En el filo del cenote

Discover Barcelona through a pop-up book, from the mountains to the sea to the river: the city's best-known spots and its hidden secrets. Learn about the city's different districts through this series of captivating stories. Te invitamos a descubrir Barcelona de la mano de un libro pop-up. Te llevaremos a lugares encantadores, de la monta�a al mar, del r�o Llobregat al Bes�s, la ciudad m�s conocida y la que esconde secretos. Pasea por cada p�gina con curiosidad para ver fragmentos de diferentes distritos de la ciudad. Barcelona pop-up es una ciudad ilustrada y llena de historias que ...

Inspector Bismark Pacheco, the most respected man in Costa Rica, would rather practice playing his tuba, but he is called to the mountain resort of Monteverde to investigate an armed robbery of a group of tourists, and Pacheco soon finds himself pitted against a group of clever professional criminals.

Candela always passes in front of a house covered with vines on her way home from school. The old mansion has been abandoned for so long that it must be concealing some sort of mystery. She has kept her distance, fearfully quickening her pace, but today a disturbing detail has called her attention: the glass door to the first-floor balcony is ajar. And if that isn't enough, she also seems to hear a whispering voice. Is there someone in the house? Curiosity can be more powerful than fear, and Candela obeys her instinct and crosses the threshold to find out who--or what--is hiding within.

Soledad Acosta de Samper (Bogotá, 1833-1913) escribió sin cesar hasta el año de su muerte. En el período estudiado la autora emerge como escritora en su "diario de juventud" (1853) y emprende luego una escritura pública como corresponsal de periódicos desde París. Ambos espacios le permiten construir una voz autorial para presentarse como novelista y posteriormente fundar su propio proyecto editorial con su periódico La Mujer (1878-1881). Dentro de esta compleja historia de escritura, este libro propone entender su primera etapa narrativa como un "relato letrado de género": se trata...