-Titulo Original : The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * GMA BOOK CLUB PICK * AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR * From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Helene comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. Fans of Outlander’s Claire Fraser will enjoy Lawhon’s Martha, who is brave and outspoken when it comes to protecting the innocent. . . impressive.-The Washington Post Once again, Lawhon works storytelling magic with a real-life heroine. -People Magazine Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town’s most respected gentlemen-one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own. Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie. Clever, layered, and subversive, Ariel Lawhon’s newest offering introduces an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice at a time when women were considered best seen and not heard. The Frozen River is a thrilling, tense, and tender story about a remarkable woman who left an unparalleled legacy yet remains nearly forgotten to this day...

-Titulo Original : The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOOK FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES * “Both an American tragedy and [Grisham’s] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.”-Entertainment Weekly John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime masterpiece that tells the story of small town justice gone terribly awry. In the Major League draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the state of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A’s, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept twenty hours a day on her sofa. In 1982, a twenty-one-year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped and murdered, and for five years the police could not solve the crime. For reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were finally arrested in 1987 and charged with capital murder. With no physical evidence, the prosecution’s case was built on junk science and the testimony of jailhouse snitches and convicts. Dennis Fritz was found guilty and given a life sentence. Ron Williamson was sent to death row. If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty, this book will shock you. If you believe in the death penalty, this book will disturb you. If you believe the criminal justice system is fair, this book will infuriate you. Don’t miss Framed, John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, co-authored with Centurion Ministries founder Jim McCloskey...

-Titulo Original : Demons: A Novel in Three Parts (Vintage Classics)-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horried Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a novel-pamphlet in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia...

-Titulo Original : The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Vintage Classics)-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: The definitive sampling of a writer whose poems were “at the forefront of the Harlem Renaissance and of modernism itself, and today are fundamentals of American culture” (OPRAH Magazine). Here, for the first time, are all the poems that Langston Hughes published during his lifetime, arranged in the general order in which he wrote them. Lyrical and pungent, passionate and polemical, the result is a treasure of a book, the essential collection of a poet whose words have entered our common language. The collection spans five decades, and is comprised of 868 poems (nearly 300 of which never before appeared in book form) with annotations by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel.Alongside such famous works as The Negro Speaks of Rivers and Montage of a Dream Deferred, The Collected Poems includes Hughess lesser-known verse for children; topical poems distributed through the Associated Negro Press; and poems such as Goodbye Christ that were once suppressed...

-Titulo Original : Tao Te Ching: With Over 150 Photographs by Jane English-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: For nearly two generations, this bestselling translation of the Tao Te Ching has been the standard for those seeking access to the wisdom of Taoist thought. Now Jane English and her long-time editor, Toinette Lippe, have refreshed and revised the translation, so that it more faithfully reflects the Classical Chinese in which it was first written, while taking into account changes in our own language and eliminating any lingering infelicities. This beautiful oversized edition features over a hundred new photographs by Jane English that help express the vast spirit of the Tao. Also included is an introduction by the well-known writer and scholar of philosophy and comparative religion, Jacob Needleman. Lao Tsu’s philosophy is simple: Accept what is in front of you without wanting the situation to be other than it is. Study the natural order of things and work with it rather than against it, for to try to change what is only sets up resistance. Nature provides everything without requiring payment or thanks. It does so without discrimination. So let us present the same face to everyone and treat them all as equals, however they may behave. If we watch carefully, we will see that work proceeds more quickly and easily if we stop trying, if we stop putting in so much extra effort, if we stop looking for results. In the clarity of a still and open mind, truth will be reflected. Te-which may be translated as virtue or strength-lies always in Tao meaning the way or natural law. In other words: Simply be...

-Titulo Original : Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: Killing the Black Body remains a rallying cry for education, awareness, and action on extending reproductive justice to all women. It is as crucial as ever, even two decades after its original publication. A must-read for all those who claim to care about racial and gender justice in America. -Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow In 1997, this groundbreaking book made a powerful entrance into the national conversation on race. In a media landscape dominated by racially biased images of welfare queens and crack babies, Killing the Black Body exposed America’s systemic abuse of Black women’s bodies. From slave masters’ economic stake in bonded women’s fertility to government programs that coerced thousands of poor Black women into being sterilized as late as the 1970s, these abuses pointed to the degradation of Black motherhood-and the exclusion of Black women’s reproductive needs in mainstream feminist and civil rights agendas. “Compelling. . . . Deftly shows how distorted and racist constructions of black motherhood have affected politics, law, and policy in the United States.” -Ms...

-Titulo Original : Checkmate: Book Six in the Legendary Lymond Chronicles-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: Combining all the political intrigue of Game of Thrones with the sweeping romanticism of Outlander, Dorothy Dunnett’s legendary Lymond Chronicles have enthralled readers for decades and amassed legions of devoted fans. In the series’ stunning conclusion, Francis Crawford of Lymond leads an army against England-and a final fight against the enemies that would like nothing more than to see this resilient Scottish rogue, and all that he loves, permanently vanquished. It is now 1557 and Lymond has returned to France to marshal forces in the Scottish struggle against England. But even as he attains brilliant success on the battlefield, his haunted past becomes a subject of intense interest to both sides. For whoever knows the secret of Lymond’s parentage possesses the power to control him-or destroy him. With his country, his family, his great love, and his very life at stake, it’s time for Lymond to make his final moves...

-Titulo Original : Martyr!: A Novel-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: BESTSELLER DEL NEW YORK TIMES * PRESEGUIDO PARA EL NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * UNO DE LOS 10 MEJORES LIBROS DEL AÑO DE LA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW * LIBRO DE LECTURA OBLIGADA DEL AÑO * Un hijo huérfano de inmigrantes iraníes que acaba de recuperar la sobriedad, guiado por las voces de artistas, poetas y reyes, se embarca en una notable búsqueda de un secreto familiar que lo lleva a una pintora con una enfermedad terminal que vive sus últimos días en el Museo de Brooklyn. Electrizante, divertida y completamente original, Martyr! anuncia la llegada de una nueva voz esencial en la ficción contemporánea. Kaveh Akbar es uno de mis escritores favoritos. De todos los tiempos. Tommy Orange, autor nominado al premio Pulitzer de There There La mejor novela que jamás leerás sobre la alegría del lenguaje, la adicción, el desplazamiento, el martirio, la pertenencia, la nostalgia. Lauren Groff, autora de los best sellers Matrix y Fates and Furies Cyrus Shams es un joven que lucha con una herencia de violencia y pérdida: el avión de su madre fue derribado en los cielos del Golfo Pérsico en un accidente sin sentido; y la vida de su padre en Estados Unidos estuvo limitada por su trabajo matando pollos en una granja industrial en el Medio Oeste. Cyrus es un borracho, un adicto y un poeta, cuya obsesión con los mártires lo lleva a examinar los misterios de su pasado hacia un tío que cabalgó por los campos de batalla iraníes vestido como el ángel de la muerte para inspirar y consolar a los moribundos, y hacia su madre, a través de una pintura descubierta en una galería de arte de Brooklyn que sugiere que ella puede no haber sido quien o lo que parecía. ¡Mártir! de Kaveh Akbar es un himno a cómo pasamos nuestras vidas buscando significado en la fe, el arte, nosotros mismos, los demás...

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-Titulo Original : 'Salem's Lot-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: NOW A NEW FILM STREAMING ON MAX * #1 BESTSELLER *Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem’s Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his new book. A master storyteller. -The Los Angeles Times When two young boys venture into the woods, and only one returns alive, Mears begins to realize that something sinister is at work. In fact, his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond his imagination. And only he, with a small group of allies, can hope to contain the evil that is growing within the borders of this small New England town. With this, his second novel, Stephen King established himself as an indisputable master of American horror, able to transform the old conceits of the genre into something fresh and all the more frightening for taking place in a familiar, idyllic locale...

-Titulo Original : Toni Morrison Box Set: The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: A box set of Toni Morrisons principal works, featuring The Bluest Eye (her first novel), Beloved (Pulitzer Prize winner), and Song of Solomon (National Book Critics Award winner). Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, Beloved transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. This spellbinding novel tells the story of Sethe, a former slave who escapes to Ohio, but eighteen years later is still not free. In The New York Times bestselling novel, The Bluest Eye, Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty and yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes, that she believes will allow her to finally fit in. Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. With Song of Solomon, Morrison transfigures the coming-of-age story as she follows Milkman Dead from his rustbelt city to the place of his familys origins, introducing an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized black world. This beautifully designed slipcase will make the perfect holiday and perennial gift...

-Titulo Original : The Inferno-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: “Probably the most finely accomplished and ... most enduring translation (Los Angeles Times Book Review) of this essential work of world literature-from a renowned scholar and master teacher of Dante and an accomplished poet. “The Hollanders … act as latter-day Virgils, guiding us through the Italian text that is printed on the facing page.” -The Economist The epic grandeur of Dante’s masterpiece has inspired readers for 700 years, andhas entered the human imagination. But the further we move from the late medieval world of Dante, the more a rich understanding and enjoyment of the poem depends on knowledgeable guidance. Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander have written a beautifully accurate and clear verse translation of the first volume of Dante’s epic poem, the Divine Comedy. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, this edition also offers an extensive and accessible introduction and generous commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship as well as Robert Hollander’s own decades of teaching and research. The Hollander translation is the new standard in English of this essential work...

-Titulo Original : Good Material: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWS 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK * From the New York Times best-selling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and friendship and how to survive both “One of the foremost ‘it’ writers of our time . . . Whatever ails you, Alderton can fix it with her intimate wisdom . . . There is no writer quite like Dolly Alderton working today. -Lisa Taddeo, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Three Women Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he cant work out why she stopped. Now he is. . . Without a home Waiting for his stand-up career to take off Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasnt looking Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of his ruined relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him. But Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriends side of the story… In this sharply funny and exquisitely relatable story of romantic disaster and friendship, Dolly Alderton offers up a love story with two endings, demonstrating once again why she is one of the most exciting writers today, and the true voice of a generation...

-Titulo Original : The Wager: A Tale Of Shipwreck, Mutiny And Murder-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: UNA PRODUCCIÓN DE FUERZA DE LA NARRATIVA DE NO FICCIÓN (WSJ) CON MÁS DE UN AÑO EN LA LISTA DE LOS MÁS VENDIDOS DEL NYT. Del autor de Killers of the Flower Moon, una cautivadora historia de naufragio, supervivencia y salvajismo, que culmina en un juicio marcial que revela una verdad impactante. La poderosa narrativa revela el significado más profundo de los eventos en The Wager, mostrando que no solo fueron el capitán y la tripulación quienes terminaron en juicio, sino la idea misma del imperio. Mejor Libro del Año: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, TIME, Smithsonian, NPR, Vulture. Fascinante... Se lee como un thriller, abordando una historia multifacética y el imperialismo con entusiasmo. Time. El 28 de enero de 1742, un destartalado barco de madera y tela remendada encalló en la costa de Brasil. Dentro había treinta hombres demacrados, apenas con vida, y tenían una historia extraordinaria que contar. Eran sobrevivientes del Wager, el barco de Su Majestad, un navío británico que había zarpado de Inglaterra en 1740 en una misión secreta durante una guerra imperial con España. Mientras el Wager perseguía un galeón español repleto de tesoros, conocido como el premio de todos los océanos, naufragó en una isla desolada frente a la costa de la Patagonia. Los hombres, tras meses abandonados y con el riesgo de morir de hambre, construyeron la frágil embarcación y navegaron durante más de cien días, recorriendo casi 4800 kilómetros de mares azotados por tormentas. Fueron recibidos como héroes. Pero entonces... seis meses después, otra embarcación, aún más decrépita, atracó en la costa de Chile. En este barco solo había tres náufragos, y contaron una historia muy diferente. Los treinta marineros que desembarcaron en Brasil no eran héroes, sino amotinados. El primer grupo respondió con sus propias contraofensivas, contra un oficial superior tiránico y asesino y sus secuaces. Quedó claro que, mientras estaban varados en la isla, la tripulación había caído en la anarquía, con facciones en pugna por el dominio de la árida tierra. Ante las acusaciones de traición y asesinato, el Almirantazgo convocó un consejo de guerra para determinar quién decía la verdad. La apuesta era de vida o muerte para quien el tribunal declarara culpable y pudiera ser ahorcado. La Apuesta es una gran historia sobre el comportamiento humano en sus extremos, contada por uno de nuestros más grandes escritores de no ficción. La recreación de Grann del mundo oculto en un buque de guerra británico rivaliza con la obra de Patrick O. Brian; su retrato de la desesperada situación de los náufragos está a la altura de clásicos de la literatura de supervivencia como The Endurance, y su relato del consejo de guerra tiene la astucia de un thriller de Scott Turow. Como siempre en la obra de Grann, los increíbles giros de la narrativa cautivan al lector...

-Titulo Original : The House On Mango Street-Fabricante : Vintage-Descripcion Original: Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers...