Piedra de toque

1940, Francia. Louis vive con sus padres en una pequeña villa minera. La guerra es el tema central entre los clientes del Café de los Amigos, donde Louis trabaja ayudando a la señora Jean, pero que no interfiere en su vida, hasta que los nazis y la policía comienzan a arrestar judíos...

Este libro nos habla del humor con conciencia y sensibilidad. Aborda con franqueza y perspicacia las sutilezas de reírnos de otros, de nosotros mismos, o de reír por reír sin ningún motivo en particular. Este libro habla tanto cuestionando lo que es apropiado o dañino, como afrontando inquietudes relacionadas a las burlas y bromas, la intimidación y agresión, ¿Qué es divertido? se centra en el desarrollo del carácter y en importantes conflictos de valores que los padres, profesores y profesionales que trabajan con niños, enfrentan hoy en día. Este título hace parte de la...

Lara Finch lives a lie. Everyone thinks she is happily married to the faithful Sam. She is actually super bored and misses working. Behind Sam's back, she takes a job in London. Twice a week she takes the sleeper train, where she meets Ellen and Guy. One Friday, Lara disappears from the train without a trace. Her friend Iris does not believe the official story she is told about the disappearance and decides to start her own investigation. Iris cannot believe what she finds out.

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...