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May 2023Sock on the Loose
by Julianna Mrena, Dorottya Szert-Szabó
There was once a sock. There was no other half. And there were a lot of problems with it anyway. Worn only occasionally, but mostly never. And it's no wonder, really.Julianna Mrena, the author of The Tale of the Little Sloth Who Wouldn't Go to Sleep, has this time put into rhyme the adventures of a lovable half pair of socks to show that there is a place in the world for everyone, where they are recognised and accepted for who they are. Dorottya Szert-Szabó's colourful, clownish pictures are a worthy companion to the text of the tale.
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Crime & mystery fiction (Children's/YA)February 2021El misteri del paper de vàter volador | The Mystery of the Flying Toilet Paper
by Anna Cabeza
A thrilling series of adventures with humour, chases and cunning… a lot of cunning. A new adventure full of humour and nods to real life. This time in New York! This Coscorrón sisters have to travel to New York, where the International Granny Detective Conference is being held, the world’s biggest conference of its kind. The Plaza Hotel is full of celebrities: the Tiatrappo sisters from Italy, the Akí Mekedos from Japan, and even Donald Trompazo himself. Amid the hubbub there is a mystery: the hotel’s toilet paper has all disappeared without explanation. The Coscorróns, Marcel and his new friend Max follow the trail of a culprit. Who will it be?
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2019Futurism in Europe and Latin America. Origins and evolution
by Sandra Teixeira de Faria (editor)
This work is based on three relevant factors: the first, refers to the analysis of the futurist movement, from the European and Latin American configurations; the second, to the diffusion of knowledge of the richness of aesthetic ways and differential languages achieved in literature and in the arts, since the emergence of Futurism, at the beginning of the 20th century; and, the third, to the relationship between the current panorama of cultural productions and the influences derived from the movements that preceded them, with emphasis on Futurism.
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History of architectureMarch 2016Dingbat 2.0
The Iconic Los Angeles Apartment as Projection of a Metropolis
by Thurman Grant and Joshua G. Stein (eds)
The first critical study of the most ubiquitous and mundane Los Angeles building type best known for its mid-century decorative facade and parking under a soft second story that was a critical enabler of Los Angeles’ rapid post-war expansion. Including essays by leading architects, urbanists, and cultural critics; photographic series and speculative designs from architects around the world, Dingbat 2.0 considers how qualities of the inarguably flawed housing type can foreground many crucial issues facing global metropolises today. Essays by Barbara Bestor, Aaron Betsky, James Black, John Chase, Dana Cuff, Thurman Grant, John Kaliski, John Southern, Joshua G. Stein, Steven A. Treffers, and Wim de Wit. Photographic series by Judy Fiskin, Paul Redmond and Lesley Marlene Siegel.
