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Twelve American tourists join an art expedition that begins in the Himalayan foothills of China - dubbed the true Shangri-La - and heads south into the jungles of Burma. But after the mysterious death of their tour leader, the carefully laid plans fall apart, and disharmony breaks out among the pleasure-seekers.

Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is one of Japan's most beloved writers and poets, known particularly for his sensitive and symbolist children's fiction. This volume collects stories which focus on Miyazawa's love of space and his use of the galaxy as a metaphor for the concepts of purity, self-sacrifice and faith which were near and dear to his heart.

Unfortunately, when the Lady created the world of Timonde as her own private dollhouse, she condemned millions of people to the cruel rule of an evil empire and its dark god of death, Orcus. When he points out the horrors she's committed, the Lady decides she must submit herself to a thousand years of slumber, lest she damage the world more.

A haunting dream that will not relent pulls author Kent Nerburn back into the hidden world of Native America, where dreams have meaning, animals are teachers, and the "old ones" still have powers beyond our understanding. In this moving narrative, we travel through the lands of the Lakota and the Ojibwe, where we encounter a strange little girl with an unnerving connection to the past, a forgotten asylum that history has tried to hide, and complex, unforgettable characters.

Canary Islands, 1882: Explorer and plant biologist Niklas Bruunis researches a species alleged to have hallucinogenic qualities capable of eliminating the psychic limits between one human mind and another. Buenos Aires, 1983: Born to a white Argentinian anthropologist and a black Brazilian engineer, Cassio comes of age with the Internet, and demonstrates the skills and personality that will make him one of the first great Argentine hackers. The southern Argentinian techno-hub of Bariloche, 2024: Piera, on the same research group as Cassio, studies human DNA.

Desde el sur del continente americano, en la soledad de las montañas y los bosques, cerca de los hielos y los valles, mirando de frente el desierto y el mar, estos relatos nacen con toda la fuerza de un pueblo que se nos revela con su mezcla maravillosa de paisajes y ciudades de bullicios vigorosos. Un desborde de energía en la urbe que se esconde entre las cumbres, poblada de gente creativa y heredera de culturas que lentamente se encuentran con el paso de la historia.

Segundo volumen de una colección de cuentos desde el sur del mundo donde la soledad de desiertos y estepas, montañas y campos incitan al relato, la conversación y la poesía. La naturaleza se hermana con el habitante americano y en una relación estrecha, simbiótica, hay un permanente acto de recreación que a veces es profundo y dramático, otras plácido y dérmico, siempre sensual y mágico.