Agatha Christie

The novel opens on a cold, gray landscape. It is the beginning of December. Oak fires are burning in the stately flickering hearths of Nideck Point. It is Yuletide. For Reuben Golding, now infused with the gift of the wolf and under the loving tutelage of the Morphenkinder, this Christmas promises to be like no other...

This fun book introduces readers to basic geography words. On each page, a child gives clues to the kind of landform they are sitting on. Then they ask the question, Where am I? Young readers learn about mountains, caves, deserts, and other things in our natural world. An activity at the ends asks readers to match photos with their landform names.

POSORR PO'MORREÑETS: La canción del murciélago es otra de las historias ancestrales de la épica yanesha que recogí directamente de Chomoch, el Paller o sabio de la comunidad nativa Ashaninka-Yanesha san jerónimo de Puerto Yurinaki en la Amazonía peruana que se injerta en esa narración de bimorfismo, hombre-vampiro o hombre-murciélago, que desde Drácula hasta Batman hizo fluir ríos de tinta e hizo soñar a millones de personas. La historia, ambientada en una época en la que los animales tenían características y comportamientos como los humanos, tiene como protagonista a un...

In order for any democracy to function well, understanding how and when to compromise is a necessity. This book introduces students to how compromise makes governing possible. Using examples of how compromise works in their own lives, students will gain a better understanding of how compromise work on a larger level. Conversely, readers will also learn that compromise may be the wrong course of action in some situations and that some issues are of such critical importance or high moral worth that standing firm is appropriate.