Shuggie Bain

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Jane Austen began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was just twenty years old, though it would not be published until seventeen years later, in 1813.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

Stuart, Douglas

REGRESA EL GANADOR DEL PREMIO BOOKER POR HISTORIA DE SHUGGIE BAIN «Un lugar para Mungo lo confirma: Douglas Stuart es un genio». Ron Charles, The Washington Post «Un puñetazo directo al corazón». Publishers Weekly A sus quince años, Mungo, un adolescente con una sensibilidad diferente al resto de los chicos del vecindario, vive en un barrio obrero del Glasgow de la era post-T...

Stuart, Douglas

Premio Booker 2020, el galardón más importante en lengua inglesa El extraordinario y conmovedor relato de un hijo decidido a salvar a su madre cueste lo que cueste A principios de los ochenta, Glasgow agoniza: la que fuera una próspera ciudad minera se ve ahora azotada por las políticas de Thatcher, que empujan a las familias al desempleo y el desaliento. Agnes Bain es una muj...

Stuart, Douglas

En Mungo, de família protestant, i en James, de família catòlica, viuen atrapats entre dos barris de Glasgow, on els joves de classe treballadora senfronten en baralles territorials per defensar la seva reputació. Haurien de ser enemics acèrrims si volen ser vistos com homes, però, contra tot pronòstic, forgen una amistat que a poc a poc es converteix en amor. En un entorn dall...

Stuart, Douglas

Als anys vuitanta a Glasgow, antigament una ciutat minera pròspera, les polítiques de Thatcher fan disparar la desocupació i les famílies es veuen obligades a fer filigranes per sobreviure. L'Agnes Bain és una dona sense sort que sempre ha aspirat a més: somia en una casa bonica i una vida acomodada que no hagi de pagar a terminis. Quan el seu marit, un taxista faldiller, l'aba...