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This book presents to children, as well as to adults, 30 saints from yesterday and today who stand out for their friendship with Jesus: Augustine, Dominic, Francis, Catherine, Ignatius, John of God, Francis Xavier, John Bosco, Damian of Molokai, Teresa of Lisieux, John XXIII,...

A hero is not only the soldier who fights in war, but also the god who defies Zeus to protect humans, or the princess who stands up to her father to save her beloved. Taken from the most remarkable stories of ancient Greece, this...

When layoff hits you without warning, when someone decides your time at the company has expired, you often don't even see it coming. Your boss may shower you with praise, highlight how important you've been, and thank you for your accomplishments, but he never...

Marta Sanz reflects on writing and the profession of a writer, with mentions of book fairs, readings from childhood and adulthood, meetings with famous writers and colleagues or her collaborations in El País. She has in her hands the reader a very free, combative...

The Ozarks Mountains are a mythical territory in the North American imagination: a place where, since the mid-20th century, those who fled from the impositions of society, the law, money or themselves were found. Thus, in just a few decades, in that abrupt and...

The most original history of universal gastronomy through its protagonists: from Apicius to Julia Child. Apicius, Brillat Savarin, Buddha, Carême, Julia Child, Dumas, Escoffier, Grimod, Hippocrates de Cos, Jefferson, Catherine de Medici, Montezuma, Moses, Parabere, Pardo Bazan, Parmentier, Ziryab... Great masters of the history...

Kaoru stops at the beginning of the slope. The house she grew up in now seems much smaller than she remembered. But when Sakura comes out to greet him wagging her tail, the feeling of confusion disappears. Kaoru is at home. And the time...

Ah Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule. He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the...

Violet Gentile, a 27-year-old girl, leaves her life in New York to accompany her boyfriend, Yuki Nakamura, when he learns terrible news that affects his family. Overnight, she begins a new journey in Hakone, a small town west of Tokyo, where she is forced...

In Economics Without the Boring Bits, Oxford-trained economist Tejvan Pettinger takes readers on an enlightening tour of the powerful, counter-intuitive and frequently startling insights of economic research, showing us that middlemen are good, recycling is bad (sometimes) and why some people get rich and...

One of the best mangas in history is back! Winner of the Shogakukan Award for Best Shonen Manga. Kiyomaro has received the most amazing gift of his life: Zatch Bell, a strange boy with a red book that contains incredible power and that only...

What does it mean to be a fan? From the history of fandoms to today's obsessive landscape, this guide explores everything from stalkers to superfans... From the origins of fandom culture to the hierarchies within it, the impact of social media, and much more,...

In these two pacifist stories, Stefan Zweig condemns the horrors of the Great War that destroyed the freedom and dignity of Europe. In the first, Ferdinand, a young exile in Switzerland, resists being sent to war. In "Wondrak," Ruzena struggles to save her son...

María Negroni traces representations of nature, blending the visible with the expressible, in her quest for a meaningful whole. With deep lyricism, she recreates the dreams of the classics, the naturalist fervor of the Renaissance, and the fascination with nature in the Enlightenment. This...

In 220 B.C., Qin Shi Huang unifies China under the Mandate of Heaven. His empire standardizes laws and launches massive works like the Great Wall and his mausoleum. Yet in Xianyang, the imperial jewel, lies a darker, dangerous city. There, a blind healer, a...

You think you know these stories, don’t you? You are wrong. You don’t know them at all… Twelve tales, 12 dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free...

The Art of War is the world's most famous treatise on strategy, which has become a cult book in the business world. Several films set on Wall Street have helped to popularise this little book, which proposes principles that are as valid in the...

Alexandria never thought she would dread her eighteenth birthday quite so much. After a devastating turn of events where Aiden was forced to illegally cover up something she did in the Catskills, Alex is aware that she is walking a fine line with the...

The first time I met Dylan Reed, I found myself making eye contact with a different part of his body. You see, I'm very good at being shy, not to mention extremely well-versed in rambling nonsense and, unfortunately, rather highly skilled at making a...

Take a deeper look at the zodiac and find out what it can reveal in this concise, accessible introduction. Explore the zodiac, and see how it affects your life! Astrology is an ancient art in which the movements of the stars and planets can...