Discworld 40 Raising Steam

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Jane Austen began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was just twenty years old, though it would not be published until seventeen years later, in 1813.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

Pratchett Terry

Pratchett Terry

La segunda entrega de una serie escrita a cuatro manos por el aclamado Terry Pratchett, creador del Mundodisco, y el prestigioso autor de ciencia ficción británica, Stephen Baxter: una nueva aventura tan inteligente como divertida, que indaga las consecuencias de un mundo ilimitado. La Tierra Larga es un sinfín de mundos paralelos a solo un paso de distancia. La humanidad ha...

Pratchett Terry

En esta maravillosa novela para jóvenes y adultos, Terry Pratchett enlaza acontecimientos históricos y elementos fantásticos para ofrecernos una original historia de intriga y aprendizaje que rinde homenaje a la obra de Charles Dickens. Perillán es un muchacho de diecisiete años que sobrevive buscando objetos de valor en las cloacas del Londres victoriano. Tras una reyerta ...

Pratchett Terry

Una extraordinaria y sorprendente nueva novela escrita a cuatro manos por el aclamado e inimitable Terry Pratchett, creador del Mundodisco, y el gigante de la literatura de ciencia ficción británica, Stephen Baxter. ...

Pratchett Terry

En algún lugar, un ente lleno de odio y de rencor se ha despertado y está avivando antiguas historias sobre la supuesta malevolencia de las brujas... La cuarta novela protagonizada por Tiffany Dolorido y los pequeños hombres libres cierra esta encantadora subserie del Mundodisco para jóvenes y adultos. ...

Pratchett Terry

La entrega n.º 39 de la serie del Mundodisco: incluso cuando se va de vacaciones, el comandante Sam Vimes demuestra ser un policía hasta la médula. ...