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A Brief History of Music offers a tour of this fascinating subject, starting with prehistoric times and continuing through the ancient world, the middle ages, the renaissance, the baroque, classical and romantic periods up to the 20th Century and the latest trends.
The animals in the forest have a visit from the Mischievous Goblin, but naughty as he is, the Goblin begins hiding personal objects from the little animals. To help them find these objects, children will have to open envelopes, buttons and zips and follow the clues that the Goblin has left all over the book.
Paula Quiñones arrives in Azafrán to locate graves from the civil war era. As soon as she sets her lame foot in the town she feels as though the sky is growing heavy above her and an invisible elastic is pulling on her body, keeping her away from her destination, the Beato family's hotel beside a billboard displaying the word 'Azufrón'.
This book is a strange psychology treatise on the sources of evil. José Antonio Marina, acting once more as a cultural detective, investigates a powerful and enduriing part of western tradition. The canon of perversity. For over fifteen centuries the detailed plans of the basements of the soul - the seven capital vices - have been passed down.
Throughout history, many athletes have been shining examples of tolerance, persistence, teamwork and respect for others. Some of them were world famous, but others remained anonymous. Little Big Acts in Sport collects some of their stories with the aim of showing how sport can be an important means to social transformation.
At the School of War there has been a horrendous crime. A man has been murdered and his body cut up and disposed of in the drains. But not only that, the alleged murderer, Captain Vicente Agrelo, the school head, hero of the Cuban War, and a drunk, gambler and troublemaker, is in an incestuous relationship with his eldest daughter Virtudes.
The value of "Perfect" is in the invisible. In a couple of little things you cannot see. Your attitude to life and your inner beauty. The main aim of "Perfect" is to reinforce the reader's self-esteem. A loved and wanted child is a happy child. We can all look at ourselves in this mirror and discover what's inside us.
Pergamino is the son of Mikhola, the librarian of An, a mythical Slavic kingdom. A story about a missing cursed book, conceited prophetesses and sly oracles and creatures and powers as old as night. One night Pergamino senses that his father is threatened by a vampire, who curses him and takes away what he treasures most: his ability to talk, read and write.
Atlantic Voyage is a very free version of Negriño Panchito by Alfonso R. Castelao. Panchito is a penguin who lives in Galicia, where he is the only one of his species, and there is nobody else like him. One day he feels, like all the young people in his city, the urge to see the world, and boards a ship that will take him on a voyage of the Atlantic Ocean.
A tear contains a story, but a mermaid's tear contains a legend. Dive into this magical adventure of sailors and pirates about the mermaid of Saint Ives. Are you ready to discover the true origin of pearls? The magical legend of the mermaid of Saint Ives has now been recreated by a great Spanish illustrator, one already compared to Benjamin Lacombe.