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Eudald Carbonell makes an amazing journey on board the Beagle, Charles Darwin's scientific boat. During this voyage the two men will have many adventures and help to explain how humanity has come to be as it is and what dangers and events have marked the evolution of our species: from the discovery of fire to genetic engineering.
The emergence of ancient intellectuals is linked to the invention of writing as a requirement of civil and religious administration, expressed first in rudimentary accounting boards. At the dawn of history appeared the scribe who monopolized the written word. In cultures of the Near East, a leisure class of priests and scribes laid the legitimating foundation of the dominant political system.
An amazing journey to India in the best tradition of the adventure novel. This is the unusual adventure of a British man, born in India, during the time of the Second World War. With no experience, Masters is named Jay Town’s chief of police.
The School of Gadgets and Professions accepts only the most brilliant young students. They are capable of creating motorised houses, flying hats and other such feats. Ágata McLeod is one of the school's best students, but there are a lot of things she doesn't know about the school... or its past.
It's bath time, a daily routine that with a little imagination can become a true adventure. The soap box is like a flying saucer, the sponge reminds us of the car-wash, and the shampoo foam is a lot like an iceberg. What better than bath-time for an exciting adventure? And Mum can join you, but is that Mum or is it a desert island?
New York, end of the 20th century. A young Spanish couple discover the great city, the contrast between the glitz and glamour of cinema and the harshness of daily life, the fragility of a personal identity still in construction and the greatest pain of love that seemed invincible.
We have all the necessary ingredients for a great story: a princess (Talía), a castle, three fairies (Leonarda, Rafaela and Angelines), an evil, really evil, witch, a curse and even a prince (or several - who knows?!…).
'How many lives would we have to live to find out whether or not we are deceiving ourselves?' This is the question Tomás asks himself as he goes over his last encounter with Gloria, the woman with whom years ago he had a destructive relationship, and who a little over a week ago re-appeared in his life in a rather disquieting fashion.
Atop the black mud of Auschwitz that swallows everything, Fredy Hirsch has built a secret school. In a place where books are banned, young Dita hides under her skirts the fragile volumes of the smallest, most remote and clandestine public library that has ever existed.
Selva is a special little girl who has blue skin and comes from a country where there is nothing but sand. She has a rusty bicycle with no bell, but with a great story hidden in its saddle. Many years later, the protagonist remembers how their friendship with Selva began, the story of the bicycle and the great adventure they experienced together when they decided to go in search of the desert.