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Golding''s best-known novel is the story of a group of boys who, after a plane crash, set up a fragile community on a previously uninhabited island. As memories of home recede and the blood from frenzied pig-hunts arouses them, the boys'' childish fear turns into something deeper and more primitive.

Quand la première coupe fut vidée, Alejandro et Petrus se sourirent et Jesús remarqua les beaux yeux gris et pensifs du rouquin.— Par où êtes-vous arrivés ? demanda-t-il.— Par le pont, répondit Petru

A Book of the Year in The Times - The New Statesman - Observer - Financial Times - Irish Times - Irish Independent - Times Literary Supplement **WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut'Masterly.' The Times'Miraculous.' Herald'Astonishing.' Colm Toibin'Stunning.' Sunday Independent'Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas StuartIt is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.

"XXIII. mendean euskaldunek gidatzen dituzte unibertsoko hamaika galaxiak, ehunka merindade eta milaka planetak, eta inoiz, inon ezagutu gabeko zorion eta ongizarte maila gozatzen dute bertako biztanleek oro.Alabaina, beti dago matxinkontra petralen bat. Muturgogor barrutian, garai bateko espainiar kultura eta hizkuntzaren gailentasuna berreskuratu nahi lukete erresistentziako kideek, eta hori lortzeko estrategia pentsatu dute: XXI. mende hasierara bidaiatu, iraultza handia abiatu zen unera, eta hura posible egin zuten gertakariak zapuztu. Zientzia Fikziozko kontakizun jostalari, lotsagabe eta zirikatzailea ondu du Mikel Alvarez Sarriegik Zubikarai bekaren laguntzaz idatzitako bere lehenengo nobela honetan, hango eta hemengo film, telesail eta komiki kuttunei hamaika keinu eginez eta euskal irakurleari irria piztuko dioten beste hainbat erreferentzia eskainiz, dela adarjotze, dela omenaldi."

When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend's return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened - while Giovanni's life descends into tragedy. United by the theme of love, the writings in the Great Loves series span over two thousand years and vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to love's endlessly fascinating possibilities and extremities: romantic love, platonic love, erotic love, gay love, virginal love, adulterous love, parental love, filial love, nostalgic love, unrequited love, illicit love, not to mention lost love, twisted and obsessional love…

YOUR SUMMER OBSESSION STARTS HERE...'I loved this book' JOJO MOYES'One of the best books I've ever read' JOHN GREEN'I devoured it. So enjoyable' ZADIE SMITH_________________________________________This is the story of Sam and Sadie. It's not a romance, but it is about love.When Sam catches sight of Sadie at a crowded train station one winter morning he is catapulted back to the brief time they spent playing together as children. Their unique spark is instantly reignited.What comes next is a story of friendship and rivalry, fame and creativity, betrayal and tragedy, perfect worlds and imperfect ones. And, ultimately, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.

Amb estudi introductori i propostes de treball a cura d'Albert Planelles i Francesc Vernet.Antologia de textos de la literatura catalana contemporania que vol contribuir al coneixement del conte literari i la narrativa breu. La seleccio d'autors (Llorenç Villalonga, Merce Rodoreda, Jaume Cabre i Marius Serra, entre d'altres) permet estudiar les tecniques basiques de la narrativa breu i l'evolucio historica d'aquest genere. Les activitats didactiques que complementen el llibre apropen el lector a les eines d'identificacio dels models narratius i a l'analisi de les diferents tecniques de creacio.

PREMIO BLANCO AMOR 2020A través das páxinas de As malas mulleres, asistimos a unha dura e apaixonante viaxe polo tramo final do século XIX, nunha historia a varias voces, a de Sisca, de 15 anos, presa por non seren as mulleres donas do seu corpo; as de mulleres como Concepcion Arenal, visitadora de prisions; e Juana de Vega, cruciais para entendermos a nosa historia e as domudo coro das malas mulleres, que entoa prantos sobre encontros cos predadores sexuais.A novela esta escrita contra a desmemoria, para recuperar a memoria das excluidas, reclusas no carcere da Galera, da Coruña, en 1863. Unha atencion as excluidas onde Arenal e Juana de Vega, traballando a prol da dignificacion das persoas, foron pioneiras. Asemade e un canto ao papel dos libros e a lectura en mellorar a vida das persoas, en dar esperanza as desesperadas.Como e habitual na obra de Marilar Aleixandre, a novela vai enmarcada nun ton poetico e, sobre todo, nunha trama ben armada e chea de rexistros literariamente moi potentes.

L’auca del senyor Esteve és una gran novel·la sobre Barcelona·i l’obra més coneguda i popular de Santiago Rusiñol. Ens narra la vida del senyor Esteve, un home burgès, perseverant i pràctic, que es d

PRE-ORDER NOW! Romance, love, drama and obsession in this gripping collection of ten brand-new stories from across the world of The Shadowhunters the international bestselling series and smash Netflix show."A gorgeous fantasy that's so good, it's dangerous." Holly BlackGo deeper into the very best forbidden loves, love triangles and enemies to lovers ever written in this thrilling, swoon-worthy collection from across The Shadowhunters series.Ten couples. United by love. Divided by danger.Jace and Clary seek out an exiled Shadowhunter and learn that love can save the world or destroy it.Will and Tessa are enjoying their honeymoon in Paris when a seance sends them down an unexpected path.Simon and Izzy are together in New York when they observe increased demonic activity.

A perda dunha persoa querida de maneira inesperada, os recordos que golpean a memoria, as palabras que non se din, os encontros que adiamos e a culpa que aparece irremediablemente. Unha viaxe en bicicleta para ordenar os pensamentos, tempo a soas para conectar con unha mesma e tamen para trabar conversa con persoas descoñecidas que emprenden o Camiño de Santiago coas suas propias mochilas persoais. O rodar e a auga salgada de mar como catarse.Perder o norte e unha viaxe poderosa por diversos territorios fisicos e emocionais.Premio Illa Nova de Narrativa 2025

A brand new twisted thriller that will have you cheering "good for her!" from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling and global sensation Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid!Sometimes, enough is enoughDebbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands. And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction.Or at least, she did.These days, Debbie's life seems to be spiraling out of control. She just lost her job. Something strange is happening with her teenage daughters. And her husband is keeping secrets, according to the tracking app she installed on his phone. Now, Debbie's done being the bigger person. She's done being reasonable and practical. It's time to take her own advice.And now it's time for payback against all the people in her life who deserve it the most.

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.

A fairytale romance where curses and fate collide, introducing Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts.

Premi Proa de Novel·la 2025. Quan la por domina Europa, ells decideixen fer el que cal ferEn els temps més cruels, quan la violència i la por dominen Europa, un grup de persones s'uneixen per fer el

THIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY.ITS JUST NOT HERS TO TELL.When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opportunity and takes it.So what if it means stealing Athenas final manuscript?So what if it means borrowing her identity?And so what if the first lie is only the beginningFinally, June has the fame she always deserved. But someone is about to expose herWhat happens next is entirely everyone else's fault.

Two girls. One dead. One disappeared. Whose side of the story will you read first? Which one is the truth? Choose for yourself in this twisty novel of psychological suspense from TikTok sensation Sandra J. Paul.How could things have gone so wrong between Syl Jameson and Viola Harrison?Syl and Viola are like sisters growing up in the small, stifling town of Love Hill. Though they are as different as light and dark, they connect. And for Syl, Violas family is a warm refuge away from the unaffectionate place that Syl calls home. But the reality is Syl can get a little needy and jealous. Viola can get a little toxic. And, like everyone in Love Hill, they have secrets. Eventually their friendship is bound to snap.

Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he''s released, he''s greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago. As a young actor studying Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off - villain, hero, tyrant, temptress - though Oliver felt doomed to always be a secondary character in someone else''s story. But when the teachers change up the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into life. When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.

Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you''ve got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana''s only - and finest - female private detective. Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marple, but she''s got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, not to mention Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And Precious is going to need them all as she sets out on the trail of a missing child, a case that tumbles our heroine into a hotbed of strange situations and more than a little danger ...Delightfully different, THE NO.1 LADIES'' DETECTIVE AGENCY offers a captivating glimpse of an unusual world.

Una obra compromesa amb la vida, amb la llengua i amb l' amor i la llibertat. Aquesta edició vol posar a l' abast del lector jove l'obra d'una autora jove, perquè Marçal tenia vint-i-set anys quan v

Golding''s best-known novel is the story of a group of boys who, after a plane crash, set up a fragile community on a previously uninhabited island. As memories of home recede and the blood from frenzied pig-hunts arouses them, the boys'' childish fear turns into something deeper and more primitive.

Quand la première coupe fut vidée, Alejandro et Petrus se sourirent et Jesús remarqua les beaux yeux gris et pensifs du rouquin.— Par où êtes-vous arrivés ? demanda-t-il.— Par le pont, répondit Petru

PREMIO BLANCO AMOR 2020A través das páxinas de As malas mulleres, asistimos a unha dura e apaixonante viaxe polo tramo final do século XIX, nunha historia a varias voces, a de Sisca, de 15 anos, presa por non seren as mulleres donas do seu corpo; as de mulleres como Concepcion Arenal, visitadora de prisions; e Juana de Vega, cruciais para entendermos a nosa historia e as domudo coro das malas mulleres, que entoa prantos sobre encontros cos predadores sexuais.A novela esta escrita contra a desmemoria, para recuperar a memoria das excluidas, reclusas no carcere da Galera, da Coruña, en 1863. Unha atencion as excluidas onde Arenal e Juana de Vega, traballando a prol da dignificacion das persoas, foron pioneiras. Asemade e un canto ao papel dos libros e a lectura en mellorar a vida das persoas, en dar esperanza as desesperadas.Como e habitual na obra de Marilar Aleixandre, a novela vai enmarcada nun ton poetico e, sobre todo, nunha trama ben armada e chea de rexistros literariamente moi potentes.

Discover the addictive world of the Twisted series from TikTok sensation, Ana Huang!Read Twisted Love now for a brother's best friend romance.He has a heart of ice . . . but for her, he'd burn the world.Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape.Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart.But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest:A crack.A melt.A fire that could end his world as he knew it.

Puffin Clothbound Classics - stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world.Heathcliff, an orphan, is raised by Mr Earnshaw as one of his own children. Hindley despises him but wild Cathy becomes his constant companion, and he falls deeply in love with her. But when she will not marry him, Heathcliff's terrible vengeance ruins them all. Yet still his and Cathy's love will not die.Also in Puffin Clothbound Classics:Black BeautyThe Secret GardenA Christmas CarolThe Wizard of OzTreasure IslandDraculaThe Little PrinceTales from ShakespeareFrankenstein

Discover the addictive world of the Twisted series from TikTok sensation, Ana Huang!Read Twisted Games now for a steamy, angsty forbidden romance.She can never be his . . . but he's taking her anyway.Stoic, broody and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: protect his clients at all costs and do not become emotionally involved. Ever.He has never once been tempted to break those rules . . . until her.Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak that matches his own and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She's nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed.Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defences until he's faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to ruin her. Take her.Because she's his.His princess.His forbidden fruit.His every depraved fantasy.

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Of all the stories that argue and speculate about Shakespeares life ... here is a novel ... so gorgeously written that it transports you." The Boston GlobeIn 1580s England, during the Black Plague a young Latin tutor falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman in this exceptional historical novel (The New Yorker) and best-selling winner of the Womens Prize for Fiction.Agnes is a wild creature who walks her familys land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever.A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender and unforgettable re-imagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, and whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays of all time, Hamnet is mesmerizing, seductive, impossible to put downa magnificent leap forward from one of our most gifted novelists.Dont miss Maggie OFarrells new novel, The Marriage Portrait, coming in September!

A Book of the Year in The Times - The New Statesman - Observer - Financial Times - Irish Times - Irish Independent - Times Literary Supplement **WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut'Masterly.' The Times'Miraculous.' Herald'Astonishing.' Colm Toibin'Stunning.' Sunday Independent'Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas StuartIt is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.

Amb estudi introductori i propostes de treball a cura d'Albert Planelles i Francesc Vernet.Antologia de textos de la literatura catalana contemporania que vol contribuir al coneixement del conte literari i la narrativa breu. La seleccio d'autors (Llorenç Villalonga, Merce Rodoreda, Jaume Cabre i Marius Serra, entre d'altres) permet estudiar les tecniques basiques de la narrativa breu i l'evolucio historica d'aquest genere. Les activitats didactiques que complementen el llibre apropen el lector a les eines d'identificacio dels models narratius i a l'analisi de les diferents tecniques de creacio.

YOUR SUMMER OBSESSION STARTS HERE...'I loved this book' JOJO MOYES'One of the best books I've ever read' JOHN GREEN'I devoured it. So enjoyable' ZADIE SMITH_________________________________________This is the story of Sam and Sadie. It's not a romance, but it is about love.When Sam catches sight of Sadie at a crowded train station one winter morning he is catapulted back to the brief time they spent playing together as children. Their unique spark is instantly reignited.What comes next is a story of friendship and rivalry, fame and creativity, betrayal and tragedy, perfect worlds and imperfect ones. And, ultimately, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.

Tres mons s’entrecreuen en la Mallorca de finals del segle XVII: el de la gent de bé, cortesans, comerciants, frares ambiciosos o erudits barroquitzants, servidors de la Inquisició... El de la gent d

Una obra compromesa amb la vida, amb la llengua i amb l' amor i la llibertat. Aquesta edició vol posar a l' abast del lector jove l'obra d'una autora jove, perquè Marçal tenia vint-i-set anys quan v

All five of the Court of Thorns and Roses paperbacks in a gorgeous box set.'Passionate, violent, sexy and daring ... A true page-turner' USA TODAY on A Court of Thorns and RosesFeyre is a huntress. The skin of a wolf would bring enough gold to feed her sisters for a month. But the life of a magical creature comes at a steep price, and Feyre has just killed the wrong wolf ...Follow Feyre's journey into the dangerous, alluring world of the Fae, where she will lose her heart, face her demons, and learn what she is truly capable of.The world expands in A Court of Silver Flames with the story of Feyre's fiery sister, Nesta.This stunning five-book box set of the #1 New York Times bestselling series by Sarah J. Maas includes A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Frost and Starlight, and A Court of Silver Flames.

"XXIII. mendean euskaldunek gidatzen dituzte unibertsoko hamaika galaxiak, ehunka merindade eta milaka planetak, eta inoiz, inon ezagutu gabeko zorion eta ongizarte maila gozatzen dute bertako biztanleek oro.Alabaina, beti dago matxinkontra petralen bat. Muturgogor barrutian, garai bateko espainiar kultura eta hizkuntzaren gailentasuna berreskuratu nahi lukete erresistentziako kideek, eta hori lortzeko estrategia pentsatu dute: XXI. mende hasierara bidaiatu, iraultza handia abiatu zen unera, eta hura posible egin zuten gertakariak zapuztu. Zientzia Fikziozko kontakizun jostalari, lotsagabe eta zirikatzailea ondu du Mikel Alvarez Sarriegik Zubikarai bekaren laguntzaz idatzitako bere lehenengo nobela honetan, hango eta hemengo film, telesail eta komiki kuttunei hamaika keinu eginez eta euskal irakurleari irria piztuko dioten beste hainbat erreferentzia eskainiz, dela adarjotze, dela omenaldi."

Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingways magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. It was The Old Man and the Sea that won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. Here, in a perfectly crafted story, is unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of mans challenge to the elements in which he lives.

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Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he''s released, he''s greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago. As a young actor studying Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off - villain, hero, tyrant, temptress - though Oliver felt doomed to always be a secondary character in someone else''s story. But when the teachers change up the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into life. When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.

Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you''ve got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana''s only - and finest - female private detective. Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marple, but she''s got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, not to mention Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And Precious is going to need them all as she sets out on the trail of a missing child, a case that tumbles our heroine into a hotbed of strange situations and more than a little danger ...Delightfully different, THE NO.1 LADIES'' DETECTIVE AGENCY offers a captivating glimpse of an unusual world.

The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World*****There Are Rivers in the Sky is a rich, sweeping novel set between the 19th century and modern times, about love and loss, memory and erasure, hurt and healing, centred around three enchanting characters living on the banks of the River Thames and the River Tigris their lives all curiously touched by the epic of Gilgamesh.*****Elif Shafak is a unique and powerful voice in world literature Ian McEwan'Shafak makes a new home for us in words' Colum McCann'One of the best writers in the world today' Hanif Kureishi

THE GLOBAL #1 BESTSELLERAN IRISH TIMES TOP 100 IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURYA BEST BOOK OF 2024 IN THE GUARDIAN, TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, IRISH TIMES, LONDON STANDARD, INDEPENDENT, OBSERVER, NEW STATESMAN, iNEWS, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, THE SKINNY, CITY AM, DAILY MAIL, AND THE CONVERSATION'I read it in a state of rapture.' SUNDAY TIMES'A tender, funny pageturner.' OBSERVER'Come for the romance, stay for the meaning of life.' IRISH TIMES'A breathtakingly intimate look at love and desire in its many different forms.' REDFrom the author of the multimillioncopy bestseller Normal People, an exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family.Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties successful, competent and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women his enduring first love Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.Ivan is a twentytwoyearold competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.