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A letter buried amongst military archives allows Ernesto López, a professor of Contemporary History, to discover the unknown story of Sergeant José Rico, a young man who, in 1936, only a few days into the uprising, tried to kill General Franco.
Autumn Time is a timeless picture book that explores the beauty of seemingly insignificant moments and encourages you to live them by paying attention to the present. An invitation to calm, to take in the small details that life presents.
Pintar-Pintar is a Spanish publisher specializing in children’s literature, founded in 2005. Its catalogue consists of picture books and is characterized by carefully produced editions and a remarkable use of colour.
The year of our Lord 1212. Europe is in full turmoil when an assorted troop of Crusader children, led by the shepherd boy Esteban de Cloyes, advances through the kingdom of France with a feverish and joyful atmosphere. Their goal: Jerusalem, which they intend to liberate without any weapons, using only the strength of faith.
Sara is a young university student who is responsible, nervous and shy. She has only had one relationship in her life and at the moment she's not interested in men. Her life takes a 180 degree turn when she meets Abel. Abel is a cultured, intelligent man who knows how to listen and talk. Hard, but also warm. Mysterious, cold at times, loving at others.
With the intention of burying his father in the village where he was born, Daniel sets off on a journey in a very unusual car - a hearse - driven by an Ecuadorian who is both colourful and chatty, in the best comic tradition. Who is Dani Mosca really? Perhaps, as he himself maintains, he is just a guy who writes songs, especially songs about love.
800 years ago, in a land afflicted by Cathar heresy, King Pedro II of Aragón and count of Barcelona lead a powerful army that fought a bloody battle against the first crusade held on Christian soil. Simón de Montfort leading the crusade troops tries to disarm the Cathars.
One day Tina wakes up confused with her aching body covered in scars. She can't remember anything of her past, especially not the woman who keeps telling her that she is her aunt and has been looking after her the whole time since she fell into a state of lethargy following a terrible accident.
There were many artists who lived in Mexico during the first years of the past century: Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Mayakovsky, Dos Passos and Tina Modotti, photographer and revolutionary, militant creator, activist and muse, a figure who grows in stature through the vision of Ángel de la Calle.
Maintz 1900. Johann Walbech has for years been searching for the cause of his misfortunes in his library. One day he meets a mathematician who is doing the same using formulae and arithmetic. Together they will give birth to something amazing, a book of books, which explains the meaning of everything.