Trabalenguas

Read about the kinds of jobs that people do as engineers, and how they use math, science, and creative thinking to solve problems.

Decades after the end of the communist regime in Hungary, the author of this book receives a call about the appearance in a file of some documents that may interest him. They contain a surprising secret that will shake him to the ground.

Cathryn Deen, considerada la actriz más bella del mundo, sufre un accidente de coche mientras es perseguida por un paparazzi. Desfigurada, cínica y con el corazón roto, se refugia en casa de su abuela, perdida en los Apalaches. Thomas perdió a su mujer y a su hijo en el atentado de las torres gemelas. Desde entonces ha luchado contra el alcohol y la desesperación y piensa que nada ni nadie puede devolverle el sentido a su vida. Hasta que conoce a Cathryn.

"My name is Book and I'll tell you the story of my life." Nonfiction like you've never read it before! Quirky and humorous, part poetry, part reflection, this is the story of the book told by none other than Book himself! This extraordinary character begins by reminding us of his origins in oral story and clay tablets, then ponders on papyrus, parchment and paper, and on being a scroll who finally gets a spine. We see him lovingly illuminated by monks in medieval monasteries, then witness the massive changes brought about by the invention of the printing press, and the coming of paperbacks...