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Science keeps on advancing and in this book for the Supercurious, people who what to know everything, you will find a door to a future that is already here! The book contains 365 questions, one for every day of the year, grouped under different themed chapters and ask things about the sorts of jobs we'll do in the future, medicine, school, animals, transport, robots, trips to space.
The newest addition to the successful child collection, Superquestions, which has sold 100,000 copies in Spain. We all tremble when a superquestioner looks us in the eyes and opens its mouth to ask… Is there such a thing as infinite drawings? Can you measure happiness? What comes out when you cut a sausage? Why do we count in tens? What can we do with 4 quarters?
Everyone feels a bit uneasy when one of the Supercurious looks us directly in the eye and opens their mouths to ask... Is there an enormous island made of plastic in the Pacific Ocean? Can you still eat a yoghurt if it's past its best-before date? Do Cow burps and farts count as pollution? What are the three R's? Do we export rubbish? Do pandemics happen because of climate change?
The rules that governed the world in recent years are now a thing of the past. The 'sharks', who were everywhere, who were so celebrated and did so much harm, are dead, but they haven't realised. They think their ethos is still in force, but they have stopped being role models. The question now is, if the sharks are dead, who will take their place?
The Tikis-Mikis were creatures from a bygone age. They were given that name because they spent all day complaining, as if everything bothered them, and the other animals did not dare talk to them. Would they ever change their attitude? This story can be used to teach self-esteem, empathy, integration and teamwork, encouraging children to adopt a positive attitude to life.
London, 1871. Young Aurelius feels as though he is languishing away at the family's tavern, living a life as grey as his father's. However, one morning he discovers his destiny: Houdini, the great magician, announces his arrival in London with an array of colourful posters. From that point on, Aurelius becomes obsessed with introducing himself to Houdini and becoming his apprentice.
Adelaida García Morales is one of the most mysterious figures in recent culture. The celebrity she gained through her books The South (adapted by Víctor Erice for the famous film of the same name) and The Silence of the Sirens, made the silence in which the author chose to immerse herself all the more ominous. When she died in 2014 her death went lqrgely ignored.
Junior, the poly-addicted son of the former mayor Roger Lobus, decides to return to the city of Sierpe where, after suffering an overdose that is on the point of killing him, he finds out that his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. This coincidence, along with Junior’s old obsession with death, will drive to him to rebuild his damaged relationship.
The internet dominates the world, and what would you think about our reality if we told you that everything is controlled by a single company? Only certain people question what for millions is a reality.
During the excavation of the tomb of an Egyptian priest, two Spanish Egyptologists discover some strange inscriptions which turn out to be a fragment of Critias, Plato's dialogue which narrates the history of Atlantis.