Red Ons, Maria Montanelli

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Jane Austen began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was just twenty years old, though it would not be published until seventeen years later, in 1813.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

Koch, Herman

Una novela extraordinariamente intensa que coloca al lector ante el teatro de las apariencias sociales, haciéndolo testigo de la gran hipocresía que teje las relaciones en los altos estratos de la sociedad. Robert Walter, alcalde de Ámsterdam, hombre carismático y popular, es también un gran observador: una carcajada apenas más sonora de lo habitual y un gesto ligeramente ...

Koch, Herman

Ácida y provocadora, apunta sin miramientos a una clase social acomodada de Europa, instalada en una inercia de autosatisfacción y complacencia. ¿Hasta dónde es capaz de llegar un padre para encubrir a un hijo que comete un delito injustificable? ¿Debe prevalecer el instinto de protección paterna, o la lealtad a unas normas sociales que garantizan la coherencia y la fortalez...

Koch, Herman

Koch, Herman

Koch, Herman

Koch, Herman

Desde la publicación de La cena y Casa de verano con piscina, Herman Koch se ha afianzado como una de las voces más subyugantes de la novela europea contemporánea. Su forma de abordar sin ambages la ambigüedad moral, la hipocresía y la violencia solapada que carcomen a la sociedad moderna ha logrado capturar el interés de más de un millón de lectores en todo el mundo, tanto en ...