Un vikingo en el jardín

Hanoi, 1946. La protagonista de esta historia, Vu Thi Lien, nacida en el banio de las Treinta y Seis Calles de Hanoi y educada en París, decide regresar a su Vietnam natal en el preciso momento en que estalla la guerra de la independencia. A partir de ese momento, ningún sufrimiento se le ahorrará a Lien, una mujer desgarrada por el mestizaje que es fruto de sus dos hogares.

El libro pretende contar un poco de la década de los cuarenta, como Trece Rosas y el fusilamiento de Quiñones entre otros hechos y siempre bajo la atracción del torbellino europeo y de lo peligro de invasión por parte de Hitler o de los Aliados y la victoria de Franco en La Guerra Civil.

Take a trip through the different forests of the world to discover where forests are located and what types of animals are native to forests. This book features colorful pictures, a detailed map of forests on earth, and vocabulary related to forests.

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.