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"Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long-shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. After getting a wrongfully convicted man out of prison, he is innudated with pleas from incarcertaed people claiming innocence. He brings on board his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, to weed through the letters, knowing most claims will be false. Bosch pulls a needle from the haystack: a woman in prison for five...

"When celebrated writer Alma Cruz inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, she turns it into a place to bury her untold stories--literally. She creates a graveyard for manuscript drafts and revisions and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her. Alma wants her characters to rest in peace, but they have other ideas, and the cemetery becomes a mysterious sanctuary for their true narratives."--...

"This next book in the Seasons series is a poetic children's book about life in fall, following a family who explores the outdoors and enjoys outdoor activities, such as mushroom hunting, collecting driftwood, picking apples, and getting their home and yard ready for winter months. This story focuses on wildlife in Fall and the joy of being outdoors during the Fall months"--

Mientras nos cuenta su vida, el protagonísta de Gaston entrega una Polaroid de la soledad y el deseo. El paisaje: Mississippi en los años 60, el personaje: un inmigrante ecuatoriano. La foto es singular, extravagante y deja un gusto especial en el recuerdo. Este cuento de Gabriela Alemán es su primera publicación en varios años y tenemos el honor de presentarla ahora en nuestro catálogo.

Using lilting, rhyming couplets, this book explores the many way that water is essential to our lives and the existence of life on earth. But it doesn't stop there! Kids will also learn about the many uses of water - and the environmental danger to water posed by pollution and lack of respect for this precious resource. Kids are encouraged to be kind, not only to one another, but to the environment as well.

Each double-page spread has a stunning color illustration and several flaps to lift to find out more about what?s going on in the scene ? such as what goes on inside a computer, how programs organize and send information around, and many other facts. Learn about the history, and gain an understanding of how computers work.

* A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 Selected By * The Millions * Chicago Review of Books * Hey Alma * Stylecaster * And Many More! * Prize-winning author Katya Apekina's Mother Doll is a sharp and visceral nesting doll of a novel, about four generations of mothers and daughters and the inherited trauma cast by Russian history. "A profoundly moving story . . . Strange, wild, offbeat, and hilarious. I absolutely loved it." -Lauren...

A wildly comic send-up of Irish literature and culture, At Swim-Two-Birds is the story of a young, lazy, and frequently drunk Irish college student who lives with his curmudgeonly uncle in Dublin. When not in bed (where he seems to spend most of his time) or reading, he is composing a mischief-filled novel about Dermot Trellis, a second-rate author whose characters ultimately rebel against him and seek vengeance. From drugging him as he

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It is Sunday and Miss Brill is sitting on her special bench in the public gardens. She likes to watch the crowd and listen to their conversations, especially now that the Season has started and the band in its rotunda is making a greater effort. Week after week she sees the same faces. There is something funny about almost all of them, she thinks...

HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding

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LA NUEVA NOVELA DEL PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA MARIO VARGAS LLOSA La historia de un hombre que soñó un país unido por la música y enloquecióqueriendo escribir un libro perfecto que lo contara Toño Azpilcueta pasa sus días entre su trabajo en un colegio, su familia y su gran pasión, la música criolla, sobre la que lleva investigando desde su juventud. Un día, una llamada le cambia la vida. Una invitación para ir a escuchar a un guitarrista...