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Verses full of tenderness, memories and gratitude, centred around the loss of memory in old age and people who suffer degenerative illnesses. This book offers a different way of looking at things, based on the relationship between a boy and his grandmother. The beauty and sensitivity of these words and images cannot fail to move children or adults.
On the night of the 1-2 November 1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini was brutally murdered on the beach at Ostia. The public opinion of half of Europe was excited and the event lead to the conviction of a young man, although the forensic evidence suggested that there was more than one culprit.
Paula has always wanted to travel to the moon. She has tried all sorts of things to get there, from standing on her father's shoulders to building a rocket powered by soap bubbles and kites. But Paula keeps dreaming of getting there, and every night she thinks about how she will learn to defy the laws of gravity when she grows up.
Irene was a happy child, in the only way a child could be happy during that period, scarred by war, poverty and fear. Even so, she never really understood the identity of the man and woman who sometimes came to visit and occasionally took her to the cinema or out for a picnic, a couple in whose company she always had to behave well and, particularly, never ask questions.
This is a novel, but also the faithful portrait of a whole era, a sharp description of what was happening in Spanish professional cycling in the years before and after the sadly famous Operation Mountain Pass. We are talking about a time of contrasts: the real estate bubble and the proliferation of public sponsorship allowed for the birth of many new teams.
The unforeseen incidents that befall a little boy trying to create an album of farts, trumps and rippers. As nobody in his family wants to explain what a 'fart' is, he decides to find out for himself and classify them. A story that aims to break taboos and please both children and adults.
Throughout history, hairstyles have represented an aesthetic ideal, but also a status symbol. Over the course of this book you will learn the history of the hairstyle, the basic theories, and the necessary tools for the proper care of your hair. The book also has a practical section with a step-by-step guide that explains how to do different styles.
This new book pays homage to fantasy films: from The Lord of the Rings or the recent feature-length production The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and passing through emblematic films such as The NeverEnding Story, The Wizard of Oz, Fantasia, Labyrinth and Conan the Barbarian, among others.
Eduardo is the most famous hairdresser in the neighbourhood. Everyone who enters his hair salon comes out satisfied, contented, happy - it's no coincidence that he's the ower of the Happiness Hair Salon. But he, on the other hand, is always sighing. What secret is he hiding? The most cheerful characters submit to his scissors, yet Eduardo does not share his clients' happiness.