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3) Encounter
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A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.
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After their parents' deaths, siblings Liza and John Carroll are placed in the care of their uncle, a traveling con artist who scams the grieving with fradulent spirit photographs, until they arrive at a Spiritualist commune where the barrier between the living and the dead is very thin.
12) The shade tree
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"Villagers like to come to rest and cool down in the shade of a huge, old tree. But when a young traveler decides to join them one day, a rich man on whose land the tree stands demands they leave because he owns the tree and therefore its shade. Thinking fast, the traveler strikes a deal: one that will enable him to outsmart the rich man--and ensure that the villagers will always have access to the shade tree's shade, wherever it may fall. With simple,...
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"Arturo y la Verdad acaban de conocerse y ahora mismo no son muy amigos... Y es que hoy Arturo ha hecho algo mal y sabe que su madre le pedirá explicaciones. ¿Dirá la verdad?, ¿o tratará de retorcerla, distorsionarla o taparla? ¿Qué harías tú?"--Amazon.
Arturo had disobeyed his mother and ridden his brother's bike. Unfortunately he accidently damaged it (and his mother's car!) so decided to try to hide the truth to avoid trouble with...