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Winner of the 2020 Josep Pla Prize. A group of friends. A house in front of the sea. A sea of stars and an unresolved past. A group of friends meet five years after a tragic accident in a house in Cap de Creus, an idyllic seaside enclave, with the excuse of seeing a sea of stars.They enjoy the reunion and share secrets, but jealousies also flourish, and an old love story and still-smoldering sentiments unearth an issue from the past that remains unresolved.None of them can imagine how the night will end. A night that has one more surprise in store.“She couldn’t say if it was because Nis had asked her or because she had let herself be dragged along. But she had come. It was two weeks ago. With two suitcases and an uncertain future, following the steps of the man who had seduced her. ‘We’ll be happy there, Olivia, we’ll be good. Trust me,’ Nis had repeated into her ear.”
Blade runner, I, Robot, 2001... Science fiction has often looked at the question of what would happen if machines became human. But what would happen if the mind of a human was transplanted into a machine?In a world where humanity has had to reorganize to survive after an ecological catastrophe, it is now possible to buy immortality: all you have to do is upload the consciousness of a dead person to a computer system. Laura Verns, terminally ill, decides to purchase one of these “extended lives” before dying.Twenty years later, after her body has died, Laura’s virtual life is threatened, and she will have to look deep into her memories to see what it is that’s threatening her.
A fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of the iconic Disney Studios, A Whole Life To Remember is a fast-paced and utterly absorbing story which captures a beloved bygone era with acuity, wisdom, and heart. A Whole Life to Remember is the story of Sophie Simmons, a talented young girl from New York, who travels to Los Angeles in the 1930s to become a cartoonist. The story follows Sophie in her way to achieve her dream in a world of men at the golden beginnings of the Disney Studios. Love, friendship, tragedy and glamour are all the ingredients of this fascinating novel that will transport you to the backstage of the big first Disney cartoon productions, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or Dumbo accompanied by a heroine who will stay with you for a long time.
Marie has just graduated from high school. She leaves her hometown and takes a summer job in a Parisian brasserie. During her stay, she is hosted by a couple, her parents’ friends. He is a shadowy journalist. She is a frustrated housewife. Marie, who dreams of a future in literature, is honored to have Olivier take an interest in her. He enjoys chatting with her, he takes her seriously. Marie feels important when he invites her to his office for a private chat. But this beautiful relationship gradually goes off track. There is that one time by the library when he holds onto her a little longer than necessary. Should she have said or done something?Since then, Olivier comes to her room to talk. The first time he sits on the bed, imploring. The next time, she struggles, but it is not enough. And every other night he comes back. Marie is devastated. Had she seduced Olivier in spite of herself? So she silences her shame and her pain, which leads the beast inside her to grow. Marie is not alone. In 2009, she is experiencing what other 17-year-old women like her have experienced in another times. Claudine in 1937, Isabelle in 1973 and Amandine in 1990. Travelling through time, this striking novel gives us the same story: the tragedy and the arbitrary nature of rape that shatters destinies.
One winter evening, Oksana goes to a nightclub to celebrate her best friend Steeve’s birthday. To get away from his sister Camelia, she sits at the bar and orders a beer. Oksana eventually notices a man in the crowd who catches her eye. He fascinates her upon first glance. She herself doesn’t understand this obsession of hers, this want to know his every move throughout the evening. She only wishes to rid herself of the sadness she feels deep down.As for Max, he enjoys his evening with his friends and roommates. However, the constant gaze of this woman at the bar intrigues and disturbs him much more than he would like. He tests her reactions, sometimes by slipping away from the dance floor while she looks away, sometimes by provoking her with mindless flirting and dancing. This curiosity will finally drive him to join her at the bar. A relationship develops between them over time, creating a strong and powerful bond.Despite this, both protagonists have secrets they would rather keep to themselves. How far will they be willing to go to prevent the other from knowing?
Atles de l’oblit parla d’uns racons de la memòria, del paisatge i de les emocions que, com un quadre impressionista farcit de petites pinzellades, han configurat una percepció de la realitat i una manera de ser. Mitjançant un viatge que porta l’autora al cor d’un territori, el Baix Segre, i a la vida d’uns personatges, potser ja majoritàriament oblidats, en aquest llibre es fa un exercici voluntari de recordar per comprendre. Perquè quan una persona deixa de viure en un lloc i, per tant, engega un cert camí d’oblit, o veu com son pare comença a oblidar per culpa d’una malaltia que se’l menja, pot ser que aquesta persona adquireixi la clara consciència que tornar sempre resulta impossible i quan hom té aquesta certesa tan sols queda entomar qui som i on som de nou.
A captivating and poetic behind-closed-doors tale, at the crossroads of a Nordic ode and a Shakespearian drama Stig goes to his first Winter Solstice, where all clans go to pay tribute to the King of the Glade. As soon as he arrives however, death comes and the threads of Fate weave a future impossible to predict. Threatened with no reason, Stig will have to discover what lays in the festivities shadows, protect those he love, and... survive. At the crossroads of an initiation tale and a behind-the-doors story, May Winter Passtells the fate of a young man with a clubfoot and a king with long antlers, both caught in the maelstrom of a dying world...
A carp tells the sad story of the lake in which it has always lived. Like hundreds of lakes around the world, this lake is drying up. The lake’s surface, volume and water level decrease drastically until it is all reduced to a muddy puddle. Many sad consequences follow from these lakes drying up. An engaged graphic novel that denounces, strikes, disturbs and that really makes you want for things to change, and now !
In a city and a country immersed in a permanent conflict, the Liban, Rita, Shawn, Ibraïm and some other characters as Mahmud, Mariam or old Suleiman will be involved and pulled into the heart of the conflict, gobbled down by the passional force that pulls strings in the history of this country.
Violette and Arnaud, 17-year-old high school students inseparable since the 7th grade, have a relationship that is constantly intensifying. They love each other. Life is beautiful... Violette, very active on the web, runs a literary forum and a blog where she expresses her passion for writing. But, after a party in Paris organized by the members of the forum, she is not the same anymore. Arnaud, who was not present at the party, is worried and wants to understand. What happened that night? And why can't she remember it?
A major documentary about the environ-ment, brilliantly crafted by renowned creators Jacques Pasquet and Yves Dumont. With an educational but never mo- ralistic approach, Jacques Pasquet explains the ins and outs of what forms our environment. From wa- ter to air, and passing through soil, energies and climate, the author de- ciphers and analyzes with accura- cy, humor and passion the role, the threats and the stakes of everything that surrounds us. Even if the planet is threatened and in a precarious state, everything is not lost... solu- tions still exist!
This volume, central to the work by location, is also central by content. We have already discussed the gifts of an attentive mind and a harmonious body. Here you will find the means to take advantage of these tools in a concrete way, and thus progress in the workplace and economically. In the first part, we spell out the keys to making a good initial impression and making your presence prevail in a cordial and convincing way at the same time. You will also find suggestions on time management, valuable concepts on how to acquire and sustain the habit of order, how to express yourself correctly and effectively, and everything related to establishing a good work methodology. The second part talks about the intimate relationship between work and wealth, and establishes what steps are necessary for all professional or work effort to bear fruit in a comfortable present and in a planned and solid future. From all this, you will draw conclusions that will strengthen not only your wishes for success, but also your real opportunities to achieve it, from now on ...
An intense and harrowing modern tale Hugo, molested by his parents as a child, ran away with his friends in the forest to find the Nightfaced Princess who, as the legend goes, grants the wishes of wretched children, sometimes at the cost of their lives. After a whole night, Hugo came back alone and amnesic. Twenty years later, Hugo learns of his parents’ death. Once back to his land, strange events are occurring. Mysterious lights shine in the woods and the storms are whispering names in the wind. Between investigation and legends, Hugo will retrace his child steps in order to understand how his parents died, how his former friends got lost, and finally find what awaits him in the woods of the Nightfaced Princess. The Nightfaced Princess is the tale of broken childhoods, of adults that had to grow with their wounds. Because we, sometimes, finally succeed to live. And eventually, maybe, to be happy?
After a life spent answering other people's questions and curiosities, about her origins, her skin, her opinions, Espérance Hakuzwimana Ripanti uses writing as a tool to regain her space and expose herself, reveal herself – in her own way, in her own terms, on her own conditions. "And Then Enough is the story of how I came out of my room making real everything I found in books and over the years. A hero's call to which I responded in my own way, never forgetting my story, which began in Rwanda, and the limits found on the streets of Italy. The story of myself, which I only wanted to read, and of a summer that instead changed my life." But it is also the story of her traveling companions, of the experiences that marked her the most, of the protagonists who shared the front lines with her. An essay, a biography, a ballad, a manifesto: the story of her struggle against prejudice, and finally the search for solutions.
In this series, a compilation of texts by researchers and specialists seeks to sketch an updated and detailed panorama of Brazilian cinema. In this first volume, Brazilian cinema is analyzed from the 1910s onwards, addressing silent movies, the beginning of sound film, the chanchada (musical comedies) and the independent cinema of Rio de Janeiro in the 1930s-1950s, and the educational role of cinema in Getúlio Vargas’s government. The book concludes with an essay on Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz, an important Brazilian film studio of the 1950s. Ebook version brings aditional texts: “Cinema in Rio Grande do Sul (1918-1934), by Glenio Povoas, and “Massaini, producer and distributor (1935-1992): a lesser known aspect of Brazilian cinema”, by Luciano Ramos.
A thrilling series of adventures with humour, chases and cunning… a lot of cunning. A new adventure full of humour and nods to real life. This time in New York! This Coscorrón sisters have to travel to New York, where the International Granny Detective Conference is being held, the world’s biggest conference of its kind. The Plaza Hotel is full of celebrities: the Tiatrappo sisters from Italy, the Akí Mekedos from Japan, and even Donald Trompazo himself. Amid the hubbub there is a mystery: the hotel’s toilet paper has all disappeared without explanation. The Coscorróns, Marcel and his new friend Max follow the trail of a culprit. Who will it be?
Summary: This is the twenty-first century. This is the era of globalization. Theworld is changing and things are buzzing. Did you say the Internet?You said virtual world? Did you say information and communicationtechnologies? So Africa! Especially not to be left out! And at therendezvous of giving and re-conceiving, when the continents, bymutual agreement laughing out the universal song, perhaps the resultwill be a better world! And what will science do? And what will lovedo?
