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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Jane Austen began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was just twenty years old, though it would not be published until seventeen years later, in 1813.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 ...

Modiano Patrick

Modiano Patrick

Modiano Patrick

Modiano Patrick

«Los libros de Patrick Modiano no lo explican todo, su fuerza les viene de aquello que callan... Una novela elegante, perfecta» (Libération).«Accidente nocturno sigue profundizando en el malestar de una generación, la de los niños nacidos de la guerra y que cumplieron veinte años en la década de los sesenta. A Modiano hay que leerlo como un espejo engañoso. En el corazón de sus...

Modiano Patrick

Todo arranca con un nacimiento: un padre contempla tras el cristal de la maternidad a su hija que duerme plácidamente. En la mano, ese padre sostiene el libro de familia para inscribirla en el registro civil. Ese libro de familia es el punto de partida de una indagación en el pasado en la que se entremezcla lo biográfico y lo novelesco. Una indagación en la que se suman recuerd...

Modiano Patrick

Patrick Modiano és el gran novel·lista de París de la segona meitat del segle XX. En el cafè de la joventut perduda ens situa als primers anys seixanta al cafè Condé, prop del Carrefour de l'Odéon. Aquest local representa una destil·lació de molts cafès reals, punt de trobada de la bohèmia literària i universitària. Entre els personatges habituals del Condé hi ha la Louki, una ...