NOVEDADES

Al frente del panteón intelectual del siglo XIX se encuentran las figuras de Karl Marx (1818-83), Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) y Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). La crítica de Marx al sistema socioeconómico y el análisis de Freud de la vida psicosexual han sido bien asimiladas a finales del siglo XX y principios del XXI. Sin embargo, las ideas de Nietzsche continúan en el horizonte de la conciencia moderna: un desafío inquietante, incluso aterrador, que sabía que no se iba a ser aceptado durante su propia época. "Imagina un libro que no hable de otra cosa más que de los acontecimientos que tienen lugar fuera de la posibilidad de experiencias generales o, incluso, raras: el primer lenguaje de una nueva gama de experiencias. En este caso, ¡no se oirá nada!".

Jane fue convencida por sus amigos a quedarse en su escuela un viernes por la noche, y aunque desde un inicio tuvo un muy mal presentimiento y vivió extrañas experiencias, decidió ignorar todas estas. Grave error. Aún más grave si eres consciente del accidente que había ocurrido tiempo atrás, de lo extraño que está el ambiente y de cómo la misteriosa y marginada Camila te advierte repetidamente que renuncies a ese plan.. Cuando llega finalmente el día, el momento, todos están divirtiéndose, pero nuestra protagonista sigue sintiendo incomodidad, y no es hasta que una integrante del grupo de adolescentes queda sin vida de forma aterradora que estos empiezan a alarmarse y a darse cuenta del error que han cometido. Un encuentro inesperado, un extraño final, sentimientos revelados en medio de la tormenta de horrores, y más cosas suceden en el transcurso del intento de escapar de estos jóvenes, y digo intento, porque no todos lo logran.

Focusing on the profound effect that art, craft, and color can play in any interior, this book presents Hollis’s masterful new residential projects, in which the curation of art, objects, and custom furnishings are key to the character of the spaces.

The year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to serve the sick. But his superiors, and the power brokers they serve, have different plans for the tender-hearted Brother Nicephorus. Enter Tyun, a charismatic treasure hunter renowned for “liberating” holy relics from their tombs. The seven-hundred-year-old bones of Saint Nicholas are rumored to weep a mysterious liquid that can heal the sick, Tyun says. For the humble price of a small fortune, he will steal the bones and deliver them to Bari, curing the plague and restoring glory to the fallen city. And Nicephorus, the “dreamer,” will be his guide. What follows is a heist for the ages, as Nicephorus is swept away on strange tides, and alongside even stranger bedfellows, to commit sacrilegious theft. Based on real historical accounts, Nicked is a swashbuckling saga, a medieval novel noir, a meditation on the miraculous, and a monastic meet-cute, filled with wide-eyed wonder at the world that awaits beyond our own borders.

Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today, Yuval Noah Harari asks us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems throughout history have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence.

Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco. Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband’s venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also freed from her responsibility as a board member of the company. Bringing with her only a few personal treasures, she is excited to move into the blank slate of a beautiful midtown penthouse, in the city that she has always loved. It is also where her two adult daughters now live. As Kezia settles into her new apartment, she meets her movie-star next-door neighbor, Sam Stewart, whose terrace borders hers. Just a couple of weeks after she arrives, however, a devastating crisis strikes New York City. Kezia and Sam find themselves connecting over their strong impulse to help those in need. As they share a life-changing experience of volunteering, a bond is sparked and a friendship is formed. Kezia’s daughters, Kate and Felicity, are taken aback by their mother’s new friendship, both more focused on their own love lives than hers. But Kezia is learning that the changes she’s making are just what she needs to open new horizons. In this powerful and moving new novel, Danielle Steel illuminates the importance of human connection and embracing brave change, proving it’s never too late for a brand-new start.