El leon y los escarabajos peloteros / The Lion and the Dung Beetles

Cuando sopla el viento del norte, en Sevilla la Chica puede pasar cualquier cosa: que desaparezcan los puntos de penalti del campo de fútbol justo cuando Soto Alto se juega el descenso; que nadie sepa dónde está Radu, el conserje del colegio y encargado de pintarlos; y que unos amigos de tus padres, los Balbuena, se instalen en tu casa y lo pongan todo patas arriba. Así que cuidado, Futbolísimos, que está soplando el viento del norte...

Martha Riva Palacio reshapes the myth of Orpheus to create a love story that repeats through time. The poetic prose, that is present in this short novel captivates and surrounds the reader into an atmosphere where Eurydice sings through the corridors of Argos, while a ship is suspended in the sea of time and Orpheus narrates, sometimes in his own voice, some others in the voice of his beloved, this encounters and disagreements, on which he will have to turn back again and again. Many stories intertwine this novel, making the reader the one and only person to discover which one is the real one ...

Set right before Sanctum, readers meet Cal, a student like most others, but what sets him apart is he has a powerful father who puts a lot of pressure on him. When Cal's nerves get the better of him, he accepts an invitation to meet an elite group of current and former students in the basement of the asylum. Once he meets the Scarlets, his life changes forever. The price for joining this group, however, is a lot higher than he can pay...

Desde su silla, Stephen Hawking recorrió el tiempo y el espacio en busca del origen del universo, demostrando que los agujeros negros emiten radiación. Físico, astrofísico, cosmólogo, divulgador científico ... La inmensa profundidad de sus conocimientos, su fina ironía y su tremenda determinación lo convierten en una de las mentes más brillantes de la historia.