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The bestselling and critically acclaimed monograph on one of the most influential painters of the twentieth centuryWillem de Kooning was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism. MoMA's 2011 de Kooning retrospective drew record crowds, and his prodigious achievements continue to provoke and inspire subsequent generations of artists such as Cecily Brown, Rebecca Warren, and Jonathan Lasker.This is the most wide-ranging and comprehensive monograph available on this artist. Sumptuously illustrated and produced, the book encompasses his major works and periods, including his controversial 'Woman' paintings, as well as a wealth of accompanying sketched and preparatory drawings.An illustrated chronology maps de Kooning's life, career, and work, with photographs from the artist's archive interspersed throughout the book, enriching the reader's understanding of the wider art-historical context of his paintings. Judith Zilczer's critically acclaimed monograph is an essential addition to the libraries of a new audience of readers and de Kooning enthusiasts, offering an unprecedented and compelling examination of his body of work.
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The ultimate escapist rom com for book and beach lovers! Perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Josie Silver.When romance-fanatic Candice meets writer Alexis, she thinks her happy ending is finally on its way. He walks into her struggling Cornish surf school, and they hit it off straight away. Until she discovers that Alexis has been using their courtship as inspiration for the romantic novel he's struggling to write.When Alexis offers to bring her in on the deal if Candice helps him deliver a winning book to his publisher, she accepts, and along with Alexis' agent Daniel, they embark on a very unusual summer of love, as Candice tries to teach the men the recipe for a successful romance.But you can't have a great love story without a great romantic hero. Will Candice find hers before the summer is over?
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Pete the Cat is back - and this time he's at school! But wherever Pete is, he's always singing his song... because it's all good.Pete the Cat is rocking along, singing his song... and this time he's at school!No matter where he goes, and even when he's in brand new places in a brand new school, Pete the Cat just keeps on singing. And what happens when he has to do it all again tomorrow? It's all good...Pete the Cat is a NYT bestselling character guaranteed to keep you feeling good, and with a free song, you can sing along too!
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From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the bestselling author of Sapiens, comes the second volume in the bestselling Unstoppable Us series that traces human development from the Agricultural Revolution to Prehistoric Egypt.Humans may have taken over the world, but what happened next? How did our hunter-gatherer ancestors become village farmers? Why were kingdoms and laws established? How did we go from being the rulers of Earth to the rulers of each other?And why isn’t the world fair?The answer to all of that is one of the strangest tales you’ll ever hear. And it’s a true story!From cultivating land and sharing resources to building pyramids and paying taxes, prepare to discover how humans established civilization, endured the consequences for it, and created history-changing inventions along the way.In Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World, acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari explored the early history of humankind. In Volume 2 , he is back with another expertly crafted story of how human society evolved and flourished. His dynamic writing is accompanied by maps, a timeline, and full-color illustrations, making the incredible story of our past fun, engaging, and impossible to put down.
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When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. Orwell's chilling 'fairy story' is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruption.¿A quién va dirigido el libro Animal farm?Animal farm es una novela accesible a un amplio público lector. Su lenguaje sencillo y la narración a través de una fábula la hacen comprensible para jóvenes lectores, a partir de la adolescencia, introduciéndolos a temas complejos de política y poder de una forma atractiva. Sin embargo, la profundidad de su crítica social y política la convierte en una lectura enriquecedora también para adultos, quienes podrán apreciar la sátira y la complejidad de sus alegorías. La obra invita a la reflexión sobre temas universales, por lo que su público objetivo abarca desde jóvenes interesados en la literatura y la historia hasta adultos que buscan una lectura con un mensaje profundo y relevante.Temas que trata el libro Animal farmAnimal farm explora una variedad de temas relevantes, entrelazándolos para crear una crítica social y política contundente. Algunos de los temas principales son:El abuso del poder: La novela muestra cómo el poder, incluso en manos de quienes inicialmente buscan el bien común, puede corromper y llevar a la tiranía. Se observa la transformación de los cerdos, inicialmente revolucionarios, en opresores despiadados.La propaganda y la manipulación: Los cerdos utilizan la propaganda y la manipulación de la información para controlar a los demás animales y mantener su poder. Se evidencia cómo la distorsión de la verdad puede llevar al control social.La naturaleza humana: A través de la alegoría animal, Orwell explora la naturaleza humana, sus debilidades y su propensión a la corrupción. La novela sugiere que el poder corrompe independientemente de la ideología o el sistema político.La revolución y sus consecuencias: La novela analiza las consecuencias de una revolución, mostrando cómo las buenas intenciones pueden ser pervertidas y cómo el idealismo inicial puede dar paso a la opresión. Se cuestiona si los medios justifican los fines.La importancia de la verdad y la libertad: La novela destaca la importancia de la verdad, la libertad de pensamiento y la resistencia a la opresión. Se muestra cómo la supresión de la verdad y la libertad de expresión son herramientas esenciales para el mantenimiento del poder.El totalitarismo: La obra presenta una crítica al totalitarismo, mostrando cómo los sistemas autoritarios pueden surgir incluso de movimientos inicialmente revolucionarios. Se analiza la manipulación, la propaganda y el control social como mecanismos de opresión.Resumen de críticas, opiniones y valoraciones del libro Animal farmAún no hay opiniones o críticas sobre Animal farm recopiladas en este resumen.
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Summer on St Kilda – a wild, remote Scottish island. In the 1930s, two strangers from drastically different worlds meet...Wild-spirited Effie Gillies has lived all her life on the small island of St Kilda. But when Lord Sholto, heir to the Earl of Dumfries, visits, the attraction between them is instant. For one glorious week she guides the handsome young visitor around the isle, falling in love for the first time – until a storm hits and her world falls apart.Three months later, St Kilda lays silent as the islanders are evacuated for a better life on the mainland. With her friends and family scattered, Effie is surprised to be offered a position working on the Earl’s estate. Sholto is back in her life but their differences now seem insurmountable, even as the simmering tension between them grows...Then, when a shocking discovery is made back on St Kilda, all her dreams for this bright new life are threatened by the dark secrets Effie and her friends thought they had left behind.Opposites attract in this epic and spellbinding novel, which transports us from the untamed beauty of St Kilda to the glamour and intrigues of high society in the 1930s.The Last Summer is the first book in the Wild Isle series by Sunday Times bestseller Karen Swan, inspired by the true history of St Kilda and its small island community. It is followed by The Stolen Hours.
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Abbie wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. By her side is her husband Tim, the driven British founder of one of the world's most ground-breaking tech companies. They met when she joined his startup as artist-in-residence, their marriage a Silicon Valley fairy tale.But as Abbie's memories return, she realises there's something missing from Tim's version of events. Because, five years ago, Abbie Cullen-Scott was pronounced dead...
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Una inspiradora colección de hoteles boutique de lujo yprivados, así como guías regionales especializadas en el volumen definitivo para viajar a los Alpes durante el añoEste atractivo libro, profusamente ilustrado, es la guía autorizada de los destinos alpinos más exclusivos de Europa. Sebastian Schoellgen, reputado experto hotelero y fundador de 84 Rooms, presenta una selección única de 84 hoteles boutique de lujo y familiares en los cinco países alpinos (Francia, Suiza, Italia, Austria y Alemania) con más de 180 magníficas fotografías, relatos animados e información práctica.A lo largo de todo el libro, el autor y otros expertos, como el hotelero Arnauld Zannier, ofrecen guías sobre los lugares más elegantes y pintorescos para ir de compras, cenar, pasear y relajarse después de un largo día en las pistas.
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Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman are back! Hold on tight for a funny and quirky new story set in the same world as their celebrated classics, The Pencil and The Runaway Dinner. One morning, Banjo is helping his dad to wash the car. His little sister Elsie comes running up. ''There's an egg in my egg cup!'' she yells. ''And a great big grey thing ... UNDER THE TABLE!'' Brimming over with Allan Ahlberg's idiosyncratic voice, charm and character, and perfectly matched with Bruce Ingman's bold and playful illustrations, Under the Table is an irresistible read-aloud full of surprises ... oh, does Elsie discover such wonderful (and unexpected!) new friends in her lively and happy home!
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Entre las mujeres artistas que han trascendido en la historia del arte, ninguna tuvo un ascenso tan meteórico como la pintora mexicana Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Varias generaciones han admirado su rostro inconfundible, representado en más de cincuenta autorretratos extraordinarios, estos, junto con cientos de fotografías tomadas por maestros de la talla de Manuel y Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray y Martin Munkácsi, hicieron de Frida Kahlo una imagen icónica del arte del siglo XX.Tras sufrir un accidente en su primera juventud, Frida decidió convertirse en pintora. Su matrimonio en 1929 con Diego Rivera la colocó a la vanguardia de la escena artística del renacimiento cultural de México y también de Estados Unidos. El poeta André Breton elogió su trabajo, la incorporó a las filas del surrealismo internacional y expuso su obra en París en 1939, donde Picasso, Kandinsky y Duchamp pudieron admirarla.Este volumen permite a los lectores contemplar las pinturas de Frida Kahlo como nunca antes, acompañadas de fotografías famosas. Presenta obras pertenecientes a colecciones privadas de difícil acceso y reproduce pinturas que se habían perdido o que no se exponen desde hace más de 80 años. El volumen aborda el estudio más extenso de las pinturas de Frida Kahlo publicado hasta la fecha.El lector encontrará en este libro un relato fascinante de la carrera artística de Frida Kahlo. Accedemos a los afectos y pasiones íntimas de Frida a través de una selección de dibujos, páginas de su diario personal y una extensa biografía ilustrada con fotos de Frida, Diego y la Casa Azul, el hogar y centro del universo de la pintora.
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In the year of the centenary of the death of Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Triangle Books has brought together in one book the best spe- cialists on Domènech in general and on its buildings in particular to understand the multifaceted personality and interpret the work of a major architect in the history of European Art. The book begins with introductory articles that present the architect in the context of the European Art Nouveau and explain his different facets: civic, political, academic... and continues with the monographs of his buildings, from the Editorial Montaner i Simon (1979-1881) to the Casa Fuster (1908-1911) or the Palau de la Música or the Hospital de Sant Pau, both World Heritage Sites.
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes two captivating new novellas surrounding the events of Foul Lady Fortune and following a familiar cast of characters from the These Violent Delights Duet!In A Foul Thing, Roma and Juliette have established themselves as the heads of an underground weapons ring in Zhouzhuang, making a living the way they do best while remaining anonymous in their peaceful, quiet life. But when they hear about several Russian girls showing up dead in nearby towns, they decide to investigate-and ultimately discover that this mystery is much closer to home than they ever imagined.
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When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct. For Beth, there's more at stake than merely winning and losing.
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Introduce your little one to their first 100 words. Boost those early talking skills with over 100 photos, organised into topics tomake learning simple and fun.
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin delivers a gripping romance about two a certified genius living with a diagnosed mental disorder and a politician's son who is running from his own addiction and grief. Don't miss this gut punch of a novel about mental health, loss, and discovering you are worthy of love.Scars exist to remind us of what we’ve survived.DETACHEDSince Shelbi enrolled at Windward Academy as a senior and won’t be there very long, she hasn’t bothered making friends. What her classmates don’t know about her can’t be used to hurt her—you know, like it did at her last school.WASTEDAndy Criddle is not okay. At all.He’s had far too much to drink.Again. Which is bad.And things are about to get worse.When Shelbi sees Andy at his lowest, she can relate. So she doesn’t resist reaching out. And there’s no doubt their connection has them both seeing stars . . . but the closer they get, the more the past threatens to pull their universes apart.
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From Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of BLONDE, now a major motion picture, a collection of four dark and compelling novellas about love gone wrong.The young fourth wife of a prominent intellectual thinks herself happy until the first wife comes to stay. A shy teenager meets a dazzling kindred spirit. But the first sparks of young love soon take on a darker shade...A spoiled frat boy decides to murder his parents, only to be floored by the power of his mother's love, and a fragile woman reveals deeply buried secrets to her curious lover with devastating consequences...All of these stories are about love, just not as we like to think of it.
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Daunted by the singular sexual tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house.But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven and demanding Fifty Shades.While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her, and make the most important decision of her life.
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The Ickabog is coming... A mythical monster, a kingdom in peril, an adventure that will test two children's bravery to the limit. Discover a brilliantly original fairy tale about the power of hope and friendship to triumph against all odds, from one of the world's best storytellers.The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. It had plenty of gold, a king with the finest moustaches you could possibly imagine, and butchers, bakers and cheesemongers whose exquisite foods made a person dance with delight when they ate them.Everything was perfect - except for the misty Marshlands to the north which, according to legend, were home to the monstrous Ickabog. Anyone sensible knew that the Ickabog was just a myth, to scare children into behaving. But the funny thing about myths is that sometimes they take on a life of their own.Could a myth unseat a beloved king? Could a myth bring a once happy country to its knees? Could a myth thrust two children into an adventure they didn't ask for and never expected?If you're feeling brave, step into the pages of this book to find out...A beautiful hardback edition, perfect for sharing and gift-giving. Brought to life with full-colour illustrations by the young winners of The Ickabog Illustration Competition.
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La autora bestseller Stephenie Meyer hace un regreso triunfal al mundo de la saga CREPÚSCULO con esta compañera tan esperada, la icónica historia de amor de Bella y Edward contada desde el punto de vista del vampiro. Edición en bolsillo de la quinta entrega de la saga gótica CREPÚSCULO
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A stunning new departure for Maggie O'Farrell's fiction, HAMNET is the heart-stopping story behind Shakespeare's most famous play.On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home?Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that one of the children will not survive the week.Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright. It is a story of the bond between twins, and of a marriage pushed to the brink by grief. It is also the story of a kestrel and its mistress, flea that boards a ship in Alexandria, and a glovemaker's son who flouts convention in pursuit of the woman he loves. Above all, it is a tender and unforgettable reimagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written.
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MICHAEL CONNELLY es autor de 32 novelas, incluidos los bestsellers DARK SACRED NIGHT, TWO KINDS OF TRUTH yTHE LATE SHOW. Sus libros, que incluyen la serie Harry Bosch y la serie Lincoln Lawyer, han vendido más de 64 millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo. Connelly es ex reportero y ha logrado numerosos premios porsu trabajo periodístico y sus novelas.
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Como investigadora de la Junta de Conducta Judicial de Florida, Lacy Stoltz ve mucha corrupción entre los hombres y mujeres elegidos para el tribunal. En The Whistler, se enfrentó a un sindicato del crimen que estaba pagando millones a un juez corrupto. Ahora, en La lista del juez, los crímenes son aún peores. El hombre que se esconde detrás de la túnica negra no acepta sobornos, pero puede que se esté cobrando vidas.
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Now a major ITV series, The Long Call, adapted for television by screenwriter Kelly Jones and starring Ben Aldridge.«Matthew Venn is a keeper . . . stunning» – David Baldacci.The number one Sunday Times bestselling series featuring Detective Matthew Venn, from author and creator of the Vera and Shetland series, Ann Cleeves – soon to be a major TV series.North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coast-line. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder – Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter, Eve, is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases.Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He’s a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved though to find that Eve is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband.Then another body is found – killed in a similar way. Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home...The Heron’s Cry is the second novel in Ann Cleeves’ Two Rivers series following her Sunday Times bestseller, The Long Call.
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Au croisement du roman policier et du fantastique, L'Illusion est un thriller en huis-clos qui ne cessera de vous oppresser. Bienvenue à Val Quarios, petite station de ski familiale qui ferme ses portes l'été. Ne reste alors qu'une douzaine de saisonniers au milieu de bâtiments déserts. Hugo vient à peine d'arriver, mais, déjà, quelque chose l'inquiète. Ce sentiment d'être épié, ces ' visions ' qui le hantent et cette disparition soudaine... Quels secrets terrifiants se cachent derrière ces murs ? Hugo va devoir affronter ses peurs et ses cauchemars jusqu'à douter de sa raison... Bienvenue à Val Quarios, une ' jolie petite station familiale ' où la mort rôde avec la gourmandise d'une tempête d'été.
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Edición en bolsillo del éxito de Camilla Lackberg THEGILDED CAGE, éxito de ventas mundialmente reconocidapor sus brillantes thrillers psicológicos Sus novelas han vendido más de 24.5 millones de copias en 43 países con traducciones a 37 idiomas. THE GILDED CAGE es la edición británica de su último bestseller de 2018
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Charlie Croker was once a fabled college football star and is now a late-middle-aged Atlanta real estate entrepeneur-turned conglomerate king, whose expansionist ambitions and outsize ego have at last hit up against reality.
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Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman. But then she had led an unusual life. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car failed. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder missed her by inches. Later, an oil painting fell and almost crushed her in bed.Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick's sun hat, Hercule Poirot decides the girl needs his protection. At the same time, he begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn't been committed. Yet.
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Edición bolsillo en inglés de FUEGO Y SANGRE. George RR Martin es el autor más vendido a nivel mundial de muchas novelas excelentes de temática fantástica, entre ellas la saga de JUEGO DE TRONOS. En FIRE AND BLOOD, ambientada 300 años antes de los eventos en SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, se narra la historia definitiva de los Targaryens en Westeros, la conquista que unió los Siete Reinos bajo el dominio de Targaryen hasta la Danza de los Dragones
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The dead man followed the track until it rose above the last remaining trees and ceased to be a rough line of beaten earth and scruffy grass, to become a stony ramp hewn out of the cliff face and deeply rutted by the abrasive force of ancient iron-rimmed cart wheels. By now il morto was clearly suffering, but he struggled on, pausing frequently to gasp for breath before tackling another stretch of the scorched rock on which the soles of his feet left bloody footprints.Aurelio Zen’s final case brings him to remote town of Calabria, at the toe of Italy’s boot, on what is supposed to be a routine assignment: the death of a scout for an American film company. But the case is complicated by a group of dangerous strangers who have arrived to uncover another local mystery – buried treasure – and who will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. The case rapidly spirals out of control, and Zen must penetrate the code of silence in the tight-knit community in order to solve the crime.If you enjoyed the Inspector Zen Mystery series you may also like The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, another crime novel by Michael Dibdin.
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Booker Prize winner John Banville returns with a dark and evocative new mystery set on the Spanish coast.Don't disturb the dead…On the idyllic coast of San Sebastian, Spain, Dublin pathologist Quirke is struggling to relax, despite the beaches, cafés and the company of his disarmingly lovely wife. When he glimpses a familiar face in the twilight at Las Acadas bar, it's hard at first to tell whether his imagination is just running away with him.Because this young woman can't be April Latimer. She was murdered by her brother, years ago—the conclusion to an unspeakable scandal that shook one of Ireland's foremost political dynasties.Unable to ignore his instincts, Quirke makes a call back home to Ireland and soon Detective St. John Strafford is dispatched to Spain. But he's not the only one en route. A relentless hit man is on the hunt for his latest prey, and the next victim might be Quirke himself.Sumptous, propulsive and utterly transporting, April in Spain is the work of a master writer at the top of his game.
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It's the following Thursday.Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat to his life.As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus?But this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn't bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians.
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A stunning literary thriller in the tradition of Umberto Eco. Thediscovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author whomay or may not still be alive...Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery oflost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles thathave long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose onebook from the shelves and pulls out 'La Sombra del Viento' by JulianCarax.But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in hisfind. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more,Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from LaSombra del Viento, a character who turns out to be the devil. This manis tracking down every last copy of Carax's work in order to burn them.What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to findout the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to savethose he left behind. A page-turning exploration of obsession inliterature and love, and the places that obsession can lead.
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Sólo un caso muy complejo puede distraer, aunque sea brevemente, a la subcomisaria Vanina Guarrasi de cazar sus propios fantasmas y devolverla a la acción, o mejor dicho, a algo más que casualidad: una intriga internacional a la sombra del Etna.Esteban Torres, cubano -Estadounidense con ciudadanía italiana y residencia en Suiza, es encontrado muerto en el estacionamiento del aeropuerto de Catania, alguien le disparó en el corazón.El hombre tiene un pasado oscuro, y hay rumores de que tuvo amistades peligrosas, intereses en actividades sucias. Sin embargo, las investigaciones están completamente estancadas: no hay ninguna pista que pueda desbloquearlas, hasta que en Taormina, en un pozo en el jardín de un hotel, se descubre el cuerpo de Roberta Geraci, conocida como «Bubi», Torres y Bubi se conocían. otros muy bien Con la ayuda de su equipo y el inevitable Biagio Patanè, un comisario retirado que no ha perdido el olfato, Vanina desenterrará secretos que se originan en lugares lejanos. nos acompañan desde que vivió en Palermo, cuestiones no resueltas que, una vez más, amenazan con ponerla en peligro.
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Lucy Foley es autora bestseller del Sunday Times y del Irish Times y sus novelas se han traducido a 19 idiomas. Es autora del bestseller THE HUNTING PARTY y otras tres novelas. Un viaje a Connemara (costa oeste de Irlanda), de donde procede su familia, in
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The sudden death of a pupil in Fleat House at St Stephen’s – a small private boarding school in deepest Norfolk – is a shocking event that the headmaster is very keen to call a tragic accident.But the local police cannot rule out foul play and the case prompts the return of high-flying Detective Inspector Jazmine ‘Jazz’ Hunter to the force. Jazz has her own private reasons for stepping away from her police career in London, and reluctantly agrees to front the investigation as a favour to her old boss.Reunited with her loyal sergeant, she enters the closed world of the school, and as Jazz begins to probe the circumstances surrounding Charlie Cavendish’s tragic death, events are soon to take another troubling turn.Charlie is exposed as an arrogant bully, and those around him had both motive and opportunity to switch the drugs he took daily to control his epilepsy.As staff at the school close ranks, the disappearance of a young pupil and the death of an elderly classics master provide Jazz with important leads, but are destined to complicate the investigation further. As snow covers the landscape and another suspect goes missing, Jazz must also confront her personal demons . . .Then, a particularly grim discovery at the school makes this the most challenging murder investigation of her career. Because Fleat House hides secrets darker than even Jazz could ever have imagined . . .
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