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This was set in December 23, 1787, Deptford on the south bank of the river Thames. A 15-year-old boy, Billy, has got into trouble with the police on one too many occasions and is about to be sent to prison when an offer is put to him - a ship has been refitted over the last few months and is about to set sail with an important mission. The boy who was expected to serve as the captain''s personal valet has been struck down with an illness and a replacement must be found immediately. The deal is struck and he finds himself onboard, meeting the captain, just as the ship sets sail. The ship is HMS Bounty, the captain is William Bligh, and their destination is Tahiti.

Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with.

Der neunjährige Bruno weiß nichts von der Endlösung oder dem Holocaust. Er ist unberührt von den entsetzlichen Grausamkeiten, die sein Land dem europäischen Volk zufügt. Er weiß nur, dass man ihn von seinem gemütlichen Zuhause in Berlin in ein Haus verpflanzt hat, das in einer öden Gegend liegt, in der er nichts unternehmen kann und keiner mit ihm spielt. Bis er Schmuel kennenlernt, einen Jungen, der ein seltsam ähnliches Dasein auf der anderen Seite des angrenzenden Drahtzauns fristet und der, wie alle Menschen dort, einen gestreiften Pyjama trägt. Durch die Freundschaft mit Schmuel werden Bruno, dem unschuldigen Jungen, mit der Zeit die Augen geöffnet. Und während er erforscht, wovon er unwissentlich ein Teil ist, gerät er unvermeidlich in die Fänge des schrecklichen Geschehens.

Unha caixa é xustamente unha caixa... a menos que non sexa unha caixa. Dende unha montaña ata un cohete espacial, o coelliño desta historia demóstralles aos lectores que unha caixa poder ser todo aquilo que lles permita a imaxinacion.Unha caixa e xustamente unha caixa... a menos que non sexa unha caixa. Dende unha montaña a un foguete espacial, o protagonista demostra como unha caixa pode ser todo aquilo que nos permita a imaxinacion. Recreando vivencias da sua nenez, a autora aposta por potenciar a economia de recursos de antano: sen apenas nada co que distraerse, podese converter o obxecto mais sinxelo no xoguete mais marabilloso. Un album curioso e interesante, tanto polo seu contido como pola presentacion, con cubertas que imitan a textura, a cor e a aparencia das caixas de carton, incluidas as indicacions sobre a correcta posicion do bulto. A liña argumental e moi sinxela, con frases curtas e directas a modo de dialogo entre o personaxe e unha voz omnisciente que pregunta pola utilidade do envoltorio. As ilustracions -de trazos basicos e expresivos- destacan polo xogo de cores e perspectivas. E especialmente chamativo o xeito de representar a nivel artistico esa dicotomia entre o plano da realidade e o da ficcion: a imaxe imaxinaria superponse sobre a orixinal, ofrecendolle ao publico unha mirada distinta. Asi, o que semella ser unha simple caixa convertese, ao paso de cada paxina, nun obxecto diferente: coche de carreiras, robot, edificio en chamas e un sinfin de cousas.Os lectores poderan familiarizarse con conceptos basicos de localizacion no espazo: arriba-abaixo, diante-detras, dentro-fora, horizontal-vertical... Un libro que invita a explorar novos mundos, que favorece a fantasia, a interaccion e o intercambio de ideas entre nenos e adultos.

NOVELA DE FICCION: HISTÓRICA (EN ALEMÁN)

n this collection of twelve dark, unerring and surprising short stories, John Boyne explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance and brutality. The secrets we keep and the ways in which they shape us, the impossibility of shared loss, the lengths we will go to in order to protect our families and the distance we will run to protect ourselves. Drawing on a host of enthralling characters - a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality; good parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a hitman - Boyne examines the hopeful and the damaged without prejudice or judgement. This, his first collection of short stories, is some of John Boyne's finest writing to date. It includes 'Rest Day' which won the 2015 Writing.ie Short Story of the Year award in Ireland.

In this collection of twelve dark, unerring and surprising short stories, John Boyne explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance and brutality. The secrets we keep and the ways in which they shape us, the impossibility of shared loss, the lengths we will go to in order to protect our families and the distance we will run to protect ourselves.Drawing on a host of enthralling characters a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality; good parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a hitman Boyne examines the hopeful and the damaged without prejudice or judgement.This, his first collection of short stories, is some of John Boyne''s finest writing to date. It includes Rest Day'' which won the 2015 Writing.ie Short Story of the Year award in Ireland.

Noah Barleywater saíu da casa ben cedo pola mañá, antes de o sol saír, antes de os cans acordaren, antes de o orballo parar de caer sobre os campos. Baixou da cama, vestiuse amodo coa roupa que deixara preparada o dia anterior e baixou en silencio polas escaleiras aguantando a respiracion. Habia tres chanzos que renxian nos puntos onde a madeira non encaixaba ben, de xeito que tivo que pisar con pes de la sobre eles co fin de facer o menor ruido posible...Aos seus oito anos, Noah pensa que e mais doado facerlles fronte aos seus problemas se non pensa neles. E por iso escapa da casa. Por un camiño inexplorado a traves da fraga. Non tarda en chegar a unha tenda. Pero non se trata dunha tenda normal. E unha tenda de xoguetes cuns incribles bonecos cargados de maxia. E dentro dela Noah encontrase cun artesan ben raro; un home que ten unha historia que contar, chea de aventuras, prodixios e promesas rotas. Ese home guiara a Noah nunha viaxe que lle cambiara a vida.

Bruno has a friend called Shmuel. Like Bruno, Shmuel is nine years old. Their birthdays are on the same day. But Shmuel lives on the other side of a fence, and hes always wearing striped pyjamas...Based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a heart-wrenching tale of an unlikely friendship between two innocent boys. Angus Jacksons deeply affecting adaptation was produced by The Childrens Touring Partnership and Chichester Festival Theatre on a UK tour in 2015.

A pedimento do autor, non podemos contarche o miolo deste libro. Porén, queremos avisarche de que lerás a historia dun neno de 9 anos, que se atopará cun aramado. No mundo hai milleiros de aramados coma este. Agardamos que ti nunca te atopes con ningun e que, se o fas, teñas as forzas para librarte del.Ilustracion de cuberta de ADRIA FRUITOSEsta novela do escritor irlandes John Boyne converteuse nun fenomeno editorial de altisimo nivel: traducida a mais de corenta e dous idiomas, vendeu mais dun millon de exemplares en castelan, foi lider de vendas durante semanas en varios paises e realizouse unha adaptacion cinematografica. En galego xa vai pola sua duodecima reimpresion. Tratase dunha fabula literaria para todos os publicos, que bebe de fontes como Charles Dickens, John Irving, Philip Roth, Anne Tyler ou Alexandre Dumas.Existen no mercado editorial moitas propostas sobre esta tematica, pero poucas do calado de O neno do pixama de raias. A esta obra narrativa sumanse Diario de Ana Frank; Despois do diario de Anne Frank, de Bas Von Benda-Beckmann; A orde do dia, de Eric Vuillard e outros titulos destinados ao publico infantil como A historia de Erika, de Ruth Vander Zee e Roberto Innocenti, e Guernica, de Heliane Bernard e Olivier Charpentier, no catalogo de KALANDRAKA.

Un inesperado y masivo éxito de ventas en Inglaterra.Danny Delaney acaba de empezar las vacaciones escolares y ya está saboreando las semanas de libertad que tiene ante sí. Pero al anochecer, cuando su madre regresa a casa acompañada por dos policias, Danny comprende de inmediato que algo muy malo ha sucedido. Abrumada por la culpa, la señora Delaney se encierra en si misma, y a Danny y su padre les tocara recomponer la unidad de la familia.Escrita para formar parte de la serie "Quick Reads" (Lecturas Rapidas) -una iniciativa lanzada con el fin de fomentar el habito de lectura entre los adultos-, La apuesta se transformo en un inesperado y masivo exito de ventas en Inglaterra.

O capitán William Bligh era un experto en navegar polo Pacífico. En 1787, o Almirantado británico encoméndalle partir cara a Tahití ao mando da Bounty. Entre os pasaxeiros está o mozo John Jacob Turnstile, que embarca como servinte seu para evitar ir ao carcere. O destino converterao en testemuña privilexiada dun episodio que marcou o devir da Armada inglesa.Ilustracion de cuberta de MARC TAEGEREn 1787, ao mando do capitan William Bligh, a fragata Bounty parte cara a Tahiti. O Almirantado britanico encargaralle recoller arbores do pan para transplantalas nas colonias do Caribe. Tratabase de conseguir un produto economico para alimentar os escravos das illas que recollian cana de azucre. Bligh era un experto en navegar polo Pacifico; xa o fixera as ordes do lendario capitan Cook. Como en todas as penosas travesias daquela epoca, a tripulacion tiña por diante unha dura e longa viaxe. John Jacob Turnstile, un adolescente de Portsmouth, esta a piques de ser encarcerado cando lle ofrecen unha ultima oportunidade para evitar a cadea: embarcar na Bounty como paxe do capitan Bligh. John acepta a proposta sen dubidar e asi seria como chega a converterse en testemuña privilexiada dun episodio que marcou o devir da Armada inglesa.En Motin na Bounty (2008), John Boyne achegase a un feito historico xa narrado anteriormente e levado ao cine en tres ocasions, con actores de tanta sona como Clark Gable (1935), Marlon Brando (1962) e Mel Gibson (1987). Pero Boyne narra a viaxe da Bounty cunha ollada orixinal que invita a reflexion e nos presenta un complexo mundo dominado polo poder e pola ambicion.Nesta novela de aventuras, retratase a disciplinada vida do mar e tamen se reflicte o caracter dos personaxes, dende o capitan ata os oficiais e os mariñeiros. O dilema entre o ben e o mal, os arquetipos de heroe e vilan, a lealtade e a traizon, son alguns binomios que xorden neste libro. Situacions limite, valentia e actos de solidariedade son outros ingredientes desta historia tan emocionante.

An action-packed fictional telling of the events on the HMS "Bounty." Fourteen-year-old John Jacob Turnstile has gotten into trouble with the police on one too many occasions and is on his way to prison when an offer is put to him - a ship has been refitted over the last few months and is about to set sail with an important mission. The boy who was expected to serve as the captain's personal valet has been injured and a replacement must be found immediately. The deal is struck and Turnstile finds himself onboard, meeting the captain, just as the ship sets sail. The ship is the HMS "Bounty," the captain is William Bligh, and their destination is Tahiti. Mutiny on the Bounty is the first novel to explore all the events relating to the Bounty's voyage, from their long journey across the ocean to their adventures on the island of Tahiti and the subsequent forty-eight-day expedition towards Timor. A vivid recreation of the famous mutiny, the story is packed with humour, violence, and historical detail, presenting a very different portrait of Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian than has been shown before.

It''s July 1910: The grisly remains of Cora Crippen, music hall singer and wife of Dr Hawley Crippen, are discovered in the cellar of 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden. But the Doctor and his mistress, Ethel Le Neve, have vanished, much to the frustration of Scotland Yard and the outrage of a horrified London. Across the Channel in Antwerp, the SS Montrose sets sail on its two week voyage to Canada. Amongst its passengers are the overbearing Antonia Drake and her daughter Victoria, who is hell-bent on romance, the enigmatic Mathieu Zela and the modest Martha Hayes. Also on board are the unassuming Mr John Robinson and his seventeen-year-old son Edmund. But all is not as it seems...

It is early morning and the sun is rising. There are problems at home which are easier to deal with if eight-year-old Noah doesn't think about them. So he picks up his trainers and runs away, taking an untrodden path through the forest. Before long he come across a shop. But this is no ordinary shop. It is a toyshop - full of magic and wonder and broken promises. Noah is on a journey. A journey that will change his life. And it could change yours too.