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«La Europa sentimental, patria de la lentitud, es otro paraíso perdido. Era nuestro último lujo, nuestro último valor. Era vivir la vida. Sin embargo, se compran Bugattis para quemar las etapas de un destino que les parece absurdo. Nada podrá devolvernos el silencio y la lentitud de las cosas.» Publicado por primera vez en 1932, este ensayo de geografía literaria está a medio camino entre un diario de viaje y un diario privado, entre la prosa y la poesía. 'En tierras del Danubio' es el relato de varias estancias durante las cuales De Rougemont descubre parte de la Europa central: Prusia Oriental y sus castillos, Viena, Hungría, el lago de Garda, Tubinga (donde visita la torre de Hölderlin) y Suabia, al suroeste de Stuttgart. Esta edición incluye también su estancia en Nueva York y la vuelta a Europa tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Son páginas de un lirismo admirable, y profusas en intuiciones brillantes que conforman un mapa de los afectos de la nueva Europa central.

Al quinceañero Alex le gustan los latigazos de ultraviolencia. Junto a su pandilla de amigos, roban, matan y violan en un futuro de pesadilla, hasta que el Estado pone fin a sus desmanes. Pero ¿qué significará para él su reeducación? La naranja mecánica es un horror distópico, una comedia negra, una exploración de la capacidad de elección, pero también es una obra llena de invención donde se creó un nuevo lenguaje para sus personajes

Víctor y Sara una vez creyeron tenerlo todo. Se amaron con una intensidad que pocas veces se repite en la vida, pero también se hicieron daño. Su historia terminó en un divorcio que los dejó rotos, obligándolos a reconstruirse el uno sin el otro. Ahora intentan seguir adelante, recogiendo los pedazos de lo que fueron y adaptándose a un presente donde ya no son «nosotros», sino dos extraños con un pasado compartido. Pero, cuando sus caminos se cruzan de nuevo, los sentimientos enterrados vuelven a salir a la superficie. La nostalgia se mezcla con el dolor, el deseo choca contra el miedo y el amor se viste de resentimiento. ¿Se puede amar y odiar a alguien a la vez? ¿Puede el amor transformarse y sobrevivir al tiempo? ¿Existen las segundas oportunidades… o algunas historias simplemente están destinadas a terminar? Víctor lo tiene claro. Sara no tanto. Porque hay heridas que nunca se cierran, recuerdos que nunca se borran y sentimientos que nunca mueren del todo…

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus. But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love.

For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But that peace has now come to an end. Geralt of Rivia, the hunter known as the Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. The one who has the power to change the world for good—or for evil. As the threat of war hangs over the land and the child is pursued for her extraordinary powers, it will become Geralt’s responsibility to protect them all. And the Witcher never accepts defeat.

When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.

Geralt is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless hunter. Yet he is no ordinary killer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. Sword of Destiny is the follow up to The Last Wish, and together they are the perfect introduction to a one of a kind fantasy world.

At 32, Russell Green has it all: a stunning wife, a lovable six year-old daughter, a successful career as an advertising executive, and an expansive home in Charlotte. He is living the dream, and his marriage to the bewitching Vivian is at the center of it. But underneath the shiny surface of this perfect existence, fault lines are beginning to appear . . . In a matter of months, Russ finds himself without a job or a wife, caring for his young daughter while struggling to adapt to a new reality. Throwing himself into the wilderness of single parenting, Russ embarks on a journey at once terrifying and rewarding—one that will test his abilities and his emotional resources beyond anything he's ever imagined. When a chance encounter with an old flame tempts him to take a chance on love again, he navigates this new opportunity with trepidation and wonder. With the loyal support of his parents, the wisdom of his older sister, Marge, and the hard-won lessons of fatherhood, Russ will finally come to understand the true nature of unconditional love—that it is a treasure to be bestowed, not earned.

With her remarkable insight into the human condition and silences that contain multitudes, Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters—Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more—as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and yet choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it, “What does anyone’s life mean?”