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In Silverville, Colorado, vengeance is about to strike a blow to everyone's dreams of silver. When Grace Mallory settles into her in-laws' former mansion in 1872, rumours soon circulate in town. A lady living alone in an empty house? Why hasn't John, the heir to the mining company whom she has married, joined her?
Every year the heroine of this story receives a very special birthday present: a cut-out house. As a result, she has been able to create a village of five little houses in her bedroom. But now her parents have split up and she has had to divide the little houses between two bedrooms. It is almost her birthday and she is very worried. Will her parents remember to give her a new house?
On the sixth of August 2007 a man set off from Barcelona to go into the mountains and die alone. He had turned seventy-five that same day; he was called Lluís Maria Xirinacs and he had a long public history of fighting for civil liberties and a pacifist philosophy. Why did he do it? Was it suicide or something else? 'Six Nights in August' is the story of that desired, unique, mysterious death.
A Mallorcan writer living in Barcelona is given the job of writing a biography of Dora Bonnín, a stunning and controversial theatre actor who has recently died leaving a series of intimate diaries. Little by little the protagonist uncovers the dark secret hidden in these diaries - a secret which could damage the standing of a powerful local family, the Verderas, and their empire.
An original, amusing and tender novel that speaks to us about loneliness and of what it is to be a refugee. I'm called Omar and I'm a nut. My father was a gardener and my mother smelled like cinnamon. They were both eaten up by the sea just before they got to the beach. I saw them disappear whilst I floated away in that little nut shell along with a bunch of strangers.
Diana is a mermaid daughter of the moon who, on coming of age, decides to go to the surface to live like humans do. At her university campus she meets Edlyn, Mako, Isla and Lucas, other beings like her. Under the waters of Diana's lagoon she had always been alone, but now she has great friends with whom she shares her day-to-day life.
Did you know there's a superhero inside you? Yes – every little girl and boy has one! But sometimes for no reason, our superhero seems to vanish. Like when the dark makes us afraid, or when we hurt ourselves and we have to go to the doctor. But don't worry. Even when you can't feel them your superpowers are still there, you just have to open your imagination.
Swift and Brainy need you! Their mission in Egypt is full of puzzles, riddles, hieroglyphics and... dangers! Can you help them escape the pyramid safe and sound? Will you get the Super Reasoners medal? Developing the necessary skills to successfully solve the problems and complex situations that arise in our daily lives from an early age is essential.
Hello! I’m back and I’ve grown so much! I still love painting but I now like doing many other things: hiking, playing with grandma, meeting my friends... Even though sometimes I’m sooo bored... But I have discovered how to not get bored!!! Do you want me to tell you how? Minimoni, the lovely, charming character of the best-seller "What Colour is a Kiss?" is back!
Would you like to model a dinosaur for breakfast time? Create a cute little lamp with eyes and a tiny nose? Or bring Domingo, the bingo-loving mouse, to life? You can create anything using just a bit of clay and your imagination. 'Lusesita's Pottery Workshop' invites the young (and the not so young) to take their first steps into the world of pottery.