New Spanish Titles - O

  • Obscura. Diez relatos.
    Dark. Ten Stories
    Author:
    Varios autores.
    Publisher: Obscura editorial, S.L.
    Among the many synonyms for "Dark" we find (Oxford English Dictionary): mysterious, enigmatic, sinister, evil. This anthology is a faithful reflection of how each of the authors in this anthology sees darkness and terror.
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  • Oda al mar
    Ode to the Sea
    Author:
    Pablo Carbonell
    Publisher: Nuevo Nueve Editores
    This is the reality: we've turned our oceans and seas into a rubbish dump. Could one little girl speak to the sea-animals and find a solution to this problem? This is a beautiful ode, written by one of Spain's best loved personalities, Pablo Carbonell, with amazing illustrations by Tony Sandoval.
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  • OLIVOS DE CAL
    Lime Olive Trees
    Olivos, cal, Fran, Toro
    Author:
    FRAN TORO
    Agent: Autónomo
    Olivos de cal is a rural novel worthy of Delibes at his most sober. The skilfully drawn characters hide their feelings to such an extent that their silence is itself another character. Two stories in one place, the landscape of Jaén, unfurl through the years leading up to the harsh decade of the 1930s.
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  • On ha anat, l'avi?
    Where has grandad gone?
    Enfermedad - relación abuelo y nieto.
    Author:
    Alaine Agirre y Maite Gurrutxaga
    Publisher: Editorial
    “I don't understand it one bit when Grandma says that Grandpa is worn out after so many years. One day at school we learned that stones wear out over time because of erosion. But Grandpa isn’t a stone. Or is he? Sometimes it seems that way, like when he sleeps, because he doesn't even move a millimeter.
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  • Operación Sabueso
    Operation Bloodhound
    Portada de Las aventuras de Txano y Óscar - 2 - Operación Sabueso
    Author:
    Julio Santos García
    Publisher: Xarpa Books
    A collection of adventure books aimed at children aged 7+. Over 120 pages of fun, adventure and mystery with full-colour illustrations. “Hello! My name is Txano and my twin brother is called Óscar. When we told our best friends, Raúl and Sonia, that a strange green meteorite had given us telepathic powers, they were amazed.
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  • Orgullo de cuervo
    The raven's pride
    Author:
    Alberto Guaita Tello
    Agent: Aerys Producciones
    Ten funny stories from Africa that illustrate the value of love for nature and for your neighbours, taking the reader on a journey through different African cultures. In the title story, an old lizard is caught by a raven and has to use all his cunning to save his own skin by taking advantage of his captor’s pride.
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