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13 Witches who, faced with the twists and turns of life, use mystery, naughtiness, courage, revenge, glib tongues, cheek, irony, frivolity and witchcraft better than anyone else. Mischievous, hated, persecuted, ahead of their time… whatever the case, they left behind them clear traces of their uneasy, profound passage, still visible in our own days.
The novel tells the story of Hayat, a young survivor of the 1948 massacre in Deir Yassin, a small village near Jerusalem. Twenty years later, that girl-turned-witness talks again about fear, memory and past events.
"Among the tree stumps, a human form. His arms down by his sides, his head covered by a hoodie. The boy wanted to run, but he was seized by a terrible fear which took over his mind, filling it with images of his bloodied grandfather, and he was unable to move.
Aki Monogatari is an adventure novel set convincingly in the Japan of the start of the seventeenth century, a country where everything is changing: from the new system of government established by the Tokugawa following their victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, to the lifestyle of the samurai class, whose raison d’être is gradually being eroded by the long period of peace which follows it.
'The Wandering Samurai' is an adventure novel convincingly set in the Japan of the start of the seventeenth century, an era when everything is changing, from the system of government established by the Tokugawa following the unification of the country to the function and the raison d’être of the samurai class, which is now subject to the bureaucracy and increasing power of a new class, the chōnin.
That circus had everything. A bigtop. Two magicians. Three strongmen. Four cannonball men. And it's open from 5 to 6. The greatest attraction was the Malayan juggler. Two slanty eyes, a long pigtail and a gold tooth. A text that poetically counts the numbers of the most spectacular circus in history.
This is a work that, without complexes or affectation, approaches the prickly, multifaceted, grim and authentic reality of women in Cuba with all their casuistries and possibilities. No added sweeteners. In spite of an incredibly Cuban narrative, the reading experience is universal and perfect for any lover of sharp, intelligent books.
The holidays are here and it's time to go to summer camp. But he really doesn't feel like it. He has a secret - yellow and round - that appears between the sheets every night and he doesn't want to share it. What could this bothersome secret be? Can he ever be free of it and enjoy camp? "A picture book that helps us face our fears and invites us to overcome them."
In an unnamed city some disillusioned young people start a back-to-nature movement: they leave behind their children and go to live in the woods. Some time later, the the local deer begin to act strangely, become aggressive.