Un agujero en la alambrada

Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian who has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the ruins and recall long-forgotten memories of her own youth. In each other, Ulysses and Evelyn find a kindred spirit amidst the rubble of war-torn Italy, and set off on a course of events that will shape Ulysses' life for the next four decades. As Ulysses returns home to London,...

Acuciosa biografía de Jules Verne, el autor de los Viajes Extraordinarios, enriquecida con textos e información novedosa. Constituye un mágico paseo por los sinuosos y complejos acontecimientos vitales que propiciaron la creación de su obra.

A 2014 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration showed that 8.7 million youths ages twelve to twenty reported drinking alcohol beyond “just a few sips” in the previous month. Those who start drinking before age fifteen are five times more likely to become dependent on alcohol than those who begin at twenty-one. This resource shows young people how to help a friend who is abusing alcohol. It arms them with facts about alcohol, how it affects the teen mind and body, how to look for signs of a problem, and how to bring others on board to help.

El libro "Soy Sordo 100%" detalla los distinos ejemplos del Audismo que impera en la mayoria de las sociedades humanas, y en este caso particular, las experiencias vividas por jovenes sordos en sus familias, socializando fuera de su hogar y en sus escuelas. La narrativa captura a cabalidad las experiencias que pasan los sordos en el proceso social de integrarse a la corriente regular del sistema de educación. Retrata en forma lo mas aproximadamente posible las vicisitudes que pasan los estudiantes sordos cuando no se toman en cuenta los recursos a los que tienen derecho por ley, como los...