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Knots and Crosses : An Inspector Rebus Novel by Ian Rankin EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Detective Sergeant John Rebus must solve the case of the "Edinburgh Strangler" before the killer strikes again.
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Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
‘[An] incredible debut’ - Stylist 'A novel about home, about belonging and exile; a compelling and complex insight into a recent past that still resonates' - Irish Times Uganda 1972 A devastating decree is issued: all Ugandan Asians must leave the country in ninety days. They must take only what they can carry, give up their money and never return. For Asha and Pran, married a matter of months, it means abandoning the family business that Pran has worked so hard to save. For his mother, Jaya, it means saying goodbye to the house that has been her home for decades. But violence is escalating in... continue
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L'authentique Pearline Portious by Kei Miller FR
Country: North America / 
Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
Ecoutez l'histoire d'une femme puissante... Adamine Bustamante vous dira peut-être qu'elle est née en Jamaïque dans une léproserie où sa mère d'un jour, Pearline Portious, tricotait des bandages arc-en-ciel parce que c'était plus beau. Où Miss Lily lui faisait la classe en lisant et relisant Jane Eyre. Où Mman Lazare, la vénérable gardienne des lieux repoussa l'heure de sa mort jusqu'à ses cent cinq ans. Deux voix ne sont pas de trop pour raconter toute l'histoire. La voix claire de l'écrivain venu de Londres réveiller la mémoire de l'authentique prophétesse. Et la verve, le souffle tellurique... continue
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L’uomo che scambiò sua moglie per un cappello by Oliver Sacks IT
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Oliver Sacks è un neurologo, ma il suo rapporto con la neurologia è simile a quello di Groddeck con la psicoanalisi. Perciò Sacks è anche molte altre cose: «Mi sento infatti medico e naturalista al tempo stesso; mi interessano in pari misura le malattie e le persone; e forse anche sono insieme, benché in modo insoddisfacente, un teorico e un drammaturgo, sono attratto dall’aspetto romanzesco non meno che da quello scientifico, e li vedo continuamente entrambi nella condizione umana, non ultima in quella che è la condizione umana per eccellenza, la malattia: gli animali si ammalano, ma solo l’u... continue
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La chica del tren by Paula Hawkins ES
ZimbabweDescription:
¿Estabas en el tren de las 8.04? ¿Viste algo sospechoso?
Rachel, sí
Rachel toma siempre el tren de las 8.04 h. Cada mañana lo mismo: el mismo paisaje, las mismas casas… y la misma parada en la señal roja. Son solo unos segundos, pero le permiten observar a una pareja desayunando tranquilamente en su terraza. Siente que los conoce y se inventa unos nombres para ellos: Jess y Jason. Su vida es perfecta, no como la suya. Pero un día ve algo. Sucede muy deprisa, pero es suficiente. ¿Y si Jess y Jason no son tan felices como ella cree? &iq... continue
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La ciudad de los fantasmas by Victoria Schwab ES
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Desde que Cass estuvo a punto de ahogarse (está bien, sí, se ahogó, pero no le gusta pensar en eso), puede correr el Velo que separa a los vivos de los muertos… y entrar al mundo de los espíritus. De hecho, Jacob, su mejor amigo, es un fantasma. Así que las cosas ya son bastante extrañas en su vida, pero se van a volver más extrañas aún. Cuando a los padres de Cass les ofrecen realizar un programa de TV sobre los lugares más embrujados del mundo, la familia parte hacia Edimburgo, Escocia. Allí hay tumbas, castillos y pasadizos secretos rebosantes de fantasmas. Y cuando Cass conoce a una chica ... continue
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Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The flaxen-haired beauty of the child-like Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets. But M.E. Braddon's classic novel of sensation uncovers the truth about its heroine in a plot involving bigamy, arson and murder. It challenges assumptions about the nature of femininity and investigates the narrow divide between sanity and insanity, using as its focus one of the most fascinating of all Victorian heroines.
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Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
November 2022. The human race has been wiped out by a virus called 6DM. The end of the world, if you will. This is the journal of a Londoner, in her mid-thirties. She owns her own flat, has married her long-term boyfriend James and has a sensible job and the kind of life that she knows is expected of her. Like so many women she has learnt to make small compromises to herself in order to fit in. Things are fine. But in November 2022 that changes. A deadly virus has led to a global pandemic. It's pretty much the end of the world. And somehow our narrator finds herself immune to the disease that ... continue
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Life After Life : A Novel by Kate Atkinson EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The award-winning author of Behind the Scenes at the Museum follows the experiences of a woman who after being born on a snowy night in 1910 repeated dies and reincarnates into the same life to correct missteps and ultimately save the world. 75,000 first printing.