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Ariete is the result of a project which was started in 2014 by a group of very young writers who had studied at the Centro de formación literaria “Onelio Jorge Cardoso”. Most of them were unpublished and wanted to keep up contact, interaction and debate through writing workshops, events and literary clubs.
Four Lorca poems give shape to the universe in this beautiful foldout book created by the illustrator André da Loba: a journey of discovery from day to night, through the body, love and death. This reading experience will open a new door on beauty both for babies and children enjoying their first poem and for experienced art lovers.
Of all the books, research and articles recently published on the procedures for reducing seismic risk which have passed tthrough my hands, this is the one which may offer the greatest challenge to not only architects but also other academic and professional researchers interested in reducing seismic risk in urban areas to socially and economically acceptable levels.
'Arracades d'avellaner' (Hazelnuts), is a novel based in reality with a touch of the fantastical. It's main protagonists are a seven year old girl, Lisa, and her pet, a tame fox called Ketti who is two years old. The fox narrates the story and as in fairy tales, appears very anthropomorphised.
Beaches used to be places for relaxation. In these times of extreme tourism, travellers seek other thrills. Mario Müller, a former member of the rock group The Extraditables, discovers a visionary opportunity in the Caribbean: the pleasures of fear.
The art of the early avant-gardes is usually analysed under two main paradigms: that of the unique piece of work whose singularity stems from a break with existing foms, a shock effect, and that of multiplicity, discontinuity in the supporting space. But there is a third, often forgotten paradigm, that of the archive.
The villagers say that Leandro Balseiro planted irises and anemones of a delicate mauve, that the cradle of his baby Clara was a hydrangea bush, and that the little girl’s only food was sucking the sugary petals of the Ceylon amaryllis.
The secrets in this book are simply those revealed by opening wide the doors of Arzak’s kitchen, with its unique products, new techniques and ideas for original, fun combinations. Visual explosions which offer a greater understanding of the recipes of a kitchen which, though complex, opts for simple solutions and in which the really important thing is the spark of individual ideas.