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Macarroni, popcorn, fairy cakes, sausages, croissants, cannelloni, croquetes, chocolate… Succulent poems spiced with curiosities await you in this delicious little book, for you to taste, enjoy and learn.
21 of the best Spanish-language writers share their experiences of school, whether their own or from their imagination. They describe school in post-war Spain, with its lack of resources, the deprivation bordering on poverty and its coldness, but also the first loves and those friendships that would last a whole lifetime. There are also stories of school today and all its technology.
Fourteen year old Nasario thinks his life is bland and unfair. He feels lonely and misunderstood, and the village into which he was born has become too small. There is only one way out: to start walking and go far away, to seek his fortune and return a successful man. This journey of initiation will take him to the most unusual places and to meet the most extraordinary characters.
Natura quasi morta is an astute and brilliant novel of intrigue, which grips us from the first page. With immediate and contemporary characters, sophisticated crimes and everyday settingswhich the author knows at first hand, Carme Rieara successfully maintains the suspense with just the right dose of irony and reality.
Cirlot wrote 'Nebiros', his only novel, in 1950. It was not authorised for publication under Spanish censorship law as it was considered to be 'repugnant' and of 'disgusting morality'. In the epilogue, Victoria Cirlot explains the challenges faced by this manuscript, which remained lost and hidden for more than half a century, reappearing just in time for the centenary of the poet's birth.
Following a long illness, a writer is invited to a biography conference in Jerusalem where the accounts of the odd lives of the other participants come as a shock.
Who ever said that only big business people and top directors could do business efficiently? You can do business like them too! This book reveals the experts' best techniques and puts them within your reach in a clear and practical way.
This collection introduces four real heroes. They are important figures in the history of mankind. They are the greatest. The first man to set foot on the moon, the inventor of the light bulb, the first expedition to climb Everest or the first woman to take a nonviolent stand against racial segregation. They are flesh and blood heroes.
• Why do we drink Coca-Cola if we like Pepsi more?
• How does music affect the way we act in the supermarket?
• How does the price of a product affect our perception of its quality?
At the start of the 90s there was a revolution in the world of software based on the improvement of product usability. Fronting this revolution was a newly coined phrase, what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG), which was the slogan of the change.