Albert Rider, a successful scriptwriter from Australia in his early fifties, needs a new opportunity to live and love. He finds it in Europe, in Barcelona, where he discovers the life of the city with Joan Gómez, a university lecturer in Catalan language and literature, the man who becomes his best friend, and he falls in love with Núria, a doctor who teaches at the Faculty of Medicine. He is able to leave his loneliness behind and rediscover himself as a human being. This is a story of love and friendship, as well as an introduction to the fascinating personality of the city of Barcelona. The author uses English as it is the international language chosen by the characters. Readers from all over the world can now approach and admire the marvels of this city. The action takes us to some of the most beautiful places: the Montjuïc Olympic hill, the sea, the famous avenue of Passeig de Gràcia, the Sagrada Família, the Liceu Opera, the Barça Football Stadium, these and other places that are of great interest but are less well known are also discovered. The book is written in very accessible English and can also be enjoyed by the people of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Europe who want to revisit this international city with the new light of this beautiful story.

Blue Sky was born out of the ferment of the late 1960s and early 1970s, but it has proved to have much more talent, tenacity and imagination than most other idealistic initiatives from that time. Blue Sky

Detailed and timely information on accommodations, restaurants, and local attractions highlight these updated travel guides, which feature all-new covers, a two-color interior design, symbols to indicate budget options, must-see ratings, multi-day itineraries, Smart Travel Tips, helpful bulleted maps, tips on transportation, guidelines for shopping excursions, and other valuable features. Original.

The second edition of this popular anthology of short stories from and American in Barcelona

Membrane proteins continue to be prime drug targets because they perform essential processes in the cell including controlling the flow of information and materials between cells and mediating activities like hormone action and nerve impulses. The study of membrane proteins could lead to new and improved pharmaceutical treatments for a wide range of illnesses such as heart disease, cystic fibrosis and depression. Membrane Proteins as Drug Targets reviews the latest developments in the field. - Discusses new discoveries, approaches, and ideas in the field of membrane proteins and reviews how they are being used to develop new drugs - Contributions from leading scholars and industry experts - Reference guide for researchers involved in molecular biology and related fields

With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the world—and how that era is now ending FC Barcelona is not just the world’s highest grossing sports club, it is simply one of the most influential organizations on the planet. At last count, it had approximately 214 million social media followers, more than any other sports club except Real Madrid CF—and by one earlier measure, more than all thirty-two NFL teams combined. It has more in common with multinational megacompanies like Netflix or small nation-states than it does with most soccer teams. No wonder its motto is “More than a club.” But it was not always so. In the past three decades, Barcelona went from a regional team to a global powerhouse, becoming a model of sustained excellence and beautiful soccer, and a consistent winner of championships. Simon Kuper unravels exactly how this transformation took place, paying special attention to the club’s two biggest stars, Johan Cruyff and Lionel Messi, who is arguably the greatest soccer player of all time. Messi joined Barça at age thirteen and, more than anyone, has been the engine and standard-bearer of Barcelona’s glory. But his era is coming to an end—and with it, a once-in-a-lifetime golden run. This book charts Barça’s rise and fall. Like many world-beating organizations, FC Barcelona closely guards its secrets, granting few outsiders access to the Camp Nou, its legendary home stadium. But after decades of writing about the sport and the club, Kuper was given access to the inner sanctum and the people behind the scenes who strive daily to keep Barcelona at the top. Erudite, personal, and capturing all the latest upheavals, his portrait of this incredible institution goes beyond soccer to understand FC Barcelona as a unique social, cultural, and political phenomenon.

A humorous – and rather ribald – take on Guatemala’s guerrillas in which a female James Bond with a backpack full of lacy knickers (one for each day of the week) battles to unmask the terrible villain who wants to wipe out the world with the VHL virus; she breaks with all the schemes, is more than an adventure novel, it hides a background of social criticism and affirmation of freedom and personality of what is really a truly independent woman. The charming Amandina and her own particular way of observing the world around her. According to Claude Simon, French writer and Nobel Prize, a different way of interpreting the existentialist novel... A novel that will stir your passions and that you won’t want to put down until you read “The End”.

Part romantic comedy, part sitcom, part social drama, L’Auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment) recounts a familiar ‘youth’ ritual – the move from university to ‘the real world’, the often complicated personal, romantic and cultural encounters that ensue, and the moral uncertainties that characterize that key biological and physiological developmental stage between adolescence and adulthood. French director Cédric Klapisch showcases the extraordinary colour and beauty of Barcelona’s architecture, and places his hero Xavier at the heart of this smartly written film, which makes a series of wry observations on educational exchange programmes, multi-culturalism, and the direction European youth might take in the twenty-first century. This book addresses the topic of Europe’s youth generation, paying particular attention to the ways in which the film depicts the transition from adolescence to adulthood as allegory for the experiences of European society as it moves through periods of readjustment towards uncertain futures. It also looks into the ecosystem of contemporary French cinema, the Erasmus programme and its influence on youth experience, and identity politics in relation to ‘nationhood’ and ‘European-ness’. The book also examines the two sequels to the film – Russian Dolls (2005) and Chinese Puzzle (2013) – and how the complications faced by the main characters across the trilogy suggest that the move to adulthood is a never-ending process of growing up and reaching a level of self-actualization.