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Al mando de dos barcos y doscientos hombres el conquistador español desembarcó en 1521 en busca de la mítica fuente de la eterna juventud. Tras un sinfín de peripecias creen encontrarla en un templo milenario pero, lejos de sus efectos rejuvenecedores, el elixir poseía un poder muy distinto al que la leyenda atribuía. Ponce de León quiso llevarlo a España para que el emperador, aprovec...

Un pueblo del Sur en la España de 1960 acorralado entre el casticismo del Antiguo Régimen y el cosmopolitismo de la Década Prodigiosa. Los personajes del libro son los jóvenes que en febrero de 1956 se sublevaron por primera vez contra el statu quo implantado por la Guerra Civil. Los mismos que, veinticinco años más tarde, empuñaron las riendas de la España democrática. Fernando...

Antes de alcanzar España, Aleksander, un judío polaco de origen sefardita, ha de hacer frente a los nazis en el gueto de Varsovia en 1943 y luchar contra ellos en el Alzamiento de la ciudad de 1944. Tras haber perdido a su familia en situaciones dramáticas, y después de atravesar duras experiencias como prisionero de guerra, Aleksander alcanza España. En Estepona, a la que llega en 1946 bajo el nuevo nombr...

La noche del 30 de agosto de 2018, dos chicas de 17 y 18 años, Sandra Peinado y Ana Casaño, desaparecen sin dejar rastro en Punta del Moral, Ayamonte, junto a la frontera con Portugal. Sandra es hija de un personaje de máxima actualidad, implicado en un caso de corrupción política. Y Ana es una joven de fuerte temperamento que mantiene una relación muy complicada con sus padres. Ambas son adoptadas ...

Desde el exilio, Azucena, una anciana superviviente de la masacre de la llamada "carretera de la muerte", narra sus vivencias cuando tropas de los ejércitos italiano, alemán y franquista asesinaron a más de 5 000 civiles, al atacar por aire, mar y tierra

Rafael Salmerón vive en Madrid, tiene 32 años y se gana cómodamente la vida como community manager, cultivando la buena imagen de sus variados clientes. Está convencido de que conoce como pocos los entresijos de las redes sociales, hasta el día en que descubre que un doble suyo se ha dedicado durante años a insultar a medio mundo en Twitter.

La sorpresa lo lleva ante los tribunales por presu...

En la Feria del Libro de Frankfurt 1982, La agente literaria por antonomasia, cuyo nombre no se menciona nunca, ha anunciado que subastará las memorias aprócrifas del general Franco, cuya autoría no ha sido revelada -¿Paul Preston?, ¿José Luis de Vilallo

Herbert es una mente privilegiada, un hacedor de historias cercano al cinismo de Irvine Welsh y los mundos paradójicos de Cortázar. La voluntad de experimentación en las formas, mezclando las canciones (ineludible la cita al Perfect Day de Lou Reed), la poesía, los fragmentos breves, los prospectos farmacéuticos y el cuento, nos deja claro que la literatura ya no puede entenderse por sí misma, sino por todo lo que le rodea, y Herbert lo sabe m...

In 1619, Diego Velázquez is an emerging painter in the Sevillian academy of his father-in-law, Francisco Pacheco, but his mind is on painting large canvases. His ambition soon takes him to the court of Philip IV, where he soon rises to prominence. Meanwhile, the country is immersed in military defeats and national chaos. As Velázquez receives privileges he becomes aware of the decadence of the court. Torn between family duty and the easy seduc...

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Immerse yourself in the life and legacy of history's great scientists. How did they live? How did they change the course of humanity with their ideas and discoveries? How did they cope with a society that often dismissed them as madmen? Ignasi Llorente transports us to the highlights of the history of science, recreating the most exciting episodes in the lives of these geniuses. He dismantles myths, unveils their advances, helps us to understa...

Do you unlock your cell phone using your fingerprint or with facial recognition? Do you shop using your bank card on the Internet or with contactless technology in stores? Do you ever wonder what it means that some messaging platforms encrypt your messages end-to-end? Information security is increasingly important in our hyper-connected lives, but we are not always aware of it nor do we know how mechanisms work that can be very convenient to u...

Born in 1126 in Cordoba, Abu-l-Walid Muhammad would be elevated by the new lords of the Peninsula, the Almohads, as one of their great sages and courtiers, but the audacity of his thinking would eventually cost him everything he had achieved. Centuries later, his work is still more alive than ever. His name was Averroes. A firm detractor of the rigidity of dogmas and critical of the use that a few made of sacred texts, he would be accused by r...

A history review always ends up throwing up a handful of proper names that have influenced its own course, that of St. Ignatius of Loyola is undoubtedly one of them. We owe the founding of the Society of Jesus to him, whose intellectual and formative mission has been strongly promoted since its approval in 1540. Hand in hand with the foundress of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, St. Teresa of Jesus, was his role in the Counter-Reformatio...

How can we work and generate value between the young (genius) and the old (wisdom)? Millennials and boomers, generation Z and generation X share illusions and aspirations? Reality indicates that we are doomed to understand each other and, above all, to respect each other. The age factor is written by professionals with diverse profiles, in which each of them shares knowledge, experience, generosity and first impressions in the world of work. Y...

In ancient Carthage, where the waves of the Mediterranean caress the African coast, an empire of trade and power was born. But when Rome rose on the horizon, the First Punic War unleashed a fierce struggle that left Carthage in ruins. At the heart of this epic story is Hannon the Great, " leader of the Carthaginian aristocracy. As war looms over them, General Hamilcar Barca emerges as an unlikely hero. The Mercenary War threatens to destroy Ca...

Technology plays an increasingly important role in our daily lives and the need arises to put it at the service of human beings, generating positive and balanced change. This book delves into the Technohumanist movement, which advocates a symbiosis between technology and humanity. Through these pages the author explores the figures of "Superhumans", beings who have hybridized their capabilities thanks to technology, allowing an increase in bot...

The narrator, just out of childhood, lives in a small village with his parents, who work in the house of a well-to-do family. Fascinated, he observes the life of the gentlemen and their children, who inhabit a world that is inaccessible and increasingly contradictory to him. As the days and seasons go by, he will turn his gaze towards the environment where he grew up and which seems to be more and more endangered, threatened by a new way of li...

Enter an unexpected world where two wheels are much more than just a vehicle. That Wasn't in My Cycling History Book is not just a compendium of great milestones, bikes and awards. It represents a journey through the passion that beats in the heart of the lovers of this sport. In its pages you will find much more than the chronicle of the Tour de France or the life of Jacques Anquetil. Here are intertwined stories of legendary cyclists such as...