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  • Una pulga en la montaña. La novela de Vicente Trueba
    A Flea on the Mountain. A Novel by Vicente Trueba
    Una pulga en la montaña. La novela de Vicente Trueba
    Author:
    Marcos Pereda
    Publisher: Libros de Ruta Ediciones S.L.
    Based on the true story of the great Cantabrian cyclist Vicente Trueba, nicknamed The Flea of Torrelavega. He was the first King of the Mountain in the history of the Tour de France (in 1933) and one of the Spanish pioneers who demonstrated their prowess beyond the Pyrenees. Using a chorus of fictitious voices, the book revisits different episodes in Vicente Trueba's life.
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  • UNA SOLA PALABRA
    A Single Word
    UNA SOLA PALABRA
    Author:
    JOAQUIN BERGES
    Publisher: TUSQUETS EDITORES, S.A.
    Having recently left hospital, Celia doesn't remember her home. Accompanied by her daughter, who tries to protect her from the truth, Celia will try to recover and return to normal after suffering a stroke and waking from a coma with selective amnesia.
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  • Una ventana a la oscuridad
    A window to the darkness
    Author:
    Ignacio Lloret
    Publisher: Ediciones Eunate
    Over the course of 2018, six people linked to the world of books are interviewed by a BBC team at different times and in different locations. In their testimonies collected in that report, they describe their vision of literature while narrating the same story: in August 1940, Richard Lamm, a crew member of a German bomber, survived the downing of his plane in the middle of the Battle of Britain.
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  • UNA VERDAD IMPROVISADA
    AN IMPROVISED TRUTH
    Author:
    CARMEN M. CÁCERES
    Publisher: EDITORIAL PRE-TEXTOS
    The beginning of every love story is, as this book’s beautiful title puts it, an improvised truth that weaves together both hope for the future and the often complicated need to come to terms with the past.
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  • Una vida en juego
    A life on the line
    Author:
    Albert Salvadó
    Publisher: Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria
    Rocked by social conflicts and the explosion of Modernism, Barcelona at the start of the 20th century forms the historical backdrop to this fast-paced novel. Víctor Pons works as the head of security at La Rabassada casino, which is opened with much pomp and ceremony in Barcelona on July 15, 1911 and aims to be the new symbol of the city.
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  • Una visita inesperada en mi familia
    An Unexpected Guest In My Family
    Cuento para explicar el cáncer de un ser querido y acompañar a la familia
    Author:
    Mónica Fraca Villar
    Publisher: Marcombo SL
    On her return from holiday with her parents, Victoria realises that something strange is happening to her grandparents. When she asks her friend Marisé what's going on, she replies that her family has been visited by an unexpected guest. Who is the guest visiting Victoria's family? Will Victoria's parents tell her the truth? How will Victoria deal with the situation?
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  • Unhappy State
    Author:
    Raúl Eguizábal
    Publisher: Península
    Do politicians not do charisma any more? What are the ornamental qualities of a politician in the technological age? Do our politicians now sport a technological look? Since when has the voter turned into a mere spectator and consumer?
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  • Uno más
    One More
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    Author:
    Olalla González; Marc Taeger
    Publisher: Kalandraka Editora
    The arrival of a new brother or sister rouses the curiosity of the heroine of One More, a story for early readers with a three-level repetitive structure: the reiteration of the ways the little rabbit speaks to his mother to find out when the big event will happen; to other to residents of the forest to announce the good news and his insistent question; and to imagine the games they will play afte
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