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Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis's masterful new novel is a story about the end of innocence, and the perilous passage from adolescence into adulthood, set in a vibrantly fictionalized Los Angeles in 1981 as a serial killer begins targeting teenagers throughout the city. Seventeen-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past....

Rupi Kaur

u003ciu003eHealing Through Wordsu003c/iu003e is a guided tour on the journey back to the self, a cathartic and mindful exploration through writing.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e This carefully curated collection of exercises asks only that you be vulnerable and honest, both with yourself and the page.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e You d...

O'farrell, Maggie

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 medici...

Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Hiram Walker is born into bondage on a Virginia plantation. But he is also born gifted with a mysterious power that he won't discover until he is almost a man, when he risks everything for a chance to escape. One fateful decision will carry him away from his makeshift plantation family - his adoptive mother, Thena, a woman of few words and many secrets, and his beloved, angry S...

This box set of the 50 books in the new Penguin Modern series celebrates the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics list and its iconic authors. Including avant-garde essays, radical polemics, newly translated poetry and great fiction, here are brilliant and diverse voices from across the globe. Ground-breaking and original in their day, their words still have the pow...

Louisa May Alcott

'I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.'Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - four "little women" enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England The charming story of the March sisters, Little Women has been adored by generations. Readers have rooted for Laurie in his pursuit of Jo's hand, cried over little Beth's death, and dreamed of travelling...

Brown, Peter

La historia de un pensador indispensable para entender la Antigüedad tardía. Publicada por primera vez hace más de medio siglo, esta biografía se ha consolidado como el relato de referencia sobre la vida y las enseñanzas de San Agustín. Es, a su vez, uno de los trabajos más significativos del gran investigador de la Antigüedad tardía Peter Brown, cuya influencia ha marcado a va...

Brown, Peter

Una obra pionera que explica como pocas el mundo de hoy. Con este extraordinario libro, Peter Brown acuñó para la posteridad el concepto de Antigüedad tardía, indispensable para entender la historia europea, al arrojar una mirada nueva sobre los cambios culturales, religiosos y sociales entre el 200 y el 700 d. C. Su visión, rica, colorida y alejada de la tan reiterada idea...

Brown, Peter

Cuando Roz abre los ojos por primera vez, descubre que esta sola en una remota isla. No tiene ni idea de como ha llegado alli. Despues de enfrentarse a una dura tormenta y escapar del ataque de un oso enorme, se da cuenta de que lo unico que puede hacer para sobrevivir es adaptarse y aprender de los hostiles habitantes de la isla, los animales. Lentamente, estos empiezan a hace...