El Universo

In one of his works, Barthes wrote; "If I was a writer and I was dead, I would like that my life be reduced through the care of a friendly and confident biographer, to some details ... whose distinction and mobility could be translated out of any destiny."And Calvet has made it.

El libro de los secretos es la obra culminante y la suma espiritual de Farid ad-Din Attar, el gran maestro iranio de los siglos XII-XIII, a cuya autoría se deben, entre otros títulos célebres traducidos a lenguas europeas, El lenguaje de los pájaros y El libro divino. Attar es uno de los mayores místicos del Islam sunita iraní de los siglos VI-VII de la Hégira (siglos XII-XIII). Sin duda es el aspecto didáctico de esta obra lo que ha alejado de ella la atención de los traductores, pero es precisamente este aspecto el que nos ha seducido. Esta obra nos parece una síntesis de la...

This engaging volume takes a close look at the legend of Joaquin Murrieta, the man who came to be known as the Robin Hood of Eldorado. Dynamic text tells the story of Murrieta, with plenty of exciting age-appropriate details, but also examines the complex relationship between fact and fiction in legends such as his. Interesting and informative historical background on the California Gold Rush and the role of Mexicans and Californios in the area at the time round out this fun and informative volume.

The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated to the US Supreme Court. Before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx. Justice Sotomayor didn't have a lot growing up, but she had what she needed -- her mother's love, a will to learn, and her own determination. With bravery she became the person she wanted to be. With hard work she succeeded. With little sunlight and only a modest plot from which to grow,...