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Abstract: ** WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 **\n\n** SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **\n\nBOOK OF THE YEAR: Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Stylist, Sunday Times, Financial Times, Guardian, The Times, Observer, Red\n\nMargaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.\n\nMore than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.\n\nTwo have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.\n\nAs Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes. \n\n'Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in.' Margaret Atwood

Abstract: When Leeds meets Layla, he’s convinced he’ll spend the rest of his life with her—until an unexpected attack leaves Layla fighting for her life. After weeks in the hospital, Layla recovers physically, but the emotional and mental scarring has altered the woman Leeds fell in love with. In order to put their relationship back on track, Leeds whisks Layla away to the bed-and-breakfast where they first met. Once they arrive, Layla’s behavior takes a bizarre turn. And that’s just one of many inexplicable occurrences. Feeling distant from Layla, Leeds soon finds solace in Willow—another guest of the B&B with whom he forms a connection through their shared concerns. As his curiosity for Willow grows, his decision to help her find answers puts him in direct conflict with Layla’s well-being. Leeds soon realizes he has to make a choice because he can’t help both of them. But if he makes the wrong choice, it could be detrimental for all of them.

Abstract: Bestselling authors Frances Frei and Anne Morriss champion a bold redefinition of leadership and offer a real-world guide for unleashing greatness in other people and, ultimately, yourself. When leaders want to improve, they find an abundance of ideas to help build themselves up. They're told to identify and develop natural-born strengths, to mine their failures for insights into what they need to change, and to work hard to correct any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies. Own the room. Eat last. Do you. Frances Frei and Anne Morriss argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you can do to be a great leader: Build others up. Leadership, at its core, is not about you. As Frei and Morriss show through inspiring stories from the NBA to ancient Rome to Silicon Valley, real leadership is about how effective you are at making other people better--and making sure that this impact endures even in your absence. Unleashed helps you do just that. Showing how the boldest, most effective leaders use a special combination of trust, love, and inclusion to create a space in which other people can excel, Frei and Morriss provide practical, battle-tested tools--based on their work in companies such as Uber, Riot Games, Walmart, and others--along with interviews and stories from their own personal experience to make these ideas come alive. This book is your indispensable guide for unleashing greatness in other people . . . and, ultimately, in yourself.

Abstract: Set in a suburban fantasy world, Disney and Pixar's ONWARD introduces two teenage elf brothers who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there. THE ART OF ONWARD presents the story behind the film, showcasing the stunning artwork from the film's creation-including character designs, storyboards, color scripts, and much more-along with exclusive interviews from the creative team and behind-the-scenes details showcasing the process of making this vibrant and magical new film

Abstract: The Art of Soul presents the story behind the upcoming Pixar film, showcasing the stunning artwork from the film's creation, including character designs, storyboards, color scripts, and much more

Abstract: Ci sono diversi modi di dire, quando si parla di notizie, e sono tutti leggendari: «Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina», «Fa più notizia Uomo morde cane che Cane morde uomo» e naturalmente «Se scorre il sangue, si vende». Nel racconto di King che dà il titolo a questa raccolta, è una bomba alla Albert Macready Middle School a garantire i titoli cubitali delle prime pagine e le cruente immagini di apertura dei telegiornali. Tra i milioni di spettatori inorriditi davanti allo schermo, però, ce n'è una che coglie una nota stonata. Holly Gibney, l'investigatrice che ha già avuto esperienze ai confini della realtà con Mr Mercedes e con l'Outsider, osserva la scena del crimine e si rende conto che qualcosa non va, che il primo inviato sul luogo della strage ha qualcosa di sbagliato. Inizia così "Se scorre il sangue", sequel indipendente di "The Outsider", protagonista la formidabile Holly nel suo primo caso da solista. Ma il lungo racconto dedicato alla detective preferita di King (come scrive lui stesso nella sua nota finale) è solo uno dei quattro che compongono la raccolta. Da "Il telefono del signor Harrigan", dove vita e tecnologia si intrecciano in modo inusuale, a "La vita di Chuck", ispirato a un cartellone pubblicitario, fino a "Ratto" - che gioca con la natura stessa del talento di uno scrittore - le storie di questa raccolta sono fuori dagli schemi, a volte sentimentali, forse anche fuori dal tempo. In una parola, kinghiane.

Abstract: Isabelle McAvoy (58), private art consultant in New York City. The first half of the book focuses on her past, having three daughters with three different men and following her through each of those relationships. Her first love was a reclusive American living in France, much older than her, who was always a part of their daughter's life, though they never married. Her second husband went to prison for fraud when Isabelle was pregnant with her second daughter. And her third husband, her true love, drowned tragically a few months after their wedding. When the narrative switches back to present-day, Isabelle learns that she's losing her sight and hires an assistant. She bonds with each of her daughters, one in India, one in New York, and one in Tuscany, and falls in love with her assistant, Jack. She also reconnects with the son she gave up for adoption when she was 15 and her family grows stronger than ever.

Abstract: Lose yourself in the fantastic world of the arks and in the company of unforgettable characters in this French runaway hit, Christelle Dabos’ The Mirror Visitor quartet. Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and, what’s more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her fiancé to Citaceleste, the capital of a cold, icy ark known as the Pole, where danger lurks around every corner and nobody can be trusted. There, in the presence of her inscrutable future husband, Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only for her but for her entire world. The World of the Arks Long ago, following a cataclysm called the Rupture, the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands, now known as arks. Over each, the spirit of an omnipotent and immortal ancestor abides. The inhabitants of these arks each possess a unique power. Ophelia, with her ability to read the pasts of objects, must navigate this fantastic, disjointed, perilous world using her trademark tenacity and quiet strength.

Abstract: Secondo volume della saga dell'Attraversaspecchi (dopo il primo, "Fidanzati dell'inverno"). Sulla gelida arca del Polo, dove Ofelia è stata sbattuta dalle Decane perché sposi suo malgrado il nobile Thorn, il caldo è soffocante. Ma è soltanto una delle illusioni provocate dalla casta dominante dell'arca, i Miraggi, in grado di produrre giungle sospese in aria, mari sconfinati all'interno di palazzi e vestiti di farfalle svolazzanti. A Città-cielo, capitale del Polo, Ofelia viene presentata al sire Faruk, il gigantesco spirito di famiglia bianco come la neve e completamente privo di memoria, che spera nelle doti di lettrice di Ofelia per svelare i misteri contenuti nel Libro, un documento enigmatico che nei secoli ha causato la pazzia o la morte degli incauti che si sono cimentati a decifrarlo. Per Ofelia è l'inizio di una serie di avventure e disavventure in cui, con il solo aiuto di una guardia del corpo invisibile, dovrà difendersi dagli attacchi a tradimento dei decaduti e dalle trappole mortali dei Miraggi. È la prima a stupirsi quando si rende conto che sta rischiando la pelle e investendo tutte le sue energie nell'indagine solo per amore di Thorn, l'uomo che credeva di odiare più di chiunque al mondo. Sennonché Thorn è scomparso... Edizione in lingua inglese.

Abstract: Sono trascorsi ormai sei mesi dalla morte di Pa' Salt, e Tiggy, la quinta delle sorelle D'Aplièse, accetta un lavoro nella riserva naturale di Kinnaird. In questo luogo selvaggio e completamente isolato nelle Highlands scozzesi, si dovrà occupare di una razza felina a rischio di estinzione per conto di Charlie, l'affascinante proprietario della tenuta. Qui Tiggy incontra Cal, il guardacaccia e coinquilino, che presto diventerà un caro amico; Zara, la figlia adolescente e un po' ribelle di Charlie e Zed Eszu, corteggiatore insistente nonché ex fidanzato di una delle sorelle. Ma soprattutto incontra Chilly, un vecchio gitano che sembra conoscere molti dettagli del suo passato e di quello di sua nonna: la famosa ballerina di flamenco Lucía Amaya Albaycín. Davvero una strana coincidenza, ma Tiggy ha sempre avuto un intuito particolare, una connessione profonda con la natura. Questo incontro non è casuale, è parte del suo destino e, quando sarà pronta, non dovrà fare altro che seguire le indicazioni di Pa' Salt e bussare a una porticina azzurra nel Cortijo del Aire, a Granada. Dai paesaggi incontaminati della Scozia allo splendore assolato della Spagna, "La ragazza della luna" è il quinto episodio della saga delle Sette Sorelle.

Abstract: Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible. After a chance encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead and the terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. The bet does more than expose Persephone's failure as a Goddess, however. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows--and it's forbidden.

Abstract: Embroidery artist and avid gardener Kazuko Aoki shares her newest collection of exquisite designs inspired by her very own kitchen garden. This bountiful assortment of embroidery motifs includes everyone's favorite garden treats. From humble tomatoes and radishes to show-stopping figs and Brussels sprouts, this collection features over 30 edible plant designs