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There are families of all types, sizes and shapes... And some are so fabulous that it would be impossible not to explain their history. Fabulous Families tells the amazing adventures of seven truly special animal families, all inspired by events that actually happened in...

Amy Ashton once dreamed of becoming an artist and creating beautiful objects. But now she simply collects them. Aquamarine bottles, bright yellow crockery, deep Tuscan red pots (and the odd slow-cooker) take up every available inch of space in her house. Having suffered a...

Ben, who hails from old money, and Martin, who grew up poor but is slowly carving out a successful career as an art critic, have been inseparable since childhood. Ben's wife Serena likes to jokingly refer to Martin as Ben's dutiful Little Shadow. Lucy...

An expert in law and medicine, skilled in martial arts, as well as a conjurer and a true seducer, Lupine is a hero of the underworld who is not beaten in shrewdness. As popular and emblematic as Sherlock Holmes or perhaps more, Arsène Lupine...

Did you know that Freud was addicted to cocaine? And that great psychologists suffered low self-esteem? Imagine what Hitler's psychoanalysis was like? The most famous psychologists have not escaped suffering from disorders such as depression, paranoia or lack of self-esteem. In these pages we...

Until recently, Zvi was a happily married seventy-year-old engineer with no worrisome ailments beyond those of age. His road projects connected one place to another and opened tunnels of light deep in the mountains. But lately he forgets some names. A visit to the...

The Runaway Species is a deep dive into the creative mind, a celebration of the human spirit, and a vision of how we can improve our future by understanding and embracing our ability to innovate. David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt seek to answer the...

This book collects the articles that Alessandro Baricco has published in various journalistic media in the last twenty years. The title refers to the famous businessman PT Barnum, creator of the show based on "geeks" phenomena, since Baricco approaches contemporary culture as if it...

London just suffered a bombing. Enemy planes drift away, and in the city, people are struggling to win back what's left of their lives. In the midst of the chaos, a woman wanders alone, injured. She doesn't remember anything, not even her name. The...

The fate of three women, the opportunity to start over. It is the sixties and Maite, a young woman from the Barcelona aristocracy, decides to break with the conventions of the time and begins a new life in Paris. She flees a troubled past...

A woman and child are found locked in a basement, barely alive, and unidentifiable: the woman can’t speak, there are no missing persons reports that match their profile, and the confused, elderly man who owns the house claims he has never seen them before....

This book brings together nine dazzling stories that present a meticulous catalog of human attitudes and emotions. It starts with some pioneering scientists in the field of artificial intelligence in communist Germany, with the Stasi and regrets in the background, and other stories follow:...

In the English countryside of the mid-19th century, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, with an elderly father and a brother addicted to alcohol, find themselves alone facing the financial fortunes of the Brontë family. And they do it in their own way: overcoming difficulties and...

This guide will teach you about your baby: what tests doctors perform on them and what the results mean, how to breastfeed, how to take care of them, and what to watch for,

In this book, you will discover what cupping is, how it works, and which cupping techniques would be best for you. You will learn the science behind the suction and the many conditions and ailments it can alleviate

The great characteristic of postmodern societies is to live as if God did not exist. In old Europe, our times are times of practical atheism. Indeed, a good part of Western society has settled into the forgetfulness of God. But: does it really matter...

Anyone who has visited a forest will have been overwhelmed by the sounds and smells that it emits. Discover, from the hand of Enrique García, engineer and naturalist expert in forests, what there is beyond magnificent trees, science and incredible stories from the first...

Arlyne Weiss grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the daughter of a Jewish mobster who ran an auto sales business as a front. From a young age she idolized Virginia Hill, the girlfriend of gangster Bugsy Siegel, and aspired to have...

Willy Wolters dreams of conducting an internationally renowned orchestra, although there is a slight downside: Willy is a woman. In 1926, few have seen a woman conducting an orchestra and conservatories rarely admit them, unless she is studying one of the instruments considered "feminine."...

It is a warm day in July 1650. A woman returns from the market on a country road outside of Ransdorp. Her name is Geertje Dircx. Unexpectedly, a carriage approaches her, and two bailiffs get out of it and arrest her. The next twelve...