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A combination of fiction and historical reality, The Fierce Jaws links a reflection on the mother-daughter relationship with an episode from history - the trial of Italian nun Benedetta Carlini during the Counter-reformation.
In July 1668, the city of Portobelo, the port from which of all American treasures left for Spain, was captured by the privateer Henry Morgan. What none of his men expected was to find in an abandoned hostel the tortured corpse of a Spaniard and, hidden under the floor, documents pointing to the existence of priceless treasure hidden in the bowels of Panama City.
Planet Earth. Population: 1. We have no idea how it happened. On the first of September 2019, something occurred. We were all fine one moment and then people began to die of suffocation. Little by little, the world was engulfed in a deafening silence. I survived this mysterious catastrophe thanks to my dad. When I woke, I found myself surrounded by the horrific panorama of millions of bodies.
Berlin, 1955. Latvian theater director Asja Lacis, crushed by the experience of ten years in a labour camp in Kazakhstan, returns home and visits her old friend Bertolt Brecht. After a brief conversation in which they both try to conceal their misery, Bertolt tells Asja that Walter Benjamin, the love of her life has died.
It is the year 26 BC. Rome is seeking a way to conquer the impregnable lands of the north, inhabited by the indomitable Cantabrians and Asturians. While the fortified city of Bérgida is consumed by flames, Sekeios, an Autrigon mercenary in the service of Rome, is on the run from the encampment after a serious incident with the governor of Tarragon.
It's always been clear that, to certain people, it matters a lot who you go hand in hand with down the street. Even now there are some that like to classify, sanction and make laws about feelings. Are they so dangerous? "Critters, Love and Stuff" is a book about love and about freedom. It is about equality and respect. Funny, daring, ironic and tender. No filters.
Aimed at readers of 9 years old and over, this book teaches that the objective of sport goes far beyond winning or losing. Blanca is a Chinese adoptee and she's having problems with her brother, Gabriel, because of his need to be first in everything. They both play in a football team and they must overcome their differences and evaluate their competitiveness.
Jordi Cussà errupted onto the Catalan literary scene with Wild Horses (2000). This cult novel surprised critics and readers alike with its true portrayal of life on the margins - addiction to hard drugs - a somewhat neglected theme among Catalan writers, and for its innovative language and style.
Spring 2016, mountain side of any street in Barcelona. Ten years after their abrupt separation, Carla and Martín meet again by chance. That coincidence will set them on a path of harsh renewal which the protagonist, who until now thought she had control of her life, embarks on without considering the implications.
Half of all human beings admit to being unfaithful to their partner. But is the other half telling the truth? There's only one way to find out: spy on them with detectives or through digital media.