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Marty Bronson raises his son and daughter on his own. He has to sell his homey motel to Barry Nottingham who promises to make Marty's son manager. But, Nottingham pulls down the motel and builds a pricey hotel. Now grown up, Marty's son, Skeeter, works as a janitor and general servant. He still dreams of becoming the manager. When Nottingham announces a brand-new hotel, built on an existing school's property, he makes his future son-in-law, Kendall,...
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"El psicólogo argentino, Jorge Bucay, presenta Déjame que te cuente, un libro que ha vendido más de 2 millones de copias alrededor del mundo desde su publicación en el 2002. Usando su método de contar historias como herramienta para el crecimiento personal, el terapeuta Jorge Bucay comparte una serie de cuentos que sirven como metáforas para situaciones de la vida diaria. Demián es un joven ansioso por aprender cómo enfrentar los obstáculos...
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"The octopus Grandma is cooking has grown to titanic proportions. ¡Tenga cuidado! Ramsey shouts. Be careful! But it's too late. The octopus traps Grandma! Ramsey must use both art and intellect to free his beloved abuela. Then the story takes a surprising twist. And it can be read two ways. Open the fold-out pages to find Ramsey telling a story to his family. Keep the pages folded, and Ramsey's octopus adventure is real. This beautifully illustrated...
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"A girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person...
6) Life of Pi
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A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
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Marty Bronson raises his son and daughter on his own. He has to sell his homey motel to Barry Nottingham who promises to make Marty's son manager. But, Nottingham pulls down the motel and builds a pricey hotel. Now grown up, Marty's son, Skeeter, works as a janitor and general servant. He still dreams of becoming the manager. When Nottingham announces a brand-new hotel, built on an existing school's property, he makes his future son-in-law, Kendall,...
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"Alma Cruz ha decidido ponerle punto final a su carrera de escritora, pero teme acabar como su amiga, una exitosa novelista arrastrada a la locura por un libro que jamás terminó de escribir. Por eso, cuando hereda un modesto terreno en República Dominicana, se le ocurre sepultar allí sus decenas de manuscritos inconclusos. Quiere que descansen en paz en la misma tierra donde yacen sus raíces. Pero a diferencia de Alma, los protagonistas de sus...
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This little fish has a very big imagination! Every day, Tiddler is late for school, and every day he has another tall tale for his teacher. But did he really ride a seahorse? Did he really meet a mermaid? And who will believe him when he really does get captured in a net?
10) The book thief
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The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them.
13) Braids
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Isabella loves spending time with Abuela, especially when the two share stories while Abuela braids Isabella's hair.
14) El hablador
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With his characteristic technical genius, Mario Vargas Llosa counters two worlds that appear at odds with each other - our modern societies and the people that live in total harmony with the natural environment. Steering the reader in a vertiginous journey through the collective mind of the Machiguenga Indians, Vargas Llosa expounds, once again, on one of his obsessions: the role fiction plays in the life of humanity.
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La narración ayuda a los niños a controlar sus emociones, empatizar con los demás y comprender mejor el mundo complejo en el que vivimos. Más importante aún, la narración cultiva un vínculo rico y significativo entre el narrador y el oyente, generando intimidad y confianza entre padres e hijos. West y Sarosy destilan los ingredientes clave de la narración en un método sorprendentemente simple que puede convertir a cualquiera en un narrador...
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De Cenicienta, El gato con botas o La bella durmiente del bosque, a cuentos menos populares como Riquete el del Copete o Los tres deseos, pasando por Barba Azul o Pulgarcito, esta es una antología de cuentos clásicos con toda la magia que supo otorgarle su autor: Charles Perrault.
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Una niña curiosa escucha con atención la historia que le cuenta su abuela. Es una historia que le enseña que, aunque con el paso del tiempo cambien muchas cosas, el amor siempre se mantiene igual; tal y como sucedía años atrás, seguimos anhelándolo y queremos rodearnos de aquellos que nos quieren.
A curious girl attentively listens to her grandmother's stories. She learn that, even though the passage of time changes much, love always remains....
18) Cuenta conmigo
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Twenty years since their last session, Demián decides to set out to find his former therapist. Together, they can easily revive their former bond and explore the deepest corners of the human condition and the inevitable challenges of life through the problems that plague Demián. Through reflections and witty dialogues, Jorge Bucay meditates on the trials and conflicts that affect us all and against which we are obligated to take responsibility and...
19) El hilo azul
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"Todas las familias guardan secretos, incluso las que parecen perfectas. Los Whitshank no son una excepción a esa regla, pero ¿quiénes son realmente los Whitshank? Pues una familia de clase media americana afincada en Baltimore desde 1920. A simple vista, parecen un clan unido por el afecto y la solidaridad. Sin embargo, pronto descubriremos que en el retrato que hacen de sí mismos solo aparece una parte de la fotografía. ...
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