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  • La papallona negra
    The Black Butterfly
    Author:
    Antoni Pladevall
    Publisher: Columna Edicions S.A.
    La papallona negra explores the passionate and obsessive relationship between Jordi, heir to Can Montalà, an old ancestral house in the Catalan countryside, and Martina, a disquietingly beautiful university student from Barcelona.
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  • La partitura
    The Score
    Author:
    Mónica Rodríguez
    Publisher: Editorial Luis Vives
    Marta has kept a secret from her partner for ten years, but she finally tells him the strange and fascinating life of Daniel Faura Oygon, an old man whom she met in the residence where she works. When he died she found his diary, a letter and the score for a sonata dedicated to a mysterious woman called Sayá. The diary held Daniel’s life story right from his childhood.
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  • La paz de los vencidos
    The Peace of the Defeated
    Author:
    Jorge Eduardo Benavides
    Publisher: Nocturna Ediciones SL
    "I feel like those voluntary exiles – if that isn't a contradiction in terms – who never find peace anywhere because, at heart, they have not severed their ties with the one thing it is impossible break with: ourselves." A Peruvian immigrant writes a diary that starts with his new job in a slot machine arcade.
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  • La pell negra
    black skin
    Author:
    Zeneida Sardà
    Born into a family of intellectuals and nurtured by reading certain books at a young age, Leila feels how her calling as a writer grows inside her. Her plans will be propelled hopelessly forward by an uncontrollable passion. Leila loses control of her own life, which becomes stamped by the indelible mark of lived experience.
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  • La pelota no entra por azar
    The ball doesn’t go in by chance
    Author:
    Ferrán Soriano
    Publisher: International Editors'Co.
    How do you put together a winning team and why does it stop winning one day? How does a good leader act? How do you close a deal successfully? How do you manage highly talented human capital? This book is a calm, honest reflection, a manual littered with amusing and powerful anecdotes that will fascinate both those who love football and those who work in the business world.
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  • La peluquería del señor Calabacín
    Mr Courgette's Hair Salon
    Author:
    Oriol Toro
    Publisher: Cep i Nansa, S.L
    In a hidden corner of the vegetable garden there is a courgette hiding. He's always dressed up to the nines and wears the most stylish wig in the garden. Each night he pulls a pair of scissors, a comb and a hairdryer out from under some leaves and hangs up the 'open' sign at his hair salon, which is hidden behind a rock.
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  • La pequeña ciencia de la salud
    The small science of health
    Author:
    Valentín Fuster
    Publisher: Editorial Planeta S.A.
    Valentín Fuster's new book is designed to teach children to live a healthy life. This book focuses on healthy habits (healthy diet is the book's central theme) and is aimed at children who have some reading skills, or who are starting to read with their parents.
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  • La Perla de Sanzio
    Raphael's Pearl
    La Perla de Sanzio
    Author:
    JUAN RAMÓN BARAT
    Publisher: GRUPO EDITORIAL BRUÑO
    Read report: La Perla de Sanzio
    Andrés is fifteen and has just lost his father, Fernando. A respected police inspector, Fernando was found dead of a barbiturate overdose in the swimming pool of the Birmania Hotel, which suggests the possibility of suicide. But something doesn't add up: Fernando was optimistic and happy - why would he want to take his own life?
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  • La pícara ventera y venturera
    The Guileful Innkeeper and Adventuress
    Author:
    Lucas Torres Armendáriz y Jesús González Martín
    Publisher: Minobitia
    The fictitious Torres y González (that is, the authors Lucas Torres y Jesús González) have updated the adventures of the guileful Justina, continuing her adventures where the unknown 16th century author who wrote under the name of Francisco de Úbeda left off.
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  • La piedra verde
    The green stone
    Portada de Las aventuras de Txano y Óscar - 1 - La piedra verde
    Author:
    Julio Santos García
    Publisher: Xarpa Books
    A collection of adventure books aimed at children aged 7+. Over 120 pages of fun, adventure and mystery with full-colour illustrations. “Hello! My name is Txano and my twin brother is called Óscar. Have you ever seen a falling meteor? Well, we have. When we were on a day trip in early summer, a huge fireball crossed the sky right in front of our eyes and crashed into the forest!
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