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One year just after Christmas when Ximena is thirteen, she overhears her parents talking - a conversation she is not supposed to hear. She catches the word, "father," but wonders why they are whispering? Federico is the only father Ximena has ever known since he and her mom married six years ago. Of course, she knows she has a biological father, but her mom never talks about him - and Ximena never asks. All she knows is that he is "away" and doesn't live near them. But after overhearing her parents' discussion, she starts to wonder why she has no contact with him. At the same time, too, life...

Puntos de partida offers the most teacher- and student-friendly textbook on the market as well as a host of exciting new features, most notably a state-of-the-art Instructor Edition. This Instructor Edition offers more teaching apparatus than any other introductory Spanish book on the market. An enlarged trim size, extensive annotations, and other special features sets Puntos de partida apart from every book on the market, both physically and because of the breadth and quality of the marginal annotations.

The book studies the relation between the avant-garde and graphic humour in two critical historical periods: the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the early years of the Cuban Revolution (1959-1961). It focuses on the so-called war magazines in Spain on the Republican side (No Veas, Trincheras, and LEsquella de la Torratxa,among others) and the Francoist side (Vértice and La Ametralladora). In the part devoted to Cuba, the analysis covers the newspaper Revolución and the avant-garde humour magazine El Pitirre, which ran simultaneously to the cultural supplement Lunes de Revolución and...

Cuento para dormir para niños a partir de dos años. Edición bilingüe (español y árabe), con audiolibros y videos en línea en español (castellano y columbiano) y árabe Tim no puede dormir. ¡Su lobo pequeño no está! ¿Quizás lo olvidó afuera? Solo se encamina a la noche – y recibe inesperadamente compañía... ♫ ¡Escucha la historia leída por hablantes nativos! En el libro encontrará un enlace que le dará acceso gratuito a audiolibros y vídeos en ambos idiomas. ► NUEVO: ¡Con dibujos para colorear! Las ilustraciones de la historia se pueden descargar para colorear a...