Una colonia de Pingüinos (A Penguin Colony)

Politicians today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt came from. Not from an orgy of government spending, but as the direct result of bailing out, recapitalizing, and adding liquidity to the broken banking system. Through these actions private...

"Text and photographs describe common things that are yellow, including mustard, pencils, and lemonade"--Provided by publisher.

This is a story of three characters--Noah, Joyce, and the anonymous narrator--as each leave their far-flung birthplaces to follow their own personal songs of migration. All three end up in Montreal, each on his or her voyage of selfdiscovery, each compelled to deal with the mishaps of heartbreak and the twisted branches of their shared family tree. Filled with humor, charm, and marvelous storytelling, this novel links cartography, garbage-obsessed archeologists, pirates past and present, a mysterious book with no cover, and a broken compass whose needle obstinately points to the Aleutian...

«El fútbol nos sirve para enseñar valores a nuestros niños y jóvenes, que aprenden a jugar en equipo y a compartir responsabilidades y esfuerzos». De la introducción de Vicente del Bosque La vida es juego y el fútbol es amistad: esta es la idea que ¡Fútbol! Mucho más que un juego propone a sus jóvenes lectores. Con introducción de Vicente del Bosque e ilustraciones de María Pascual, en sus páginas descubriremos el origen y la evolución de un juego de pelota practicado ya por culturas ancestrales, que a principios del siglo XX se convirtió en el mayor espectáculo de masas...