John Klassen

El humor ir nico caracter stico de Jon Klassen da un giro hacia lo fantasmal en esta emocionante narraci n de un cuento tradicional. En una gran casa abandonada, en una colina rida, vive una calavera. Una valiente ni a llamada Otilla escapa de un terrible peligro y cuando se encuentra perdida en el bosque oscuro, la casa solitaria la llama. Su anfitri n, la calavera, tambi n tiene miedo de algo, algo que llega todas las noches. Podr la valiente Otilla salvarlos? Llena de sombras y con un ingenio sutil, esta rica obra de arte monocrom tica es tan empoderadora como misteriosa y siniestra. Jon Klassen's signature wry humor takes a turn for the ghostly in this thrilling retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale. In a big abandoned house, on a barren hill, lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both? Steeped in shadows and threaded with subtle wit--with rich, monochromatic artwork and an illuminating author's note--The Skull is as empowering as it is mysterious and foreboding.

We all want to live well, but how can we put that desire into action? With thoughtful reflection on the biblical wisdom writers and the Rule of Benedict, Irene Nowell shows us how we too can live the good life. Each chapter includes reflection questions and meditative prayers, guiding us on a renewed journey toward wisdom and encouraging us to embody this wisdom more in our daily lives.

Qu pasar a si la oscuridad fuera algo m s que la simple ausencia de luz? Qu pasar a si la oscuridad fuera "alguien"? Laszlo le teme a la oscuridad que vive en el s tano de su casa. Una noche Laszlo se ve en una situaci n inesperada que lo obliga a dirigirse al s tano, sin imaginar lo que all le espera. "La prosa evocativa de Snicket personifica a la oscuridad otorg ndole un car cter indeleble. Posee una voz que cruje como el techo de la casa, y tan transparente y fr a como los cristales de las ventanas." Booklist. "Los lectores van a querer leer este libro una y otra vez." Library Media Connection What would happen if darkness were something more than the mere absence of light? What would happen if darkness were someone? Laszlo is scared of the dark that lives in the basement of his house. One night, he finds himself in an unexpected situation that forces him to go down to the basement, and he has no idea who's awaiting him there.

Women in 15c Bohemia express themselves on marriage, companionship, daily castle life, and family relations. The letters of the Rozmberk sisters, Perchta and Anézka, give a vivid insight into how medieval women viewed themselves. Perchta's letters inform her father that his choice of a husband for her has caused her desperate sadness andsorrow in which death seems a better alternative. Despite her unhappiness and her almost total dependence on others, however, Perchta undertook to take control of her own fate and to improve the circumstances of her life. Her letters were the means whereby she informed her father and brothers of her misery and persuaded them to take action, and in the process they tell us about her expectations of respect and companionship in marriage. The letters of bothsisters show them to be women with a vigorous sense of their own dignity and offer insights into the hopes and disappointments, joys and vexations of fifteenth-century women. The letters also introduce theenvironment and the activities of daily castle life, and offer an intimate picture of family life in the fifteenth century. JOHN M. KLASSEN is Professor of History at Trinity Western University, Canada. He was assisted in the translations by EVA DOLEZALOVA, Historical Institue, Prague, and LYNN SZABO, Trinity Western University.