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En plena postguerra un jove solitari i brut arriba al bosc de Sant Gregori. Hi sobreviu recollint vesc, llenya seca, fruits silvestres i bolets que ven als pobles de la comarca. Un dia el jove recol·lector sendinsa al bosc i, despres dhores de recerca infructuosa, arriba a una esplanada enmig de la qual es dreça un pi majestuos. Poc sospita que la seva vida, i la de tota la humanitat, quedara lligada a la historia daquell pi imponent que apareix davant dels seus ulls.

Dos moments de la historia de Gracia. L'actual el protagonitza Albert Musons, activista gracienc i persona molt estimada per tothom que acaba per ser alcalde de la vila. Tanmateix, les eleccions municipals de Barcelona donen uns resultats incerts on l'alcalde de Gracia acaba sent determinant. Retrat de la societat actual amb persones reals retratats amb els seus noms i cognoms. Al principi del mandat municipal una troballa casual posa en contacte Musons amb la Gracia del segle XIX a traves d'Oriol Farguell, personatgenascut el mateix dia que la reina Isabel II va concedir la independencia municipal de la vila. Un homenatge a les dues viles. La d'avui no seria possible sense aquella Gracia insurrecta, emotiva, jove i il·lusionada, que mantenir durant quaranta-set anys el seu ajuntament i capaç de construir un campanar com el que encara avui ens observa i vigila cada dia des de la seva talaia privilegiada.

After Joe Pike saves a man's life, the man's family seems oddly resentful. Maybe because they're not who they seem to be-including the seductive Dru. But it's more than a charade-it's a trap. And Pik

After years of pain and turmoil, stained glass restoration expert Mira Gallier is on the verge of having it all - again. But her perfect life, like the magnificent windows blown to bits by Hurricane Katrina, is about to be shattered. Mira wakes in the night to the scent of her dead husband's aftershave; catches a glimpse of him in a crowd; senses his presence; hears his voice. Could Jeffery, swept away by Katrina's flood waters, still be alive? Then Mira's business partner is brutally murdered, her nude body found posed in the dappled coloured light of the magnificent Mary Magdalene window. As evidence mounts against her, Mira must prove she's neither a murderer nor losing her grip on sanity - and escape a psychopath who will stop at nothing until he possesses her, body and soul.

A fearless novel that grips the heart and the imagination. In darkness I count my blessings like Manman taught me. One: I am alive. Two: there is no two. In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake a boy is trapped beneath the rubble of a ruined hospital: thirsty, terrified and alone. Shorty is a child of the slums, a teenage boy who has seen enough violence to last a lifetime, and who has been inexorably drawn into the world of the gangsters who rule Site Soleil: men who dole out money with one hand and death with the other. But Shorty has a secret: a flame of revenge that blazes inside him and a burning wish to find the twin sister he lost five years ago. And he is marked. Marked in a way that links him with Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Haitian rebel who two-hundred years ago led the slave revolt and faced down Napoleon to force the French out of Haiti. As he grows weaker, Shorty relives the journey that took him to the hospital with a bullet wound in his arm. In his visions and memories he hopes to find the strength to survive, and perhaps then Toussaint can find a way to be free...

Erika Falck, scrittrice, è tornata per qualche tempo nella casa dei genitori. La morte di Alexandra Wijkner, sua amica d'infanzia, riapre una misteriosa vicenda che aveva profondamente turbato la piccola comunità dell'arcipelago molti anni prima. E' Erika a trovare il corpo di Alexandra: i polsi tagliati, giace in una vasca di ghiaccio. Ma non è suicidio, qualcuno l'ha uccisa.