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In a rural Galician village the local miller, a resentful widower, observes how the worst nightmares of Galician oral tradition are becoming reality around him. Dismembered animals are found, the harvest is spoiled, the legendary Santa Compaña figures are seen, and villagers are attacked by a werewolf.
Every Thursday, three friends meet up in a bar. One is a film director who always seems to be blurring the boundary between reality and imagination. Another is a novelist who aspires to the maximum freedom possible in terms of his writing as well as in life and has as many different handwriting styles as he does girl-friends.
Poor, sick and almost blind. This is how Benito Pérez Galdós, the Spanish genius of 20th century literature, lived his last years. In spite of everything, he did not lack in affection from his friends, family and neighbours. And, when his eyes needed to rely on other, younger ones in order to continue his literary work and thus survive, she, Carmela Cid, will be by his side. She will be his eyes.
Vega has heard a story about a little bird who treated his partner badly. Do you want to find out what happened? Do you know why there are little birds that behave like that? Do you want to know what the little bird did? Gender violence is a serious social problem that transcendes all geographical, social and temporal borders. There are many manifestations of gender-based violence.
Berto is missing, and his classmates Mia, Eric, Samira and Justin at the New York Solfandi music school need to find him to make up a quintet to perform at the Fall Festival. Where can he have gone? Berto is mad about music, so he could have gone anywhere he can listen to it.
In ancient times, the ruler of Orcans expelled the wizards from his lands. Now, the vengeance of one of their number threatens his descendants and the peace of his realm. Crey is an orphan who lives with his uncle. When he discovers that people are losing their shadows, Crey feels duty bound to go with his uncle to the castle to uncover the mystery and find those responsible.
There is more and more waste in the sea. Lota the sperm whale wants to know where all the rubbish is coming from. She and her friend Malacu the crab decide to carry out their own investigation, which takes them first to a ship, then to the harbour, and finally to the city, where they see that humans have plastic everywhere.
The lives of the poètes maudits are subject to the caprices of whoever wants to interpret them. 'Shining Light' both is and is not a novel about the life and times of Federico García Lorca. Perhaps it is the story of how a country colludes to allow the poet the right to be murdered.
Join Lucia and her dinosaur friends on an amazing adventure to explore the power of magic BREATHING using eight easy and fun breathing techniques inspired by Yoga. Ideal to help children and adults cope with their feelings and learn to relax.
Luna 174 is an original novel that slips between fantasy and science fiction, but is mainly a love story that crosses the barriers of death and space. Luna Hatton is 20 and lives in a lost town in Australia. Although her life looks the same as anybody else's, she has a gift that has followed her since childhood – she can see the souls of other human beings.