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A delightful gift-album recounting, in simple language suitable for young readers, the life of Pope Francis from his birth to being chosen as Pontiff. The narrative thread is embellished by moving quotes that reflect the Pope's character and strength. The impressive illustrations are tenderly realistic.
Situated on the border between life and death, High Heaven is an unusual site of pilgrimage, an abandoned town which holds a mysterious attraction for the suicidal. There a man dressed as a scarecrow plays the part of angel (and gravedigger) and acts with the innocence and ineptitude typical of silent cinema comedies.
Adriana is a young daydreamer who lives in the strict, grey world of her parents, who no longer show any affection to each other. They live in a big house in Madrid where Adriana searches for hiding spots so she can spy on the adults, who are “giants” in her eyes.
Eliah Al-Saud is a charming young man related to the Arab royal family, a powerful millionaire who heads a French security company that in reality offers clandestine defence and espionage services to the highest bidder. Matilde Martínez is a young Argentine paediatrician who dreams of going to Africa with an NGO.
1890. Bastian and Hugo Fortuny leave for Tahiti in search of opportunity after losing their jobs as glass blowers in their native Mallorca. During the crossing they meet Laia Kane, daughter of a corrupt English consul in Menorca who has been exiled to the Polynesian island. This meeting will mark the lives of Laia and the Fortuny brothers forever. 1930.
In September 1930, Aleister Crowley appears in Lisboa unexpectedly. Expelled from Italia by Mussolini himself, Crowley was well-known for being very sinister. His detractors thought of him as the most evil person in the world; they said he worshiped the devil as well as practised black magic.
Verses full of tenderness, memories and gratitude, centred around the loss of memory in old age and people who suffer degenerative illnesses. This book offers a different way of looking at things, based on the relationship between a boy and his grandmother. The beauty and sensitivity of these words and images cannot fail to move children or adults.
On the night of the 1-2 November 1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini was brutally murdered on the beach at Ostia. The public opinion of half of Europe was excited and the event lead to the conviction of a young man, although the forensic evidence suggested that there was more than one culprit.
Paula has always wanted to travel to the moon. She has tried all sorts of things to get there, from standing on her father's shoulders to building a rocket powered by soap bubbles and kites. But Paula keeps dreaming of getting there, and every night she thinks about how she will learn to defy the laws of gravity when she grows up.