John Holt

Cuando roban dos valiosas obras al óleo, se le pide a Kendall que investigue en nombre de la Compañía de Seguros. De mala gana acepta el trabajo. Luego se descubre un cuerpo, y luego otro. "¿Entonces, qué piensas?" preguntó Mollie. "¿Que pienso?" Kendall repitió. "Bueno, con dos personas muertas, creo que alguien ha estado practicando el arte del asesinato".

Civil War — the worst kind of war that any Nation could face. Fighting against itself there could be no winners in such a war, a war that divides communities, splits families, and makes enemies of longtime friends. As the first sounds of gun fire echo through the land, two friends enlist on opposite sides of the conflict. Both believe right is on their side, and both hope they will never meet each other on the battlefield, but their lives become...

Kendall podía ver la pantalla de televisión. Había una fotografía del gobernador Frank Reynolds. En la parte inferior de la pantalla, el teletipo anunciaba en grandes letras negras «Gobernador Reynolds asesinado». La voz en off estaba informaba los pormenores disponibles.. Aparentemente su cuerpo había sido descubierto temprano esa mañana. Lo habían encontrado tendido en su garaje. Le habían disparado dos veces. Un disparo en la parte superior...

"Mr. Kendall, in the past few months there have been a number of doctors who have mysteriously disappeared, or whose deaths were either alleged to be accidents, or were suicides, or they were actually murdered." Kendall made a mental note to find out about these 'other doctors.' "A number of doctors you said. How many are we talking about?" Mrs. Eaton thought for a few moments. "To my knowledge there have been at least eight cases in the past six...

Il mio nome è Daniels, Jack Daniels, proprio come il whiskey, lo conoscete. Sono un investigatore privato. E non posso fare a meno di ficcare il naso negli affari degli altri. È quel che faccio. Ci si abitua. Diventa quasi uno stile di vita. Dopo un po', diventa naturale, automatico, come respirare, o mangiare, anche se non altrettanto piacevole. È un'abitudine che non posso perdere. Non posso proprio farne a meno. Ma a volte può mettere nei...

This is a reprint of John Holt's controversial book about the rights of children and how adults and children can live and learn together more enjoyably and transparently by rethinking their relationships. Under the guise of care and protection, children are kept in the walled garden of childhood, outside the world of human experience, for longer periods than ever before in human history. But for many children and parents, the walled garden of childhood...

"The essence of John Holt's insight into learning and small children is captured in Learning All The Time. This delightful book by the influential author of How Children Fail and How Children Learn shows how children learn to read, write, and count in their everyday life at home and how adults can respect and encourage this wonderful process. For human beings, he reminds us, learning is as natural as breathing. John Holt's wit, his gentle wisdom,...

In this enduring classic, rich with deep, original insight into the nature of early learning, John Holt was the first to make clear that, for small children, "learning is as natural as breathing." In his delightful book he observes how children actually learn to talk, to read, to count, and to reason, and how, as adults, we can best encourage these natural abilities in our children.