Las vidas del Dr. Bethune

A bilingual collection of humorous and serious poems about family, nature, and celebrations by a renowned Mexican American poet.

Esta obra, recoge once ensayos cuyo denominador común es el abordaje de pasajes de la historia intelectual del siglo XX mexicano. Por sus páginas, el lector verá transitar a multitud de intelectuales, desde Justo Sierra y Ezequiel Chávez hasta José Emilio Pacheco, pasando por Félix Palavicini, José Vasconcelos, Martín Luis Guzmán, Daniel Cosío Villegas y Carlos Fuentes, entre muchos más, con una atención especial en Alfonso Reyes y en la presencia de los intelectuales españoles exiliados en nuestro país a partir de finales de los años treinta. Su lectura llevará también al...

When Vladan Borojevic googles the name of his father Nedeljko, a former officer in the Yugoslav People's Army, supposedly killed in the civil war after the decay of Yugoslavia, he unexpectedly discovers a dark family secret which recollects the events of 1991. Seventeen years later, Vladan's discovery that he is the son of a fugitive war criminal sends him off on a journey around the Balkans to find his elusive father. The story of the Borojevic family strings and juxtaposes images of the Balkans past and present, but mainly deals with the tragic fates of people who managed to avoid the...

Knowing when to say we're sorry means knowing when we've hurt someone, whether it was intentional or not. This is not always easy to do, especially for children. This book presents readers with a variety of relatable scenarios in which young people recognize the need for an apology. Readers follow Louis as he shares an embarrassing secret about Aaron with his other classmates, who make fun of Aaron. Louis feels bad for sharing Aaron's secret. What can he do? Each colorful spread presents a different real-life situation that will instill in readers the importance of knowing when to say, "I'm...