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Malaga, Barcelona, Paris, painting, Bohemia, passion, endless vitality… these are just a brief outline of the concepts which the intense, magnetic life of Pablo Picasso bring to mind. This reading narrates the artist's life through his portraits of the women he loved.
An entertaining reflection on art whose main character is one of the most important geniuses of the 20th century. France, 1953. Seventy-two-year-old Picasso, now living on the Costa Azul, has long been the most famous 20th century artist, a restless genius who creates almost compulsively.
An solitary old wolf, a man who has retired to the coast, receives a visit from his grandson. But soon after his arrival other, nightmarish visitors appear: three criminals on the run, three young, cruel wolves from a different pack, instal themselves in the house and take the two hostage.
When Marta dies in Toulouse in 2004 and her will is read, her granddaughter Marthe hears with astonishment that Marta had a son during the Spanish Civil War who was given up for adoption and that she has to track him down. Marthe hires the detective Ricardo Cupido who finds him in Toledo: he is called a Alejandro, is extremely rich and is, in turn, father to an illegitimate daughter.
"Skin Inside" is made up of 45 essays, 4 poems and 11 illustrations. It is worth mentioning that the cover was also designed by the author. The book is prefaced by Prof. David Almorza Gomar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cádiz.
Pol is a teenager who spends his days reading novels. After an incident at school he is expelled and begins to self-medicate. Then in the psychiatrist's waiting room he meets Bronwyn, who is fascinating, rebellious, and way more clever than anybody Pol has ever met. She introduces him to the poetry of Juan Eduardo Cirlot and a world that challenges his understanding.
This book is a powerful awakener and a cheerleader for the brain! Sentence after sentence, it offers people, groups and companies an avalanche of concepts which excite, inspire and persuade our mind’s enormous capacity.
Penguin wakes up one morning with a single idea in his head: He wants to fly! But he doesn’t yet know that penguins can’t. Penguin has a friend named Pingüino. Together they search for a way to realize Penguin’s dream, and they discover that a pair of penguins can achieve whatever they set their minds to. All they have to do is use their imagination.
“Pino en el mar” (Pino by the sea) belongs to a four-title series of picture books for readers from 4 years old and up. Pino, the penguin, lives with his parents and behaves just like a child of his age: with innocence, generosity an enthusiasm. «The beach was full of sand.
The three boys who are the heroes of this book are sad because Bruno, the man in the local newspaper kiosk, has died. From now on no one will give them fantastic pirate stories or sweets, and they will never see their friend smile again. They decide to pay their respects to Virtudes, Bruno’s wife. When they go to his house, she gives them a shoe box that Bruno had left addressed to them.