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[Spanish] - La isla del día de antes Audiobook

"Tras el éxito de El nombre de la rosa y El péndulo de Foucault, Umberto Eco vuelve con una novela filosófica y a la vez de aventuras para indagar con el poder de la imaginación los fallos y pecados de nuestra realidad. En el verano de 1963 un náufrago, Roberto de la Grive, llega a una nave abandonada en los Mares del Sur donde encuentra sólo animales desconocidos y máquinas extrañas. Frente a la nave hay una isla de ensueño, tan cercana como inalcanzable. Confinado en este exiguo espacio y perdido en el vasto mar, Roberto nos pone al corriente sobre su pasado a través de las cartas que escribe a una enigmática «Señora». Pero Roberto ha viajado hasta allí con una misión muy concreta: resolver el misterio por el cual pugnan las nuevas potencias de la época, el secreto del Punto Fijo. Reseña: «Un genio inagotable, voraz, que construye y deconstruye sin cesar, de inteligencia deslumbrante y humorística cuando hace falta... En La isla del día de antes conjuga de forma barroca y apasionante erudición histórica, ironía, equívocos y pasión por el narrar en general». Mercedes Monmany, ABC"

Umberto Eco (Author), Diego Rousselon (Narrator)

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The Polite Act of Drowning

"The luminous debut novel from one of Ireland's finest storytellers 'The Polite Act of Drowning is a beautiful and captivating novel, lyrical and sensuous, a precise and faithful evocation of the tumult and trauma of family life, and of emergence into adulthood, and the confrontation of truths about ourselves and the people we love' - Donal Ryan Michigan, 1985. The drowning of a teenage girl causes ripples in the small town of Kettle Lake, though for most the waters settle quickly. For sixteen year old Joanne Kennedy, however, the tragedy dredges up untold secrets and causes her mother to drift farther from reality and her family. When troubled newcomer Lucinda arrives in town, she offers Joanne a chance of real friendship, and together the teenagers push against the boundaries of family, self-image, and their sexuality during the tension of a long, stifling summer. But the undercurrents of past harms continuously threaten to drag Joanne and those around her under..."

Charleen Hurtubise (Author), Ina Marie Smith (Narrator)

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The Marigold

""This impressively bleak vision of the near future is as grotesquely amusing as it is grim." ― Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW "A gripping tour-de-force torn from tomorrow's headlines." ― David Demchuk, author of Red X and The Bone Mother "A bold dystopian novel that captivates with its dread and depth. The Marigold is unhinged literary horror that goes right to the source of decay." ― Iain Reid, award-winning author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Foe, and We Spread In a near-future Toronto buffeted by environmental chaos and unfettered development, an unsettling new lifeform begins to grow beneath the surface, feeding off the past The Marigold, a gleaming Toronto condo tower, sits a half-empty promise: a stack of scuffed rental suites and undelivered amenities that crumbles around its residents as a mysterious sludge spreads slowly through it. Public health inspector Cathy Jin investigates this toxic mold as it infests the city's infrastructure, rotting it from within, while Sam "Soda" Dalipagic stumbles on a dangerous cache of data while cruising the streets in his Camry, waiting for his next rideshare alert. On the outskirts of downtown, 13-year-old Henrietta Brakes chases a friend deep underground after he's snatched into a sinkhole by a creature from below. All the while, construction of the city's newest luxury tower, Marigold II, has stalled. Stanley Marigold, the struggling son of the legendary developer behind this project, decides he must tap into a hidden reserve of old power to make his dream a reality―one with a human cost. Weaving together disparate storylines and tapping into the realms of body horror, urban dystopia, and ecofiction, The Marigold explores the precarity of community and the fragile designs that bind us together."

Andrew F. Sullivan (Author), Sean Patrick Hopkins (Narrator)

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Sunsetter: A Novel

"A fast-paced literary thriller that peels back the layers of small-town police corruption, drugs, and teen disillusionment to expose unlikely heroes and unexpected villains When two teens, Dallan and Hannah, attend the opening night of the infamous Sunsetter rodeo, they find themselves entangled in the suspicious deaths of their two closest loved ones. Driven by loss, rage, and their gut instincts for justice, they channel their grief and confusion into uncovering the criminal truth about their small town of Perron, a prairie community that has been long deserted by industry, leaving a ghostly emptiness of abandoned gravel pits, golf courses, and storefronts. They soon discover that Perron - with its population of bored and discontented youth, as well as police officers who are only looking out for themselves-is the ideal place for a mysterious and omnipresent drug trade to flourish. Soon enough, Dallan and Hannah are being tailed by Deputy Arnason, who has been tasked with protecting the reputation of the local police, even as his conscience screams in protest with every move he makes. Equal parts crime novel and literary fiction, Sunsetter is an unflinching story about the opioid crisis, teen isolation, police brutality, and the fickleness of late-stage capitalism."

Curtis Leblanc (Author), Sophie Amoss (Narrator)

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The Trackers

"The stunning new novel from the author of international million-copy bestseller Cold Mountain Hurtling past the downtrodden communities of Depression-era America, painter Val Welch travels westward to the rural town of Dawes, Wyoming. Through a stroke of luck, he’s landed a New Deal assignment to create a mural representing the region for their new Post Office. A wealthy art lover named John Long and his wife Eve have agreed to host Val at their sprawling ranch. Rumors and intrigue surround the couple: Eve left behind an itinerant life riding the rails and singing in a western swing band. Long holds shady political aspirations, but was once a WWI sniper—and his right hand is a mysterious elder cowboy, a vestige of the violent old west. Val quickly finds himself entranced by their lives. One day, Eve flees home with a valuable painting in tow, and Long recruits Val to hit the road with a mission of tracking her down. Journeying from ramshackle Hoovervilles to San Francisco nightclubs to the swamps of Florida, Val's search for Eve narrows, and he soon turns up secrets that could spark formidable changes for all of them."

Charles Frazier (Author), Will Patton (Narrator)

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Quinn

"Quinn is serving a life sentence for a crime he's convinced he hasn't committed. Surely the authorities have got it wrong, and when they find his childhood sweetheart, Andrea, his name will be cleared. His parole is drawing near when he receives an unexpected letter from Andrea's mother, who invites Quinn to share her home. It soon becomes apparent that what appears to be a genuine act of forgiveness is influenced by more complex motivations. As they navigate the thorny terrain of guilt, justice, and mutual need that underpins their relationship, the story of Quinn's past is gradually revealed, setting in motion a final reckoning. Scottish poet Em Strang's first novel is a hypnotic rendering of an unravelling mind and a visceral story about the very limits of forgiveness."

Em Strang (Author), Paul Fox (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El Todo

"Después de El Círculo, regresa Dave Eggers con una sátira apasionante que nos muestra un futuro totalitario sobre la dictadura y el monopolio de Google, Amazon y Facebook. «Un visionario. Uno de los mejores autores de su generación». Iker Seisdedos, El País Cuando la empresa de internet del momento, El Círculo, se fusiona con la mayor plataforma comercial online del planeta, da paso al monopolio más rentable y peligroso hasta la fecha. El Todo es la corporación de Silicon Valley a la que todos quieren pertenecer, admirada por muchos, pero odiada también por algunos escépticos. Entre ellos se encuentra la disidente tecnológica Delaney Wells, que ha decidido postularse para un puesto en la compañía con un único objetivo: destruir la empresa desde dentro, con la esperanza de liberar a la humanidad de la vigilancia total y de su infantilización en la era de los emoticonos. Pero ¿realmente alguien quiere lo que Delaney está luchando por salvar? En un mundo donde hay tanto donde escoger y en el que solo queremos certezas, ¿no preferimos que alguien tome decisiones por nosotros? ¿De verdad queremos ser libres? ¿Nos preocupa realmente la deshumanización de nuestra sociedad? En esta apasionante novela, que combina el suspense con la sátira y el absurdo con el terror, y que logra mantener en vilo al lector a causa del incierto destino del animal humano, Dave Eggers nos alerta de los monopolios que están cambiando nuestro comportamiento, nuestros recuerdos y nuestra capacidad para pensar libremente. Reseñas: «Un estupendo bisnieto de Nosotros, de Zamiatin, aunque ahora la «sociedad perfecta» es Silicon Valley. ¡Cuidado con lo que deseáis!». Margaret Atwood, vía Twitter «El Todo ahonda no solo en el mundo que Dave Eggers creó en El Círculo, sino también en el absurdo y alarmante mundo que hemos creado para nosotros mismos. Con precisión oracular, nos guía en un viaje aterrador, humano e hilarante a partes iguales. Eggers en su máximo esplendor». Rebecca Makkai «La fortaleza del libro de Eggers radica en sus perversas extrapolaciones de las tendencias tecnológicas actuales para mostrar sus latentes fallas [...]. Su escritura siempre transmite un mensaje moral en su forma literaria más cautivadora». John Thornhill, Financial Times «Lo que Eggers hace tan bien es conseguir que El Todo sea tan atractivo como alarmante [...]. Si con El Todo acierta tanto... estamos en una situación más problemática de lo que creíamos». The Times «Inolvidable. Con un humor brillante y enorme suspense, El Todo analiza cómo la tecnología está redefiniendo de manera indeleble lo que significa ser humano, y cómo ya lo ha redefinido». Van Jones, analista político de la CNN"

Dave Eggers (Author), Carlos Manuel Vesga (Narrator)

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Girl in a Pink Dress

"This audiobook includes an exclusive conversation between Kylie Needham and David Wenham. Frances is an artist in her forties living a quiet life in a remote mountain town in NSW, far away from the glittering lights and famous personalities of the Sydney art world she once knew. When an invitation arrives from a former lover to attend his exhibition at a state gallery, Frances is plunged back into the past, where a single irrevocable act changed the course of her story. Told across two time periods, Frances's story wrestles with themes of power and privilege, womanhood and motherhood, artistic doubt, the male gaze upon the female body, and the commodification of art. It looks at the fraught relationships between artists and their muses, the sacrifices of a life devoted to art, and asks if it is ever really possible for two ambitious artists to thrive in one relationship."

Kylie Needham (Author), Airlie Dodds (Narrator)

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The Seven Crucibles: An Inspirational Game Plan for Overcoming Adversity in Your Life

"Live up to your definition of greatness and inspire the best in the people around you. In The Seven Crucibles: An Inspirational Game Plan for Overcoming Adversity in Your Life, NFL fullback and motivational speaker Alec Ingold delivers a hands-on playbook for conquering every obstacle that stands between you and success, on the playing field and in life. You'll learn to utilize your own story of trials and tribulations to help embrace the changes to create future success. These lessons will help you face your biggest fears and sustain motivation on your path to personal and professional growth. In the book, you'll find: a set of practical tools the author used to climb to the top of one of the most punishing arenas in global athletics and lessons for applying them to your everyday life; strategies for creating a mindset that rewards resilience and perseverance, and leaves unrealistic perfectionism behind; and ways to reflect on your own accomplishments and shortcomings to help you learn from the past and build the future you want. An essential resource for students and professional athletes, The Seven Crucibles will also earn a place on the bookshelves of business, military, academic, government, and educational leaders hoping to coax the best out of themselves and the people they lead."

Alec Ingold (Author), Brian Wiggins (Narrator)

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The Flying Troutmans

"Meet the Troutmans. Hattie is living in Paris, city of romance, but has just been dumped by her boyfriend. Min, her sister back in Canada, is going through a particularly dark period. And Min's two kids, Logan and Thebes, are not talking and talking way too much, respectively. When Hattie receives a phone call from eleven-year-old Thebes, begging her to return to Canada, she arrives home to find Min on her way to a psychiatric ward, and becomes responsible for her niece and nephew. Realising that she is way out of her league, Hattie hatches a plan to find the kids' long-lost father. With only the most tenuous lead to go on, she piles Logan and Thebes into the family van, and they head south…. “A grittily sparkling cocktail.” ? Spectator “A colourful portrait of a family trying to survive in its own unique way.” ? Observer “In this chaotic world the only stability comes from our love for one another, quirks and all. In Toews's hands, that can be funny or heartbreaking, usually at the same time.” ? Washington Post"

Miriam Toews (Author), Kate Handford (Narrator)

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[Arabic] - مقتل الكومنداتور: فكرة تظهر

"«هناك أشياء من الأفضل تركها كما هي، في الظل. المعرفة لا تُثري دائمًا والموضوعية ليست دائمًا أفضل من الذاتية. وبالمثل، فإن الواقع لا يطفئ الوهم دائمًا». تهجر «يوزو» زوجها رسام البورتريهات دون سابق إنذار، فيغادر شقته متخليًا عن كل شيء زاهدًا في التواصل البشري في رحلة تيهٍ تنتهي بإقامته في منزل «توموهيكو أمادا» الرسام الياباني الشهير؛ إذ تجمعه صداقة مع ابن أمادا. وفي ذلك المنزل، تتلاقى السبل الغرائبية بين البطل وأمادا الذي يعاني من ألزهايمر ويعيش في دار لرعاية المسنين. يكتشف البطل في سقيفة المنزل بومة لطيفة، ولوحة سرية مغطاة، وهي لوحة «مقتل الكومنداتور» أحد أعمال أمادا غير المُكتشفة والمرسومة وفق نمط «نيهونغا» الياباني التقليدي، والتي تُصور مشهدًا دمويًا من «دون جيوفاني» في اليابان القديمة، حيث تجمع اللوحة أربع شخصيات رئيسية، أحدهم شاب يغرس سيفه بعمق في صدر رجلٍ عجوزٍ بلحيةٍ بيضاء، بينما ينظر كل من خادم وشابة بذهول للمشهد. يكشف رسام البورتريهات عن اللوحة، لتبدأ سلسلة من الأحداث الغريبة والسريالية في التطور؛ حيث تبدأ اللوحة في توجيه الكلام له، ومن ثّم يتبادل البطل الحديث معها أو بالتحديد مع الكومنداتور. في تلك الأثناء، يظهر شخص غامض فاحش الثراء يُدعى «منشكي»، يطرق باب البطل ويطلب منه رسم بورتريه له مقابل أي ثمن يطلبه، وهو ما يفاجئ الرسام الذي كان قد قرر في وقتٍ سابق أنه لن يعود لرسم البورتريهات مرةً أخرى. ما السر وراء هذا الرجل؟ وما علاقته بلوحة أمادا السرية؟! «مقتل الكومنداتور (1): فكرة تظهر» رواية تنتمي إلى الواقعية السحرية للروائي الياباني «هاروكي موراكامي». تبدو الرواية وكأنها رحلة بحثٍ عن الذات، لكنها تتخطى ذلك؛ حيث تدور حول قوَّة الفنّ البنَّاءة وقوَّة العنف الهدّامة، والقدرة على جعل هشاشتنا ذهبًا، مهما بدتْ أيَّامُنا قاتمةً. استمع الآن."

هاروكي موراكامي (Author), يامن عبد النور (Narrator)

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Backpacker

"The journey of her life? More like a nightmare…Café owner Mia Lindell has never dreamt of traveling. Yet here she is in Malaysia, far away from her home in sleepy Klippsund, Sweden. Ahead of her lies several months of traveling in Asia. She has brought a list of nine things to accomplish during the trip, found in a box of recipes at the café, written by her now dead step-mother Kerstin who dreamed about far away places. This list will force Mia onto various adventures and literally make her end up in deep water."

Karin Wallén (Author), Sarah Ovens (Narrator)

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