You Say Potato

TÍTOL: You Say Potato

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Editorial: MacMillan

Idioma: Angles

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Some people say sconn, while others say schown. He says bath, while she says bahth. You say potayto. I say potahto And- -wait a second, no one says potahto. No one's ever said potahto. Have they? From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall of Received Pronunciation, actor Ben Crystal and his linguist father David travel the world in search of the stories of spoken English. Everyone has an accent, though many of us think we don't. We all have our likes and dislikes about the way other people speak, and everyone has something to say about 'correct' pronunciation. But how did all these accents come about, and why do people feel so strongly about them? Are regional accents dying out as English becomes a global language? And most importantly of all: what went wrong in Birmingham? Witty, authoritative and jam-packed full of fascinating facts, You Say Potato is a celebration of the myriad ways in which the English language is spoken - and how our accents, in so many ways, speak louder than words.

Top 10 Castles of England and Wales

TÍTOL: Top 10 Castles of England and Wales

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Editorial: RBA revistas

Idioma: Anglès - Castellà

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Practica y mantén vivo tu inglés de forma autodidacta con Speak Up, un método ameno basado en la lectura y la escucha de artículos en inglés. En el número de este mes recorremos todo el paisaje de Inglaterra y Gales para descubrir sus diez castillos más impresionantes; con historias de poder, luchas políticas y leyenda. Además, hablamos con Sheehan Quirke, más conocido como The Cultural Tutor, para que nos explique cómo su forma de enseñar historia del arte se ha hecho viral. Descubrimos la fascinante historia del Diamante Florentino, desaparecido durante más de cien años, y conocemos la empresa que quiere revivir mediante ingeniería genética especies extinguidas hace siglos, como el dodo o el mamut lanudo.

Temas principales:

Gossip. The evolution of idle talk.

The First Kiss. The ancient practice of social bonding with the lips.

Castles of England and Wales. A landscape of splendour and ruin.

Trooping the Colour. The King’s birthday parade.

Walden. The trascendental classic by Henry David Thoreau.

The Road

    TÍTOL: The Road

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Editorial: AbramsComicArts

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The graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize–winning postapocalyptic classic, The Road, approved and authorized by McCarthy and illustrated by acclaimed cartoonist Manu Larcenet. Now an Eisner Award winner and named a "must-read graphic novel" by Amazon.

"Superb. A suitably dark graphic treatment of McCarthy’s postapocalyptic masterpiece." (Kirkus)

The story of a nameless father and son trying to survive with their humanity intact in a postapocalyptic wasteland where Earth’s natural resources have been diminished, and some survivors are left to raise others for meat, The Road is one of Cormac McCarthy’s bleakest and most prescient novels.

This first official graphic novel adaptation of McCarthy’s work is illustrated by acclaimed French cartoonist Manu Larcenet, who ably transforms the world depicted by McCarthy’s spare and brutal prose into stark ink drawings that add an additional layer to this haunting tale of family love and human perseverance.

Dedicated to his son, John Francis McCarthy, McCarthy’s The Road is one of his most personal novels. Ranked 17th on The Guardian’s 100 Best Novels of the 21st century, it was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for literature, and the James Tait Black Memorial Award, the Believer Award, and it was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Cormac McCarthy personally approved the making of this book before his death, and the adaptation bears the approval of the McCarthy estate.

The Cat Who Saved Books

   TÍTOL: The Cat Who Saved Books

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Editorial: Tinder Press

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A cosy, heartwarming story about finding courage, caring for others and the tremendous power of books. Translated from Japanese, The Cat Who Saved Books is the international bestseller from Sosuke Natsukawa.

'Enchanting' – The Observer

Grandpa used to say it all the time: books have tremendous power. But what is that power really?

Natsuki Books was a tiny second-hand bookshop on the edge of town. Inside, towering shelves reached the ceiling, every one crammed full of wonderful books. Rintaro Natsuki loved this space that his grandfather had created. He spent many happy hours there, reading whatever he liked. It was the perfect refuge for a boy who tended to be something of a recluse.

After the death of his grandfather, Rintaro is devastated and alone. It seems he will have to close the shop. Then, a talking tabby cat called Tiger appears and asks Rintaro for help. The cat needs a book lover to join him on a mission. This odd couple will go on three magical adventures to save books from people who have imprisoned, mistreated and betrayed them. Finally, there is one last rescue that Rintaro must attempt alone . . .

Sosuke Natsukawa’s international bestseller, translated from Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai, is a life-affirming story for those for whom books are so much more than words on paper. The series continues with The Cat Who Saved the Library.

Readers love The Cat Who Saved Books:

‘I felt like I'd fallen into a Studio Ghibli film’

‘This book brought me back to reading’

‘I am utterly in love with this book’

‘It was cosy, comfy, deep and profound all at the same time’

Hamnet

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Editorial: Tinder Press

Idioma: Angles

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On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week. Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright: a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written.

McCarthy's Bar, A Journey of discovery Ireland

 TÍTOL: McCarthy's Bar, A Journey of discovery Ireland

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Editorial: Thomas Dunne books

Idioma: Angles

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An American chronicles his funny, nostalgic encounter with Ireland as he searches for his roots in the countryside and pubs of this beautiful and deceptively simple country. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

We don't know ourselves

 TÍTOL: We don't know ourselves

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The #1 Irish Times bestseller

WINNER of the An Post Irish Book Awards

'A clear-eyed, myth-dispelling masterpiece' Marian Keyes

'Sweeping, authoritative and profoundly intelligent' Colm Tóibín, Guardian

'With the pace and twists of an enthralling novel' Irish Times

'Evocative, moving, funny and furious' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times

'An enthralling, panoramic book' Patrick Radden Keefe

'A book that will remain important for a very long time' An Post Irish Book Award

We Don't Know Ourselves is a very personal vision of recent Irish history from the year of O'Toole's birth, 1958, down to the present. Ireland has changed almost out of recognition during those decades, and Fintan O'Toole's life coincides with that arc of transformation. The book is a brilliant interweaving of memories (though this is emphatically not a memoir) and engrossing social and historical narrative. This was the era of Eamon de Valera, Jack Lynch, Charles Haughey and John Charles McQuaid, of sectarian civil war in the North and the Pope's triumphant visit in 1979, but also of those who began to speak out against the ruling consensus – feminists, advocates for the rights of children, gay men and women coming out of the shadows. We Don't Know Ourselves is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand modern Ireland.