"From the bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down comes a highly anticipated new novel. Set in 1960's London, Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingenue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, Nick Hornby's latest does what he does best: endears us to a cast of characters who are funny if flawed, and forces us to examine ourselves in the process."--
Una introducción ilustrada e ilustrativa al pensamiento y a la historia de la filosofía.Michael F. Patton y Kevin Cannon nos llevan en este ensayo gráfico a recorrer más de dos mil quinientos años de pensamiento y reflexión. De la mano de los mayores filósofos de todos los tiempos, desde la antigua Grecia hasta nuestros días, y de un modo ameno, original y divertido, nos adentran en las siempre cambiantes y apasionantes aguas de la lógica, la epistemología, la ética y la metafísica.¡La clase de filosofía más apasionante a la que asistirás! Proposiciones: «Si esta no es la idea platónica de una novela gráfica sobre filosofía, no sé lo que es. Que este es un libro extraordinario es probablemente el único punto en que coincidirían todos los filósofos que desfilan por estas páginas.» Jim Ottaviani, autor de Primates, Feynmank y The Imitation Game «Una divertida, clara y genial introducción a la rica historia de la filosofía occidental.» Kirkus Reviews «Las enseñanzas del profesor Patton dirigen la narración mientras el talento de Cannon convierte este libro de texto ilustrado en una entretenida aventura, amable y perfectamente comprensible.» Publishers Weekly
Emily, Trellis, and Vigo visit Algos Island, where they can access and enter
lost memories. They're hoping to uncover the events of Trellis's mysterious
childhood -- knowledge they can use against the Elf King. What they discover
is a dark secret that changes everything. Meanwhile, the Voice of Emily's
Amulet is getting stronger, and threatens to overtake her completely.
Navin journeys to the city of Lucien where he searches for a beacon essential to his fight against the Elf King; while Emily heads back into the Void with Max, one of the Elf King's followers, where she learns his darkest secrets.
A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Martian. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crew mates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realises that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance. Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian - while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.
Emily survived the chaos of the Guardian Academy, but Max Griffin has stolen the Mother Stone. With it, the Elf King forges new amulets that will give him the power to invade and destroy the nation of Windsor. Emily and her friends lead the soldiers of the Cielis Guard in a fight to stop him, but Max stands in their way. And when she seeks information from the Voice of her Amulet, she discovers that the Voice is much more sinister than she ever could have imagined
Emily and her friends go to Cielis for help, but something is very wrong, and as the number of Stonekeepers gets smaller and smaller, an awful secret is slowly uncovered that means the certain destruction of everything Emily fights for.
"David Lynch - co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking films such as Eraserbead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive - opens up about a lifetime of extraordinary creativity, the friendships he has made along the way and the struggles he has faced - sometimes successful, sometimes not - to bring his projects to fruition. Part-memoir, part-biography, Room To Drea interweaves Lynch's won reflections on his life with the story of those times, as told by Kristine McKenna, drawing from extensive and explosive interviews with ninety of Lynch's friends, family members, actors, agents, musicians and collaborators. Lynch responds to each recollection and reveals the inner story of the life behind the art. Room to Dream is a landmark book that offers unique insight into the life and mind of one of the world's most enigmatic and original living artists."--Inside cover
For readers who enjoy Angela Marsons, Robert Bryndza and Mark Edwards. Fawkes
and Baxter return in the rocket-paced followup to the global bestseller
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Rechercheur William 'Wolf' Fawkes van de Metropolitan Police in Londen probeert met twee collega's de moordenaar te vinden die de resten van zijn slachtoffers tot een lappenpop aan elkaar naait.
