Burning Bright

Fitzgerald, Francis Scott

In 1860s Baltimore, something extraordinary happens: a boy is born old. His name is Benjamin Button and every year, he grows younger. As time passes, he discovers love, family and happiness. Yet his journey is marked by misunderstanding, loneliness and rejection. This is the story of a life lived in reverse, a life lived against all rules. En el Baltimore de la década de 1860,...

Andres, Jose Carlos

Franky es una niña monstrua grande, muy grande. Papá Frankenstein fabrica juguetes para su hija, Hera la calavera es su profesora y sus amigas son la piraña que araña y la serpiente que muerde. Pero lo que Franky realmente quiere es ir al colegio. Su padre teme que los niños y niñas del pueblo se asusten al ver a su hija y no quieran jugar con ella. ¿Conseguirá Franky ir a la e...

Austen, Jane

Jane Austen began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was just twenty years old, though it would not be published until seventeen years later, in 1813. Widely regarded as one of the first romantic comedies in literary history, the novels entanglements and misunderstandings are deftly interwoven with a sharp, ironic critique of English society. Mrs Bennet is determined to sec...

Godas, Adrian

The thrilling history of the extraction and economic control of the worlds major minerals from Antiquity to the present day: gold, copper, iron, lithium, rare earths, and more. Why should you read this book? Mining is on the verge of regaining a central role on the global stage. As the world gradually shifts toward deglobalization and an indirect confrontation between the Unit...

Marr, Shirley

A stunning new story from award-winning author, Shirley Marr, about family love, friendship and hope. James is stuck in the present and that's the last place he wants to be. His parents have separated, and he must get used to living two completely different lives. Now, he has two homes, two bedrooms and two routes to school, with nothing adding up to the one great life he used ...

Vv.aa.

This is Madrid. Madrid. Homeric city, the cradle and grave of many of us that pour out the joyful days of youth among its streets and wineries, throughout its history it has accepted into its fold non-conforming poets from the four corners of the earth, because one is born a poet in his land, but one is made and perishes in Madrid.No matter where you are from, Madrid never ...

Tracy Chevalier

La nueva novela de la autora de La joven de la perla. «Absorbente. [...] Chevalier crea un mundo que recuerda a un interior de Vermeer: suspendido en un momento particular, trasciende el tiempo y el espacio.»The New Yorker Corren los años setenta en Washington D.C. cuando Osei Kokote, un chico negro de once años, se presenta por primera vez en su nuevo colegio. Hijo de un d...

Tracy Chevalier

Amb la maestria a què ens té acostumats, Tracy Chevalier fon història i ficció en aquesta novel·la sobre el conflicte etern entre les pròpies conviccions i la injustícia de les lleis humanes, a través de l'aventura d'una dona de caràcter en l'ambient hostil d'Ohio al 1850. L'Honor Bright és una humil quàquera anglesa amb el cor trencat. Emigra a Ohio amb la seva germana, es...

Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier

En la segunda mitad del siglo XVII, el pintor holandés Johannes Vermeer inmortalizó en una tela a una bella muchacha adornada con un turbante y un pendiente de perla. Sus labios parecen esbozar una sonrisa sensual, pero sus ojos irradian la tristeza más profunda. Conocido como la Mona Lisa holandesa, detrás de ese enigmático rostro se esconde Griet, una joven de origen humilde ...