Resultados para "A" en Explorar el mundo

La novela negra puede y debe romper algunos moldes: «Necesita dar un salto al vacío, y una extraña pirueta en el aire. El requisito es no tener ni vértigo ni miedo», dice David Llorente. No podemos estar más de acuerdo. La literatura noir necesita también de autores con propuestas...

Emilio Renzi, escritor y álter ego de Ricardo Piglia, aparece y reaparece en sus novelas. Ahora, con estos diarios que publica Piglia y firma Renzi, da testimonio de su carrera literaria. El autor vuelve la vista atrás y rescata los diarios escritos a lo largo de más de medio siglo, entre...

Myrtle Stormwhisper is certain of one thing: she has given up magic for good. But when a knock at the door calls for her to pick up her wand again, she doesn't know if she can. It's been so long since Myrtle has cast a spell – what if she’s forgotten how? Some very strange characters live in...

Para los fanáticos de El camioncito azul, El camión rojo y La pequeña locomotora que sí pudo, llega esta oda en verso a un colorido autobús de América del Sur y a la esencia colectiva de su gente. Este alegre libro-álbum rimado es el primer libro de la autora, fue ilustrado por la...

Claudie Wells wants more than anything to be a person whose imagination can fly, instead of a person whose feet are stuck on the ground. She believes everyone has a talent except for her. She’s growing up in the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City during the 1920s...

Molly’s story continues in the second book in her series. Molly is at summer camp, which is full of exciting surprises. But when it's time for a game of Color War, she's afraid the fun may end. She and her friends are on different teams, and they have to compete against each other. Back at...

What Harry Potter did for magic, Max Einstein does for kids' imaginations! Max leads a group of kid geniuses in this #1 New York Times bestseller officially approved by the Albert Einstein archives. Max Einstein is not your typical genius. She ... Hacks the computer system at NYU to attend...

From the creative team behind the bestselling, Caldecott Medal--winning Finding Winnie comes an extraordinary wartime adventure seen through the eyes of the world's most beloved bear. Here is a heartwarming imagining of the real journey undertaken by the extraordinary bear who inspired...

Las noticias sobre varios suicidios en una multinacional se mezclan a las protestas de los indignados en Madrid. Un hombre es hallado muerto en el Retiro. A primera vista el cadáver parece encajar con los otros casos, pero según la comisaria Ruiz algo no encaja. Con la ayuda del veterano...

An unnatural fog, lingering for weeks, has settled over the Stockholm archipelago, home to twelve-year-old Tuva. No one can explain it. Tuva, attuned to the mysteries of the sea, has her suspicions. When her classmate and his mother nearly drown in the damp, choking fog, Tuva seeks answers about its supernatural nature. And the truth she uncovers is more wondrous—and sinister—than she could have imagined.

L'auteur nous régale d'un texte dont les mots enrichissent, soutiennent, et affirment les identités culturelles des enfants noirs. Un vrai trésor, ce livre déborde de messages positifs et motivants pour montrer aux enfants l'avenir illimité devant eux.

Some stories are too important to be forgotten. During the Great Depression, families living deep in the Appalachian mountains had little access to books. But a group of determined women changed that. They rode horses and mules over steep mountain trails, carrying saddlebags full of stories to...

Mujeres que reclaman su derecho a trabajar en un mundo de hombres, valientes guerreras indias, forajidas del Oeste americano, inmigrantes sin pelos en la lengua, heroínas atrapadas en tenebrosos bosques… Estas son algunas de las protagonistas de La nueva mujer: relatos de escritoras...

Meet a man who was a medical doctor, a geologist, and a surveyor who also knew botany, zoology, and chemistry. Douglass Houghton was all of these, even though he stood barely five feet, four inches tall. Follow his trail as Michigan's first state geologist, as he explores the unknown wilderness of both peninsulas, in the 1830s and 1840s to discover the potential resources of a brand-new state.

Hastiado de la aburrida vida universitaria, el excéntrico profesor y detective amateur Gervase Fen (La juguetería errante y Asesinato en la catedral) decide tomarse un descanso y trasladarse al remoto pueblo de Sanford Angelorum, en plena campiña inglesa, para presentarse como candidato al...

William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist–Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Best Fiction for Young Adults–Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) CCBC Choices–Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Amelia Bloomer Book List–American Library...

Blue Wing lives with her guardian Siringen, a shark caller, on the outskirts of her village. She’s desperate to become a shark caller herself to avenge the death of her parents, who were killed by a notorious shark, Xok. But it’s against tradition for a girl to become one, and Siringen...

Suspendido de empleo y sueldo, el exinspector de policía Manuel Bianquetti se ve obligado a malvender sus servicios como investigador privado hasta que recibe un encargo aparentemente sencillo: proteger a un importante empresario durante su estancia en la ciudad. Sin embargo, lo que parece...

With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie’s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try as she might, Gie Gie cannot bring the water closer; she cannot make it run clearer. Every morning, she rises before the sun to make the long journey to the well. Instead of a crown, she wears a heavy pot on her head to collect the water.

In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a selection of people who experienced the 2010 Haiti Earthquake.