S. J. Taylor

In this warmhearted (Kirkus Reviews) fantasy adventure set in 1700s Norway perfect for fans of Frozen and Rick Riordans Magnus Chase series, a girl and her unlikely companions brave the wilds and encounter legendary creatures as they seek to rescue her sister from the Northern Lights.Madsi has always loved the stories that her clever, strong-willed sister, Lisbet, told her late at night in their cabin. Madsi never expected Lisbet to become one of those tales. But last year, her sister disappeared in the night, snatched away by the Northern Lights.This year when the Lights appear in the sky, Madsi begs them to free her sisterand a girl falls to earth right in front of her. But its not Lisbet. This girls name is Torin, and she demands that Madsi take her to a witch who can put her back into the Lights, where she went by choice. Madsi doesnt know what to believebut if she takes Torin to the witchs mountain, maybe she can get Lisbet back. They set off, joined by Espen, an annoying (but surprisingly helpful) boy from Madsis village.Madsi has never thought of herself as brave, but as they endure the wilds and face monsters shes only heard about in tales, she finds unexpected strength. Can she also find the truth of what happened to her sister?

A heartwarming fantasy inspired by the Icelandic sagas about a girl and her friends who must save their found family when a swarm of terrifying undead invade their village, perfect for fans of Kelly Barnhill and Rick Riordans Magnus Chase.The undead are up to no good.Helga doesnt know where she comes from. All she knows is life with Goat-Thigh, who found her as a baby in the highlands and gave her a home. Goat-Thigh used to be plagued with fits of berserk furya battle rage that made him dangerous to everyone arounduntil he took in Helga. Now, Helga wont ever leave his side, even if their neighbors shun him.But their lives are disrupted when a nearby haunted mountain cracks open and a mob of vengeful undead invades the land. In the chaos, Goat-Thighs berserk fits are triggeredand hes unable to break free.To save her adoptive father, Helga will need the help of some unlikely friends to banish the undeadfrom mischievous ox tails to rowdy house crashers and frightening monsters with family secrets. Can Helga and her allies outsmart these specters and confront the deep wounds from their tangled pasts?

Las décadas pasadas han contemplado un creciente interés por el lado subjetivo de la vida social, es decir, por el modo en que las personas se ven a sí mismas y a su mundo. De ahí que la situación requiera metodos descriptivos y holisticos: metodos cualitativos de investigacion. A partir de este hecho, el presente libro trata sobre como conducir la investigacion cualitativa. Cada vez hay mas volumenes y articulos que abordan enfoques cualitativos especificos, en especial la observacion participante, perspicaces narraciones personales de ciertos investigadores de campo, y tratados sobre los fundamentos teoricos de la investigacion cualitativa. Pero hasta ahora no existia ninguna obra sintetica que proporcionara, a quienes no esten familiarizados con los metodos cualitativos, una perspectiva general de la gama de enfoques diferentes, y a la vez una guia sobre el modo de conducir realmente un estudio. La finalidad de este libro es cubrir esas carencias a partir de la propia experiencia de los autores como investigadores, de su perspectiva teorica y de sus conocimientos culturales acerca de como actuar en la vida cotidiana de manera que, a traves de esas operaciones, la investigacion cualitativa pueda llegar por fin a su mayoria de edad.