Vivo cerca de un desierto (There's a Desert in My Backyard!)

Many people around the world live in the forest biome. That’s because temperate forests grow in places where winter isn’t too cold and summer isn’t too hot. Readers learn that we need to care for this biome that’s in so many backyards. Simple, accessible language describes common trees and characteristics of both evergreen and deciduous forests, and full-color photographs highlight their beauty. Animals and their adaptations to this biome are addressed in the main content as well.

In the third book in Andrea Camilleri's Montalbano series, the urbane and perceptive detective exposes a nest of corruption and international intrigue in a compelling new case. When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing boat is shot by a Tunisian patrol boat, only Montalbano suspects the link between the two incidents.

Esta baraja de tarot recrea el fantástico mundo de los no muertos desde la perspectiva clásica del ocultismo del siglo XIX y actualiza el universo de los vampiros vinculándolo al esquema tradicional de los símbolos tarot y al fecundo mito que va desde Drácula hasta el presente. Tomando el diseño gótico como referencia, este tarot representa una aportación de enorme valor para todos los amantes, aficionados y estudiosos del vampirismo.

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...

Marzo de 2009: un niño estornuda en un pueblo de México. Dos meses después, miles de personas se infectan en todos los rincones del planeta y comienza el recuento de fallecidos. Acababa de estallar la pandemia de la gripe A (H1N1), de consecuencias aún imprevisibles. En 1918, la gripe mató a millones de personas. Estamos ahora mejor preparados que hace un siglo? Ha sido exagerada la respuesta de las autoridades o se ha hecho frente al problema con la severidad necesaria? Es segura la vacuna contra la gripe? Qué consecuencias puede acarrear no vacunarse? Más allá de la gripe, pueden...