Un polizón en la maleta

Un Jacobo adulto intercala reflexiones sobre su vida adolescente, sintiendo que de alguna manera traicionó a Violeta años atrás. Le prometió volver y nunca lo hizo. Es más, la olvidó por completo cuanto tanto le debía. Cuando sus padres se divorciaron, sintió el fracaso como propio y no pudo superar su derrota, por lo que decidió que no merecía la pena vivir. Tras un intento autolítico y pasar unos meses ingresado en el hospital, su médico le recomendó vivir una temporada en un lugar tranquilo: Caxaelecha, un pueblo del norte de España. Un día, buscando el sitio idóneo en los...

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...

“Dino” Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children’s books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these duck-billed dinosaurs face-to-face: Corythosaurus could honk through the top of its head! Gryposaurus had hundreds of grinding teeth! Parasaurolophus could smack enemies with its strong tail! Plus, you'll get to know...

Bécquer, Machado, Juan Ramón son algunos de los poetas que han seguido la estela de Ferrán. Las coplas populares, los cantares que son poesía breve, seca, natural, fueron recogidos, y creados, por un poeta del que escribió su amigo G.A. Bécquer: ''en la obra de Ferrán, la poesía popular, sin perder su carácter, comienza a elevar su vuelo'';