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Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
Hay lugares de los que nunca se vuelve. La novela más intensa y turbadora de Arturo Pérez-Reverte. En una torre junto al Mediterráneo, en busca de la foto que nunca pudo hacer, un antiguo fotógrafo pinta un gran fresco circular en la pared: el paisaje intemporal de una batalla. Lo acompañan en la tarea un rostro que regresa del pasado para cobrar una deuda mortal, y la sombra de una mujer desaparecida diez años atrás. En torno a esos tres personajes,...
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
Español
Description
A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"Nuevo instituto. Típica niña odiosa. Flechazo a la vista. Nuevo diario en el que Nikki le da vueltas y más vueltas a todo... "--Back cover.
Fourteen-year-old Nikki Maxwell writes in her diary of her struggle to be popular at her exclusive new private school, then of finding her place after she gives up on being part of the elite group.
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Una enigmática joven recorre cada día las calles de Paris en su bicicleta. Inmersa en su trabajo, acude a su estudio diariamente, sin descanso. Solo los maullidos de su querido Max son capaces de arrancarle una sonrisa cada tarde.
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2016, [2019]
Language
Español
Description
She returns from an international tour and receives shocking news. She finds herself at a crossroads and begins to question everything she once knew. While trying to find her inner voice and follow her own path, she accepts an unexpected invitation to take a trip to the other side of the world in search of answers. In an eternal summer in a beautiful Italian seaside town that explodes creativity.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A.U
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Barcelona, 1901. The city is going through times of great social upheaval. The stark misery of the most disadvantaged population clearly contrasts with the lavish wealth seen in the wealthiest parts of town. Dalmau Sala, son of an executed anarchist, is a young painter who lives trapped between two worlds. On the one hand, his family and Emma, the woman he loves, are firm defenders of the working class' rights and its struggle for justice; defenders...
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"Narrada por varias voces a lo largo del tiempo, La hija del relojero es la historia de un asesinato, un misterio y un robo, una reflexión sobre el arte, la verdad y la belleza, el amor y las pérdidas. Por sus páginas fluye como un río la voz de una mujer ya libre de las ataduras del tiempo y cuyo nombre ha caído en el olvido: Birdie Bell, la hija del relojero, la única persona que vio todo lo sucedido"--
Author
Publisher
Black Salamandra
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Una novela a la vez atmosférica y llena de suspense; la más ingeniosa de Louise Penny hasta la fecha. Felizmente retirado en el idílico pueblo de Three Pines, el inspector jefe Armand Gamache ha hallado un remanso de paz difícil de imaginar. Pero la monótona placidez de la lectura y la felicidad del sol matutino se truncan cuando Clara Morrow le cuenta que Peter, su marido, ha incumplido la promesa de volver a casa un año después de su separación...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In New York City in 1969, 19-year-old art student Noriko fell in love with 41-year-old avant-garde artist Ushio Shinohara and put her career on hold to marry and support this rising star of the Manhattan art world... Now 80 and still struggling, Ushio is consumed with reinforcing his legacy via his 'boxing' paintings, while Noriko is now finding her own creative voice through a series of drawings entitled 'Cutie And Bullie' that depict their chaotic...
14) Viva Frida!
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With spare text and vibrant illustrations, this book examines Frida Kahlo's creative process.
Frida Kahlo, one of the world's most famous and unusual artists is revered around the world. Her life was filled with laughter, love, and tragedy, all of which influenced what she painted on her canvases.
15) Victor Victoria
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A woman singer working on the cabaret circuit pretends to be a man pretending to be a woman. Things get even more complicated when she meets the man of her dreams. Set in Paris, France, in 1934.
17) Selena
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
Shot dead on March 31, 1995 at the age of 23, Selena Quintanilla was poised to become the first female singer to cross over from Spanish to English markets successfully. For a little girl from Corpus Christi, Texas, Selena's accomplishments were remarkable. She conquered the Spanish charts, had No. 1 hits, dominated Mexican-American pop music, won both acceptance in Mexico (despite shaky Spanish) and a Grammy. This biopic presents Selena as that rare...
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Una biografía Little Golden Book acerca de la pintora mexicana Frida Kahlo, escrita para niños de edad preescolar. Este Little Golden Book capta la esencia de Frida Kahlo para los más pequeños lectores. Desde como superó enfermedades, fue una de pocas niñas admitidas a su escuela en México, y alcanzó a ver sus pinturas expuestas en museos, el libro sirve de inspiración a futuros pioneros, así como a sus padres. Presenta un informativo texto...
Publisher
Art21, Inc
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Meet contemporary artists at work and speaking in their own words- direct, accessible, and unfiltered ... This unique four-hour series spotlights 17 artists working in the United States today, and invites viewers behind the working in scenes to see artists at work in their homes, communities, and unexpected sites- from an old-growth forest to a military base to a film set. The artists, including painters, photographers, sculptors, and video artists,...
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Yo sea en el arte popular o en la fotografía, en la arquitectura o en la pintura, en la la escultura o en la música; las artistas cubanas han pasado desapercibidas a nivel internacional. Esta colección de poesía celebra la vida y el legado de ocho mujeres cubanas que han redefinido el arte en sus comunidades."--
From folk art to photography, architecture to painting, sculpture to music, female Cuban artists have long gone unnoticed on a global...
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