El fantasma negro

Dentro llevas un tesoro, pero tienes que descubrirlo. Las frases cortas de este libro pretenden hacerte reflexionar sobre tu vida: tus reacciones, tus impulsos, tu control o tu falta de control, tus aspiraciones y fantasías... Es importante que sepas adónde quieres ir, en qué quieres gastar tu vida. No mires fuera. Mira en tu interior. Acéptate como eres y, con un poco de humor, lucha por mejorar. Tienes una vida que solo tú puedes vivir. Pero si quieres ser realmente tú mismo, solo hay un modo de entrar, solo hay un puente: has de olvidarte de ti. Solo serás realmente feliz si llenas...

Rhyming text and photographs follow a pumpkin patch as it grows and changes, from seeds to plants to pumpkins ready to harvest, to jack-o-lanterns and then to seeds again. Simultaneous.

Written with sympathetic humor and compassion, this masterful portrait of upper-class decline made Ivan Goncharov famous throughout Russia on its publication in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russias dying aristocracya man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends, and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the activity necessary to participate in the real world, Oblomov manages to avoid...

With sugar skulls, sweet-smelling marigold petals and joyful songs, Hispanic families welcome back ancestors on this holiday.