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Colorful photographs and English and Spanish text teach children the names for some of the parts of the human body they can see. On board pages.

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...

"How do we explain human sexuality to young children? With warm language and funny illustrations, What is this? rises to this great challenge, addressing key issues such as body care, sex, conception, sexual diversity, birth control methods, pregnancy, childbirth, HIV-AIDS, and many other related topics."

Por primera vez en español se presenta una amplia muestra de la poesía coreana contemporánea. Un cuerpo poético íntimamente vinculado a la naturaleza, cuyo predominio temático con la soledad, la meditación, la contemplación de los misterios de lo cotidiano y del mundo. Poeta sutil, apegado a ciertas formas de la tradición poética coreana, Chong Chi-yong (1902-1950) elabora un rico lenguaje metafórico y simbólico que requiere de la complicidad del lector. Su obra revela a un amante de la justicia y de la belleza, que al tiempo celebra los valores autóctonos en una época de...