Las literaturas en el siglo XVIII

La pasión amorosa, auténtico motor de gran parte de la mejor literatura, aparece en El desierto del amor como objeto de análisis en sus aspectos más oscuros. A partir de Maria Cross, la protagonista de esta novela que atraviesa un sinfín de miserias morales, Mauriac analiza los conflictos que habitan en el interior de los humanos, su lucha constante contra el mal, desde una particular entonación romántica.El desierto del amor es una novela turbadora, donde Mauriac reconstruye con precisión quirúrgica la psique de tres personajes atrapados por la soledad, la degradación de un mundo...

Now in Spanish, children share their love for farm animals in this simple nonfiction reader from an award-winning photographer. Simple, joyful text accompanies Shelley Rotner's vibrant and heartwarming photographs of children and animals on the farm, from pigs, to chickens to piglets too. Young readers will learn to identify adult farm animals and their babies and will identify with the children's looks of wonder at being close to creatures big and small. Now available in Spanish. ¡Me Gusta Leer! provides emerging Spanish language readers with translations of popular I Like to Read® books....

Explore the various islands that make up the Caribbean including the different plants and animals that inhabit this tropical paradise. Bright, dazzling photographs bring the Caribbean to life as readers are exposed to vocabulary related to the unique activities and customs of the Caribbean.

In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking 'forty-niners!' With black-and-white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life!