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Ricardo Gómez presenta unos cuentos que, pese a su crudeza, están cargados de esperanza. ¿Cómo sería tu vida en una ciudad bajo las bombas? ¿Qué harían tus padres para sobrevivir hace un millón de años? ¿Qué sería de tus hermanos en tu país sembrado de minas? ¿Cómo llega un ladrón a convertirse por un día en Papá Noel?

Novela realista sobre la violencia en los colegios, la intolerancia, el racismo y la amistad. Rubén tiene problemas en casa y en el instituto. Sue hermano está enganchado a las drogas y eso complica la vida familiar. Por otra parte, los matones del instit.

Ricardo Gómez presenta unos cuentos que, pese a su crudeza, están cargados de esperanza. Cómo sería tu vida en una ciudad bajo las bombas? ¿Qué harían tus padres para sobrevivir hace un millón de años? ¿Qué sería de tus hermanos en tu país sembrado de minas? ¿Cómo llega un ladrón a convertirse por un día en Papá Noel?

The Paper Crown is an epic historical saga that begins in 1490 Spain and spans four generations, following a Jewish merchant family's transformation into Catholic nobility and their evolution into powerful players in the Spanish colonial world. But what makes their story unique is how they turn instruments of oppression—noble titles, colonial documentation, Catholic ritual—into shields protecting the very traditions these systems sought to destroy.

Cuchu and Matias become cosmic guardians, but their greatest challenge awaits. As international coalitions coordinate global censorship and federal agents infiltrate their high school, they discover the Heritage Foundation 2.0 isn't just rewriting American history—they're systematically erasing evidence that Europe's "Dark Ages" were actually humanity's most globally connected and innovative period.

Cuchu Ramirez and Matias Kim thought they understood the scope of historical erasure. They were wrong. As federal laws now criminalize teaching about African technological achievements, they're pulled back 2,500 years to witness the Iron Age Innovations—and discover that Africa led the world in metallurgy, medicine, and artistic mastery while Europe was still struggling with basic ironworking.

The unthinkable has happened. The federal Department of Education has been eliminated, and Cuchu and Matias watch their country implement complete educational apartheid. As corporate-sanitized curricula replace real history and underground networks become students' only hope for truth, they journey back 2,000 years to witness Classical Flourishing—and discover that ancient peoples created urban sophistication that rivals anything in the modern world. But the Heritage Foundation 2.0 has achieved something terrifying: they're using supernatural power to alter collective memory itself.

The Comandante's Shadow: A Revolutionary's Fall. From Revolutionary Hero to Ruthless Dictator—The Tragic Transformation of a Nation's Dreams. In 1979, Daniel Ortega stood on the palace balcony in Managua, promising democracy and justice to a nation finally free from dictatorship. Forty-six years later, that same palace has become the center of a regime that eliminates opponents, silences critics, and rules through fear—all in the name of protecting the revolution.

The year is 1492, and two worlds are about to collide—but not the way history remembers. As the last Muslim stronghold of Granada crumbles under Catholic siege, an extraordinary conspiracy takes shape in the city's final days. Ibrahim al-Zarqali, a renowned physician whose healing arts transcend religious boundaries. Samuel Cohen, a scholar whose astronomical calculations rival those of any court astronomer. Zahra al-Rundi, the sole survivor of Ronda's brutal conquest, carrying secrets that could save—or damn—them all.

En estas tres luminosas novelas cortas, los niños navegan cambios profundos que reconfiguran sus familias y su comprensión del mundo. Un joven encuentra significado a través del fútbol mientras la enfermedad y muerte de su madre transforma los ritmos familiares. En Bogotá, una niña descubre que la máquina de coser de su madre puede hablar, revelando magia protectora tejida en sus ropas mientras planean una arriesgada huida.

What happens when you return to the place where your love story began, only to discover you're sharing the city with characters from your favorite novel? Roberto and Marianne Castellanos are celebrating their fifteenth wedding anniversary with a week in Paris—their first return since their chaotic honeymoon with all five children from their blended family. Roberto has just retired from teaching literature; Marianne retired early after a hiking accident changed how she sees the world through her camera lens.

In these three novellas, children navigate profound changes that reshape their families and their understanding of the world. A young boy finds meaning through soccer as his mother's illness and death transforms their family's rhythms. In Bogotá, a girl discovers her mother's sewing machine can speak, revealing protective magic woven into their clothes as they plan a daring escape. And in a story that blends reality with wonder, two siblings unlock the mystery of their grandmother's hidden identity through a dimensional window above their kitchen door.

Esta novela explora la vida de una familia colombiana a lo largo de tres generaciones, ilustrando cómo los temas de arte, propósito y pertenencia evolucionan a través de las experiencias de la migración. La historia está inspirada en mi historia familiar, en una recreación ficticia que comienza con Richard, un joven artista colombiano desafiante en 1900, cuya vida se entrelaza con la de Tita, su esposa. Juntos gestionan un exitoso negocio de arte en medio de la agitación política y finalmente se mudan a Canadá.