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Carrie was not quite aware that she was possessed of a terrifying power. But it was enough to transform a small, quiet New England town into a holocaust of destruction.

Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

Desconcertar, liberar, serenar, centrar y descentrar, demoler los límites del lenguaje y de la lógica: éstos son sólo algunos de los objetivos de los koans, breves historias o sentencias paradójicas de la milenaria tradición zen concebidas para guiar a la conciencia por caminos insólitos hacia la plenitud. John Tarrant nos regala quince de estas joyas iluminando su belleza y su lirismo, situándolas en su contexto y en el nuestro. Para acercarnos...

La historia de una mujer que tomo grandes riesgos para salvar a 2 500 ninos de la muerte y la deportacion en Polonia, durante la ocupacion de los nazis en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.En 1942, a una joven trabajadora social, Irena Sendler, se le concedio acceso al gueto de Varsovia como especialista en salud publica. Una vez dentro, fue de puerta en puerta para rescatar a los ninos de las familias judias atrapadas en el gueto. Empezo a sacarlos a escondidas...

Morton Rainey can no longer distinguish the difference between fact and fiction, and the only thing he is sure about is that the assassinated bodies around him are real.

"A swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honor, and derring-do, it is set in France during the 1620s and richly populated with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, kings, queens, cavaliers, and criminals in a whirl of adventure, espionage, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, love, scandal, and suspense. Dumas transforms major and minor historical figures into larger-than-life characters: the brave d'Artagnan, an impetuous young man in pursuit of glory; the...

A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of her crippled cousin Colin, and Dickon the country boy, her spirit is gradually reawakened as they bring the garden back to life. Una huerfana por el nombre de Mary, la mandan a vivir a Inglaterra con su tio. Ella descubre un jardin secreto que ha sido...

When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.

The author is an American and has taught English geopolitics, livied in eight countries, traveled in 50 for 25 years. Speaks Spanish, reads German and French, some acquaintance with Farsi, Chinese, and Portuguese and Italian. Enjoys writing, reading, art, painting, horticulture, agriculture, gardening, and architecture. He is mainly Scot-Nordic ancestry, with some Swedish, Czech, German, Dutch, Irish, Creek and Cherokee and French through Scottish...