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Olivos de cal is a rural novel worthy of Delibes at his most sober. The skilfully drawn characters hide their feelings to such an extent that their silence is itself another character. Two stories in one place, the landscape of Jaén, unfurl through the years leading up to the harsh decade of the 1930s.
'On el dia dorm amb els ulls oberts' is a reconstruction of the journey of young scientific journalist Toni Pou to the Canadian Arctic. Embarking on the Amundsen, he took part in the research carried out on board the boat which was equipped with state of the art scientific equipment.
“I don't understand it one bit when Grandma says that Grandpa is worn out after so many years. One day at school we learned that stones wear out over time because of erosion. But Grandpa isn’t a stone. Or is he? Sometimes it seems that way, like when he sleeps, because he doesn't even move a millimeter.
What could have happened that night? Martina looked out of the window and... didn’t see a single tree in the street. Or in the square. Or in the park. Or by the river. The city had lost its greenery!
Olga is a forty-eight year old biologist who often dreams about a stranger who gives her pleasure. Thirty-seven year old Mari Loli works as a supermarket cashier and daydreams that she is Esmeralda, who dances in public with a tender, loving man at her side.
What if it were possible to recognise every corrupt politician, police officer or business person by an indelible mark on the face? And what if a humble pawn were to cross the whole board, become a queen – or at least a princess – and put the enemy king in checkmate? And what if a humble young man were to rock the whole political, economic and social system of a country?
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. When we told our best friends, Raúl and Sonia, that a strange green meteorite had given us telepathic powers, they were amazed.
Manuel, the hero of this novel, is a sensitive, Catholic, Republican small town boy… and he is a homosexual. Through his diaries the reader begins to understand his personal, emotional, existential and spiritual development.
This book deals extensively with the PL/SQL programming language (Procedural Language/SQL) that is used to access and work with Oracle databases from different environments.
Ten funny stories from Africa that illustrate the value of love for nature and for your neighbours, taking the reader on a journey through different African cultures. In the title story, an old lizard is caught by a raven and has to use all his cunning to save his own skin by taking advantage of his captor’s pride.