QUERCUS es un libro para sentir. Para sobrecogerse al sonido encadenado de las palabras y llorar de rabia, de ternura, de pasión. Para viajar a las entrañas de la sierra y al corazón de los hombres. El fenómeno del abandono del mundo rural, tiene unos orígenes y unas causas. Igual que las enfermedades. Y eso, precisamente, es lo que intenta desentrañar esta impresionante novela. El joven Abel huye del horror de la guerra para refugiarse en una cueva. En ella pasará unos años poniendo a pru...

Através de onze capítulos temáticos, com ilustrações originais, este livro oferece cerca de 200 conselhos nas principais áreas ambientais abordadas na rubrica Minuto Verde, que Quercus apresenta há vários anos na RTP. São recomendações simples e práticas que visam reduzir o impacte ambiental das escolhas e atividades desenvolvidas nas várias áreas do nosso quotidiano. Os textos aqui reunidos mantêm-se fiéis ao formato de curta duração que serve de base à rubrica na televisão, recorrendo a ...

With over a million copies already sold, this is the newly updated edition of the definitive collection of great speeches ancient and modern. From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets and politicians, rebels and tyrants, soldiers and statesman, placing them in historical context.This revised edition includes speeches that have shaped the modern world: from Aung San Suu Kyi on f...

Over one million copies sold.From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets and politicians, rebels and tyrants, soldiers and statesman, placing them in historical context.This updated pocket edition includes speeches by those that have truly shaped the modern world: from Greta Thunberg to Donald Trump, and from Nadia Murad to Oprah Winfrey. A biography of e...

From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets and politicians, rebels and tyrants, soldiers and statesman, placing them in historical context.With over a million copies already sold, this revised and updated edition includes speeches that have shaped the modern world: from Aung San Suu Kyi on freedom to Al Gore on the environment and from Malala Yousafzai on the education of women ...

Jasmine Fress has lost the files of three months worth of work. Her senior year at the University could come to a crumbling end if she can't get her stuff together. Scrambling to find her flash drive and keep her composure she discovers the missing drive in the most unlikely of places. This discovery forces her to look deeper into what other things she might be losing as she is growing up. With the help of an old friend, Jasmine finally finds something even greater than her Senior Thesis.

**THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Beautiful, atmospheric . . . you must read this book' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review**In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her.The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm - and the mysterious curse that has haunted them for generations.The madness that led to her mother's disappearance left June to be raised by her grandmother. Every...

'I am in awe of Dan Simmons' Stephen KingIn 1865 Charles Dickens, the world's most famous writer, narrowly escapes death in the Staplehurst Rail Disaster. He will never be the same again. A public hero for rescuing survivors, he slowly descends into madness as he hunts the individual he believes to be responsible for the carnage: a spectral figure known only as Drood.His best friend, Wilkie Collins, is enlisted for the pursuit. Together they venture into Un...

THE ADDICTIVE, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THRILLEREnter the world of One Folgate Street and discover perfection . . . but can you pay the price?Jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to live in a beautiful ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect, on condition she abides by a long list of exacting rules.After moving in, she makes a shocking discovery about the previous tena...

A moving novel of love and war by the author of The Beekeeper of AleppoIt is July 1974 and on a bright, sunny morning, the Turkish army has invaded the town of Kyrenia in Cyprus. For many people, this means an end to life as they know it. But for some, it is a chance to begin living again.Everyone has always talked about Koki. They never believed she was her father's daughter and her mother died too soon to quiet their wagging tongues. And when she...

Life has taken a funny turn for Siri Paiboun. After years in obscurity, his country needs him. He is to be their only coroner. Because he's the only doctor left.It's not as flattering as it could be, and when one of the leaders' wives turns up in his hot, shabby, smelly morgue, and he's expected to solve her murder, things take a turn for the worse. He has no experience, training or equipment to speak of, and his only hope are his two trusty assistants - neither of whom know anythi...

'Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth' New York Times**The isle of Lewis is a land of strange beauty, harsh living and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith.Detective Inspector Fin Macleod returns from Edinburgh to the island of his childhood to investigate a series of brutal killings.As old memories resurface and old friends reappear, Fin realizes that returning to the past will lead him into danger.