La rata coleccionista

"Coleccion de cuentos que suponen un retrato de la cultura indigena, para lo cual el autor tuvo que crerar ambientes, escenarios, situaciones y personajes reconocibles con claridad como parte de la geografia fisica, mitica e ideologica. Clasico de la literatura indigenista. Supersticiones, trato conyugal, tradiciones, religiosidad... el autor nos ofrece estampas increibles y risuenas de estos pueblos acorralados por nuestra civilizacion."

As a successful former slave, Clara Brown used her money to help other freed slaves get a new start in life. In 1859 Clara bought her own freedom and headed west to Colorado to find her daughter, who was sold when she was just a little girl. Clara didn't find her daughter there, but she did get rich. The people she helped became her family, and she became known as "Aunt" Clara Brown.

El autor recuerda a los niños su propia infancia, a través de unos hermosos poemas, nostálgicos y optimistas al mismo tiempo, y les despierta la inquietud por el conocimiento y el desarrollo cultural.

An asteroid hitting Earth may sound like science fiction, but it is a real danger. This book explores what the different scenarios might be and how we can prepare ourselves in case such a disaster should occur.