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In the distant past, the god Tubilok explored the dimensions of time and space, losing his mind in the search for absolute power and knowledge. For centuries he has lain dormant in the rocks, but now he awakes from his thousand-year slumber, prepared to anhilate humanity and sow the seeds of madness and destruction throughout the land of Tramórea.
Lu Shzu is a little girl who works on the assembly line in a factory. She leads a tranquil life until she discovers that the factory produces toys and she wants to have a doll of her own. She begins to collect pieces, but she is discovered and dismissed. However, her grandmother will manage to give her one as a gift.
When he was a child, Pablo painted two white doves. One day, he saw that only one was there. The other one had flown away. From that day, Pablo travelled around the world, drawing and painting while looking for his lost dove.
Mr. Velázquez has a big problem: the King and the Queen of Spain have asked him to paint a portrait of princess Margarita, but she is so restless that it is difficult to make her pose. But Mr. Velázquez has a funny idea to get her stand like a block of wood while he paints the portrait.
The Little Dream was nervous, he didn't know what to do there, hidden behind that Dark Nightmare. At the end of the day he wasn't expecting to become a Big Proud Dream, and especially not a Golden Dream, which carried the distinction and prestige of being a human's greatest wish.
Using the metaphor of a tsunami, symbol of potential destruction, the author draws together the most characteristic themes of her complex and refined poetic palate: The sense of loss, memory and the passing of time, the need to overcome confusion and horror to recognize that “landscape after devastation”.
Cologne, the dawn of the 15th century. Winds of change and reform shake a Europe still ruled by deceit and old beliefs. The diffusion of knowledge is in the hands of a few. Nevertheless, a group of wise, erudite men who meet in secret are united by a common ambition: spreading culture among the people. How? Through books.
Discover the revolutionary scientific feats that Galileo achieves as he looks through his telescope into the skies. Where does the Earth end? What are stars made of? There's only one thing Galileo likes more than asking questions: and that is finding the answers. How can he bring the sky closer?
Once upon a time there was a king who wanted to be the most powerful man in his kingdom, but his power was eclipsed by that of a magician who said he could see into the future. One day, the king sketched out a deal to prove that the magician couldn’t see into the future.