NOVEDADES

She found the right guy at the dead wrong time . . . When thirty-year-old post-double-mastectomy BRCA1 carrier and reluctant thrill-seeker Alison Mullally arrives at her ex-boyfriend Sam’s funeral to discover that no one knows he dumped her, she agrees to play the grieving girlfriend over the holidays for the sake of the family. Little did she know this would mean packing up Sam’s apartment with his prickly best friend, Adam Berg. After all, it’ll only take four weekends . . . But Adam doesn’t want Alison anywhere near him. Forced to spend long hours with the grump and his monosyllabic demeanor, Alison decides to put her people-pleasing abilities to the test. She will make him like her. And after awkward family affairs, snowy mishaps, and packing up dilemmas, the two form a tenuous friendship . . . if “friendship” means incredible chemistry and sexual tension. Can Alison come clean and finally embrace the life and love she’s always wanted? Or will her little white lie get in the way of her new, unexpected romance?

It is twenty years after the catastrophic war between the United States and China that brought down the old American political order. A new party has emerged in the US, one that’s held power for over a decade. Efforts to cement its grip have resulted in mounting violent resistance. The American president has control of the media, but he is beginning to lose control of the streets. Many fear he’ll stop at nothing to remain in the White House. Suddenly, he collapses in the middle of an address to the nation. After an initial flurry of misinformation, the administration reluctantly announces his death. A cover-up ensues, conspiracy theories abound, and the country descends into a new type of civil war.

In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by their shared sense of alienation and desire for something different. “Allied in the weirdest parts of themselves,” they envision each other as artistic collaborators and embark on a future defined by freedom and creativity. By the time they are adults, their dreams are murkier. As a performance artist, Giselle must navigate an elite social world she never conceived of. As a coder thrilled by the internet’s early egalitarian promise, Jackie must contend with its more sinister shift toward monetization and surveillance. And as a community activist, Ellen confronts the increasing gentrification and policing overwhelming her New York City neighborhood. Over time their friendship matures and changes, their definitions of success become complicated, and their sense of what matters evolves. Moving from the predigital 1980s to the art and tech subcultures of the 1990s to a strikingly imagined portrait of the 2040s, Memory Piece is an innovative and audacious story of three lifelong friends as they strive to build satisfying lives in a world that turns out to be radically different from the one they were promised.

Juliette vive en un agujero. Se sienta en él y ve la vida pasar. No le gusta su trabajo. No tiene inquietudes. No recuerda lo que significa soñar. Y hace tiempo que renunció al amor. Pero, entonces, un hombre muere. Y todo cambia. De repente, se encuentra en un pequeño pueblo de casas de colores y su camino se cruza con el de otras personas que acabarán siendo imprescindibles para ella. Una anciana a la que le atormenta la tristeza de las flores, un niño sin voz que las roba, un hombre que ama los libros y las cosas brillantes con la misma intensidad, un pintor incapaz de acabar un cuadro… Todos ellos, junto a un puñado de cartas olvidadas, ayudarán a Juliette a entender que el amor existe y que es maravilloso en todas sus versiones.

MÁS ALLÁ DE LA SONRISA Este libro no va de fútbol. No habla de la carrera de un niño prodigio. Un talento tan singular como precoz. Ni tampoco de sus éxitos en uno de los clubs más grandes del mundo. No se analiza únicamente a aquel adolescente, con cara angelical y juego celestial, que puso en pie al Camp Nou cuando no alcanzaba ni la mayoría de edad. Miles de personas vibraron con su fútbol profundo, ágil y preciso, que conectaba al instante con el aficionado culé. Porque era uno de los suyos. Un niño que vieron crecer, al que acompañaron en su vertiginoso salto al primer equipo, derribando barreras y marcando goles. Estas páginas son un viaje a la mente de un jugador. A la mente de una persona que, en realidad, son dos. La que se ve en el campo, supuestamente disfrutando del éxito con el que sueña cualquiera: fama, reconocimiento, elogios, dinero… Una vida de privilegiado. Y luego está la otra vida, la que no se veía cuando desaparecía del césped y se cernía sobre él la oscuridad, donde la ansiedad y la angustia lo invadían todo. Era cuando Bojan derrotó a Bojan. Y Bojan, por vez primera, lo cuenta todo.

It’s time for Sleepy Sheepy’s very first sheepover! But when it’s time for bed, Sleepy Sheepy CANNOT SLEEPY! You see, his blankets scratch, and his pj’s don’t match! Sleepy Sheepy…misses his home! Will Grammy and Grampy ever get their favorite little sheep to sleep? From acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins and brought to life by New York Times bestselling illustrator Pete Oswald (The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, The Smart Cookie, The Sour Grape), Sleepy Sheepy and the Sheepover is a fun and funny bedtime read-aloud that will appeal to any child who has felt a bit unsure at their first sleepover.