Ficción moderna y contemporanea

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Henrik Rylander doesn't just participate in Manhattan's dating scene-he owns the exclusive rights to it... As the newly-minted captain of the New York Rangers hockey team, Henrik's coach wants him to clean up his reputation. But Henrik isn't quite ready to give up charming panties off co-eds, so he decides to indulge in one last night of uninhibited freedom. Leila Blakely has never been the "cry into your Baskin-Robbins" type... When she figures out her boyfriend has been cheating, she has only one objective-vengeance. Conveniently, the jerk's arch-nemesis and her secret college crush, Henrik Rylander, is in town. She cleverly surprises Henrik in his hotel room and makes him an offer consisting of sex, lies, and the bathroom wall at the Regency. So what if she forgot to mention she was a virgin? If their secret gets out, it will make headlines. Guaranteed... Deflowering the little sister of the most volatile enforcer in the NHL-who also happens to be his best friend-is a recipe for disaster. Henrik decides to ditch his horn-dog stigma to quell any suspicion and embarks on a mission to befriend Leila, only to be served a big slice of humble pie. Leila isn't buying Henrik's nice-guy act, though she can't deny their attraction. But Henrik isn't acting, and he's ready to confront his feelings for the feisty girl with the heart tattoos. However, Henrik soon discovers there's much more at stake than his reputation and the status of his bromance with Leila's brother. Earning Leila's trust might be the key to saving his career...and her life.

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MEANWHILE ON A ROOF IN CHINATOWN--in the early 1990s, Alice, a middle-aged Swedish professor, stuffs her husband’s ties into the dishwasher and leaves their pleasant suburban villa outside of Stockholm, suitcase in hand, on a blind exodus towards a city she knows only from glossy travel brochures. Meanwhile, her daughter Babylonia is perched on the roof of her shabby Chinatown apartment, agonizing over how how to break up with her depressive Hungarian boyfriend. Alice manages to get locked out on the roof of her daughter's apartment without keys or money. This begins a picaresque journey, where she descends into an alternative Manhattan of after-hours clubs, gangsters, booze and roulette. Throughout her 48-hour odyssey, she engages with a quirky assortment of strangers, including the mysterious Charles. To find her way back to familiar ground is at first unmanageable and then, perhaps. not so desirable as she first thought. Alice can surprise as well as be surprised, and this story charms and beguiles with its feel for a New York of the not-so-distant past, a shabby, crazy and sometimes romantic city.

“El dia que ens vàrem plantejar deixar el padrí en una gasolinera feia una calor enganxosa. Els nens voltaven pel poble, buscant alguna piscina aliena en la qual alliberar la sufocació i la gent gran acaçava les ombres amb ampolles d’aigua de 33 cl a la mà, ventalls de colors vius comprats als basars xinesos o el prospecte de la pizzeria de la cantonada.” Així comença Un pla perfecte, l’obra guanyadora del premi Vent de Port 2015. Narra una història familiar que no deixarà ningú indiferent, com tampoc no ho faran els setze contes que l’acompanyen en aquest llibre.

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En Shawn viu en una societat dominada pel Govern, una organització que regula, mana i, en general, fa el que vol amb el país. Qui no acata les lleis i ordres acaba molt mal parat. Això fa que les noves generacions estiguin oblidant tots els malestars i maldecaps que van patir en el passat. Ell i els seus amics hauran de descobrir els secrets que les generacions passades tenen por de revelar. Històries i fets que es comencen a oblidar, i si ningú no hi fa res, es perdran per sempre i quedaran enterrades per l'eternitat. Un dia descobreix que té una habilitat molt peculiar i especial que no pot explicar. Aquesta habilitat li permet veure coses que les altres persones no veuen. Però això li servirà d'alguna cosa?

1997Hassan al-Wazzan, fill de Mohamed l'Alamí, dit Lleó l'Africà, va ser capturat el 1518, en tornar d'un pelegrinatge a la Meca, per pirates sicilians, que el van oferir com a obsequi a Lleó X, el gran papa del Renaixement. Ens trobem en el pa

Una intriga al voltant del Sant Sudari: un recorregut fascinant des de l'actualitat fins l'època de Jesucrist. Un incendi a la catedral de Torí, on es venera el Sant Sudari, i la mort d'un home a qui havien tallat la llengua són els detonants d'una trepidant investigació policial del Departament de l'Art, dirigit pel detectiu Marco Valoni. Amb la col·laboració de l'atractiva i perspicaç historiadora Sofia Galloni i d'una periodista àvida de respostes, el grup de Valoni haurà de resoldre un enigma que arrenca dels templers i arriba fins a l'actualitat. Una trama que té com a nexe d'unió una elit d'homes de negocis, cultes, refinats i molt poderosos. Els investigadors no renunciaran a demostrar que els esdeveniments de la catedral estan connectats amb el Sant Sudari i amb les vicissituds que ha sofert al llarg de la història, des de Jesucrist fins a l'antic imperi bizantí, la nova Turquia, la França de Felip el Bell, Espanya, Portugal, Escòcia... Amb la història i la imaginació com a elements de partida, Julia Navarro ha construït una novel·la que deixa el lector sense alè, que obre les portes a un fascinador viatge pel passat i el present, i a les insospitades relacions entre l'un i l'altre. Una narració que sorprèn a cada pàgina, una brillant novel·la d'aventures a l'alçada de les millors obres del gènere. Ressenyes:«Una trama de ficció que sedueix i atrapa el lector des del primer moment, des de la primera pàgina.»Diari de Girona «Què difícil es representar 2000 anys d#història, però Julia Navarro ho ha aconseguit; i per fer-ho no ha emprat només un fil, sinó molts, que convergeixen al final.»Felipe González «Escrita de manera meravellosament entretinguda, en aquesta novel·la es troba tot allò que pot desitjar un autèntic fan del thriller.»Stern

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A novel which will speak to women of forty, fifty and upwards as it shows how even strong women can feel vulnerable and unwanted in a society which values youth over wisdom, beauty over experience. The two main characters, best friends since they were teenagers, are Clara, a workaholic, feminist TV producer and Jo, a sad, deserted wife. They come together in a cosmetic make-over programme which will test their beliefs – and their friendship – to the hilt. Pete Street, rock star recluse, blunders into this mesmerising, haunting and very contemporary tale about self-esteem, identity and transformation.