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This book covers psychosocial addictions for which no chemical substance is responsible, and its criteria are twofold: scientific and humanist. It is aimed at a wide and varied audience, and written with simple, easily intelligible language. The social addictive disorder constitutes a specific form of disease that evolves progressively, and is often associated with a depressive state.
A gusty wind, a cat and a rabbit. A King who becomes a Gink. A snail that says hello. A whale who travels in a foam chariot. Birds who escape from their cage. A little girl who speaks with the wind. A father who returns happy from his travels with a story for his daughter: the words the wind blew away.
Have you ever noticed the magical power of a hug when you make up with a friend? Have you ever wanted to hide when you realised you were blushing more and more? Who hasn't cried with anger after a disappointment? Fear, affection, jealousy, joy... These are some of the little (and big) emotions of life.
A Samurai adventure in feudal Japan, 1331. After two attempted Mongol invasions, the nation decides to establish a permanent military state. Until then the highest political and spiritual authority was the emperor, but now the powerful Samurais have relegated him to a second level.
The emperor of Japan is determined to regain the power that the samurais seized from his ancestors at any price. However, the Hōjō clan attacks the imperial capital before the uprising. Outside the city, a landowner remains faithful to the emperor, who has been forced to take refuge in the monastery of the warrior monks of Kyoto, and his oath of loyalty is the only hope of those besieged.
A new girl, Felisa Wilmer, joins a religious school for girls in the north of Buenos Aires. Recently arrived from London, Felisa becomes the centre of attention thanks to her rebellious attitude and bad behaviour, and her artistic tendencies, her perfect English and her impenetrable and independent character means that she is surrounded by a 'poetic' aura.
Martín Berasategui's new book features 150 straightforward yet surprising recipes.
Martín Berasategui and El País-Aguilar have joined forces once again to present foodlovers with the kinds of meals everyone loves, meals that are based in home cooking, prepared properly and with honesty - Martin's hallmarks. The touch of a master.
It tells eight real stories that take place during the civil war, stories rescued from those who, in order to survive, had to leave Spain to try their luck in another country.
Almost anonymous characters who went to great lengths to survive and help others parade through these pages.
In the outskirts of Prague a woman’s body appears: her throat has been slit and her eyes gouged out. Over the following weeks, one by one, more women’s bodies keep appearing with different limbs amputated each time.