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Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1892]
Language
English
Description
The nineteenth-century author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow presents a vivid history of the Granada War, which ended Islamic rule in Spain. From 1482 to 1492, Catholic monarchs Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon mounted a series of military campaigns against the Nasrid kingdom of Granada. Washington Irving's acclaimed Chronicles of the Conquest of Granada describes the struggles and numerous battles of the ten-year conflict, which culminated...
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Don Quijote es considerada la obra literaria más influyente del Siglo de Oro español y de todo el canon literario español. La historia sigue al idealista, loco caballero y al devoto escudero con los pies en la tierra para retratar muchos temas complejos a través de una plétora de incidentes inolvidables, trágicos y cómicos, en una mezcla de gran variedad y color. El libro es insuperable como obra maestra de humor gracioso, un retrato deslumbrante...
43) Sonríe!
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
A frog explains how smiling is a great way to get through life's ups and downs.
44) Odisea
Author
Language
Español
Description
Veinte años tardará Ulises, el rey de Ítaca, en volver a su patria. Luego de luchar en la guerra de Troya por diez años, siendo uno de los héroes, Ulises emprende el regreso a su tierra natal. Pero una ofensa al dios Poseidón lo alejará de su camino por otros diez años, siendo condenado a navegar sin rumbo y a vivir las más extrañas aventuras y vicisitudes en el camino. Así, en su retorno a Ítaca, Ulises desafiará monstruos y tempestades,...
Author
Publisher
Harper & Bros
Pub. Date
1921.
Language
English
Description
“Pirates, Buccaneers, Marooners, those cruel but picturesque sea wolves who once infested the Spanish Main, all live in present-day conceptions in great degree as drawn by the pen and pencil of Howard Pyle….It is improbable that anyone else will ever bring his combination of interest and talent to the depiction of these old-time Pirates, any more than there could be a second Remington to paint the now extinct Indians and gun-fighters of the Great...
49) The angel's game
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martin, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. Close to despair, he receives a letter from a reclusive French editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime--write a book unlike anything that has ever existed--a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, and perhaps more. But as David begins...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
This cookbook is a stunning, mouthwatering homage to the unique, beloved, and healthy cuisine of Catalonia. Once an undiscovered gem among Europe's culinary traditions, the cuisine of Catalonia, a province of northeast Spain, has become an inspiration to some of the world's top chefs. Catalan Cuisine is the definitive guide to authentic Catalan cooking-the book that introduced this remarkable cuisine to America, and a volume that is found today in...
Author
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Language
English
Description
"Presents 501 commonly used Spanish verbs, arranged alphabetically by infinitive, each conjugated in all its tenses, and includes indexes of English-Spanish verbs and common irregular Spanish verb forms identified by infinitives, as well as other reference tools." --
56) Aztec revenge
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Forced to flee after killing a man who was beating a horse, Juan the Lépero, who hides his mixed heritage to escape life as a beggar, embarks on a series of adventures as a highwayman, horse thief, and wealthy caballero before resolving to rescue a man who once saved his life.
