The Pearl

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Jane Austen began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was just twenty years old, though it would not be published until seventeen years later, in 1813.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

Steinbeck John

Inspirada en las luchas ideológicas y los conflictos armados de nuestro tiempo, La luna se ha puesto recrea el tenso ambiente de un pueblo recién invadido. En una época imprecisa, un pueblo sin localización concreta y un ejército anónimo protagonizan una guerra que bien pudiera ser cualquiera. Es el drama de unos vencedores que se saben vencidos, que pueden matar pero no impone...

Steinbeck John

?Una de las novelas esenciales de Steinbeck.? NICK HORNBY. ?En la escritura de Steinbeck siempre hay algo sorprendentemente mágico.? CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT, THE NEW YORK TIMES. En las colinas de Monterrey, en medio de los bosques de pinos, se sientan las cabañas de madera de Tortilla Flat. Allí viven los paisanos, mezcla de indios, hispanos y diversas razas caucásicas, un...

Steinbeck John

«Mi plan era claro, conciso y razonable, creo yo. He viajado por diversas partes del mundo durante muchos años. En Estados Unidos vivo en Nueva York, o me voy a Chicago o a San Francisco. Pero Nueva York no es más los Estados Unidos de lo que París es Francia o Londres es Inglaterra. Así que descubrí que no conocía mi propio país. Yo, un escritor estadounidense, que escribía so...