Un hada paseando por el campo

In eve of the presidential change-over, the banking is nationalized, and by means of a President's decree, the currency is devaluated in more than a hundred percent, the inflation goes up to three digits and the Mexicans' savings in "mexdollars" become pesos with little value. By the end of that six years governmental period, in which the good administration of the oil abundance was proclaimed, the country was in fact plundered and left with empty arks. This was the scenario of Mexico in 1982 and the one that serves as a background for the fictitious characters of "State Crime," a novel where ...

Los cuentos que conforman este libro, publicado en 197 giran en torno a la tragedia, la enfermedad, las obsesiones, la locura, la muerte y el amor de sus personajes; a travéz de los cuales el autor muestra la fragilidad del ser humano ante lo ineluctable del destino. Las narraciones no son truculencas, sino que oscilan entre el suspenso, cierto terror soterrado, la intriga, el miedo y la sorpresa que revela algo inesperado u oculto.

Brooke Evans está demasiado ocupada como para pensar en enamorarse. Su trabajo la absorbe por completo, y más ahora que su ayudante acaba de darse de baja por maternidad. En plena campaña navideña lo que menos necesita es pensar en los hombres, pero no tendrá más remedio que hacerlo cuando su jefe se encarga de contratar un nuevo ayudante para ella: Nick.

Written by a pediatrician, this book offers advice to parents who may be feeling like they just brought an alien home from the hospital. It is divided into two main sections: birth to 24 months and two years to age 12. In a humorous yet informative way, it addresses topics unique to these age groups, such as how to deal with colic, spitting up, and childcare for babies and growing pains, hyperactivity, and dental care in the older age group.