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The plot of The Empty Region takes us from the base camps of the holy warriors in Pakistan to the security corridors of the CIA and the FBI. The book is a fascinating puzzle full of historic characters including Osama bin Laden and George W Bush, as well as officials with inside knowledge of the tragic events of 9/11.
Following on from, 'El mundo de las sombras' (The world of shadows), in the second part of this trilogy, Perséfone enters the world of intangibles accompanied by her beloved Gabriel. During a meeting in Istanbul, Ulla reveals her suspicions that Perséfone is the new Blue Queen, but Gabriel refuses to accept this.
The Queen of Lentils doesn’t like lentils. And she has a big plate of them right under her nose. And her dad is telling her to eat them all. On top of that, her little brother is throwing everything on the floor and won’t stop crying. It’s so annoying! Luckily the Matryoshkas will be arriving at the palace soon. They come from far and wide with gifts for the Queen. And surely they'll be hungry.
With the abolition of the Salic law and the arrival to the throne of Isabel II, the tumultuous 19th Century begins in Spain, full of fratricidal wars, conspiracies, and mysteries. It is 1882, and Isabel II is living out her exile in the Palace of Castille, Paris, far from the centre of power.
In July 2009 Leo Margets became famous after achieving glory in Las Vegas when she was crowned best female poker-player in the world. Leo is a living example of how poker has changed from being an almost underground game, associated with people of dubious reputation, to a mass phenomenon where legendary players compete for prizes worth millions, demonstrating their skill and strategy.
Princess Tamiel, the only descendent of the King of Latos, has never fitted in. She doesn't meet up to her father's expectations. She can't resign herself to the unclear future of a dependent queen consort. She can't bear, even if she wanted to, other people being in charge of her destiny, people - men - she can neither love nor respect.
A novel featuring two parallel stories: that of Pope Celestine V in the thirteenth century and the shared history of eight men and a boy in the mountains of the Dominican Republic in the twentieth century. Both stories deal with the true nature of success and failure. Friendship, ambition, ingenuity and the sacrifices that have to be made to achieve freedom.
This book offers a detailed and thorough analysis of what has become the most important democratic theory in the last twenty years in the world: deliberative democracy.
Did you know that you can become anything you want, deliberately creating the life of your dreams? And do you know that you can experience it all by yourself through simple exercises, even using your computer?
Julio Pretel, a soloist from Seville, has a strange encounter with a mysterious woman in the beautiful Alcazar of Seville. Then the girl disappears before his eyes, vanishing into thin air. Hallucination? A paranormal experience? A leap in time?