Polvo y decadencia

El doctor Herman Volker ha estado investigando una nueva fórmula. Quién mejor para probarla que el desalmado asesino en serie Homer Gibbons. Donde muchos ven una merecida pena de muerte por inyección letal, Volker ve una oportunidad de hacer justicia. Le inyecta a Gibbons el fármaco que hará que mantenga la conciencia mientras su cuerpo se pudre en la tumba. Desgraciadamente, nada sale según lo planeado. En vez de ser enterrado en la prisión, llevan al asesino al cementerio de una pequeña ciudad de Pensilvania. Y toda sustancia experimental tiene efectos secundarios imprevistos… El...

Cuando, al estallar la primera guerra mundial, el padre de Albert vende su caballo al ejército británico, el chico promete ir al frente y recuperarlo. En medio de la batalla, el ruido ensordecedor de los disparos y los compañeros que perecen en el camino, el caballo se pregunta si esa guerra finalizará. Y si es así, ¿volverá a ver a Albert

Presents an easy-to-read retelling of a classic tale of a kind but poor shoemaker who gets unexpected help with his work.

Mexico’s Day of the Dead fascinates U.S readers, whether for its joyful celebration of an unusual tradition or because it simply feels like home. San Vicente lets children join the celebration as they watch the skeletons rock, rattle, and roll those long old bones as they get ready for the biggest event of their social calendar. A short and fun essay, directed toward young readers, will explain this important Mexican holiday. The works of Mexico City artist Luis San Vicente have been exhibited in Mexico, Venezuela, Europe, and the United States. He has won UNESCO’s prestigious NOMA...

Mike Mitchell is an average New Yorker struggling to keep his family together. When the Internet goes down, he suddenly finds himself fighting just to keep them alive. The electricity and power supplies fade in and out. A string of increasingly bizarre disasters start appearing on the world's news networks, and a monster snowstorm hits the city right before Christmas. But as the world and cyberworld come crashing down, New York is suddenly cut off from everything, turning into a wintry tomb where nothing is what it seems, and no one can be trusted.