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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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En aquesta nova aventura trepidant, les Tea Sisters posen rumb a una terra exòtica, on s?hauran d?enfrontar a ponts suspesos, còndors gegants i antigues trampes si volen arribar fins a les portes de la Ciutat Secreta dels inques!

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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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Secret identities. Extraordinary powers.She wants vengeance. He wants justice.The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies—humans with extraordinary abilities – who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone . . . except the villains they once overthrew.Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice—and in Nova. But Nova’s allegiance is to a villain who has the power to end them both.From Marissa Meyer, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Heartless, comes Renegades a high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal.

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Aprèn les FORMES de manera divertida i entretinguda amb aquest llibre didàctic de la nova collecció de l'autor de L'erugueta golafre.Quina forma té la síndria? I aquest bonic estel?Descobreix-ho en aquest colorit llibre, amb el qual t'ho passaràs d'allò més bé aprenent mentre reconeixes i relaciones les formes amb les seves illustracions. Marietes amb forma de cúpula, estels amb forma de diamant? i molt més!El meu primer llibre de les formes 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 formes amb objectes en aquest preciós llibre de cartró fàcil de manipular per les seves mans petitones.

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Meitat fada, meitat vampir, i totalment única! Un nou llibre regal 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.A l#escola, la Isadora està aprenent un munt de coses sobre l#espai. Quan una nit segueix un estel fugaç que cau del cel, la Isadora fa una amiga brillant. Es diu Nova i no hauria de rondar per la Terra. El pitjor de tot és que ha perdut el seu gatet lunar Plutó!Aconseguiran trobar el gatet perdut abans que la Nova hagi de tornar volant a casa?També podràs aprendre a fer les teves creacions espacials amb la Isadora!

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The A List edition of Leo McKay’s superb collection. Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Like This takes you inside small-town Nova Scotia to expose the troubles that lie at its heart.Set in a fictional town called Albion Mines, (the old name for author Leo McKay's home town of Stellarton), Like This offers a gripping, and at times frightening, look at small-town Nova Scotia life. These superb stories are startling and often disturbing, filled with complexity and power. McKay portrays characters with astonishing depth and dead-on emotional rightness. The world is not fair in these stories. There is pain, abuse, solitude; but somehow there is also hope.Featuring a new introduction by Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author Lynn Coady.

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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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Set in 1398/99 in present day Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, Canada, The World Above the Sky is the first in a trilogy of utopian adventure romances exploring European and First People's creation myths in the pre-Columbian (1398) Canadian wilderness.

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It's very cold in Antarctica, and the Terra Nova is crowded with both men and animals. Tom the sailor is looking for a quiet and cozy place for his pet rabbit to have her babies. From high in the rigging to down in the hold, the crewman takes readers all through the ship while he searches for a spot where his rabbit can make her nest. Based on the diaries of men who sailed to the South Pole on board the Terra Nova in 1910 with Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Tom Crean's Rabbit introduces the historic voyage to young readers. Kitchen's stunning illustrations capture the magnificence of the Antarctic landscape and notes in the back of the book provide more information about the expedition and detail the adventures of the book's hero.

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Durant molt de temps, Orion ha estat esperant que algú li anunciés la seva mort, ja que pateix una malaltia cardíaca greu. Es va apuntar a Mort Sobtada per saber quan li arribaria el moment. Valentino està començant una nova vida a Nova York. Té un futur llarg i prometedor, i només s?hi va registrar després que la seva germana bessona patís un greu accident de cotxe on gairebé perd la vida. Orion i Valentino es creuen a Times Square i immediatament senten una connexió profunda. Però quan s'acaba el dia, les seves vides canvien per sempre: un d'ells rep una trucada, i l'altre, no. Tot i que cap dels dos està segur de què passarà, saben que volen estar junts... encara que això impliqui el més dur dels adeus.

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A Practical Guide to the Marine Animals of Northeastern North America features Leland Pollock's innovative, user-friendly keys that circumvent many of the difficulties of traditional identification systems. Pollock's keys offer choices among distinctive attributes of the specimen. Results are compared to all variations found in the region's fauna, using a neatly displayed tabular form accompanied by many line drawings. The introduction describes marine habitats, tips for conducting fieldwork, and outlines groups of organisms found in northeastern North America, from Nova Scotia to North Carolina. Although designed for the nonexpert, the manual provides coverage sufficient to meet the more demanding needs of those conducting biotic surveys and advanced studies in the region. Includes user-friendly keys for common marine animals, North Carolina to Nova Scotia, from splash zone to the edge of the continental shelf.

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El Lluna Park ha estrenat una nova atracció, i tota Ratalona ha vingut per a la gran inauguració. Però les atraccions no paren d?espatllar-se i sembla que no hi ha solució. Seré capaç d?esbrinar qui hi ha al darrere de tot aquest sabotatge?

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This collection features essays on Nova Scotia-born poet, playwright and literary critic George Elliott Clarke. Instrtumental in promoting the writing of writers of African descent, Clarke's work has won awards including the Governor General's Award for poetry. He is also the recipient of seven honorary doctorates.

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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.For readers who enjoy The Ritual by Adam Nevill and The Terror by Dan Simmons.

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Tracking Dr. Lonecloud: Showman to Legend Keeper, by Ruth Whitehead, Nova Scotia Museum ethnologist, is a book that includes the memoir of Jerry Lonecloud, a Mi'kmaw hunter, healer, and showman. Co-published by Goose Lane Editions and the Nova Scotia Museum, the book offers to readers, for the first time, the earliest known Mi'kmaw memoir. Jerry Lonecloud was born Germain Laksi, on 4 July 1852 in Belfast, Maine, to Mi'kmaw parents from Nova Scotia. As a youth, he lived in Vermont. Orphaned at the age of fourteen, he set out on a two-year adventure to bring his two brothers and one sister back to Nova Scotia. Trained in the use of herbal medicine by his parents, Laski fell easily into the role of Doctor Lonecloud in the American medicine shows of the 1880s, including Healey and Bigelow's Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and his own company, the Kiowa Medicine Show, for which he made the medicines. During the rest of his remarkable life, he sold tonics in South America, prospected for gold, and guided sportsmen into the woods of Maritime Canada as they searched for moose and caribou. Hunter, healer, and showman, Lonecloud valued, studied, preserved, and passed on many of the traditional ways, stories, and natural medicines of his people. "During Doctor Lonecloud's travels, he gained a great amount of personal knowledge of different cultures, and in return he shared his vast knowledge of the Mi'kmaw people," notes Donald Julien, executive Director of the Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq, in the book's preface. A researcher himself, Julien has found Lonecloud's name on hundreds of government documents in the provincial and national archives. "The story of his many trips from childhood, to when he left this world to join our ancestors, is very intriguing," said Julien. After Lonecloud met Harry Piers, curator of the Provincial Museum of Nova Scotia, in 1910, the two developed a friendship that continued until Lonecloud's death in 1930. Lonecloud's great knowledge of natural and social history is reflected in the specimens and artifacts he brought to the museum, and in Piers's meticulous notes on the information Lonecloud provided about the items. Near the end of his life, Lonecloud told journalist Clara Dennis his own story and a wealth of Mi'kmaw tales, oral histories, jokes and social customs, many previously undocumented. Unpublished until now, this treasure of information, recorded between 1923 and 1929, forms the basis of this book.

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#1 New York Times Bestseller From the mind of basketball legend and Academy Award–winning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes a new tale of finding your inner magic against all odds. GAME. SET. MAGIC. Game – Tennis means life and death for the residents of the magical kingdom of Nova, and for twelve-year-old Legacy, it’s the only thing getting her through the long days taking care of the other kids at the orphanage. That’s all about to change when she hears about Silla’s tournament. Set – Silla, the ruler of Nova, hosts an annual tournament for the less fortunate of her citizens to come and prove themselves and win entrance to the Academy, where they can train to compete at nationals. The prize is Silla’s favor and enough cash to keep open the orphanage, and Legacy has her heart set on both. Magic – What Legacy has yet to know is that the other players have something besides better skills and more money than she does. In Nova, tennis can unlock magic. Magic that Silla used to save the kingdom long ago and magic that her competitors have been training in for months already. Now, with the world turned against her and the orphanage at stake, Legacy has to learn to use her passion for the game to rise above those around her and shine.

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L'Home Gos ha engarjolat el famós gat Pepet! Sembla que per fi podrà viure tranquil, fins que un dia lloga una cangur pel seu gatet que sembla molt bona dona, però que amaga un gran secret. Una nova aventura del policia més esbojarrat del món amb situacions que us faran trencar de riure!

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"Don't give up, and your feelings will reach!" It's time for the famous inter-school flying broom race, and everyone is betting on Diana to win! But when she falls ill, who's going to take her place? And what will become of Akko and Luna Nova?! The mirthful magical fantasy series concludes!

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Quan la neu arriba a l?institut d?en Greg, tot el barri es transforma en un camp de batalla. Les guerres de neu han comenc?at, i en Greg i el seu amic, en Rowley Jefferson, hauran de fer tots els possibles per sobreviure a aquesta nova aventura.

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No us perdeu les aventures de les Tea Sisters a les llegendàries terres del rei Artús.Una nova aventura ens espera a Anglaterra: ajudeu-nos a resoldre un robatori misteriós i a representar una obra de teatre amb les pedres de l?Stonehenge com a teló de fons.

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El diccionari que cobreix les necessitats de tota l?etapa escolar, en una nova edició ampliada i actualitzada amb:? 23400 entrades i expressions.? 40500 significats.? 24000 exemples d?ús.? Més de 8000 derivats per ajudar a enriquir el vocabulari i descobrir les famílies de paraules.? Més de 3000 observacions gramaticals sobre dubtes ortogràfics, plurals i femenins, conjugació, barbarismes, pronúncia, recomanacions d?ús i dialectalismes.? Quadres de conjugació dels verbs irregulars per poder conjugar qualsevol verb.? Quadres gramaticals i lèxics per millorar el coneixement de la llengua.? Conté 32 làmines illustrades a color per desenvolupar estratègies per aprendre el vocabulari de manera més ordenada i profunda i copsar la noció de precisió léxica.? Ofereix un ?manual d?instruccions? perquè l?usuari pugui aprofitar al màxim els continguts del diccionari.Adaptat a la nova normativa ortogràfica de l?IEC (vigent des de 2017)

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El paradís perdut, una de les obres mestres de la poesia universal, manté intacta, encara avui, la seva sublimitat. Com digué Carles Riba, amb Milton, a cada nova lectura, revivim, com qui tan intensament el visqué en el seu cor i en el seu cap, el drama del paradís, Adams que som cadascun de nosaltres. I això, miracle de la poesia, pren forma i signes en el llenguatge, allò que de més noble l?home guardà de la seva primera plenitud. I si és sublim el magne poema anglès, també ho és la imponent traducció que en va fer Josep M. Boix i Selva, i que ell mateix va anar esmenant, durant dècades, fins a la seva mort. Aquest volum inclou els canvis que el poeta i traductor barceloní va deixar anotats amb vista a una nova edició de l?obra.

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ROYAL GAMBIT is the third book of the Antecedent series and a direct sequel to Nova Descent; the latest chapter in this gritty space opera set in a universe of intelligent warfare, intrigue and suspense. The corporations are in disarray. As Sapphire Nova succumbs to a terrifying new enemy and Taurus Galahad recover from their wounds, it is the wronged Sigma Royal who make the next move against those who caused their home world's demise, sparking a new war that will ultimately affect millions across the populated systems. With Kurcher and his allies fighting to repel threats from all corners of the galaxy, they inevitably find themselves once again at the heart of battles old and new in their bid to survive, setting them on a collision course with corporations, mercenaries and the nightmare spawned from the Grail itself.

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Tot i que el mussol Elvis reconeix que els seus veïns els ratolins són ben capaços d?alegrar-li el dia, també necessita temps per a ell, per llegir el diari, omplir l?herbari o dormir la migdiada. I és impossible, perquè aquests petitons no podrien ser més escandalosos. La solució, després de pensar-hi molt, la troba a les colònies humanes: allà els nens van a un lloc anomenat escola. Tot el matí! I qui millor que ell per fundar una nova escola per a aquests ratolins tan inquiets? És un pla idíllic, però els petits ratolins, a més d?escandalosos, són molt trapelles. Al mussol Elvis se li gira feina per posar ordre a la seva escola!Com anirà el primer dia de classe?Després de l?imparable èxit del Gos Pudent, arriba aquesta nova sèrie, amb Marc Boutavant.

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La porta dels tres panys, l'entrada al món quàntic on en Niko va viure aventures tan inoblidables com extraordinàries, ha desaparegut. El noi no ha estat capaç de retrobar els seus amics. Fins que la Quiona, la seva fada quàntica, reapareix per demanar-li ajuda. En Niko descobrirà que les lleis de la física s'han descontrolat, i que dels seus amics i d'ell en depèn el restabliment de l'equilibri.En la nova aventura quàntica s'haurà de sotmetre a les proves de cadascuna de les forces que regeixen el nostre univers.De la mà d'una autora amb més de 250.000 exemplars venuts a tot el món, la nova i esperada novella ofereix als lectors de totes les edats un meravellós viatge per comprendre i estimar la física quàntica.Amb la col.laboració de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Cultura.

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Abans de morir, la Magda, la dona del Tomàs, planejava amb ell un viatge a Vladivostok.Dos anys després, superat el dolor més intens, ell intenta trobar sentit al seu dia a dia com a vidu i jubilat: llegeix els llibres que ella va deixar pendents, recorre els turons de la seva urbanització en bicicleta i queda amb el seu millor amic, que insisteix a buscar-li una nova parella. L?estiu, però, canviarà completament amb l?arribada d?una nova veïna i el seu fill, i això farà que el Tomàs es replantegi què fer dels seus últims anys.Amb un to brutalment honest, Lluís Oliván fa un retrat d?una vellesa agredolça i d?una vida plena de contradiccions i de moments de vitalitat, i ens demostra que mentre seguim fent via podem afirmar que encara som vius.

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When Nova Husson, an end-of-life doula, meets Mayson Shaylor, everything she knows is cast into doubt. Committed to a world and profession that allows the elderly to bow out gracefully, taking on a younger man's case is unique, and tragic. Not to mention the fact that the once beloved singer-songwriter now must hang up his guitar for good, after a debilitating degenerative disease takes away the use of his hands. He's determined that there is no future for him, while she's determined to make him see there's life, even as death approaches. But Nova also holds powerful secrets of her own. An emotional, powerful journey that asks the biggest of questions about life, death, and love, The Next Thing You Know is a timeless story of love, loss, and how through the deepest bonds of connection, we can heal.

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Good communication is at the heart of strategies for effective health promotion and public health. At a time when lifestyle and preventable diseases are still on the rise, practitioners are in need of the skills to deliver effective health messages to the right audience, at the right time. Responding to this demand, Working on Health Communication provides a practical guide to the process of designing, implementing and evaluating campaigns. The book follows the campaign design process step-by-step. It covers every stage from selecting theoretical models and identifying the message and target audience, right through to running the campaign and evaluating its success. "Real-life examples" of actual campaigns are used throughout to show how theoretical ideas work in practice. Working on Health Communication is ideal for students and practitioners in public health, health promotion and other health-related areas who are working on health campaigns.

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A cidade enteira estaba patas arriba. Todos os músicos e aspirantes a músicos andaban atarefados. Axiña se ía formar a nova banda de música. Os aspirantes practicaban sen parar cos seus instrumentos. Evaristo, o xeadeiro, sopraba con ilusión a súa trompeta. Pero que mal soaba! Estaba claro que precisaba axuda.

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Des que vaig contractar la meva nova ajudanta, Pinky Pick, m'ha passat de tot. Una vegada em va obligar a passar el Cap d'Any al Pol Nord, a la deriva dalt d'un iceberg sense ni un mal bocí de formatge per a menjar, ballant la salsa durant hores i hores...

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Platzanlagen sind gestaltete Elemente von Städten, die ganz wesentlich deren Erscheinungsbild prägen. Sie schaffen Raum für soziale Interaktion und entziehen sich der hohen Bebauungsdichte. In der westlichen Stadtkultur haben sie durch ihre besondere Ausprägung die Vorstellung vom öffentlichen Raum geformt. In ihrer architektonischen und monumentalen Ausgestaltung greifen Plätze aber nicht nur in die Stadt ein, sondern auch in Räume des Umlands oder übergeordneter politischer Einheiten. Plätze schaffen Verbindungen zwischen Territorien, sind aber auch selbst vielfach inhaltlich besetzt und durch räumliche Ansprüche ihrer Bauherren strukturiert. Die Anthologie versammelt elf Beiträge zu europäischen Platzanlagen von der Antike bis ins 20. Jahrhundert, die auf unterschiedliche Weise von Territorialität gekennzeichnet sind. Die Fachgeschichte der raumbezogenen kunstgeschichtlichen Platzforschung wird hierbei grundsätzlich reflektiert.

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Tots tenim una manera de deixar les pors enrere!De vegades, quan el Cuc Poruc ha de fer alguna cosa nova... té por! Potser els animalons del bosc el poden ajudar..., però s#atrevirà a anar-los a buscar?Estàs preparat per treure#t les pors de sobre i jugar, cantar i ballar amb EL POT PETIT?

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Una nova aventura protagonitzada per la porqueta més imaginativa del món. L'Olivia es prepara per viure una de les festes més especials: El NadalUn llibre per viure aquestes festes frenètiques, emocionants i plenes d'expectatives des dels ulls d'una de les porquetes més divertides i engrescadores de la literatura.

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Segons l?antiga Llegenda de Drago?nia, per salvar cinc princeses en perill, el Cavaller Sense Ma?cula i Sense Temenc?a haura? de trobar cinc dracs de qualitats puri?ssimes... Tindra? e?xit en aquesta nova i increi?ble aventura?Amb dos nous tufs i una aventura extra!

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Aquesta novella gràfica de Lucy Knisley, l'autora supervendes del The New York Times tracta sobre la família i la pertinença. Lucy Knisley dona vida a una història inspirada en la seva pròpia infància i en un viatge increïble d'amigues, de germanes i de llars inversemblants.La Jen, la protagonista, està acostumada a aconseguir allò que vol. Així que el fet d'haver de deixar la ciutat i anar-se'n a viure a un lloc nou i tractar amb germanastres, no hauria de se cap problema per a ella. La Jen, però, no volia marxar de la ciutat. No volia mudar-se a una granja amb la seva mare i la nova parella de la mare. No volia deixar les seves amistats ni el seu pare. Però, sobretot, el que no volia la Jen era tenir noves "germanes": l'Andy i la Reese.la Jen haurà de batallar amb les seves pròpies inseguretats sobre la seva nova família i el lloc que ella ocupa.

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EL MAESTRO DE LA NOVELA NEGRA NÓRDICAUNA UNIDAD ESPECIALIZADA EN CRÍMENES INUSUALESUn directivo de la industria siderúrgica aparece muerto dentro de su BMW quemado, en un campo a las afueras de Uppsala. No es el único accidente que ha ocurrido en la zona relacionado con el debate climático en curso. Por eso, cuando la inspectora Eva Nyman recibe una carta escrita a máquina que describe los eventos y predice un ataque mucho peor, le queda claro que lo ocurrido forma parte de algo mayor. Para evitarlo, Nyman recurre a su unidad, Nova, especializada en crímenes inusuales. Lo que no sabe es que, durante el transcurso de la investigación, tendrá que lidiar con una serie de pistas que la llevarán a revivir una historia traumática de su pasado.El maestro de la novela negra sueca Arne Dahl está de vuelta con una serie de novelas policíacas sobre Eva Nyman y su extravagante unidad Nova.

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From the late 15th to the mid-16th century, an impressive corpus of architecture, sculpture, and painting was created to embellish monastic sites affiliated with the Benedictine Cassinese Congregation of Italy. A religious order of humanistically trained monks, the Cassinese engaged with the most eminent artists and architects of the early modern period, supporting the production of imagery and architecture that was often highly experimental in nature: from Raphael's Sistine Madonna in Piacenza to Andrea Riccio's Moses/Zeus Ammon, from Andrea Palladio's church of San Giorgio Maggiore (Venice) to the superbly crafted choirstalls of San Severino and Sossio (Naples). Applying a network framework to the congregation's infrastructure of monasteries makes clear that the circulation of sophisticated Renaissance art and architecture constituted only a segment of the monks' investment in the arts. Monks also served as custodians of an antique monumental heritage and popular votive images, assuring the survival of ancient buildings and artifacts of limited aesthetic value that supplied opportunities for early modern masters to confront an array of artworks for the reinvention of reformed Christian art and architecture. Text in English, Italian and German.

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Live from the Afrikan Resistance! is the first collection of spoken word poetry by Halifax's fifth Poet Laureate, El Jones. These poems speak of community and struggle. They are grounded in the political culture of African Nova Scotia and inherit the styles and substances of hip-hop, dub and calypso's political commentary. They engage historical themes and figures and analyse contemporary issues - racism, environmental racism, poverty and violence - as well as confront the realities of life as a Black woman. The voice is urgent, uncompromising and passionate in its advocacy and demands. One of Canada's most controversial spoken word artists, El Jones writes to educate, to move communities to action and to demonstrate the possibilities of resistance and empowerment. Gathered from seven years of performances, these poems represent the tradition of the prophetic voice in Black Nova Scotia.

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Estimats amics rosegadors, el Regne de la Fantasia està en perill! Maggegant, amb l?ajuda del famós pirata Rat Rater Escuat, vol robar l?Or dels Gnomoris i l?Ou de Foc del Drac Flamejant?Acompanyeu-me en aquesta nova aventura fantàstica juntament amb Melisenda la Dolça i l?últim dels Erminis Blaus!

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Promesa fulgurant de l?art català de principis del segle XX i creador bandejat poc temps després per la mateixa burgesia que l?havia enaltit, el pintor, escultor i gravador Ismael Smith (Barcelona, 1986 ? Nova York, 1972) és una de les figures més queer, genuïnes i excepcionals del nostre patrimoni artístic. Les altures persegueix la seva trajectòria: a través de la ficció i amb un joc de veus que vol encarnar literàriament les tensions i els clarobscurs que Smith expressava en la seva producció. Sebastià Portell confirma el seu talent amb una novella coral sobre una vida travessada per la incomprensió i per les nocions d?èxit i de fracàs artístic.L?èxit i el fracàs artístics, a partir de la figura d?Ismael Smith, un personatge provocador que va sacsejar el món de l?art de fa 100 anys a Barcelona, París i Nova York.

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If you are celestially minded, this brilliant Paperblanks journal is sure to enchant and delight. With its central star shape, Solis exerts an emotional pull akin to a warm, glowing sunrise after a long winter’s sleep. For those inclined to contemplate the cosmos, look no further than the books in our Nova Stella series.

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Aquest volum inclou dues obres importants de dos autors cabdals -Plaute i Molière- pertanyents a dues èpoques -la clàssica romana i la barroca francesa-, i que estan unides per una sèrie d'afinitats formals i temàtiques. Pel que respecta al gènere, l'autor romà ens ofereix un comèdia que prolonga la tradició grega de la Comèdia Nova, i pel que fa a la temàtica, ens presenta un tema que ha estat tractat per la majoria d'autors de comèdia al llarg de la història literària. Cenyint-nos a la temàtica, cal dir que totes dues tenen un fil conductor que les uneix: el tema de l'avarícia.En efecte: Plaute, a La comèdia de l'olla, presenta una síntesi entre la comèdia grega nova i elements indígenes, manllevats de la farsa itàlica. Per la seva banda, Molière, amb El metge a garrotades, ofereix una comèdia que potser més aviat mereix el qualificatiu de farsa.

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Isadora Moon is special because she's different. Her mum is a fairy and her dad is a vampire and she's a bit of both. Isadora is observing the night sky for a school project - her class is learning everything about space and she decides to look at the stars for inspiration. But wait, what is that? Through the telescope, Isadora spots a shooting star that falls to Earth! After courageously finding the place where the star landed, Isadora discovers a new twinkling friend. Her name is Nova, she is a Glow Sprite and she is not supposed to be there. Even worse, Nova's moon kitten Pluto is lost and she needs Isadora's help to find him. Between magical campfires, space lessons, moon cheese and a glowing sleepover, Isadora will need to use all her wits to help Nova finding Pluto before her new friend has to fly back to the stars.

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El teatre de l?Òpera està a punt de tornar a obrir les portes, però la diva de l?espectacle desapareix poc abans de pujar a l?escenari! Entre el públic es comença a rumorejar que han estat els fantasmes, però en Sherlocko entra en escena per dur a terme una nova investigació trepidant!

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Tirant lo Blanc és una novella cavalleresca, o d?aventures, en la qual trobem magnífiques narracions,passatges doctrinals i reflexius, però també episodis divertits, carregats d?ironia intelligent i de jovesensualitat.La present edició reprodueix el text fixat per Martí de Riquer, revisat per a aquesta nova edició a labutxaca, i precedit per un pròleg de Joan F. Mira.

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The former French colony of Acadia—permanently renamed Nova Scotia by the British when they began an ambitious occupation of the territory in 1710—witnessed one of the bitterest struggles in the British empire. Whereas in its other North American colonies Britain assumed it could garner the sympathies of fellow Europeans against the native peoples, in Nova Scotia nothing was further from the truth. The Mi'kmaq, the native local population, and the Acadians, descendants of the original French settlers, had coexisted for more than a hundred years prior to the British conquest, and their friendships, family ties, common Catholic religion, and commercial relationships proved resistant to British-enforced change. Unable to seize satisfactory political control over the region, despite numerous efforts at separating the Acadians and Mi'kmaq, the authorities took drastic steps in the 1750s, forcibly deporting the Acadians to other British colonies and systematically decimating the remaining native population. The story of the removal of the Acadians, some of whose descendants are the Cajuns of Louisiana, and the subsequent oppression of the Mi'kmaq has never been completely told. In this first comprehensive history of the events leading up to the ultimate break-up of Nova Scotian society, Geoffrey Plank skillfully unravels the complex relationships of all of the groups involved, establishing the strong bonds between the Mi'kmaq and Acadians as well as the frustration of the British administrators that led to the Acadian removal, culminating in one of the most infamous events in North American history.

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