BOOKS 2024

The place without limits, as Mephistopheles explains to Dr. Faustus, is hell. And in the brilliant and poignant novella by José Donoso, one of Chile's greatest writers of the 20th century, he is embodied in the god-forsaken town of Estación el Olivo and especially in the local brothel, a melting pot of passions in which false morality is exposed and not only masculinity and its values ​​are questioned, but also an entire class and political structure.

In this book's ten short chapters, you'll find interesting and surprising facts about the numbers in our lives, and fascinating and entertaining stories about the people responsible for history's most important mathematical discoveries (and yes, there's even cake). A must-read for any math lover—and anyone who's tired of being afraid of it.

In the evening hours of one of the days of the week, which roll into night and continue until dawn, men and women gather in a cold storage for meat, which has been turned into an event hall for the time of matzo, as well as a child, and one, Eliyahu, whose name is unclear.

A man joins the army. After so and so years, he leaves. Along the way, something disappears, something is lost. This is also true far from the battlefield, in the office, in the dining room, in the flagpole, in a narrow iron bed. Something gets lost between the identical days of dull suffering and numb obedience, and never returns.

Kotka is her father, married to Alon, mother of three children, lives in a well-established suburb and clings to the bourgeois routine. The order is disrupted when she finds a videotape from her childhood that shakes up everything she thought about herself and confronts her with her past that has been repressed to the point of memory loss.

A story of loss and hope, and of a great love that was ignited during the darkest period in history. Germany, 1929. Max, a talented Jewish architect, and Bettina, a daring avant-garde painter, meet at a party and immediately fall in love. Both are young and promising artists, and they move to glittering Berlin to begin their lives together. But their careful plans are abruptly interrupted when the Nazi Party comes to power.

Michael, an authoritative, energetic and entertaining man, is falling apart. His wife has left him, and he takes long walks alone in the English countryside, so as not to be stuck in the ruins of his marriage in his empty house. Then he meets Marnie. Will they survive the journey together?

Zehava Asa-Adam: My starting point as a daughter of struggling parents was never an excuse. In fact, it was: an excuse to succeed, to excel, to achieve achievements and financial independence. If there is a story that proves that anything is possible for those who are willing to work hard – it is mine.

The Hanburys seem like the perfect family to Tommy: mother, father, child, great wealth. But as he gets to know them, he discovers the twisted truth: each member of the Hanbury family is disturbed in their own way, and not only that. They are also hiding something. A dark and terrible secret. Then, in the midst of a harrowing and nerve-wracking summer, a shocking crime occurs.

Nell has always known her expiration date. Twenty years ago, during a backpacking trip in Australia, a mysterious medium predicted her death, and since then Nell has accepted the fact that she will never reach the age of forty. She has chosen a life of wandering and adventure, preferring random fun over commitment and settling down. Then the fateful date arrives...

The first book in the Her Majesty the Queen's Investigations series is a hilarious, original and wonderfully British thriller. The series has been translated into over twenty languages ​​and has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. Who would be bold enough to commit murder in the home of the Queen of England?

First children's book by Dan Ariely. Little Ariel is in trouble! He's caught without homework again, and this time the teacher decides to send a letter to his parents. Ariel is sure that if he doesn't find a quick solution to the situation, the weekend's pajama party is in danger, as is the new bike his parents almost agreed to buy him.