Árbol que Nace Torcido: Un misterio de Matt Davis

Dedicado a un Nerón que iniciaba su andadura al frente del Imperio romano, SOBRE LA CLEMENCIA quiere ser una guía para el comportamiento del gobernante y es en este sentido un claro antecedente del género llamado «espejo de príncipes», que tan buena fortuna alcanzaría en siglos posteriores

The village of Todos Os Santos is under threat from developers who want to clear the village and the forest for farmland. Meanwhile, the village bull won't dance the traditional bumba meu boi and the pregnant Catarina has developed a taste for impossible foods that her husband Francisco must get for her. Can the spirits of the forest help our heroes save their environment, their way of life, and themselves? Fantasy and reality dance through this spectacular Amazonian adventure, inspired by the life and politics of Brazilian folk hero Chico Mendes. Amazonia ran at the Young Vic Theatre, London ...

Ethan creaba arte con su música hasta el fatídico día, Marion se equivocó una vez, Amy habla con las flores y todos están conectados. Ahora cabe preguntarse: ¿cuántas caras tiene la culpa?, ¿desde qué escondrijos nos observa?, ¿cómo deshacerte de ella? En esta novela la culpa no entiende ni de pasado ni de presente y las barreras del tiempo se desdibujan.

Spellbound before his own portrait, Dorian Gray utters a fateful wish. In exchange for eternal youth he gives his soul, to be corrupted by the malign influence of his mentor, the aesthete and hedonist Lord Henry Wotton. The novel was met with moral outrage by contemporary critics who, dazzled perhaps by Wilde's brilliant style, may have confused the author with his creation, Lord Henry, to whom even Dorian protests, 'You cut life to pieces with your epigrams.'. Encouraged by Lord Henry to substitute pleasure for goodness and art for reality, Dorian tries to watch impassively as he brings...