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Tree Of Smoke

The Overstory

The Ten Thousand Doors Of January

The Midnight Library

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Milena Busquets · 2015

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Jesús Terrés · 2020

La vida en cinco minutos

Virginia Galvín

Buenas noches

Santiago Isla · 2020

Ropa tendida

Óscar García Sierra · 2024

De la desindustrialización al after en un pueblo deprimente pero con encanto. Donde había una central térmica, ahora hay un gran hueco. Isidorín se ha prejubilado después de una vida dedicada a la minería y ocupa sus horas aprendiendo ruso y organizando carreras para los guajes del club ciclista. Piensa que su mujer Milagros se está haciendo vieja, y esta cree a su vez que él solo abre la boca para fastidiarla. El matrimonio hace aguas, y ella busca una ilusión en el profesor de bachata de la residencia para ancianos donde trabaja. La Juli, una de sus compañeras en la residencia, lleva una temporada faltando de manera sospechosa al trabajo. Se la ha visto por los bares del pueblo y de León con Xairu, el hijo de Isidorín y Milagros, que aspira a alcalde de Llanos de Alba con un partido de extrema derecha y sin muchos argumentos políticos. En realidad, su vida parece basarse en comprobar si estar destruido le hace indestructible o si, cuanto más destruido está, más se puede destruir. Esta novela mira las grietas de una relación que se ha construido a base de demoliciones: el silencio insoportable en la casa y el ruido aún más insoportable en la cabeza, la incapacidad de expresar sentimientos, la posibilidad de sentirse observada e ignorada a la vez, lo diferente que podría ser la vida si no se pareciera tanto a la de nuestros padres. Pasando de la desindustrialización a los afters, con toda la crudeza y la ternura, Ropa tendida es una ruta en coche por un pueblo deprimente pero con encanto; una obra que nos habla del deseo de escapar no de un lugar sino de uno mismo.

Éramos unos niños - Patti Smith

The Daily Stoic

Ryan Holiday

The Woman Destroyed

Simone De Beauvoir · 2013

<b>One of the most influential thinkers of her generation<i> </i>draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises in these three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (<i>The Sunday Herald Times</i>).</b><br><br>Suffused with de Beauvoir’s remarkable insights into women, <i>The Woman Destroyed </i>gives us a legendary writer at her best. Includes "The Age of Discretion," "The Monologue," and "The Woman Destroyed."<br><br>"Witty, immensely adroit...These three women are believable individuals presented with a wry mixture of sympathy and exasperation." —<i>The Atlantic</i>

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman · 1997

A work of fantasy, I Who Have Never Known Men is the haunting and unforgettable account of a near future on a barren earth where women are kept in underground cages guarded by uniformed groups of men. It is narrated by the youngest of the women, the only one with no memory of what the world was like before the cages, who must teach herself, without books or sexual contact, the essential human emotions of longing, loving, learning, companionship, and dying. Part thriller, part mystery, I Who Have Never Known Men shows us the power of one person without memories to reinvent herself piece by piece, emotion by emotion, in the process teaching us much about what it means to be human.

Brief Answers To The Big Questions

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh · 2019

The Anatomy of Fashion

Colin McDowell · 2013

Why do we dress the way we do? How has fashion changed and evolved over the centuries? How did the 3-piece suit come about? Why have hemlines risen and fallen over time? In <i>The Anatomy of Fashion</i>, respected fashion commentator Colin McDowell goes beyond standard fashion histories and narrative surveys to answer these questions and many more.<br><br>The book's unique structure takes the reader from head to toe in sections such as `The Body Unclothed,? `Materials and Texture,? `Head to Waist,? `Hips to Feet,? `Looks and Themes in Dress,? and more. Visually rich, with over 500 photographs, illustrations, paintings, and film stills, the book includes work by designers and labels such as Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Versace, Carhartt, Diesel and more.<br><br>The book's dynamic structure and layout are equally suited for browsing and for serious reference, but The Anatomy of Fashion is not simply a picture book. It is a sourcebook by one of the world's leading fashion scholars that seeks nothing less than a thorough analysis of the roots of every aspect of fashion today.

Why Fashion Matters

Frances Corner · 2014

<p>An illuminating introduction to the expanding influence of fashion from the perspectives of design, technology, sustainability, and business</p> Fashion matters for the economy, to society, and to each of us personally. Faster than anything else, what we wear tells the story of who we are—or who we want to be. It is the most immediate form of self-expression.<br> <br> Yet even as fashion touches the lives of each and every one of us, its influence and the vast creative industry that it supports can seem mysterious to outsiders. In Why Fashion Matters Frances Corner, Head of London College of Fashion, guides readers into the dizzying world of this rapidly expanding, increasingly global, always exciting industry.<br> <br> In provocative and intriguing entries, Corner teases out the glorious intricacies and contradictions of an industry that simultaneously values technology and craft; timeless style and fast fashion; the bespoke and the mass-market; consumption and sustainability; cold, hard numbers; and creative expression. From “Shop 'til We Drop” to “The White Shirt” to “The One Trillion Dollar Business” each entry offers a unique avenue into fashion and its impact, both positive and negative, on lives around the globe.

Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood, Ian Kelly · 2014

<p>Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age. Fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a true legend. Her career successfully spanned five decades and her work has influenced millions of people across the world.<br><br>For the first and only time, Vivienne Westwood has written a personal memoir, collaborating with award-winning biographer Ian Kelly, to describe the events, people and ideas that have shaped her extraordinary life.<br><br>Told in all its glamour and glory, and with her unique voice, unexpected perspective and passionate honesty, this is her story.</p>

The Conscious Closet

Elizabeth L. Cline · 2019

<b>From journalist, fashionista, and clothing resale expert Elizabeth L. Cline, “the Michael Pollan of fashion,”* comes the definitive guide to building an ethical, sustainable wardrobe you'll love.</b><br><br>Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation <i>Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion,</i> Elizabeth L. Cline first revealed fast fashion’s hidden toll on the environment, garment workers, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. <i>The Conscious Closet </i>shows exactly what we can do about it.<br><br> Whether your goal is to build an effortless capsule wardrobe, keep up with trends without harming the environment, buy better quality, seek out ethical brands, or all of the above, <i>The Conscious Closet</i> is packed with the vital tools you need. Elizabeth delves into fresh research on fashion’s impacts and shows how we can leverage our everyday fashion choices to change the world through style. Inspired by her own revelatory journey getting off the fast-fashion treadmill, Elizabeth shares exactly how to build a more ethical wardrobe, starting with a mindful closet clean-out and donating, swapping, or selling the clothes you don't love to make way for the closet of your dreams. <br><br> <i>The Conscious Closet </i>is not just a style guide. It is a call to action to transform one of the most polluting industries on earth—fashion—into a force for good. Readers will learn where our clothes are made and how they’re made, before connecting to a global and impassioned community of stylish fashion revolutionaries. In <i>The Conscious Closet, </i>Elizabeth<i> </i>shows us how we can start to truly love and understand our clothes again—without sacrificing the environment, our morals, or our style in the process.<br><br>*Michelle Goldberg, <i>Newsweek/The Daily Beast</i>

Happy Place

Emily Henry · 2024

<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER ∙ A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise novel from #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Emily Henry.<br><br>“The beach-read master hooks us again."—<i>People</i></b><br><br>Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t.<br><br>They broke up five months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.<br><br>Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blissful week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.<br><br>Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends’ hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week…in front of those who know you best?