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This is a ghost story. A novel that begins with a return and ends with a howl. The narrator of Les possesions travels from Barcelona to Palma to try to halt the paranoid conspiracy spiral of her father who, in his retirement, has gone from being a placid high school teacher to launching a legal battle against an alleged urban crime.
Footballers who stopped wars, like Drogba. Sportsmen who said no to Hitler, like Sindelar, or who were bold enough to refuse to shake Pinochet's hand, like Caszely. Factory workers who could fill stadia, like the Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C. Heroines who defied the most stringent prejudice, like Marta Vieira.
What do dogs dream about? Maybe looking like their owners? Having fleas and being able to make fire? The inhabitants of Lútaca wake up one day transformed into dogs; including Baltasar Bellaterra, who can't accept his new nature and discovers that losing your humanity isn't so different from losing a loved one.
Blas Rueda´s text is accompanied by colourful, highly detailed illustrations by Blanca Millán which combine to tell the story of Lola who hears a noise a bit like a moo one afternoon while she is sitting at the table drawing pictures of moons and stars. She then discovers that 21 cows have escaped from their cowherd and their home in the sewing box and are now scattered all around the house!
This is the story of a revolution carried out in anonymity with a bodkin as its only weapon and a boy as its hero. The youngest son of the Brailles, a family of leatherworkers, has an accident that causes him to gradually lose his sight. His tenacity and that of the people around him leads to a string of adventures and discoveries that take them much further than we could ever dream.
Bruno's life changes when he finds a top hat with a note inside: "They are waiting for you in New York". He discovers that he has an unusual talent and understands why he has always felt out of place.
Just over a century ago, a family left Sorrento and moved to the Argentine city of Mar del Plata, to open a hotel and later a trattoria near the beach.
Mara Turing receives a mysterious message when she's about to start her summer vacation in New York: "I need your help." This enigmatic call is from her uncle, a member of the dangerous "Dirtee Loopers," hackers. He had disappeared without trace when she was five years old, leaving a great hole in her childhood life.
Mother of milk and honey is the stirring story of Fátima, a Muslim woman who returns to Rif to visit her family after years away. Once there, she tells her seven sisters about everything she has gone through. As a young mother Fátima was obliged to leave her home town to emigrate with her daughter to Catalunya.
Marmi is a simple marmot who lives in the Tristaina valley. What she likes best is chatting with her friends, taking siestas by the lake in the middle of the valley and eating cannelloni made with leaves and wild blackberries. One day while out for a walk, Marmi comes across what she thinks is a pretty metal hat... but really it's a can that someone has dropped.