Caballos de cerca (Horses Up Close)

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.

Eleven-year-old Jenny, whose family came from Russia to America to start a new life, meets the famous Russian composer on his 1891 trip to the New World and writes about it in her diary.

Esta colección de relatos es fruto de una meditación sobre el pensamiento y la vida del pueblo coreano. Entre sus personajes hay cantores que deambulan incansablemente de sitio en sitio buscando el canto vivo de sus habitantes y la tierra que acoja sus restos después de la muerte. Los coreanos, desde tiempos remotos, viven cantando y se llaman y comunican con melodías. Las montañas, los sembrados, los mares y los ríos reciben sus cantos como plegarias y ofrendas. El canto está estrechamente vinculado al lugar de nacimiento. Fuera de él, el peregrino, cuando canta, añora su familia y...

Did you know that the first wheel was not invented for transportation or that the system used to create computers was based on the functionality of a sewing machine? In a fun way, this book teaches the history behind inventions that have changed the way we live, from Ancient Mesopotamia to the present. Important details appear at the bottom of each page, including the name of the inventor, the time period, and the place where it occurred.