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Working as an enforcer in London''s criminal underworld brought Dan Shaper to the edge of a breakdown. Now he''s a private investigator, kept perilously afloat by a growing cocktail of drugs. He needs to straighten-up and rebuild his life, but instead gets the attention of his old gangland masters and a job-offer from Mr George Glass. The elderly eccentric claims to be a New Age Messiah, but now needs a saviour of his own. He''s been marked for murder.Adrift amidst liars and thugs, Shaper must push his capsizing mind to its limits: stalked not only by a unique and terrifying killer, but by the ghosts of his own brutal past.

This moving parable of wealth and the evil it can bring is based on a Mexican folktale. The simple life of Kino, a pearl fisher, changes for ever when he finds a great pearl, a pearl as large as a seagull's egg. The story is of the finding of the pearl, the dreams it represents and its loss. Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in his neighbours - and in himself - and the promise of great wealth and a better life for Kino and his family brings nothing but misfortune and enemies

Na Cidade dos Anxos, capital mística dun país remoto, vive Roi, un singular estudante universitario. Mocidade louca, luces de neón, buguinas, tellados, unha virxe sensual e magoada, diamantes no ceo, confusión. Porén, aí están os anxos para... Esta novela, como a vida mesma, é unha singradura, unha viaxe, unha odisea. O navío intérnase en océanos vastos, en ríos sanguineos, da nosa xeografía. O navío é unha procura,a procura da vida. Enviar a un amigo Imprimir

What happens when a mother's love isn't enough? You're eight years old. An only child. You love your parents, but you're convinced you're not enough for your mother because she fosters other people's kids. You've learnt to cope, but then a boy called Robert arrives, and he and your Mum seem to connect in a way you never have. You hate him for it.

Meet DCI John Luther He's brilliant He's intense He's obsessional HE'S DANGEROUS DCI John Luther has an extraordinary clearance rate He commands outstanding loyalty from friends and colleagues Nobody who ever stood at his side has a bad word to say about him But Luther seethes with a hidden fury that at times he can barely control...

A daring, deeply affecting third novel by the author of "A Home at the End of the World "and "Flesh and Blood." In "The Hours," Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and despair. The narrative of Woolf's last days before her suicide early in World War II counterpoints the fictional stories of Samuel, a famous poet whose life has been shadowed by his talented and troubled mother, and his lifelong friend Clarissa, who strives to forge a balanced and rewarding life in spite of the demands of friends, lovers, and family. Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, this is Cunningham's most remarkable achievement to date.