Nostalgia

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...

Aunque acuñado por primera vez en Alemania tras la Primera Guerra Mundial, sólo en los últimos veinticinco años encarnado por rostros visibles que van desde Ronald Reagan y Margaret Thatcher a Bill Clinton y George W. Bush, o desde Tony Blair a, en España, José María Aznar el término " neoliberalismo " ha adquirido un uso más corriente, designando por lo general las políticas relacionadas con la desregulación de las economías nacionales, la liberalización del comercio o la creación de un mercado global único. Manfred B. Steger y Ravi K. Roy ofrecen en esta breve introducción...

This Spanish-translated nonfiction title gives children an in-depth look at what a career as a police officer is like. Readers will learn about various aspects of life as a police officer--from being accepted into the academy to keeping streets safe. Readers will learn what a typical day in the police academy is like as well as a day in the field as an officer. Through helpful charts and diagrams and colorful images in conjunction with informational text and stunning facts, readers discover important aspects of keeping communities safe, including what's inside the patrol car, K-9 units,...

Carlitos and the rest of the Peanuts gang help present a host of facts about how people live in various environments around the world.