A partir de um luto inominável, a ficcionista Yiyun Li compõe um livro de memórias sublime, nem trágico, nem elegí transformador. National Book Award | Andrew Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceUM DOS MELHORES LIVROS DO New York Times | Washington Post | New Yorker «Escrever, ensinar, jardinar, ir ao supermercado, cozinhar, tratar da roupa — são atividades que, situando-se no tempo, não rivalizam com os meus filhos, porque eles se tornaram intemporais.» Vincent morreu com 16 anos. James morreu com 19 anos. Num intervalo de sete anos, os dois filhos de Yiyun Li escolheram o suicídio, a meio caminho entre a escola e a casa de família. Tudo na natureza apenas continua é um testemunho delicado, revolucionário, que tem origem no «abismo», o novo habitat de uma escritora que escolhe professar a «aceitação radical» destas mortes trágicas. Indefetível na eterna condição de mãe, eternamente ligada aos seus filhos, Yiyun Li faz germinar neste livro uma gramática só austera, íntima, capaz de descrever uma das mais extremas experiências humanas, no ponto exato em que a linguagem costuma falhar. Num exercício literário inigualável, Yiyun Li fixa para sempre o lugar dos seus filhos no mundo, porque «não há agora e outrora, agora e mais tarde; só agora e agora e agora e agora», mas somente agora e agora e agora e agora», como um tempo que nunca termina, apesar da tragédia. Os elogios da crí«Um memorial sublime.»The Washington Post«Um inesquecível monumento à resistência, que nos oferece um consolo feroz.»The Sunday Times«Transcendental. […] Com uma escrita despojada, que se infiltra profundamente, Yiyun Li analisa a relação entre linguagem e perda, homenageando os filhos que trará consigo para sempre.»Time«Um livro de memórias distinto dos outros, estranho, profundo e ferozmente determinado a não virar a cara. […] Li confronta a perda dos seus filhos, mas também, ao procurar relatar uma angústia que desafia qualquer descrição, os limites da linguagem.»TheNew York Times«Dizer que este livro corajoso é um testemunho de amor é um eufemismo. Este livro transforma-nos, ao mesmo tempo que desejamos muito que ele nunca tivesse precisado de ser escrito.»The Observer«Neste livro de memórias sobre a perda dos seus filhos, Li recusa o sentimentalismo; mesmo assim, o leitor pode sentir-se derrubado pela sua força emocional.»The Guardian«Uma obra de beleza austera, situada num reino diferente dos outros livros sobre luto. Isto acontece, em parte, por causa de uma surpreendente serenidade e contenção emocional, e em parte porque descreve uma experiência excecionalmente terrível. [...] Um inesquecível monumento à resistência, que nos oferece um consolo feroz.

From writing style and the use of visuals to formulating your topic and methodology, Dirk Vis shows artists of all stripes how to present research In this user-friendly volume, author Dirk Vis lays out the basics of research for artists, offering a guide to the groundwork that has long been lacking. How to formulate your topic and your argument; how to structure your text rhetorically; how to deploy quotations effectively; how to disseminate and distribute your work in a community: Vis guides readers through all of these questions in a clear and accessible fashion. This book is essential for students of the arts across all disciplines. Amsterdam-based writer Dirk Vis (born 1981) writes fiction, columns, scripts and essays on art and technology. His works of nonfiction and fiction have been published in Dutch: Bestseller (2009), the e-book The reality-essay (2017) and a series of texts in various forms and mediums. Design: Robert Reinartz Editing: Johanna Monk Supported by the Research Centre of the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam

Harry Potter is dead. In the aftermath of the war, in order to strengthen the might of the magical world, Voldemort enacts a repopulation effort. Hermione Granger has an Order secret, lost but hidden in her mind, so she is sent as an enslaved surrogate to the High Reeve, to be bred and monitored until her mind can be cracked. Fanfiction for Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling. Words: 370,256

A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial-like podcast following the clues she's left behind. And an ending you won't be able to stop talking about. Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie's entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him. When West McCray―a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America―overhears Sadie's story at a local gas station, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it's too late. Courtney Summers has written the breakout book of her career. Sadie is propulsive and harrowing and will keep you riveted until the last page.

A pair of Gothic novelists trade rivalry for love in this swoony, steamy, sapphic Regency by USA Today bestselling author Alexandra Vasti.Celebrated authoress Lady Georgiana Cleeve has achieved fame and fortune. Unfortunately, she’s also acquired an the enigmatic Lady Darling, whose spine-tingling plots appear to be pulled straight from Georgiana’s own manuscripts. What’s a stubborn, steely writer to do? Unmask her rival, of course.But unmasking doesn’t go according to plan—because Lady Darling is actually Cat Lacey, the butler’s daughter and object of Georgiana’s very secret, very embarrassing teenage infatuation.Cat Lacey has spent a decade clawing her family out of poverty. The last thing she needs is to be distracted by the stunning(ly pretentious) Lady Georgiana Cleeve. But Cat can’t seem to escape her infuriatingly beautiful rival—including at the eerie manor where they both plan to set their next books. The plot unexpectedly thickens, however, when the novelists find themselves trapped in the manor together. In between ghostly moans and spectral staff, Cat and Georgiana come face-to-face with real the scorching passion that’s been haunting their rivalry all along.

«No dia seguinte ninguém morreu». Que a morte tem as suas extravagancias, já todos nós sabíamos. Mas que se cansasse de exercer a sua principal actividade, nunca nos passou pela cabeça! Imagine que, de um momento para o outro, num certo país, as pessoas deixam de morrer. Estarão os líderes e os habitantes desse país preparados para gerir a vida eterna e as suas consequências? Colocada a hipótese, o autor desenvolve-a em todas as suas vertentes, e o leitor é conduzido com mão de mestre numa ampla divagação sobre a vida, a morte, o amor, e o sentido, ou a falta dele, da nossa existência.

A young family moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story—of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.

'This honest, engaging memoir shares such gems . . . the perfect read for anyone who dreams big' The Times and Sunday Times, Books of the Year The powerful, urgent memoir and manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine EvaristoIn 2019, Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman to win the Booker Prize since its inception fifty years earlier - a revolutionary landmark for Britain. Her journey was a long one, but she made it, and she made history.Manifesto is her intimate and fearless account of how she did it. From a childhood steeped in racism from neighbours, priests and even some white members of her own family, to discovering the arts through her local youth theatre; from stuffing her belongings into bin bags, always on the move between temporary homes, to exploring many romantic partners both toxic and loving, male and female, and eventually finding her soulmate; from setting up Britain's first theatre company for Black women in the eighties to growing into the trailblazing writer, theatre-maker, teacher, mentor and activist we see today - Bernardine charts her rebellion against the mainstream and her life-long commitment to community and creativity. And, through the prism of her extraordinary experiences, she offers vital insights into the nature of race, class, feminism, sexuality and ageing in modern Britain.Bernardine Evaristo's life story is a manifesto for courage, integrity, optimism, resourcefulness and tenacity. It's a manifesto for anyone who has ever stood on the margins, and anyone who wants to make their mark on history. It's a manifesto for being unstoppable.'Raw and emotive . . . a powerful account of how Evaristo got to the top of her game - it's moving, but there's also much humour and joy' Independent 'Bernardine Evaristo is one of those writers who should be read by everyone, everywhere' Elif Shafak 'Bernardine Evaristo is one of Britain's best writers, an iconic and unique voice, filled with warmth, subtlety and humanity. Exceptional' Nikesh Shukla

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he?