The Man Who Was Surrounded by Idiots, by Thomas Erikson

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There are times when that man who was surrounded by idiots has been each and every one of us. These are moments in which, in the end, we discover that we are driving on a highway where the only ones in the wrong are ourselves. And logically the consequences may be that we stamp ourselves ..., ...

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You and I. Level: Beginner, by SJ Hooks

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Who else who has least ever fantasized about an encounter with a teacher. In some cases, the least, the meeting ends up materializing. It is then when a multitude of emotions are unleashed, as many as unknowns about the future of the situation ... Stephen is a responsible teacher, ...

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Defeated England, by Álvaro van de Brule

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When I approached this book it was not in excess of chauvinism. I was just curious to read about something that seems to have been taught us biased. It is worth that in 1588 the Spanish Invincible Armada was defeated in its intention to invade England but, in addition to the fact that the final war was closed ...

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Club plane, by Carlos Santos Gurriarán

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The recent past has the advantage that it still preserves many of the spaces between which its scenes took place. In the worst case, when these places are lost, there are always the people who offer testimonies of what was. And if some of these testimonies, saved in ...

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The Austrias. Time in your hands, by José Luis Corral

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Charles I was crowned to administer the Empire that at that time marked the rhythm of a world in which European navigators still dreamed of new places to colonize. Europe was the center of power and the rest of the continents were being drawn at the whim of cartographers ...

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From the Outside, by Katherine Pancol

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Discovering from time to time a romantic novel but with its edges is very good. Love can also be that which emerges as a placebo for a tedious life, for a reality meticulously constructed towards happiness and that ends up sounding like a discordant orchestra of blinded musicians. Doudou finds ...

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Today I woke up somersaulting, by David Summers

With this title began one of the most energetic and evocative themes of the mythical Men G. Today it serves as the title of a more relaxed book, but with the same decision of its author David Summers, to go out full of optimism and energy to face everything ...

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The lady number thirteen, by José Carlos Somoza

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Fear, as an argument for the fantastic, offers a vast terrain by which to surprise the reader, a space where you can overwhelm him at your whim and make him feel those chills that uncertainty causes. If the story is also the responsibility of José Carlos Somoza, you can be sure of ...

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The joy of cooking, by Karlos Arguilano

Beyond the jokes made of sauce, the parsley in abundance and the cod al pil pil, it is lawful to recognize the mastery of Karlos Arguiñano among the stoves. There are so many and so many years of this great cook on our televisions that he has already become one more at home. ...

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Heaven in Ruins, by Ángel Fabregat Morera

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The celestial dome, that towards which we sometimes look, day or night, when we travel by plane or when we look for the air that we lack underwater. The sky is the horizon of fantasy and is full of dreams, full of desires that lead shining shooting stars ...

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