Ficción moderna y contemporanea

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Being bullied for the colour of her skin is the least of fourteen-year-old Velvet Brown?s problems. Velvet was born with a terrifying second sight. She ?sees? the crazies, the psychopaths, those monsters sliding among us, hidden behind normal-looking faces.?There?s a double murder in her small-minded town and Velvet has seen the ?monsters? ? the murderers. But she can?t download on her best friend, Kaleen Pingelly, or even go to the police. No one will believe her. And when love spins into her life in the shape of a sixteen-year-old racing cyclist, a guy so hot he makes Lycra look cool, Velvet's problems rise to yet another level.?To save herself and Kaleen from danger, Velvet must find evidence enough to prove to others what only she can see. ?If you love horses, and a friendship you can believe in,?and a little romance,?and a little mystery,?and a tale that keeps you guessing as you turn the pages, you've come to the right place.? ? Roisin Meaney, number?one best-selling Irish author? ?A pacy exciting ride through a plot layered with crime, special abilities, mystery ? and horses.? ? Paddy O?Reilly, awar

Un eclesiàstic adscrit a una nissaga de la noblesa rural catalana escriu la crònica de tres generacions d'aquesta família.El marc històric abraça tot el segle xix, amb el seu rerefons

No miris enrere és un thriller sentimental amb el mateix protagonista de la primera novel·la de David Casillo -El cel de l'infern (1999)-: el militant llibertari Dani Cajal. El temps, però, ha canviat vertiginosament en els darrers vint anys i aquell Dani Cajal que havia viatjat de la presó Model a la Nicaragua de la revolució sandinista ara es guanya la vida a Barcelona fent de periodista i escriptor. Al mateix temps, manté una relació difícil amb una jove amant, Clara, filla d'un escriptor de l'exili republicà. Ambientada en el canvi de segle, la novel·la parteix de la mort d'un amic íntim de Cajal a la presó de Saragossa. La investigació sobre les causes d'aquesta mort el durà a retrobar-se amb vells amics de la lluita política i a recuperar els perfils d'un passat on la nostàlgia s'acaba convertint en una malaltia de la consciència. A través d'una successió de paisatges que van de la Barcelona de la dubtosa transformació olímpica fins a Rio de Janeiro i ciutats diverses del Marroc, la novel·la evoluciona pels camins d'un thriller poderós i dinàmic, on els descobriments de la pròpia indagació i la confusió del protagonista se'ns mostren en una prosa càlida i àgil.Alguns fragments de l'obra seleccionats per l'autor:Fragment 1. Capítol 2, pàg. 29 "En un temps dominat pel narcicisme, l'amor havia estat per a nosaltres una mena de presumpció del que podríem arribar a estimar una persona, però la majoria de les vegades havia acabat sent una font de dolor i d'enganys, un cop continuat al nostre orgull afeblit. Em desconcertava la relació amb Clara, i jo buscava els justificants a les diferències que ens separaven: l'edat, l'educació, el país, la religió... Tòpics que només servien per tranquil·litzar-me esporàdicament cada cop que es produïa una nova crisi."Fragment 2. Capítol 2, pàg. 87 "El barri on vaig néixer també havia estat el barri de la meva perdició. Per aquests carrers vaig deambular en la meva joventut, immers en nits com aquesta en què els punks que es reunien als bars dels carrers del vell Poblenou buscaven brega en tuguris negres i acabaven la nit barallant-se amb les bosses d'escombraries."

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En un pequeño lado escondido dentro del corazón los Mc Court de Limerick en Irlanda marcan sus pasos hacia El Valle del Búho. Si Emily Watson es Angela Mc Court, ésta es a su vez Rosalia Laviñas. La Sra. de Atrusa, Rosalia Laviñas, soñadora e idealista, empuja en cierta medida al Sr Atrusa a marcharse de la ciudad para vivir en el campo con sus hijos Fiona, Rubén y Gisela. Convencidos y decididos, la familia se precipitará ante un abismal viaje donde las adversidades se irán sumando ante el incierto y duro futuro que se les avecina. Llevados por la grandeza del campo y la libertad en las montañas, los niños que se columpian por los árboles, observan con detenimiento parir a las gatas y juegan en armonía por la finca, no parecen en principio, sentirse desdichados, aunque si perciben que algo no va bien y que entre sus padres ronda algún serio conflicto. Una vez en Las Nieves, el marido Jaime, se siente embaucado y culpa sin cesar a Rosalia del desacierto. Verbalmente maltratada y rozando con el emocional abandono, la mujer siente entonces que su propia insensatez ha sido la causa del tan malogrado desastre, e intenta con todas sus fuerzas solucionar el enredo. Sin embargo, todos sus propósitos por enmendarse y la progresión de los buenos hechos se ven truncados cuando la muerte, que también cuenta, les saldrá cuatro veces al paso, arrebatándoles a uno de sus hijos en el imperdonable traspié. Aunque a veces Jaime aparece ante su mujer Rosalia como un ser despreciable, este mismo ser humano también se nos muestra amable, cariñoso e incluso reflexivo y como padre quiere corregir, educar, proteger y enseñar a sus hijos. Pero el desempleo, la escasez de medios económicos y el desequilibrio emocional llegan a dinamitar la estructura familiar y los personajes se dan de bruces con una realidad amarga. La historia de la familia Atrusa que marcha hacia delante y hacia atrás en el tiempo, no olvida la infancia, tampoco la juventud ni la vejez.

Harvest of Ashes is the second book in the Darkness Before Mourning series. December 1980 brings Jack Lewis not only the usual Christmas pressures felt by parents of young children, but a long list. He?s promised his wife to be happy this year (despite some very sad anniversaries), work is a minefield, and his mom gets sick. Perkins?again explores the dark and chilling side of the American Dream?in particular, the things that can never be spoken of no matter how large and terrifying they might loom. ?I?ve spent my life largely out of step, being just different enough that the people around me knew I didn?t entirely fit in. I thought I was used to it. Then I moved to the South. It wasn?t just that I didn?t hunt, fish, or like either NASCAR or grits. It was way beyond that. I was three-strikes unthinkable?an atheist in the Bible Belt, a damn Yankee in the South, and a PhD in Jesse Helms? country.? (from the Prologue)



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The spectacular conclusion to the Egyptian epic begun in A God Against the Gods. After his brother's assassination, a new Pharaoh must take the throne and battle the corrupt and violent priesthood. His name is TUTANKHAMUN. Pulitzer Prize winning author Allen Drury paints a vivid, dramatic picture of the most tumultuous times in one of the greatest empires in human history. Following the murder of Akhenaten and the beautiful Nefertiti and the religious uproar that threatens to tear Egypt apart, the pharaoh has to defy the gods in order to rule his people. The master writer recreates ancient Egypt with all its pomp, glory, politics, and treachery, and brings legendary titans of history to life, with all their tragic-and all too human-flaws.

As surely as I begin this chronicle, I remain firm in the conviction that every day of our lives we encounter angels unaware. It is a blessing for us to receive them. Even more so, it s a challenge for us to recognize them and bring them into the fold of our experience. Of course, it s the nature of their subtle grace that they seldom proclaim who they are. That is done to protect us. Otherwise we might consume ourselves in the fire of our own expectation. Every moment of every day is a gift in waiting to let us see this world more clearly and what our role is to be. That s our contract with this life. That is our soul's design. But let us hear the music ? please! ? and let us dance in the days, with our angels in whatever forms they take. For Heaven is our destiny, and what goes on until then is found in the hidden poetry of living. That was this wizard's lesson: Take joy in what you do, or surely what you do will take its toll. All creatures are our teachers and its legacy to me was simply to save my life, and to give me the courage to complete its exquisite design.

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What if you were on the cusp of marrying the guy of your dreams and reaching that career goal you set for yourself, only for all of it to be taken away in one fell swoop? What if you then had to start from the very beginning, right down to moving out of the city and back to the suburbs to live with your parents? What if this all happened a month before you turned 30? This is the story of Jill Stevens, who after being forced to move back home, finds a list she made in high school of thirty things she wanted to accomplish by the time she turned thirty. With a month left and hardly anything crossed off, she decides to team up with her best friend and her old high school sweet heart to accomplish as much as she can before her birthday. Along the way she discovers that it's not about the achievements in life but what you learn about yourself getting there. With the help of an old friend and a former high school sweet heart, Jill tries to get her life back on track by trying to accomplish the rest of her list in the next 30 days before her birthday.