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Premi Joanot Martorell 2023: la història duna mare i una filla que malden per adaptar-se a lentorn.La Rita, de set anys, té problemes greus de comunicació a lescola. Sha inventat una bombolla que la

Dels poemes escrits entre el 2007 i el 2023Camp Pervers és fruit dun dietari poètic de David Castillo que va del 2007 al 2023. Shi recullen poemes dits en recitals i concerts o enregistrats a les xar

LA FASCINANT I DESCONEGUDA VIDA DE CLOTILDE CERDÀ (ESMERALDA CERVANTES) La filla il·legítima dIldefons CerdàA finals del segle XIX i principis del XX, Clotilde Cerdà, la Clotildina, quarta filla de C

Una emotiva obra de teatre duna autora cabdal de les lletres catalanes.El Rafael, un home gran amb una afecció cardíaca, i lHermínia, també a linici de la vellesa, shan conegut en una clínica. Al mateix centre hi ha ingressada lAgnes, una jove turmentada per un passat fosc. La quotidianitat de tots tres esta determinada per les visites dels familiars i del personal de lhospital, i les relacions que sestableixen entre ells faciliten la comunicacio; gairebe sense adonar-sen, els passats respectius dels protagonistes afloren, i entre els personatges es van trenant un seguit de vincles que poden resultar guaridors i que obren una escletxa desperança.Publicada lany 2001 i reescrita per a la present edicio, aquesta obra de teatre es un exemple palmari de lenorme traça de lautora per capturar el batec intim dels personatges.

A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Oslers mixed-heritage family, over three centuries. Whether or not we trace our families from beyond the shores of Britain, we British people deserve a better understanding of our shared past, and opportunities to explore and recognise the complexities and contractions of empire. Careless or wilful amnesia has allowed the British migration narrative to begin in the mid-twentieth century, with migrants from India, Pakistan and the Caribbean forming the foundation of present-day multicultural Britain. A racist fixation means that some twenty-first-century Britons fantasise that people of colour arrived after World War Two, without any link to the country, to exploit the British welfare state and British hospitality.For people of colour the questions, Where are you from? No, where are you really from? often imply more than simple curiosity. They are political questions of identity, since the assumption (naive or aggressive) is that to be British and to belong you must be white. Says Audrey Osler: The British Empire frames and shapes my familys history. Whether born in Britain, like me or my father, or in some other distant British territory, like my mother, we all continue to experience the legacy of this same empire and the impact of its ambitions, politics, and economics. My family story, back to the eighteenth century, across every generation, is one of migration in different directions, over four centuries, journeys prompted by war, study, a global economic crisis, a fresh start, love, and even child abduction. The stories I tell here reveal as much about Britain as they do about the countries of the British Empire. This is not just my history, it elucidates the largely untold history of a nation and of its citizens, both people of colour and white.

En 1950, le président du Guatemala, Jacobo Árbenz, jeune dirigeant libéral et progressiste, lance une réforme agraire pour partager les bénéfices de la culture de la banane avec l’ensemble de la popu

Dix fois nommé aux Oscars, Paul Newman obtient finalement la récompense du meilleur acteur en 1987, pour La Couleur de l’argent. Sa filmographie compte une soixantaine de rôles, parmi lesquels La Cha

Je voudrais faire quelque chose dextraordinaire...Un acte héroïque ou hors du commun qui ne sera jamais oublié après ma mort. Je ne sais pas quoi, mais je saisirai loccasion au vol, et je vous étonne

Les deux tornades font souffler un vent de folie sur la BD !Opération rangement chez les Sisters. Les parents chargent Wendy et Marine de faire du tri dans leurs affaires avant que leurs chambres nexplosent. Les filles trouvent la corvee beaucoup plus amusante lorsque, dans le garage, elles tombent sur des photos de jeunesse de papa et maman, et se prennent carrement pour des archeologues en retrouvant des cassettes video du siecle dernier ! Cette operation rangement sera un vrai carton, dailleurs il y en a partout dans la maison !!!

Traduit du japonais par Géraldine OudinLa saveur du passé peut transformer le présent...Sur le flanc du mont Hakodate, au nord du Japon, le café Dona Dona est réputé pour sa vue imprenable sur le port de la ville. Mais surtout, comme au cafe Funiculi Funicula, a Tokyo, il est possible pour ses clients dy vivre une experience extraordinaire : voyager dans le passe, le temps dune tasse de cafe.On y rencontre Yayoi, une jeune fille qui en veut a ses parents defunts davoir fait delle une orpheline ; Todoroki, un comedien qui se languit de son epouse et de leurs reves communs ; Reiko, submergee par la disparition de sa sur ; Reiji, qui realise trop tard a quel point il aime son amie denfance... Autant dames sinceres et emouvantes qui, en retrouvant un pan de leur passe, apprennent a regarder le present autrement et a envisager lavenir avec plus de serenite.Avec sa voix singuliere et le talent de conteur qui ont fait son succes dans le monde entier, Toshikazu Kawaguchi signe un nouveau roman plein de sensibilite et de finesse, aussi reconfortant quun bon cafe chaud.

Book 17 in the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series by worldwide bestselling author Alexander McCall SmithGlasgow for Bertie is the promised land. The city of pies and Irn Bru, far from his controlling mother, Irene - his place of escape. But how will he respond to the news of the proposed merging of Edinburgh and Glasgow? A new member of Berties class at school is causing ripples in his social circle. She is called Galactica MacFee and is going to be a match for Olive and her lieutenant, Pansy. And, an incredible new discovery: a Pictish stone, that is said to have the first-know written poem carved into it is the talk of the town. But, when the poem is eventually translated, it is thought it is best to keep it under wraps. In this new instalment in the perennially popular 44 Scotland Street series, we are back in the world of Angus and Domenico, Bruce, Matthew and Elspeth, and, of course, Bertie and his friend Ranald Braveheart Macpherson.PRAISE FOR THE 44 SCOTLAND STREET SERIES:Perfect escapist fictionThe TimesSimple, elegantly written and gently insightfulGood Book GuideA joyous, charming portrait of city life and human foiblesSunday ExpressDoes for Edinburgh what Armistead Maupin did for San Francisco... A light-hearted, genial soap operaFinancial Times

A sweeping history of and meditation on humanitys relationship with machines, showing how we got here and what happens nextFaith in technological fixes for our problems is waning. Automation, which promised relief from toil, has reactivated the long-standing fear of job redundancy. Information technology, meant to liberate us from traditional authority, is placing unprecedented powers of surveillance and control in the hands of a purely secular Big Brother. And for the first time, artificial intelligence threatens anthropogenic disaster disaster caused by our own activities. Scientists join imaginative writers in warning us of the fate of Icarus, whose wings melted because he flew too close to the sun.This book tells the story of our fractured relationship with machines from humanitys first tools down to the present and into the future. It raises the crucial question of why some parts of the world developed a machine civilisation and not others, and traces the interactions between capitalism and technology, and between science and religion, in the making of the modern world.Taking in the peaks of philosophy and triumphs of science, the foundation of economics and speculations of fiction, Robert Skidelsky embarks on a bold intellectual journey through the evolution of our understanding of technology and what this means for our lives and politics. Unless we understand technology as a system of ideas rather than as a necessity, he writes, we will be powerless to choose which technology is best suited to our needs and purposes.

Both pioneering and fundamental. This is the essential history of Ukraine, from one of the greatest Ukrainian thinkers and scholars.Timothy Snyder #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of On TyrannyUkrainian historian Yaroslav Hrytsaks vivid, sweeping book lays bare the enduring pride that persuaded his countrymen to resist Russian aggression and offers grounds for hope.Luke Harding, Observer People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity.John AdamsUKRAINE The Forging of a Nation delves into the events that led to the creation of Ukraine, examining crucial moments of Ukrainian and world history and how connected they have been, and continue to be, to this day.When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society of contemporary Ukraine, and discovered more about a country with a history that is exceptionally rich in examples of survival, solidarity and resilience.In this timely and original history, already a bestseller in Ukraine, Professor Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukrainian intellectual and public historian, tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts and developments that have shaped it over the course of centuries, exploring Ukraines dramatic history, incredible fight for freedom and its place as an independent nation in our world today.This book is a definitive story of Ukraine and its people, as told by one of its most celebrated voices.

A beautiful love story with an incredible sense of place - The TimesCompact and engrossing . . . a pleasure of a novel - Daily MailBritain, AD 72. Quintus, a slave long exiled from his people, has travelled to far-flung places under the command of a powerful Roman. Though a citizen of nowhere, he is a man of reason, fluent in many languages. Olwen, a volatile warrior, is rooted in her native land.Given away by her father as part of a peace treaty, Olwen flees during the night, taking Quintus with her. Hunted by an army, the two make their way across the country, living off the land, heading for the western shore . . .Pears is a master at making you see again landscapes that have long vanished . . . He has an unusual gift for creating characters you want to spend time with - Guardian

Insanely readable! I loved it Slavoj iekA delightfully thought-provoking study of why we have sex, from award-winning psychoanalyst Darian LeaderIt was just sexIts a familiar claim. But its also an impossibility, as Darian Leader shows in this delightfully thought-provoking study.Our bodies arent just sticks that make fire when you rub them together, and our minds dont simply stand by as we can see from the pain, heartache and regret that so often accompany the highs of sexual excitement.As acclaimed psychoanalyst Darian Leader argues, with his trademark clarity, energy and wit, sex is always about so much more than itself its about phantasy, anxiety, guilt, revenge, violence, love. Drawing on his long analytic experience, historical research and case studies to explore their importance to every aspect of our sexual lives, Leader brilliantly reveals what we are really thinking about when we think about sex and what we are really doing when we do it.A thoroughly engaging and ever-illuminating readiNewsOne of our most important contemporary thinkersGuardianLeader is as much a philosopher as a psychoanalyst and his ideas are engrossing and enlighteningMetro

Shortlisted for the 2024 Wolfson History PrizeA Telegraph and Der Spiegel Book of the YearSueddeutsche Zeitungs Number One Most Important Political Book of 2023Die Zeit, ZDF, Deutschlandfunk, taz Number One, Best Non-Fiction Books December 2023 and January 2024A Telegraph and Der Spiegel Book of the YearSueddeutsche Zeitungs Number One Most Important Political Book of 2023Die Zeit, ZDF, Deutschlandfunk, taz Number One, Best Non-Fiction Books December 2023 and January 2024A groundbreakingnew history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to todayIn 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German people stood condemned by history, responsible for a horrifying genocide and a war of extermination. But by 2015 Germany looked to many to be the moral voice of Europe, welcoming almost one million refugees. At the same time, it pursued a controversially rigid fiscal discipline and made energy deals with a dictator. Many people have asked how Germany descended into the darkness of the Nazis, but this book asks another vital question: how, and how far, have the Germans since reinvented themselves?Trentmann tells the dramatic story of the Germans from the middle of the Second World War, through the Cold War and the division into East and West, to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunited nations search for a place in the world. Their journey is marked by extraordinary moral struggles: guilt, shame and limited amends; wealth versus welfare; tolerance versus racism; compassion and complicity. Through a range of voices - German soldiers and German Jews; environmentalists and coal miners; families and churches; volunteers, migrants and populists - Trentmann paints a remarkable and surprising portrait over 80 years of the conflicted people at the centre of Europe.

Inoizko informazio trafiko handiena duen gizartean, eskas ditugu elkarri istorioak kontatzeko lekuak eta momentuak. Ahozkotasuna, memoria eta transmisioa dira liburu honen funtsa eta helburua. Ahoz kontatu eta belarriz jasotako testuak dira liburu honetakoak, ahozkoak idatzira ekarriz, ahotsa begira, belarrikoa paperera. Entzuten dakienari kantatu ohi dio kilkerrak, eta badaki errepikapena dela ipuinen funtsa, belarritik ahora eta ahotik belarrira bizi delako kontakizuna. Behin kontatuta erretzen den istorioa ez da istorio ona; denborak borobildu egiten ditu ahoan erabilitako kontuak, urak errekarriak borobiltzen dituen bezala. Belarritik sartzen diren ipuinak urre pipitak dira literaturaren erreka zaharrean, geroz eta bakanagoak.

Nafarroako Erriberan kokatutako thrillera dela esan du idazleak. Erriberako herri batean, uraren inguruan gertatzen diren kontu batzuekin abiatzen da liburua eta hori politikarekin nahasiko da. Egile

2023ko Irun Hiriko Kutxa Literatura Sariaren irabazlea Poesia liburu ugari ditu egileak eta, bere azkenekoetan bezala, honetan ere, aurrekoen bidetik, natura, gizakia eta haien arteko harremana dira ardatz nagusiak. Egileak naturaren behaketatik abiatzen den hausnarketa poetikoa egin du liburu honetan, non gizakia bere minari aurrez aurre jartzen zaion, naturan, mezuak eta irakaspenak jasotzeari emana.

Refreshingly clear-eyed Faking It is an insightful and intelligent book thats a must for those looking for facts about AI hype. Books+PublishingAI will be as big a game-changer as the smart phone and the personal computer or bigger! This book will help you navigate the revolution. Dr Karl KruszelnickiArtificial intelligence is, as the name suggests, artificial and fundamentally different to human intelligence. Yet often the goal of AI is to fake human intelligence. This deceit has been there from the very beginning. Weve been trying to fake it since Alan Turing answered the question Can machines think? by proposing that machines pretend to be humans.Now we are starting to build AI that truly deceives us. Powerful AIs such as ChatGPT can convince us they are intelligent and blur the distinction between what is real and what is simulated. In reality, they lack true understanding, sentience and common sense. But this doesnt mean they cant change the world.Can AI systems ever be creative? Can they be moral? What can we do to ensure they are not harmful? In this fun and fascinating book, Professor Toby Walsh explores all the ways AI fakes it, and what this means for humanity now and in the future.