Carlota Elias was clear that she needed a topic that would motivate her for her final degree project in criminology. And she came across the word hyrbridophilia: people who are attracted to criminals. She has finally turned it into the book Hibristofília, a tale of (enclosed) fairies.

Beth Noveck (New Jersey, USA, 1971) makes it clear in each of her answers that she refuses to fall into defeatism. She offers solutions, gives examples of success, and argues that AI can help improve the functioning of institutions. And she knows what she's talking about, not only because she is an expert in how to use technology to make governments more open, but because she knows institutions from the inside: she was the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States during the administration of Barack Obama. She visits Barcelona to sponsor the presentation of the Pompeu Fabra University's 2026-2037 Strategy.

"I have always dressed by imitating others," says Elisabet Coll-Vinent at the beginning of I want to dress like you (now books), an essay in which she reflects on authenticity and imitation, the individual and the collective, and in which she invites us to develop a greater understanding of fashion to better understand ourselves and the society we are part of.

For as long as she can remember, Kate Manne has wanted to be thinner. It's one of the first confessions this philosopher and professor at Cornell University has made to Irreducibles (Captain Swing), a book in which personal reflections give way to a broad analysis of how fatphobia acts as a factor of inequality and oppression.

Josep Sala i Cullell is a geography teacher at a high school in Norway. His first essay, Plug generation, It sparked some controversy when addressing generational power struggles. Now it returns with We are not 6 million (Portico), A book in which he calls for open discussion about immigration and criticizes the fact that we have been sold, as inevitable, a model designed to favor employers and harm workers.

Nazanin Armanian, an Iranian political scientist, has been forced into exile twice. The first time was during the Shah's reign, and the second time under Ayatollah Khomeini. Armanian, sentenced to death for belonging to the Afghan Women's Democratic Organization and the Communist Party, came to live in Barcelona, ​​from where she fled due to threats from the regime after they located her address. She now lives in Madrid.

35,000 bars closed in Spain between 2010 and 2023, according to data from the INE, the National Institute of Statistics. What is lost when a bar closes? This is what Hugo Subtil, an expert researcher in economic policy and professor at the University of Zurich, has studied in France.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, is one of the voices that have most forcefully denounced the genocide in GazaHis reports have served to highlight not only the atrocities committed in recent years in the Gaza Strip, but also the complicity of third countries and companies that profit from the situation in the Middle East. He publishes When the world sleeps (Galaxia Gutenberg), a journey through 10 conversations that move between intimate and political discourse, and attempt to answer key questions about impunity, resistance, war, and peace.

It's probably the most repetitive format. We can find it in the morning, at noon, and at night, on the radio and on television. Antonio Villarreal has decided to analyze it in Tertulianos (Peninsula), a journey through 40 years of the opinion industry in Spain, and a photograph, at the same time, of a sector that moves between precariousness and power.

Oriol Jara (Barcelona, ​​1980) is a screenwriter and television director. He has been, among other things, assistant director of the program Buenafuente, screenwriter of Poland and currently directs The jungle, the afternoon program on TV3. But Jara is also a Christian activist. And, with the book Why I believe in God, begins a new collection of Destiny of Thought in which various people answer the question posed in the book's title: why do they believe in God?

OzurieFeeling torn between the life you have and the life you want. MoriiThe desire to capture a fleeting experience. These are the emotions that John Koenig began to translate into words, first as a YouTube game, and then, finally, as a book. Dictionary of countless sorrows (Captain Swing), a journey through emotions that Koenig defines for the first time with a single word, but also an invitation to play with language and desacralize it.

He studied physics and mathematics, left the field to write political speeches, tried his hand at playwriting, and today teaches writing as a tenured professor at Georgetown. Such is the complete and diverse curriculum of Michael E. Long, co-author of the Dopamine bestseller, which is now returning with the sequel Dopamine under control (Peninsula), where he offers clues to try to understand why this molecule makes us feel dissatisfied, and how to reverse it.

Democracy, care, truth, and dialogue are the keys to confronting the fascism that is growing everywhere. This is the recipe that Jordi Mir, PhD in Humanities and professor at UPF, presents in Our fascism (Cápsula Editorial).

Like so many things, Juan Carlos Lacruz's passion for photography and airplanes began by chance. Today, retired, he goes to El Prat airport every other day and is the president of the Barcelona Spotters Association.

He's a third-generation piano tuner. His grandfather, who combined his job at a lumber company with playing in a weekend orchestra, became interested in the instrument's mechanics. He even asked a piano company if he could observe their work. Little by little, he learned the trade and started tuning instruments near his home. Word of mouth spread so quickly that he eventually left the lumber business and the orchestra to start his own company. His mother continued the family business, which he, Jordi Marco Collell, has been running for years.

"I'm from a farming family, the smell of pigs has never bothered me," says 20-year-old Ariadna Rovira. She grew up on a farm in Sagàs, but lives in Solsona, where she first became interested in hunting. Today she's part of the Berga hunting group and criticizes people who think that killing animals makes them murderers.

"When women get older, they can't find men their own size." That's the subtitle of The Superwoman SyndromeFrom psychologist Antoni Bolinches, this book attempts to understand why women are disappointed with love and why men are disoriented. Originally published in January 2020, shortly before the pandemic, it's now back in a revised and updated edition.

He has turned 78, has a 60-year artistic career, and has been married to singer Ana Belén for over 50 years. Víctor Manuel (Mieres, 1947) returns with a new album. Just me alonewhich will take him on a tour that will include a stop at the Palau de la Música on June 16.

Daniel Tubau is a philosopher and writer. Publish Seven ways to achieve happiness according to the Greeks (Ariel), where he invites us to abandon slogans and return to the classics to consider what we might consider a happy life today.

They didn't even make a list. The shop was in the Calders passage, and he was an author they liked. That's why Isabel Sucunza and Abel Cutillas knew exactly what name to use to launch a bookstore without... bestsellers and with a lot of independent publishing that has been around for over 10 years.