Cerca Y Lejos/Near and Far

You don't have to live in Europe to be a soccer aficionado. Known as "football" to most people, soccer is a game of speed, skill, and intricate teamwork. Among the many inspirational athletes who make soccer such an exciting sport, few compare to Lionel Messi, the renowned professional footballer from Argentina. Messi's record-breaking skills on the field have earned him the adoration of soccer fans across the globe. In this biography, readers will be exposed to one of the greatest soccer players of all time: a man whose life story is just as thrilling as his incredible ability to score goals.

Durante décadas, los toques y chirridos de la guitarra eléctrica han sido algunos de los sonidos que definen la música popular. Pero tuvo que pasar más de un siglo de esfuerzo e innovación antes de que este instrumento fuera eléctrico. For decades, the blasts and howls of the electric guitar have been some of the defining sounds of popular music. But more than a century of effort and innovation had to happen before this instrument went electric. Learn about the master craftspeople who created the guitar as we know it, the inventors who figured out how to send guitar notes through...

November 1940. A circus parade walks through the streets of Warsaw, waving a flag and singing. They are 160 Jewish children, forced by the Nazis to leave their beloved orphanage. It's a sad occasion, but led by Doctor Korczak, their inspirational director, the children are defiantly joyful. Their new home is in the ghetto, a prison for Jews. Two years later they board the train that will carry them away to the death camps. Offered his freedom, Doctor Korczak refuses to abandon the children and proudly joins them on their last journey. This profoundly moving illustrated book is based on the...

Te proponemos conocer una historia increíble, la de la Revolución Francesa, que conmovió a ese país, a Europa y cuya influencia llegó hasta los entonces dominios españoles en América. Nos tenemos que remontar a fines del lejano siglo XVIII, cuando el mundo era muy distinto al que conocemos hoy. Esta historia está repleta de intrigas y rebeliones, y descubrirás en ella a personajes inolvidables como el rey Luis XVI y su esposa la famosa María Antonieta, a líderes revolucionarios como Robespierre, Marat y Dantón, y el gran heredero de todo este proceso, nada menos que Napoleón...