La historia de las innovaciones victorianas: Fracciones equivalentes (The History of Victorian Innovations: Equivalent Fractions)

In one of his works, Barthes wrote; "If I was a writer and I was dead, I would like that my life be reduced through the care of a friendly and confident biographer, to some details ... whose distinction and mobility could be translated out of any destiny."And Calvet has made it.

Un chiquillo inmigrante, que se busca la vida vendiendo periódicos, se topa en varias ocasiones con un hombre que sale cada día a pasear con sus perros. Una noche el niño aparece en un portal consumido por la fiebre, y el hombre decide hacerse cargo de él. Así comienza una historia que se va complicando a medida que se descubre que el chico había estado en manos de una banda de delincuentes que, según se sospecha, se dedica a distintas actividades criminales, entre ellas la pedofilia y el tráfico de órganos.

Tula Springs is the tale of Bobby Pickens, assistant manager of Sonny Boy Bargain Store, who gains a new lease on life, though he almost comes to regret it. Bobby's handsome half-brother F.X. moves in, and things go awry all over town. Mistaken identities; entangled romances with Burma, Toinette, and Donna Lee; assault and battery; charges of degeneracy; a nervous breakdown--it all comes to a head at a Christmas Eve party in a cabin on a poisoned swamp. This is sly, madcap romp that offers readers the gift of abundant laughter. La pl�cida y aburrida vida de Mr. Pickens, el neur�tico...

It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday and the class tries to bake a cake but winds up inside it, learning about mixtures and reactions that occur when ingredients are put together."