La tierra de las papas

Arvid Falk, un joven idealista y generoso, deja su empleo para dedicarse a la literatura militante. Al cabo de muchas experiencias amargas, vuelve a su vida de empleado y, ya sin ilusiones, dedica sus horas libres a la numismática. A la figura de Arvid se contrapone la de su hermano, Carl Nicolaus, mezquino e hipócrita aunque con un fondo de humanidad verdadera. Una serie extraordinariamente incisiva de retratos de personajes y ambientes de la sociedad sueca de finales del siglo XIX completan el impresionante edificio narrativo de la novela: figuras de la vida bohemia, periodistas sin...

"Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North? With black-and-white illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, this turning point in history is brought vividly to life.

En los veintiséis relatos que contienen este volumen, Gianni Rodari plantea y describe de forma magistral situaciones llenas de humor, imaginación y fantasía, para ofrecernos su visión del mundo que nos ha tocado vivir.

Advise yourself! Jump into Pigeon English and experience the jubilant, infectious voice of Harrison Opoku--a boy awed by the city, obsessed with gummy candy, a friend to everyone he meets. See why he is bo-styles. How being the fastest runner in Year 7 makes him dope-fine. And how crazy things get when Harri and his best friend launch their own investigation into the murder of a classmate and one of the Dell Farm Crew's hutious criminals feels them closing in on him. You'll want this book to last donkey hours, and you'll see why Harri is truly a "hero for our times." Like Room . . . and The...