Chronicles Of a Liquid Society

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Jane Austen began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was just twenty years old, though it would not be published until seventeen years later, in 1813.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

Eco Umberto

Eco Umberto

Eco Umberto

Una recopilación de textos misceláneos, pensado como «filosofía en libertad» en los que Eco da cabida tanto a temas profundos como a reflexiones intrascendentes sobre el día a día. ...

Eco Umberto

Una recopilación de textos en los que Eco da cabida tanto a temas profundos como a reflexiones intrascendentes sobre el día a día. Siguiendo la línea iniciada en 1963 con Diario mínimo, Umberto Eco nos ofrece una nueva selección de textos en los que, mediante una ironía destructiva y a través de pastiches de diferentes géneros literarios, ataca tanto al mundo académico como...

Eco Umberto

Cuatro muestras excelentes de la capacidad de Umberto Eco para transmitir, de manera clara y entretenida, las cuestiones más profundas de la comunicación humana. ...

Eco Umberto

Umberto Eco reflexiona con maestría sobre la importancia de tener un enemigo. Todo el mundo necesita tener un enemigo, nos dice Umberto Eco, los países, los sistemas, cada uno de nosotros... Y si no existe el enemigo, hay que inventarlo, es una figura imprescindible, un antagonista que nos permite definir nuestra identidad y medir nuestro sistema de valores. Este ensayo extr...