Experimentos con la luz

"In this heartwarming book, brother and sister, Mark and Sara, discover the story behind the poinsettia plant--the Christmas flower (las flores de la Nochebuena)--as their family experiences the best Christmas ever."--Cover back.

Esta obra, finalista del Premio Planeta 2003 y ganadora del Premio de Novela Vargas Llosa 2005, narra la historia de Mario García, Un joven escritor de provincias que a sus 23 años ha leído mucho- tal vez demasiado- pero apenas ha salido de su pueblo y lo desconoce todo de la vida, indignado porque han dejado desierto el premio de un certamen de poesía al que, seguro de su éxito, había enviado sus poemas, decide que ha llegado el momento de viajar a Madrid y demostrarle al mudo que él es el mayor de todos los poetas.

Hamburg, 1947, a headless body is found in the ruins of a bombed out building. No evidence or identifying clues are left behind. Inspector Frank Stave, a man traumatized by the war, does not have high hopes of solving this case. When another victim is located, Stave knows he has a serial killer on his hands. The investigation that he launches puts his personal safety at risk.

Groups of American Indians had been living in the Texas region for thousands of years when American settlers decided to expand westward. This captivating book has been translated into Spanish and explores the history of American Indians in Texas and how each group found different ways to live in the region they inhabited. Readers will learn about a variety of tribes, including Karankawa tribe, Jumano, Caddo, Lipan Apache, and Shoshone and discover how they struggled to survive European colonization, the Indian Removal Act, and American expansion. Other topics include the Dawes Act, Indian...