Jackie Robinson: Un héroe en el campo de béisbol: Read-Along eBook

Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies on October 12, 1492. Today, October 12 honors Columbus’ adventurous spirit as well as his Italian-American heritage. Easy-to-follow bilingual text in English and standard Latin American Spanish explains the holiday’s history and contemporary celebrations in accessible terms. Photographs illustrate Columbus’ life as well as modern celebrations of the holiday in his honor.

Although we rarely consider it today, it was remarkable that the small forces of the American colonies were the victors of the American Revolution. After all, England was the most powerful nation in the world at that time. This entertaining volume, an appealing way to present the important facts surrounding the Revolution, takes readers into the biographies of the Founding Fathers as well as George III and his advisors. The crucial events and decisions that ultimately led to England's loss are presented in an accessible narrative that will appeal to young historians and Revolutionary War...

Inspirada en la reflexión serena sobre la realidad íntima y sobre la existencia, la obra de Francisco Brines, reunida aquí en edición definitiva, trasluce coherencia y constancia, y, a la vez, sutiles transformaciones. Así, la lucidez precoz de Las brasas (1960, Premio Adonais 1959) da paso a los poemas histórico-narrativos que conforman Materia narrativa inexacta (1965) y al sinuoso y reflexivo Palabras a la oscuridad (1966, Premio de la Crítica). Aún no (1971) abre caminos nuevos, como la sátira y un desgarrado existencialismo que preconiza la visión desengañada y metafísica de...

Artículos magistrales acerca de la teoría del arte y la estética en Asia. Incluye estudios sobre los orígenes y el uso de las imágenes en la India, la visión del arte del maestro Eckhart, sobre los conceptos de paroksha y abhasa, etc.