NOVEDADES

After vanquishing a demon king, saving her mom, and reconnecting with her friend Danny, Momo ought to be living the life she's always wanted. But lately, Danny has been ditching her to hang out with mean-girl Ryleigh—and groups of kids have begun vanishing without a trace. Then a whole backyard full of cool kids at Ryleigh's exclusive birthday party becomes the latest to disappear, leaving Momo, Ryleigh, Danny, boy band superstar Jin, and Momo's old friend Niko the fox to fight a dangerous new enemy from Shinto legend.

The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this new world order: A mother’s husband is killed in a work accident due to negligence; a young woman fights to fund her school for impoverished children; a well-intentioned young man unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects his wealth no matter the cost, all the while war cries are heard from France, as Napoleon sets forth a violent master plan to become emperor of the world. As institutions are challenged and toppled in unprecedented fashion, ripples of change ricochet through our characters’ lives as they are left to reckon with the future and a world they must rebuild from the ashes of war.

En este nuevo escenario, diversas condiciones se articularon para que Imbert se agenciara un ilimitado poder, tales como la debilidad de las fuerzas dominantes, el vacío de poder existente, su recia personalidad que se sumaba a la condición de héroe nacional, su innegable vocación, el haber asumido en los albores del conflicto bélico la representación de los militares de San Isidro, la urgencia que tenían los norteamericanos de instalar un gobierno títere que sirviera de contrapeso al gobierno de Caamaño y, por último, sus tradicionales y conocidos vínculos con la Embajada de los Estados Unidos y sus agregados militares. Todo lo anterior le confería a Imbert un talante por encima de sus congéneres, capaz de infundir pavor tanto a los líderes políticos como a los militares. Las no disimuladas ambiciones políticas de Imbert se cristalizaron tras el estallido de la Revolución de Abril de 1965, cuando el emisario del presidente Lyndon B. Johnson, John Bartlow Martin, lo catapultó al poder, con la aquiescencia de los poderes fácticos que dominaban la sociedad dominicana en esta etapa.

La Florida y República Dominicana están unidas por su cercanía humana, cultural y geográfica desde hace muchos siglos. Ahora, estos inigualables escritores refuerzan esa unión fraterna con esta selección de cuentos: Sin distancia. De sus diferentes estilos nace la alquimia de los cinco formulando literaturas imperecederas. Tres hombres y dos mujeres: Osvaldo Fernández, Eugenio Fortunato, José E. García, Genoveva Del Orbe y Nancy Mejías crean cuentos que poseen el tesón, el valor suficiente para sembrar germinados relatos en la Florida y nuestra media isla, cuentos que son aptos para aire y mar, para isla, península y continente. Su narrativa clara y expresiva, realista e imaginaria, nos reconecta con ese nuevo mundo que es y será siempre América. Mercedes Morales

The Lorax describes nine kid-friendly inventions from around the world that are helping keep our planet green! From a googly-eyed garbage eating machine to Living Seawalls to edible water “bottles” these amazing inventions will inspire children to think creatively about the world around them and take a fresh look at life’s challenges! Illustrated with bright, cheerful art and full-color photographs, Green Machines includes brief biographies on the diverse inventors included in the book, plus a brainstorming activity to encourage young readers to think like inventors. It’s a perfect choice to nurture a love and respect for the natural world—as well as a love of reading and creative thinking!

Watch out for that crocodile! Get ready for a wild ride as Jack and Annie find themselves in the Amazon Rainforest on a dangerous journey. From killer ants to vampire bats, they never know what they’ll run into next! Soon, they’re hopelessly lost (and a monkey seems to be stalking them. . . what’s that about?). Can they find their way through the jungle before it gets dark? For the first time experience this gripping adventure as a graphic novel, bursting with vibrant full-color art that brings the magic to life!