Mi vida como pionero

Hace ya varios decenios que Edith Pearlman viene reclamando un puesto entre los grandes cuentistas de todos los tiempos. Su modo incomparable de ver la realidad, su consumada maestria, su ingenio amplio y generoso, han dado lugar a que se la compare con Anton Chejov, John Updike, Alice Munro, Grace Paley y Frank O' Connor." Miel del desierto" constituye una asombrosa recopilacion de relatos y viene a ser una autentica celebracion de la autora. Sean cuales sean sus personajes, Pearlman los conoce a todos, intimamente, y nos los describe con insuperable generosidad. Su prosa, tan afinada como...

Children explore the concepts of big and small in the world around them, from big round pancakes to tiny little seashells.

November 1940. A circus parade walks through the streets of Warsaw, waving a flag and singing. They are 160 Jewish children, forced by the Nazis to leave their beloved orphanage. It's a sad occasion, but led by Doctor Korczak, their inspirational director, the children are defiantly joyful. Their new home is in the ghetto, a prison for Jews. Two years later they board the train that will carry them away to the death camps. Offered his freedom, Doctor Korczak refuses to abandon the children and proudly joins them on their last journey. This profoundly moving illustrated book is based on the...

As they say, necessity is the mother of invention, and this book introduces readers to 14 women who invented very useful, helpful items. They include Chicago native Margaret Wilcox who invented the car heater, Indiana native Marion O'Brien Donovan who invented disposable diapers, Pennsylvania native Stephanie Kwolek who invented Kevlar, and Austria-born actress Hedy Lamar whose secret communications systems led to the creation of WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS.