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The skeleton Huesecitos wants to be a footballer like the people made of flesh and blood. Dismayed, his family tries to make him see that this is not possible for a skeleton. But even so, why not try ? This book is part of the collection entitled "El Baugul dels Monstres" (A Chest Full of Monsters), a series of ten titles designed to dispel fear through reading.
When she agreed to go out with that boy, Marta did not realise that she was entering hell, or that from then on, it would be as agonising to go forward as to try to escape. PASQUAL ALAPONT's hair raising novel is written in the style of a thriller, complete with psychopath.
This book tells the story of Narciso, Lirio and their three daughters: Rosa, Margarita and Violeta. All the characters have the names of flowers, and live in L’Albagés when there were still no cars, or motorbikes, or computers... is that difficult for you to imagine? Well, this book will help you.
The failures of old age are at the centre of this new collection of twenty stories by Sergi Pámies. Individual and collective fatalities, the capacity to survive them and the varied emotions they cause are described with the obsessive style that characterised the author's previous books and which has engaged thousands of readers.
“This is a ground-breaking work by one of Spain’s foremost contemporary historians. It is based on extensive original research, which has uncovered material of clear international significance. “(Kirsty Hooper)
The most famous policeman from Spanish noir's underworld chases a wheelchair through the dirty streets of Barcelona. A crime has been committed from this wheelchair, and he thinks he knows who the owner is.
A viceroy stands in for a king. In the 16th and 17th centuries the royal House of Asturias possessed a set of states whose common characteristic was that the king must rule them as though he were only king of each one.
You're always rushing around, dragging yourself from place to place, and you can't hide the fact you feel everything's your fault. You've already worked out that the so-called work-life balance is a myth. You try to be the best mother you can, but there's always someone around to tell you you should be doing things differently.
In this, the first tome of the historical navel novel series 'A Spanish Sailor Saga', Luis Delgado deals with the life suffered in the galleys of Spain's Royal Armada in the second half of the 18th century.
“Finding a new way oflooking at this iconic figure was an ambitious project which has been beautifully accomplished by Hernández and Torres in La Huella de Lorca.” (Lise jones)