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      • Two Nordic Short Novels

        by Ana Flecha Marco

        The title of the book, Two Nordic Short Novels, signals to the reader exactly what to expect: two short fictions set in Scandinavia.  These stories are not only linked by length and latitude but also by the fact that they are a sheer delight to read. Story of Ø tells the tale of the handful of inhabitants left living on a tiny island in the Norwegian Sea, which is sinking inexorably due to climate change.  The islanders decide to try and conserve the collective memory of the land that has been their home for so many generations; a memory that lies in the objects and traditions that have shaped their personal and shared landscape. Mancha vividly conjures up the impressions of young woman as she arrives in Flekke, a small Norwegian village, to teach Spanish.  The village is populated by a kaleidoscopic range of inhabitants whom the teacher grows to understand as she interacts with them day by day.  The story unfolds with a refreshing lightness of touch, mixing humour and insight into cultural diversity with subtlety and skill.

      • Historia de la poesía argentina.

        De Luis de Tejeda al siglo XX

        by Luis Benitez

        Contratapa de Luis Raúl Calvo: “Hay libros que por su gravitación se tornan imprescindibles: son aquellos que surgen para ocupar un espacio que no ha sido transitado ni desarrollado cabalmente. Tal es el caso de la “Historia de la Poesía Argentina”, de Luis Benítez, uno de los referentes importantes de la poesía de nuestro país y cuyo prestigio ha trascendido nuestras fronteras. Estamos en presencia de un ensayo único en su género: no hay antecedentes de un trabajo  que abarque 400 años de desarrollo de la misma y que a su vez se sustente en un carácter  inclusivo, ya que la sección  “Poetas Referentes de cada Período” toma a más  de 1.300 autores argentinos, respetando las diferencias en cuanto a  temáticas, estilos y posiciones estéticas, lo cual le añade una posición ética a esta valiosa propuesta. Otro aspecto que la distingue  es su carácter federal, ya que se ha pretendido hacer hincapié en  los movimientos literarios que se han generado en todo el país, no sólo en Buenos Aires.   En síntesis, una magnífica obra, dirigida a escritores, estudiantes, docentes, historiadores  y a quienes aún llevan impregnada en su piel la pasión por la poesía.”

      • Children's & YA
        September 2018

        Dysfferent

        by Fanny Vandermeersch

        What a strange idea to call a child Charlemagne! Without this strange name, Charly is sure that he would be a child like any other... except for a few adjectives. He is said to be too distracted, dissipated, dispersed... to the great displeasure of the adults around him. And that often makes him the mockery of his classmates. Charlemagne is dyslexic, dysorthographic and dyspraxic. But who said that multi-dys children were good for nothing? Maybe it's a chance to be different!

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        Science & Mathematics

        FROM GENES TO STARS AND BEYOND

        by SAŠO DOLENC

        Golden Pear Mark of Quality! Cannibals, Insomnia, and Mad Cows, How a Surfer Won a Nobel Prize, and The Story of 2550 Litres of Powdered Urine are just three chapter titles that promise that the author’s continuation of his highly popular first book, a huge hit with readers of all ages, will teach us something new about our environment and ourselves through fascinating anecdotes from the world of science, and provide immense entertainment in the process. Continuing the exciting journey begun in FROM GENES TO STARS, this book brings amazing new stories from the world of science, in which you will learn, among other things, how scientists photographed an environment, how they observed the birth of a new language in real time, what they did with 2550 litres of powdered urine, and also that Nobel laureates know how to surf and they sometimes solve the most difficult problems while on holiday. Enriched with illustrations by Matija Medved, the stories also reveal how the internet and blockchain work and how cholera epidemics were contained in London using a ghost map; you will meet a man who counted to infinity, mysterious creatures from the depths of the sea, a pioneer of science in Slovenia and the combination of circumstances that allowed the Archimedes Codex to be preserved to this day. Year of publication: 2019 | Format: 13 x 23.5 cm, 168 pages Golden Pear Mark of Quality

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