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Importador d'un nou estil periodístic, après a París, Josep M. Planes va donar una nova dimensió al periodisme esportiu. Per ell, l'esport no era una simple competició d'homes esforçats, sinó un esdeveniment de masses, una festa, un espai d'oci a l'abast de tothom. D'aquesta manera, les seves cròniques sovint són més retrats d'època, de paisatges i de seguidors, que no pas informes esportius. Es tracta, en definitiva, d'una nova manera d'acostar-se a l'esport. Per aquestes cròniques iròniques i amenes hi desfilen noms mítics del ciclisme com Marià Cañardo, o futbolistes com Josep Samitier i Ricard Zamora.

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Bridglal (Bridge) Pachai, a life long advocate of social justice, was born in a thatched roof cottage in Umbulwana, South Africa. His journey has taken him from South Africa to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Along the way he has taught history at universities in South Africa, Malawi, The Gambia and Halifax. He has also served as director of the Black Cultural Centre in Nova Scotia and as director of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.In the words of Tom McInnis, his senior when Bridge was director of the Human Rights Commission, he could "dance with the lords and be with the paupers." "Bridge does not divine a purpose in the accidental opportunities he has encountered. Rather he accepts the mystery of their almost haphazardness and stresses the importance of seizing the opportunities that the opening doors present. Certainly his ideals and convictions shine through like a beacon and firmly hold him on his journey. But there is also an anchor of pragmatism and this probably accounts for the successes of his remarkable career." - J. Colin Dodds, President, Saint Mary's University (from the Preface)

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En Pocoyó té una càmera de fotos nova i vol fotografiar moltes coses. Però, tot d'una, la càmera desapareix. Vols ajudar en Pocoyó a trobar la seva càmera?

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Totes a cavall! Les extenses praderies de la pampa argentina ens esperen per resoldre el misteri sobre un antic tresor familiar. Acompanyeu-nos en una nova aventura superemocionant!

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What happens when good people make one bad decision?Imagine you are on the way to a remote mountain cabin with your friends. Upon arrival, you discover an abandoned armored van with fifteen million dollars on board. Would you take the money?Nova and her friends answer with a resounding yes. Perhaps their answer would have been different had they known that a professional killer was already tracking down the money. Or that a legendary creature known as the Wraith roams the mountain, ravenous with hunger.Thinking they're safe and anonymous, Nova and her friends divvy up the stolen cash, unaware who or what is after them, unaware that soon they will be fighting for their lives.

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Knowledge of the behavior of soil mechanics is essential for forecasting the internal displacements and actions of any construction. This book, although theoretical at first glance, also offers a more practical scope, giving readers adequate tools to plan geotechnical projects correctly.

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“Many and wondrous are the charms of this witty, suspenseful, and enchanting book.” —The Wall Street Journal The discovery of a suspicious death at a famous Swiss physics laboratory sparks a mystery that merges science, philosophy, and the high-stakes race to unlock the fundamental nature of our universe in this thrilling new novel from the Edgar Award-nominated author of the “hugely entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) The Last Equation of Isaac Severy.Deep beneath the ground outside of Geneva, where CERN’s Large Hadron Collider smashes subatomic particles at breathtaking speeds, a startling discovery is made when the tunnel is down for maintenance: the body of Howard Anderby, a brilliant and recently arrived young physicist, who appears to have been irradiated by the collider. But security shows no evidence of him entering the tunnel, and for all of the lab’s funding, its video sur

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Piras, the spoiled son of a military hero, dreams of becoming a Knight for the Nova Empire...until the day he literally crashes into a mysterious woman on the street and his life is turned upside down. Rescued by a shadowy group from a monstrous creature, Piras is mesmerized by the strange new power that flows through him — only to learn that the Empire will hunt him down for it. It's the end of his charmed life and the start of a new quest for the truth behind the Nova Empire and the people it labels enemies. This action-packed, full-color webcomic is now a graphic novel!

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Aquesta història va succeir al zoo de Central Park de Nova York. Tango va ser la primera pingüino amb dos pares. Una família diferent que neda, salta, juga a l'estany i és feliç.

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Elite Soldiers known as ghosts are trained to use their special psychic powers for military operations, and one Ghost Academy cadet, Nova, must handle both her teammates and her own demons.

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Meitat fada, meitat vampir, i totalment inigualable!Arriba una nova aventura de la Isadora Moon!Isadora Moon és especial perquè és diferent.La seva mare és una fada, el seu pare és un vampir i ella té una miqueta de tots dos. Hi ha una nena nova a la classe de la Isadora. Es diu Ava, i tots volen ser amics seus, però ella no ho posa gens fàcil! Tot i que l'Ava no és gaire amable, la Isadora no la vol deixar de banda i no sap si convidar-la a la festa especial per a en Pinky. Potser l'Ada guarda un secret!Aconseguirà fer-se'n amiga, la Isadora?

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A story of superheroes, villains, vengeance and forbidden love, Archenemies by Marissa Meyer is the fabulous sequel to the New York Times-bestselling Renegades. Time is running out.Together, they can save the world.But they are each other’s worst nightmare.Nova’s double life is about to get a lot more complicated:As Insomnia, she is a fully-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate of powerful and beloved superheroes. As Nightmare, she is an Anarchist - a group of of villains who are determined to destroy the Renegades. Nova wants vengeance against the so-called heroes who once failed her when she needed them most.But as Nova, her feelings for Adrian are deepening, despite the fact that he is a Renegade and the son of her sworn enemies and, unbeknownst to Nova, he has some dangerous secrets of his own.The line between good and evil has been blurred, but too much power could mean the end of their city – and the world – as they know it.

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Una nova aventura del Colom més divertit i original de la literatura infantil, creat pel bestseller internacional Mo Willems.Un llibre perfecte per al moment d'anar a dormir als més petits de la casa.

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Un misteri amenaça el ranxo de Nicky, a Austràlia, però les Tea Sisters estan disposades a afrontar-lo plegades i viatgen fins al cor del continent i més enllà i tot, en una nova, extraràtica aventura!

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‘I invite you to be courageous and get comfortable with being uncomfortable, because any discomfort you feel is temporary and pales in comparison to what black and brown people often have to experience on a daily basis. Are you ready? The Good Ally is an urgent call to arms to become better allies against racism and provides a thoughtful approach, centering collective healing, to do so. It is a book for those against persistent racial injustice, hungry to expand their knowledge and understanding of systemic racism in Britain and beyond. It uncovers the roots of racism and its birthplace, anti-Blackness. It is for those who not only want to be able to better recognise both subtle and overt forms of racism in action, to examine their powerful role in it, but who want to know what to do about it. The answer often lies within. The Good Ally is the answer to ‘what next?’

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The only mention of Jude in Nova Scotia's official history relates to her death: a slave-owning family was brought to trial for her murder in 1801. They were acquitted despite overwhelming evidence that they were guilty. Sharon Robart-Johnson pays tribute to such archival glimpses of enslaved people by re-creating the fullness of sisters Jude and Diana's survival, emphasizing their joys alongside their hardship. She stories their movements through the U.S. to Nova Scotia, Canada, with the arrival of the United Empire Loyalists in 1783. As a child, Jude is sold away and then, by a lucky turn of fate, reunited with her fiercely loving family. Jude's experiences harden her into a rebel who resists injustice without heeding consequences, and after her death, Diana is left alone to deal with racist and sexual violence.Through Robart-Johnson's research, we experience nineteenth-century Nova Scotia, when political debates about abolishing slavery were just beginning to emerge. Through Robart-Johnson's creativity, we enter the historical fiction of Jude and Diana and their strong familial bonds, each character developed with nuance and care. While chronicling the cruelty they endured, Robart-Johnson's storytelling powerfully honours their humour, strength, and shining dignity.

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A #1 New York Times Bestseller An NPR Best Book of 2015A Boston Globe Best Book of 2015A Chicago Public Library Best Teen Fiction of 2015A BookRiot Best Book of 2015A 2016 YALSA Best Book for Young AdultsA Horn Book Fanfare Best Books of 2015A School Library Journal Best Book of 2015A 2015 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult “With evocative language, a shifting timeline and more than one unreliable narrator, Suma subtly explores the balance of power between the talented and the mediocre, the rich and the poor, the brave and the cowardly . . . To reveal more would be to uncover the bloody heart that beats beneath the floorboards of this urban-legend-tinged tale.” —The New York Times The Walls Around Us is a ghostly story of suspense told in two voices--one still living and one dead. On the outside, there’s Violet, an eighteen-year-old ballerina days away from the life of her dreams when something threatens to expose the shocking truth of her achievement. On the inside, within the walls of a girls’ juvenile detention center, there’s Amber, locked up for so long she can’t imagine freedom. Tying these two worlds together is Orianna, who holds the key to unlocking all the girls’ darkest mysteries: What really happened on the night Orianna stepped between Violet and her tormentors? What really happened on two strange nights at Aurora Hills? Will Amber and Violet and Orianna ever get the justice they deserve--in this life or in another one?#1 Spring 2015 Kids’ Indie Next List Pick A Junior Library Guild Selection

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El desig més gran de l?Ona és abraçar la seva estrella. Per això cerca amb enginy la manera d'arribar-hi. Hi arribarà?Una mirada innocent i sincera a les pors de començar una nova vida.

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After witnessing her engineer father die in mysterious circumstances on one of the Cobalt Corporation's experimental oil extraction projects, Nova Terrell has grown up to hate the seemingly benevolent company that the town of Catch Creek, New Mexico, relies on for its livelihood and, thanks to the "Mother Nature" project, its clean water. Haunted by her father's death, the rebellious Nova wages a campaign of sabotage and vandalism on the oil giant's facilities and equipment, until one night she accidentally makes a terrifying discovery about the true nature of the "Mother Nature" project and the malevolent, long-dormant horror it has awakened, and that threatens to destroy them all.

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Josep Vallverdú, que el 9 de juliol farà 100 anys, aporta a l?Any Vallverdú un volum memorialístic excepcional que recull les dues últimes dècades d?una maduresa activa i plena de curiositat. L?escriptor que ha captivat generacions de lectors joves amb novelles immortals com Rovelló, En Roc drapaire o L?home dels gats desplega una gran activitat. Vallverdú explica la pèrdua de l?esposa, l'allunyament de Lleida i la recerca d'una nova casa on viurà amb la nova companya. ?L?home de Ponent?, com el designava Josep M. Espinàs, veu, com finalment li arriben els màxims reconeixements a una activitat plena d?ambició cultural i amb una connexió envejable amb els lectors joves.

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Hi ha res pitjor que anar a l?institut? Doncs sí, ser la nova penjada d?una escola privada superesnob! Com que tothom té un iPhone d?última generació, li he demanat a la mare que me?n compri un. Necessito un mòbil urgentment! Però, noooo! En comptes d?un iPhone la meva mare m?ha regalat aquest estúpid diari! A la meva mare se li?n va la pinça! Nova edició amb format més pràctic: rústica sense solapes, perquè te?l puguis endur a tot arreu. Ara a un preu més assequible. Torna a gaudir de la sèrie de literatura juvenil amb més èxit internacional: 55 milions d?exemplars venuts a tot el món.

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Most die-hard Brazilian music fans would argue that Getz/Gilberto, the iconic 1964 album featuring "The Girl from Ipanema," is not the best bossa nova record. Yet we've all heard "The Girl from Ipanema" as background music in a thousand anodyne settings, from cocktail parties to telephone hold music. So how did Getz/Gilberto become the Brazilian album known around the world, crossing generational and demographic divides? Bryan McCann traces the history and making of Getz/Gilberto as a musical collaboration between leading figure of bossa nova João Gilberto and Philadelphia-born and New York-raised cool jazz artist Stan Getz. McCann also reveals the contributions of the less-understood participants (Astrud Gilberto's unrehearsed, English-language vocals; Creed Taylor's immaculate production; Olga Albizu's arresting, abstract-expressionist cover art) to show how a perfect balance of talents led to not just a great album, but a global pop sensation. And he explains how Getz/Gilberto emerged from the context of Bossa Nova Rio de Janeiro, the brief period when the subtle harmonies and aching melodies of bossa nova seemed to distill the spirit of a modernizing, sensuous city. 33 1/3 Global, a series related to but independent from 33 1/3, takes the format of the original series of short, music-based books and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music, the series will also include volumes on the popular music of Australia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and more.

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31 years after the Perfect Game – Villanova’s shocking national championship upset over Georgetown – Nova struck again with the Perfect Shot, taking down North Carolina in one of the most thrilling finishes in sports history. The shot and second national title in school history were the culmination of 15 years of Coach Jay Wright painstakingly building the unheralded program, through ups and downs, heartbreak and triumph. In Long Shots: Jay Wright, Villanova, and College Basketball’s Most Unlikely Champion, ESPN senior writer Dana O’Neil uses exclusive access to Coach Wright and Nova basketball to delve into the inner-workings of a championship program. In the spirit of A Season on the Brink, O’Neil not only explores behind-the-scenes of the historic 2015-2016 NCAA championship season but also the improbable path that the Nova program took to college basketball immortality. In overcoming a disappointing NCAA Tournament track record, the breakup of the Big East conference as we knew it, and Nova’s underdog status among traditional college hoops powerhouses, Jay Wright and his team provided the blueprint for how a “have-not” can prevail over the blue bloods the right way – the Villanova Basketball Way.

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Una nova versió de la llegenda més estimada pels petits lectors: aquesta vegada amb pop ups que funcionen amb mecanismes. Una altra idea original per a una història de sempre.A partir d'1 any.

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Faith Finley has it all: she's a talented psychologist with a flourishing career, a bestselling author and the host of a popular local radio program, Someone's Listening, with Dr. Faith Finley. She's married to the perfect man, Liam Finley, a respected food critic. Until the night everything goes horribly wrong, and Faith's life is shattered forever. Liam is missing-gone without a trace-and the police are suspicious of everything Faith says. They either think she has something to hide, or that she's lost her mind. And then the notes begin to arrive. Notes that are ripped from Faith's own book, the one that helps victims leave their abusers. Notes like "Lock your windows. Consider investing in a steel door." As the threats escalate, the mystery behind Liam's disappearance intensifies. And Faith's very life will depend on finding answers...

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Aprèn els COLORS de manera divertida i entretinguda amb aquest llibre didàctic de la nova collecció de l'autor de L'erugueta golafre.De quin color són els arbres? I aquest bonic ocell?Descobreix-ho en aquest colorit llibre, amb el que t'ho passaràs d'allò més bé aprenent mentre reconeixes i relaciones els colors amb les seves illustracions. Flors roses, raïm morat ? i molt més!El meu primer llibre dels colors és un dels títols de la nova collecció d'Eric Carle, aclamat illustrador i escriptor els llibres del qual han venut milions d'exemplars al món. Els nens petits gaudiran mirant les pàgines i relacionant colors amb objectes en aquest preciós llibre de cartró fàcil de manipular per les seves mans petitones.

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'Had me giggling all the way through . . . I loved it!' Jasbinder Bilan'Action-packed and bursting with fun' Sinéad O'HartWelcome to Little Snoddington, where nothing is normal and every day is magic . . .Nine-year-old Alfie Blackstack's parents have met a very unfortunate end. Now he's living in the SUPER CREEPY Switherbroom Hall with his mad-haired Aunt Gertie and warty Aunt Zita. The thing is, Alfie's aunts aren't just weird - they're WITCHES!When the circus arrives in town Alfie makes his first ever friend, the FEARLESS Calypso Fagan. But when Calypso's little sister Nova disappears, they must face the TERRIFYING Head Witch in a race to find Nova and stop the next Witch War.

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In AD 1218, Praetor Gaius Marcellinus was ordered to conquer Nova Hesperia and make it a Roman province. But outside the walls of the great city of Cahokia, his legion was destroyed. Accepted by his captors, Marcellinus vowed to fight with them against all enemies, Roman or native.After successfully repelling an invasion by the fearsome Iroqua tribes, the Cahokians are weakened, and Marcellinus knows that the divided people of Nova Hesperia will be unable to resist the might of Rome. But rival factions threaten to tear Cahokia apart, and the empire he once served will not give up its dream of conquest. Even as Marcellinus struggles to unite his new comrades, a new legion is preparing to set sail...

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Una nova aventura del policia més esbojarrat del món. En aquesta història, l'Home Gos haurà de lluitar contra un enemic molt estrany i molt malvat. L'Home Gos es trobarà amb noves situacions esbojarrades que ens faran trencar de riure.

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On the colony planet of Terra Nova, Carrera has achieved his revenge, destroying those who had destroyed his life by killing his wife and children in a terrorist strike. And, with the help of his second wife, he has thwarted an attempted coup tha

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El que més agrada a Pericot Rodamón és viatjar, fins que arriba un moment en què tot li sembla familiar, com si ja ho coneguera. Aleshores decideix buscar una nova forma de viatjar: caminant cap arrere. Així li ocorreran moltes peripècies.

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