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This is the hugely-anticipated sequel to TJ Klune''s The House in the Cerulean Sea, one of the best loved fantasy novels of the past decade. It''s also a New York Times and Washington Post bestseller.
A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything.
Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one. He''s the master of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six dangerous and magical children who live there.
Arthur works hard and loves with his whole heart so none of the children ever feel the neglect and pain that he once felt as an orphan on that very same island so long ago. He is not alone: joining him is the love of his life, Linus Baker, a former caseworker in the Department In Charge of Magical Youth. And there''s the island''s sprite, Zoe Chapelwhite, and her girlfriend, Mayor Helen Webb. Together, they will do anything to protect the children.
But when Arthur is summoned to make a public statement about his dark past, he finds himself at the helm of a fight for the future that his family, and all magical people, deserve. And when a new magical child hopes to join them on their island home - one who finds power in calling himself monster, a name that Arthur worked so hard to protect his children from - Arthur knows they''re at a breaking point: their family will either grow stronger than ever or fall apart.
Welcome back to Marsyas Island. This is Arthur''s story.
Somewhere Beyond the Sea is a story of resistance, lovingly told, about the daunting experience of fighting for the life you want to live and doing the work to keep it.
Praise for The House in the Cerulean Sea:
''I loved it. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfect'' - V.E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
''It will renew your faith in humanity'' - Terry Brooks, author of the Shannara series
''A witty, wholesome fantasy that''s likely to cause heart-swelling'' - The Washington Post -
NEXUS : A BRIEF HISTORY OF INFORMATION NETWORKS FROM THE STONE AGE TO AI
HARARI YUVAL NOAH
- VINTAGE UK
- 10 July 2024
- 9781911717089
The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens
Stories brought us together
Books spread our ideas - and our mythologies
The internet promised infinite knowledge
The algorithm learned our secrets - and then turned us against each other
What will AI do?
NEXUS is the thrilling account of how we arrived at this moment, and the urgent choices we must now make to survive - and to thrive.
Praise for Yuval Noah Harari
'The great thinker of our age' The Times on 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
'Interesting and provocative' Barack Obama on Sapiens
'One of my favourite writers and thinkers' Natalie Portman on Sapiens
'Sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain . . . Radiates power and clarity' Sunday Times on Sapiens
'It altered how I view our species and our world' Guardian on Sapiens -
On the afternoon of February 6, 1958, British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on take-off at Munich Airport. On board were the young Manchester United team, the Champions of England, known as ''the Busby Babes'', and the journalists who followed them, home and away. Twenty-one of the passengers were killed instantly, four were left fighting for their lives while six more were critically injured. Twenty-four hours later, Jimmy Murphy, the assistant manager of Manchester United, faced the press at the Rechts der Isar Hospital -
''What of the future, you ask? It will be a long, hard struggle. It took Matt Busby, Bert Whalley and myself twelve years to produce the 1958 Red Devils. It was long, hard, tiring work, but we succeeded. At the moment, I am so confused, so tired and so sad, I cannot think clearly, but what I do know is that the Red Devils will rise again.''
Munichs is the story of how Manchester United did rise again, of the crash and its aftermath, of those who survived and those who did not, of how Britain and football changed, and how it did not; a novel of tragedy, but also of hope. -
PLAYGROUND (HB) (26/09/24) (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)
POWERS RICHARD
- CORNERSTONE
- 1 August 2024
- 9781529154313
PLAYGROUND follows four lives - a marine biologist, an artist, a schoolteacher, and an AI pioneer - that intersect on an island in French Polynesia when it is chosen as a base for seasteading, humanity''s next great adventure.
Powers is the author of the bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning novel THE OVERSTORY and the Booker-shortlisted BEWILDERMENT.
Praise for Richard Powers:
''Powers has extraordinary gifts as a writer'' GUARDIAN
''Impressively precise in its scientific conjectures, Bewilderment is no less rich or wise in its emotionality'' OBSERVER
''He composes some of the most beautiful sentences I''ve ever read. I''m in awe of his talent'' OPRAH WINFREY
''It is impossible to deny the importance of Powers''s message'' SUNDAY TIMES
''Refreshing, original and moving'' EVENING STANDARD -
FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island''s maestros spend their lives learning to control.
Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men. But perfection may take a lifetime.
Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.
Her creations will adorn the necks of empresses and courtesans from Paris to Vienna - but will she ever earn the respect of those closest to her?
Tracy Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass. -
THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY (08/08/24) (HB) (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)
SHAFAK ELIF
- VIKING
- 20 January 2024
- 9780241435014
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MIGHTY RED (30/09/24) (HB) (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)
EDRICH LOUISE
- LITTLE BROWN CO
- 13 September 2024
- 9781472159519
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LIFE IMPOSSIBLE (RELIÉ)(LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)
HAIG MATT
- CANONGATE PRESS LTD
- 2 September 2024
- 9781838855574
What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don''t understand yet . . .
When retired Maths teacher Grace is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan.
Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the Balearics, Grace searches for answers about her friend''s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.
Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.
