El niño de la bota

The Suicide Shop, set in a futuristic world, is about the Tuvache family who sells the means for people to kill themselves (ropes tied for hanging, poison in bottles, and more). Mishima, Lucrece, and their children Vincent, Marilyn, and Alan are in the business to help others, though they cannot personally use any of their products. When asked why not, their mother replies that Ive told you a hundred times: because its impossible. Whod look after the shop? However, the parents have tried out one item and greatly regret this decision for most of the book. You see, they tested a condom with a...

Helps youngsters learn about these colorful figures and their fascinating lives through riddles, question and answer games, and activities. PP.

El diario de Miguel es el testimonio de la vida de un niño que, como tantos otros, cuenta aquello que para él, y solo para él, pudo ser importante. A poco de iniciar la lectura de sus páginas, vamos descubriendo que su historia, más allá de ser única, esconde muchas referencias a personajes y momentos que nos resultan conocidos, familiares, en tanto en cuanto nos recuerdan a seres, lugares y episodios asociados a la vida del poeta Miguel Hernández.

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...