UNA SAGA GENÉTICA: EL DESTINO DE MÓNICA

Set in an Irish fishing village, brother and sister Finn and Cara are warned never to sail away from the cove and go to Fog Island. No one has ever returned from there! Of course, they do just the opposite. Luckily, they end up having a completely different experience than what they were told and learn about where fog actually comes from.

The books in this series put within the reach of young adult readers the lives of individuals--scientists, explorers, humanists--who distinguished themselves by their contributions to history and progress. They are written in an engaging style and contain an abundance of information that brings each individual's achievements to life. Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, was king of France and emperor of the West. Since the beginning of his reign in 768, he sought to unite Western Europe by expanding into what became the Carolingian Empire. This biography explains how, thanks to his...

Curso corto sobre indicadores de economía ecológica para alcanzar la sustentabilidad en América Latina

Varlam Shalámov prosigue el desafío literario de narrar su reclusión en los campos de trabajo siberianos en los veintiocho relatos recogidos en El artista de la pala. El autor responde así al imperativo moral de retratar las leyes psicológicas, para siempre irreversibles -como las congelaciones de tercer y cuarto grado-, que Kolimá trae al mundo. Una experiencia que plantea la necesidad de una prosa nueva, que Shalámov presenta con un estilo sobrio, ajeno a los ruidos inútiles, a las bagatelas, para revivir el sentimiento y rescatar la voz de las víctimas que nunca fueron ni serán...