Marinella Magrì Libros

The novel of a lifetime about two men and their daughters: divided by conflict, yet united in grief. Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin live near one another - yet they exist worlds apart. Rami is Israeli. Bassam is Palestinian. Rami's license plate is yellow. Bassam's license plate is green. It takes Rami fifteen minutes to drive to the West Bank. The same journey for Bassam takes an hour and a half. Both men have lost their daughters. Rami's thirteen-year-old girl Smadar was killed by a suicide bomber while out shopping with her friends. Bassam's ten-year-old daughter Abir was shot and killed by a member of the border police outside her school. There was a candy bracelet in her pocket she hadn't had time to eat yet. The men become the best of friends. In this epic novel - named for a shape with a countably infinite number of sides - Colum McCann crosses centuries and continents, stitching time, art, history, nature and politics into a tapestry of friendship, love, loss and belonging. Musical, muscular, delicate and soaring, Apeirogon is the novel for our times

It's August of 1974, a summer "hot and serious and full of death and betrayal," with Watergate and the Vietnam War making the world feel precarious. A stunned hush pauses the cacophonous universe of New York City as a man on a cable walks (repeatedly) between World Trade Center towers. This extraordinary, real-life feat by French funambulist Philippe Petit becomes the touchstone for stories that briefly submerge you in ten varied and intense lives--a street priest, heroin-addicted hookers, mothers mourning sons lost in war, young artists, a Park Avenue judge. All their lives are ordinary and unforgettable, overlapping at the edges, occasionally converging. And when they coalesce in the final pages, the moment hums with such grace that its memory might tighten your throat weeks later

A romantic fantasy with a touch of history and suspense. Vietnamese translation by Nguyen Thi Cam Linh. In Vietnamese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Meet Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator who partners with Bernie, a struggling private investigator. Though Chet flunked police school, he embodies the spirit of a detective. In their first adventure, they investigate the disappearance of Madison, a gifted teenage girl who may have been kidnapped but has definitely entangled herself with unsavory characters. After failing to return home from school, her frantic mother prompts Bernie to take the case, driven by a cash flow issue that Chet doesn’t fully grasp. When Madison reappears unharmed with a suspicious story, Bernie and Chet are on high alert. After she vanishes again within a week, they dive into a full investigation. Lacking a ransom demand, they question whether it's truly a kidnapping, but something feels off. Their search leads them through the desert to biker bars and other intriguing locales, with Chet’s keen nose guiding them. Both Chet and Bernie contribute their unique skills to the perilous hunt, facing danger as they uncover clues. Despite the challenges posed by the bad guys, this resourceful duo delivers an engaging adventure. Chet’s doggy charm and hardboiled perspective shine through, showcasing his loyalty to Bernie, who grapples with human complexities like divorce and custody, making him relatable in his flawed humanity.

Oksa Pollock siempre pensó que era una adolescente de trece años como las demás, pero todo eso cambió después de aquella noche.... Oksa y su familia se acaban de mudar a Londres. Han alquilado una casita victoriana en la que viven todos: Oksa y sus padres en las dos primeras plantas, y su abuela en el ático. Oksa está nerviosa porque todo es nuevo, pero por suerte su mejor amigo, Gus, también se ha mudado a la capital y son vecinos. Cuando Oksa empieza en el nuevo instituto, descubre que están pasando cosas extrañas en su habitación. ¡Oksa descubre que tiene superpoderes! Su excéntrica abuela Dragomira, le revela un increíble secreto: la familia Pollock proviene de Edefia, un mundo invisible escondido en algún lugar de la tierra. Oksa es su ultima esperanza de recuperar la tierra perdida y volver a su hogar. Una historia fantástica. De la autoedición a lapublicación por XO: mediante cartas a editoriales y a revistas, un joven fan se quejó del desinterés hacia la serie por parte de las editoriales. Otros se sumaron y finalmente, la revista Nouvel Observateur se tomó la indignación en serio: publicó las cartas de protesta y un artículo sobre el fenómeno de la Pollockmanía en su página web. La fama se debe a los jóvenes fans: los Pollockmaniacos se organizaron en foros y blogs en internet y difundieron la novela.