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A couple lose their son in an unexplained accident, two travellers find themselves implicated in a cannibal ritual, bloodthirsty cultists on motorcycles, UFO hunters, Beatnik wolf-men, a youngster with messianic delusions obsessed with blood, a disturbing serial killer... All these stories have a vertiginous rhythm and converge in a terrifying trauma, absurd and memorable in equal parts.
Bekman is a writer of indeterminate age (although fairly young) who lives in Barcelona. At the beginning of the book we see how he maintains an impossibly idyllic emotional relationship with Sofía; at the same time he meets and begins to see another woman, Zilina, with whom his relationship is much more imperfect and unsatisfactory. However, Bekman is reluctant to stop seeing her.
Alberto has failed five subjects and doesn't know how to tell his parents. They haven't been getting along well lately, and often have arguments. On his way home, Alberto discovers a mysterious shop called Nowhere that he's never seen before. Intrigued, he goes inside and finds a strange, elegant, elderly man, Mr. Knight, whose cold eyes are very disturbing.
Joe Meteor, brief star of the boxing world, scrapes by collecting debts for a local mafia boss. But everything changes when Simon, his childhood friend who was like a brother, before life sent them off on different paths, summons him to a rooftop meeting where he tells him a dark secret and begs one last favour.
With a few remaining exceptions, democracy is the widely accepted form of government, though with great variations in context and in risk. Its relationship varies with various political phenomena in a world that is globalised but also diverse and contradictory.
CEEH is a private organistaion which promotes cultural initiatives related to international Hispanicism and academic excellence. It publishes high-level scientific studies on the art and culture of the Spanish Golden Age in its European context.
During the 16th century, Seville underwent a true urban metamorphosis, mainly due to its new riches gained from the monopoly of trade with the Indies, but also because of the embellishments made for the royal visits of Carlos V (1523) and Felipe !! (1570).
About to hit 30, Simon moves to New York with plenty of expectations, a few reservations, and little money. With his journalist reputation to elbow his way into the higher circles and his Grindr profile to make the most of his lower aspirations, Simon meets Carlos and Tomas, cohorts in the sweetness of hedonism and the sorrows of emigration.
When gens gothorum settled in the territories of the Gallic diocese of Septem Prouinciarum, it resulted in a renewable pact with the Roman administration, the model of which was repeated with other peoples, although not in identical terms.
Technological advances gained ground among creatives of the fashion design industry throughout the 20th century. Several factors are the cause of this rapid expansion, one being the phenomenon of subcontracting or outsourcing – when a company passes certain tasks over to a service company.