Ganado y petróleo (Cattle and Oil)

Tula Springs is the tale of Bobby Pickens, assistant manager of Sonny Boy Bargain Store, who gains a new lease on life, though he almost comes to regret it. Bobby's handsome half-brother F.X. moves in, and things go awry all over town. Mistaken identities; entangled romances with Burma, Toinette, and Donna Lee; assault and battery; charges of degeneracy; a nervous breakdown--it all comes to a head at a Christmas Eve party in a cabin on a poisoned swamp. This is sly, madcap romp that offers readers the gift of abundant laughter. La pl�cida y aburrida vida de Mr. Pickens, el neur�tico...

Brief biographies of well-known men and women, from ancient time to the present day, who made significant contributions in various fields.

POSORR PO'MORREÑETS: La canción del murciélago es otra de las historias ancestrales de la épica yanesha que recogí directamente de Chomoch, el Paller o sabio de la comunidad nativa Ashaninka-Yanesha san jerónimo de Puerto Yurinaki en la Amazonía peruana que se injerta en esa narración de bimorfismo, hombre-vampiro o hombre-murciélago, que desde Drácula hasta Batman hizo fluir ríos de tinta e hizo soñar a millones de personas. La historia, ambientada en una época en la que los animales tenían características y comportamientos como los humanos, tiene como protagonista a un...

A foundered Victorian ship looking for the fabled Northwest Passage holds a secret in its icy grave... When Dirk Pitt of NUMAr is almost blown to pieces in a lab explosion, he suspects sabotage. The lab in question belongs to a scientist hoping to use a rare mineral to combat greenhouse gases - but who would want to destroy our one chance to save the planet? However, there are those who will do anything to control such a valuable prize. Pitt's investigations take him to the Arctic in search of a clue to the origins of this precious mineral. There he and NUMAr colleague Al Giordino must battle ...