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Could you give an unfaithful ex-boyfriend a second chance? And what if in doing so you lost the love of your life? Marga, a brilliant 30-year-old woman, watches her world teeter at the same time as she loses her job. What's more, Andrés, with whom she has shared more than a decade, leaves her for another woman.
Txabi Arnal: writer and university professor of Children’s and Young People’s Literature in the department of Language Teaching and Literature at the University of the Basque Country, and professor for many years of Children’s Education in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Julio Blasco: illustrator and graphic designer.
Laia is a young Sahrawi woman who has begun a new life in Spain: she is going to do a university degree, she plans to move in with her boyfriend, and her host family love and support her. But her happiness is marred by the terrible weight of her memories: no one knows the dark secret she left behind her among the tents of the Dakhla camp. And now the past has come back to claim her.
Fantasiburg is the secret city of all fantastic creatures: here dragons, unicorns, mummies, werewolves and mermaids all live peacefully together. And they get along fine when humans don't stick their noses in. That's the way it was for centuries, until a misunderstanding brings the Rodríguez Rodríguez family to the city. Tania is a fantasy stories friki.
It's always been clear that, to certain people, it matters a lot who you go hand in hand with down the street. Even now there are some that like to classify, sanction and make laws about feelings. Are they so dangerous? "Critters, Love and Stuff" is a book about love and about freedom. It is about equality and respect. Funny, daring, ironic and tender. No filters.
Over a century ago, the industrial revolution and mass production forced companies to look for mass markets for their products. These companies made use of a new tool (advertising) to bombard enormous audiences with generic messages through the loudspeaker of the media.
The twentieth century is well into its second half. Society has learned how important it is for the happiness of wider society and of each and all of its members to suppress 'deviant' attitudes. Of course, in order to do this, it is essential to detect them in good time.
Bilbao-New York-Bilbao takes place over the course of a flight between the airports of Bilbao and JFK in New York, and, bit by bit, reveals the story of three generations of the same family. Using letters, diaries, emails, poems and dictionaries, a mosaic of memoires and accounts is created that constitute a homage to an almost extinct world, as well as a hymn to the continuation of life.
Aimed at readers of 9 years old and over, this book teaches that the objective of sport goes far beyond winning or losing. Blanca is a Chinese adoptee and she's having problems with her brother, Gabriel, because of his need to be first in everything. They both play in a football team and they must overcome their differences and evaluate their competitiveness.