age of thirty-two. Meanwhile, Lily - the woman Gemma has always blamed for stealing her one chance of happiness - is enjoying the overnight success of her debut novel.Set in the world of publishing, ''The Other Side of the Story'' is about love, loyalty, glass ceilings and survival tactics - and what to do when you get your chance for revenge.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERKarin Slaughter, author of the bestselling Will Trent novels, is widely acclaimed as one of the best crime novelists in America (The Washington Post). Now she delivers her first stand-alone novel: an epic story of a city in the midst of seismic upheaval, a serial killer targeting cops, and a divided police force tasked with bringing a madman to justice.Atlanta, 1974: As a brutal murder and a furious manhunt rock the citys police department, Kate Murphy wonders if her first day on the job will also be her last. Shes determined to defy her privileged background by making her own waywearing a badge and carrying a gun. But for a beautiful young woman, life will be anything but easy in the macho world of the Atlanta PD, where even the female cops have little mercy for rookies. Its also the worst day possible to start given that a beloved cop has been gunned down, his brothers in blue are out for blood, and the city is on the edge of war.Kate isnt the only woman on the force whos feeling the heat. Maggie Lawson followed her uncle and brother into the ranks to prove her worth in their cynical eyes. When she and Kate, her new partner, are pushed out of the citywide search for a cop killer, their fury, pain, and pride finally reach the boiling point. With a killer poised to strike again, they will pursue their own line of investigation, risking everything as they venture into the citys darkest heart.Relentlessly paced, acutely observed, wickedly funny, and often heartbreaking, Cop Town is Karin Slaughters most powerful novel yeta tour de force of storytelling from our foremost master of character, atmosphere, and suspense.

¿Qué busca el lector o lectora cuando abre un libro de relatos? ¿Qué espera? Decía Edgar Allan Poe que los cuentos debían tener un efecto único, que el comienzo y el final de las historias tenían que estar conectados de una manera organica. A Recomanat pels millors fabricants este efecto se logra con creces. El libro de Lluis Balsells es un gran libro. Consigue que cada relato o microrrelato tenga fuerza por si mismo y en el conjunto. Es un salto mortal literario sin red donde ningun lector pierde la vida pero si, quizas, algunos prejuicios, algunas ideas topicas, algunos miedos.

Papallones silenciades sobre una mar de gel naix de la necessitat d’escriurei expressar sentiments sobre els fets quotidians que importen al jo líric,que li colpegen i traspassen d’allò personal a un

Set in Peru during the 1950s, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter is the story of an 18 year old student who falls for a 32 year old divorcee. Mario, an aspiring writer, works at a radio station that broadcasts, live each day, up to a half-dozen short-run soap operas. At the same time that the author meets his "Aunt Julia", the radio station, which had been buying scripts by weight from Cuba, hires a Bolivian scriptwriter named Pedro Camacho to write the serials. The novel chronicles the scriptwriter''s rise and fall in tandem with the protagonist''s affair.

Billie a 13 ans. Elle n''a connu que les coups et la misère. Un matin, en classe, elle découvre On ne badine pas avec l''amour d''Alfred de Musset et l''amitié. Sa vie va changer. Mathilde a 24 ans.

Ici, lorsque quelqu''un disparaît, on dit simplement qu''il s''est évaporé, personne ne le recherche, ni la police parce qu''il n''y a pas de crime, ni la famille parce qu''elle est déshonorée. Parti

When the world-weary dandy Eugene Onegin moves from St Petersburg to take up residence in the country estate he has inherited, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with his neighbour, the poet Vladimir Lensky. Coldly rejecting the amorous advances of Tatyana and cynically courting her sister Olga - Lensky's fiancee - Onegin finds himself dragged into a tragedy of his own making. Eugene Onegin - presented here in a sparkling translation by Roger Clarke, along with extensive notes and commentary - was the founding text of modern Russian literature, marking a clean break from the high-flown classical style of its predecessors and introducing the quintessentially Russian hero and heroine, which would remain the archetypes for novelists throughout the nineteenth century.

Who is Alice Salmon? Student. Journalist. Daughter. Lover of late nights, hater of deadlines. That girl who drowned last year. Gone doesn''t mean forgotten. Everyone''s life leaves a trace behind.

"Do you ever wonder, dear Mother and Father, what kind of toothpaste angels use in heaven? I will tell you. . . . This book I am writing to you about my afterlife will be your nitty-gritty. One day I hope to discover a way to deliver my story to you." It is the first week of school in 1979, and Oliver "Boo" Dalrymple--ghostly pale eighth grader; aspiring scientist; social pariah--is standing next to his locker, reciting the periodic table. The next thing he knows, he finds himself lying in a strange bed in a strange land. He is a new resident of a place called Town--an afterlife exclusively for thirteen-year-olds. Soon Boo is joined by Johnny Henzel, a fellow classmate, who brings with him a piece of surprising news about the circumstances of the boys' deaths. In Town, there are no trees or animals, just endless rows of redbrick dormitories surrounded by unscalable walls. No one grows or ages, but everyone arrives just slightly altered from who he or she was before. To Boo's great surprise, the qualities that made him an outcast at home win him friends; and he finds himself capable of a joy he has never experienced. But there is a darker side to life after death--and as Boo and Johnny attempt to learn what happened that fateful day, they discover a disturbing truth that will have profound repercussions for both of them. Hilarious and heartwarming, poignant and profound, "Boo "is a unique look at the bonds of friendship in what is, ultimately, a book about finding your place in the world--be it this one, or the next.

Over 600,000 copies of Sadie Jones''s novels sold to datePrizewinning pedigree: The Outcast was an R&J Summer Read, shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and winner of Costa First Book Award; Small Wars was longlisted for the Orange Prize.A hero to root for: in charismatic Luke Kanowski Sadie Jones has created a character to rival Lewis, the hero of her bestselling first novelFor fans of Ian McEwan, Maggie O''Farrell, William Boyd, Colm Toibin, Sebastian FaulksSadie Jones at the BBC: Fallout was a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, and primetime 2-part BBC Films production of The Outcast coming soon to TV

Atertu arte itxaron, Katixa Agirre: Road Movie antzeko bat Euskal Herrian barrena. Uliak bere sorterria erakutsi nahi dio bikotekideari, eta ibilbide lasai bat prestatzen dute, udan zehar, bigarren mailako errepideetan, Gustavoren BMW berrian. Dena ez da horren lasaia, ordea. Uliak badu aitortu gabeko sekreturik, eta bidean topaturiko ezagunen batek ekaitza iragartzen du bikotearen harmonian, zeruko laino beltzen antzera.Trebezia handia erakusten du Katixa Agirrek bere lehenengo eleberri honetako hari mataza desberdinak josten: 1976ko martxoko Gasteizko borrokak agertuko dira batean, Benjamin Britten konpositore ingelesa beste batean Pertsonaiek Lekeitioko hondartzak, Arabako bailarak, Bilboko kokteleriak edo Baztango baserriak bisitatu ahala, dotoreziaz konbinatuko ditu egileak solas arinak eta hainbat gairi buruzko gogoeta finak.

The Haunted Life is the coming-of-age story of Peter Martin, a college track star determined to idle away what he knows will be one of his last innocent summers in his tranquil New England home town. But with the war escalating in Europe and his two closest friends both plotting their escapes, he realizes how sheltered his upbringing has been. As he surveys the competing influences of his youth, he struggles to determine what might lead to an intellectually authentic life. The Haunted Life is ultimately a meditation on intellectual truth, male friendship and the desire for movement - all themes that would dominate Kerouac's later work.

Mira’m és una ullada a unes vides gairebé invisibles, a unes persones que massa sovint no veiem, a un col·lectiu que ens passa desapercebut però que hi és i forma part de nosaltres. Les persones amb

A cavall del sexe i de l'humor, i amb pinzellades de tendresa, Celdoni Fonoll ens presenta el seu nou divertimento poètico-eròtic, _Obscenitats i tendreses_, amb seixanta textos i una cançó. Després

Un cabàs de rialles reuneix peces dramàtiques breus valencianes caràcter popular i festiu, representades i publicades en plecs solts durant el segle XVIII. Teatre de plaça pública, escenificat sense grans muntatges ni suport oficial, constitueix una modalitat dramàtica no sempre valorada de manera adequada, per la procedència popular. Les obres pertanyen a gèneres diferents entremesos, lloes, moixigangues que solien agruparse amb el nom de col·loquis. El volum recull mostres representatives d'aquesta mena de teatre, com Col·loqui nou de l'any 1729 i Entremès de la Sogra i Nora, anònims, Col·loqui entretengut, de Carles Ros, Junta secreta, de Carles Leon i Matraca d'un Mossot i un Estudiant, Joan Baptista Escorigüela.

Tia and Mike Baye never imagined they'd become the type of overprotective parents who spy on their kids. But their sixteen-year-old son Adam has been unusually distant lately, and after the suicide of his classmate Spencer Hill - the latest in a string of issues at school - they can't help but worry. They install a sophisticated spy program on Adam's computer, and within days they are jolted by a message from an unknown correspondent addressed to their son: "Just stay quiet and all safe."

In this taut, atmospheric novel by the author of The New York Times bestseller The Geographeras Library, a young American finds himself adrift in Russia amid murderous bureaucrats, Central Asian mobsters, and a conspiracy to sell Soviet bioweapons to the highest bidder. Jim Vilatzer was going nowhereaworking in his parentsa restaurant, sleeping in his childhood bedroomauntil he ran up gambling debts that forced him to go somewhere far awayafast. He uses his Russian-language skills (learned from his A(c)migrA(c) grandparents) to cadge a job in Moscow finding and interviewing survivors of the Gulag. At first, he only finds that they are well hidden and leery of sharing their horrific stories, but he also discovers that heas falling in love with their homeland. He is intoxicated by Moscowas brooding, ironic atmosphere, its vast reservoir of entrepreneurial energy, its otherworldly churches and majestic subways. On any given day, petty indignities are more than offset by random acts of kindness.

Le petit moteur de la tondeuse a gazon communiquait sa trépidation au bras de Higgins et, par son bras, a son corps entier, de sorte qu'il n'avait plus l'impression de vivre au rythme de son propre coeur mais a celui de la machine. Rien que dans la rue, il y en avait trois, plus ou moins pareilles, qui fonctionnaient en même temps, avec le même bruit rageur, parfois des ratés, et, quand l'une d'entre elles s'arrêtait, on en entendait d'autres plus loin dans le quartier.

Cet essai légendaire (1926) se présente comme une correspondance entre deux jeunes gens : le Français voyage en Extrême-Orient, le Chinois visite l''Europe. A.D. est tenté par le confort de la pensée

Following a rash moment of insolence, Dr Siri Paiboun, Laos' reluctant national coroner, confused shaman and disheartened communist, is forced to go on a road trip with Judge Haeng and the Justice Department. While newly pregnant Nurse Dtui and Dr Siri's fiance Madame Daeng are left at the morgue to defend the staff again

When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barrs apartment on Manhattans Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. Then another woman is found murdered in that same apartment with an extremely valuable book, believed to have been stolen.

Fez, 1954, and American ex-pat Stenham reluctantly accepts a guide for his night-time walk home through the streets of the Medina. A nationalist uprising is transforming the country, much to the annoyance of Stenham, who enjoys the trappings of the old city. His path soon crosses with the young, illiterate son of a healer, another outsider to the newly politicised life of Morocco, in this brutally honest novel of life in the midst of terrorism, violence and the ugly opportunism that accompanies both.

Richard Eusden is on his way to work in London one unremarkable winter morning when he is intercepted by his ex-wife, Gemma. She has sad news of his old friend, her other ex-husband, Marty Hewitson. Marty is dying, but needs a favour done for him - now, today, at once. Eusden reluctantly agrees and sets off on what should be a simple errand. But soon it turns into a race for life, his and Marty's, across Belgium, Germany and Denmark and on into the Nordic heart of a mystery that somehow connects Marty's long dead grandfather, Clem Hewitson, an Isle of Wight police officer, with the tragic fate of the Russian Royal Family. Eusden discovers to his dismay that he can trust no-one, not even an old and dying friend, in a battle for survival with those who are determined to steal the secret they believe he and Marty hold - and will kill for it if they have to. Every move Eusden makes threatens to be a step into disaster. But move he must - in pursuit of the truth, on the heels of history. It is his only hope.

When a guy stops at a roadside diner, he expects bad chili, not a hostage situation. But that''s where SG-5 operative Harry van Zandt finds himself when an armed cartel blows through the door. They''re not after him but the woman in the next booth, and their message is clear: she''s got seventy-two hours to locate and deliver a valuable historical document or her brother dies. And if Harry wants to live, he''d better go with her. Not that he minds helping Georgia McLain. The tough treasure hunter is as smart as she is sexy. But she needs Harry if she''s going to double-cross these thugs and clear her father''s name. Too bad the document is also of vital importance to Harry''s top-secret mission. Now, the beautiful, infuriating woman he''s starting to fall for could lead him right to what he needs - and what she so desperately wants.

When it comes to repaying a debt, the women of the Sisterhood - Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle - never forget. And now one of their allies needs help only they can give. A powerful attorney with a cut-throat reputation, Lizzie Fox has just taken on a high-profile new client - Lily Flowers, the Madam of a high-end bordello operating under the guise of a summer camp. The chips - a.k.a. the prominent Washington politicians who frequent the bordello - are stacked against Lily and her girls. But one phone call to the Sisterhood might just swing the vote. And soon, even the highest courts in the land will prove no match for seven fearless friends determined to ensure that real justice is served, Sisterhood style.

Jacinto Lucas PiresAcaba de estrear com sucesso assinalável a segunda peça de Jacinto Lucas Pires, "Arranha Céus", no Teatro São João, numa encenação de Ricardo Pais, um texto onde se entrecruzam vár

Olive Wellwood is a famous writer. For each of them she writes a separate private book, bound in different colours and placed on a shelf. In their house near Romney Marsh they play in a story-book world - but their lives, and those of their cousins, children of a city stockbroker, are already inscribed with mystery. This vivid, rich and moving saga is played out against the great, rippling tides of the day, taking us from the Kent marshes to Paris and Munich and the trenches of the Somme. Born at the end of the Victorian era, growing up in the golden summers of Edwardian times, a whole generation grew up unaware of the darkness ahead. In their innocence, they were betrayed unintentionally by the adults who loved them. In a profound sense, this novel is indeed the children's book.

The second novel from Adam Foulds who recently won the "Costa Award" for his poetry volume "The Broken Word". Based on real events, this is the story of nature poet John Clare, his first incarceration in the High Beach Private Asylum and his relations ...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Birth Of Venus, comes a breathtaking historical novel about love, beauty, the politics of sex and the power of loyalty set in Venice, one of the world's most spectacular cities, featuring a fabulous courtesan and her dwarf.