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“Herd of elephants with cultural interests seeks teacher with dynamic and adventurous spirit. Accommodation the African jungle. Vegetarian diet. Salary: 100 tons of bananas”. On reading this advert, a teacher, tired of teaching insects and spiders, applies for the job.
Years ago I heard about a programme Paul Auster had on the American public radio station NPR called ‘The National Short Story Project’. Auster came on air the first night and asked American listeners to send in their stories. The only two conditions, he said, were that the stories should be true and short.
Neskia Roth is peaceful village where lies don't exist and all the inhabitants live in total harmony with nature, but all this will change when Gaia, the Lady of the Dawn, is kidnapped by the Shadows of Fire and Oblivion, thus unleashing a frenetic adventure which will lead Alonzo and Lampín into a vortex of challenges and mysteries which they will have to overcome to save their vill
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy has been responsible for the most significant food industry crisis in the European Union. This disease has had an enormous impact on public health, the economy and politics.
The Pilates method is a collection of exercises, mostly low-impact, designed to work on postural correction and muscle and general flexibility without injury. The muscle groups involved in the exercises are the same ones used every day in both domestic and work-related tasks.
When Verónica is ten years old, she discovers the photograph of a girl she has never seen before. As a result of this episode, she has lived with the idea that sadness, arguments and silences at home hide something which no one wants to talk about.
A book for men and women who have an active sex life with their partner. Also for singles who have occasional sexual relations and lack basic sexual information, do not know how to stimulate their partner, the most sensual way to kiss, how to access pleasure points… Also for beginner couples or those with experience but who have never managed to achieve orgasm together.
A master of contemporary Galician fiction, the author of Memorias dun neon labrego (Memories of a Peasant Boy) now offers us his new novel, Waiting for the Milkcart. It is a monologue without pauses, in which he tells the story of a peasant boy as he waits to begin the journey that will take him from his village to Buenos Aires.
With its generation of excellent chefs, the world of contemporary Spanish haute cuisine can teach entrepreneurs a great deal about looking for new ideas and show businesses how to re-invent themselves by aiming for the highest levels in their sector.