Las literaturas en el siglo XVIII

As a young boy, Jos Marti he traveled to the countryside of Cuba and fell in love with the natural beauty of the land. During this trip he also witnessed the cruelties of slavery on sugar plantations. From that moment, Mart began to fight for the abolishment of slavery and for Cuban independence from Spain through his writing. By age seventeen, he was declared an enemy of Spain and was forced to leave his beloved island. Marti traveled the world and eventually settled in New York City. But the longer he stayed away from his homeland, the sicker and weaker he became. On doctor's orders he...

En 1938, un brigadista norteamericano desaparece durante la batalla del Ebro, cerca de La Fatarella. Setenta años después, Barbara Stein, su nieta, viaja hasta allí para descubrir las circunstancias de su muerte. Su propósito queda truncado por un misterioso asesinato en el que se ve involucrada y que activa recuerdos traumáticos de la República y la guerra. Enfrentándose a esta nueva situación, Barbara acaba descubriendo la fascinante historia de amistad, misterio y traición que vivió su abuelo, en compañía de un niño de La Fatarella.

EL LIBRO DE LOS HECHOS INSÓLITOS reúne más de 1.500 noticias que integran un verdadero festín para el curioso. Estructurada atendiendo a distintas y variopintas áreas y dotada de un útil índice temático y onomástico, la presente obra de GREGORIO DOVAL recoge desde sucintas biografías de personajes extraordinarios (la Monja Alférez, Billy el Niño, el marqués de Sade ) e historias de descubrimientos, pérdidas y predicciones, hasta ingeniosas invenciones de productos cotidianos que van del perrito caliente al crucigrama, la razón y ocasiones en que han sucedido episodios tan fuera ...

Imagine a career where you get paid to draw all day. That's what botanical illustrators do! Get inside the mind of a botanical illustrator, and learn how their intricate drawings of plants help science. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish book ignites a curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides English language learners through every step of the engineering design process. Inspire students to pursue a STEAM career with career advice from a real person working in a STEAM field. Discover...