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Elogiado por la crítica, admirado por lectores de todas las edades, en escuelas y universidades de todo el país y traducido a una multitud de idiomas, llega una nueva traducción al español de un clásico, de la mano de Fernanda Melchor. La casa en Mango Street es la extraordinaria historia de Esperanza Cordero. Contada a través de una serie de relatos --a veces desgarradores, a veces profundamente alegres-- es el historia de una niña latina que crece en un barrio de Chicago, inventando por sí misma en qué y en quién se convertirá. Pocos libros de nuestra era han conmovido a tantos lectores. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Praised by critics, admired by readers of all ages, in schools and universities across the country, and translated into a multitude of languages, now comes a new Spanish translation by Fernanda Melchor of this classic. The House on Mango Street tells the extraordinary story of Esperanza Cordero. Told through a series of vignettes -- sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyful -- this is the tale of a Latin girl who grows up in a Chicago neighborhood, discovering for herself what and who she will become. There are only a few books in this era that have touched so many readers.
De que rio se nos habla en ese extrano exilio que es la escritura?
En el primero de los dos textos que constituyen esta obra, Biografia ilustrada de Mishima, el ilustre autor japones reflexiona, aunque carece de cabeza y se le dificulta la creacion de palabras. Mishima habia advertido, sobre todo en los ultimos tiempos, que no podia haber una sin la otra. Tambien se da cuenta de que el mecanismo podia consistir en colocar un universo terrible como si fuese una suerte de escudo contra lo que ese mismo mundo iba produciendo.
En el segundo texto, Los fantasmas del masajista, Joao se dedica a dar alivio a quienes padecen dolor debido a deformidades o mutilaciones fisicas, en tanto que su madre es una gran declamadora. Ambos se ven unidos, mas alla de la muerte de ella, por su misteriosa reencarnacion en el cuerpo de un loro. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONIn Biografia ilustrada de Mishima, the first of two texts that make up this work, the illustrious Japanese author is deep in reflection--even though he is headless and has a difficulty creating words. Lately, Mishima has reached the conclusion that one cannot exist without the other. He also realizes that the mechanism could lie in placing a terrible universe as a kind of shield to protect against what that same universe is producing. In Los fantasmas del masajista, Joao works with people who suffer from pain due to physical deformities or mutilations while his mother is a brilliant orator. The bond between mother and son grows stronger when, after her death, she mysteriously reincarnates in the body of a parrot.
En el primero de los dos textos que constituyen esta obra, Biografia ilustrada de Mishima, el ilustre autor japones reflexiona, aunque carece de cabeza y se le dificulta la creacion de palabras. Mishima habia advertido, sobre todo en los ultimos tiempos, que no podia haber una sin la otra. Tambien se da cuenta de que el mecanismo podia consistir en colocar un universo terrible como si fuese una suerte de escudo contra lo que ese mismo mundo iba produciendo.
En el segundo texto, Los fantasmas del masajista, Joao se dedica a dar alivio a quienes padecen dolor debido a deformidades o mutilaciones fisicas, en tanto que su madre es una gran declamadora. Ambos se ven unidos, mas alla de la muerte de ella, por su misteriosa reencarnacion en el cuerpo de un loro. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONIn Biografia ilustrada de Mishima, the first of two texts that make up this work, the illustrious Japanese author is deep in reflection--even though he is headless and has a difficulty creating words. Lately, Mishima has reached the conclusion that one cannot exist without the other. He also realizes that the mechanism could lie in placing a terrible universe as a kind of shield to protect against what that same universe is producing. In Los fantasmas del masajista, Joao works with people who suffer from pain due to physical deformities or mutilations while his mother is a brilliant orator. The bond between mother and son grows stronger when, after her death, she mysteriously reincarnates in the body of a parrot.
Obra maestra de la literatura italiana y cumbre de las letras universales. Escrita durante la primera mitad del siglo XIV, esta obra puede leerse en su sentido literal, como el viaje que realiza el propio autor por el Infierno, el Purgatorio y el Paraíso, guiado primero por el poeta romano Virgilio y después por Beatriz, la amada que Dante idealizó. Sin embargo, la obra está llena de símbolos, alegorías y un profundo sentido moral y filosófico que la vuelven inagotable y le han permitido trascender al tiempo. El iluminador prólogo de Jorge Luis Borges permite una comprensión más honda del libro. A masterpiece of Italian literature written in the first half of the 14th century, La divina comedia can be read in its literal sense, as the author's trip through hell, purgatory, and paradise. However, the work is full of symbols, allegory, and profound explorations of moral philosophical explorations that have rendered it timeless.
A bilingual (Spanish/English) version of BOOK! in a board-book edition. A perfect first real book for babies, with simple, easy-to-read text (in both Spanish and English) by an award-winning poet, and bright, contemporary illustrations by a well-known artist.
De la autora de Yo no soy tu perfecta hija mexicana, bestseller del New York Times, nos llegan estos originalísimos ensayos autobiográficos, profundamente conmovedores y de una comicidad que desarma. Hija de inmigrantes mexicanos y criada en Chicago en la década de los noventa, Erika L. Sánchez se ha descrito a sí misma como paria, inadaptada y un chasco: agitadora melancólica y malhablada que se pintaba las uñas de negro, pero también disfrutaba la comedia y tenía el sueño improbable de ser poeta. Veinticinco años más tarde se ha convertido en una galardonada novelista, poeta y ensayista, pero no ha perdido la risa incontrolable, su áspero ingenio y sus singulares poderes para percibir el mundo a su alrededor. En estos ensayos, que tratan de todo --desde la sexualidad hasta el feminismo blanco, pasando por la depresión debilitante y las búsquedas redentoras de la espiritualidad, el arte y los viajes--, Sánchez revela una vida interior rica en ideas, autoconciencia y percepción: la de una mujer que trazó un camino enteramente de su propia factura. Atrevido, perspicaz, incorregible y brutalmente honesto, Llorando en el baño es Sánchez en su máxima expresión: un libro que te hará sentir ese subidón que resulta de revelaciones íntimas y horas de plática con tu mejor amiga. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, an utterly original memoir-in-essays that is asdeeply moving as it is hilarious.
Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the nineties, Erika Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment--a foul-mouthed, melancholic rabble-rouser who painted her nails black but also loved comedy, often laughing so hard with her friends that she had to leave her school classroom. Twenty-five years later, she's now an award-winning novelist, poet, and essayist, but she's still got an irrepressible laugh, an acerbic wit, and singular powers of perception about the world around her. In these essays, Sánchez writes about everything from sex to white feminism to debilitating depression, revealing an interior life rich with ideas, self-awareness, and perception. Raunchy, insightful, unapologetic, and brutally honest, Crying in the Bathroom is Sánchez at her best--a book that will make you feel that post-confessional high that comes from talking for hours with your best friend.
Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the nineties, Erika Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment--a foul-mouthed, melancholic rabble-rouser who painted her nails black but also loved comedy, often laughing so hard with her friends that she had to leave her school classroom. Twenty-five years later, she's now an award-winning novelist, poet, and essayist, but she's still got an irrepressible laugh, an acerbic wit, and singular powers of perception about the world around her. In these essays, Sánchez writes about everything from sex to white feminism to debilitating depression, revealing an interior life rich with ideas, self-awareness, and perception. Raunchy, insightful, unapologetic, and brutally honest, Crying in the Bathroom is Sánchez at her best--a book that will make you feel that post-confessional high that comes from talking for hours with your best friend.
Geraldo es cuidadoso. Cerdita no lo es. Cerdita no puede evitar sonreír. Geraldo sí puede. Geraldo se preocupa para que Cerdita no tenga que hacerlo. Geraldo y Cerdita son los mejores amigos. En Mi amigo está triste, Geraldo está triste. Cómo puede Cerdita estar contenta si Geraldo está triste?
Los padres y las madres pueden presentarles el español a sus bebés con esta nueva edición de Mira, Toca, Siente, el libro sensorial más vendido.
Cada página tiene una colorida actividad de imágenes que invita a cada bebé a tocar y explorar con texturas elevadas para sentir, rastros de dedos para seguir y un espejo brillante para mirar. Junto a estas novedades de desarrollo, las palabras en español ayudan a construir el primer vocabulario del bebé, por lo cual este libro es un fantástico punto de partida para el aprendizaje de idiomas. A medida que crece tu bebé, Mira, Toca, Siente lo ayudará a desarrollar un reconocimiento de idioma temprano y habilidades motoras finas mientras aprende a interactuar con el libro de nuevas maneras. Con muchas imágenes brillantes y novedades atractivas para explorar juntos, éste es el libro perfecto para compartir con tu bebé. Otros libros en esta serie, disponibles en inglés: See Touch Feel ABC; See Touch Feel 123; See Touch Feel Create; See Touch Feel Colors; See Touch Feel Roar and See Touch Feel Tummy Time.
Overwhelmingly, what students want is conversation practice. The majority of the students that have taken classes with me aren't learning it for academic credit. They want to travel abroad, have better professional opportunities, or communicate with loved ones who are Spanish speakers.The strategy in this workbook is what I use in live classes. It has been extremely successful for students of all ages. In addition, it's how my husband improves his English. Since his needs are for immediate communication within the house, with myself and our daughters. I start by introducing the yo form only with regular verbs. Students only have to remember the -o ending (Traditional workbooks teach 12 new pronouns and 6 endings for every verb). Then, we add in the tú form, with two more endings, so that we can ask and answer questions. By doing this, students speak right away. They are also practicing to most used forms of the verb, (yo and tú), which is more practical for their goals. This is why you will find common verbs and vocabulary that can be used in everyday life, around the house, or in the car. Students who are able to practice the vocabulary on a daily basis are more likely to retain it, as well as continue to study Spanish. This book focuses on the present and preterite tenses, specifically for conversational purposes. You will practice conjugating 20 common verbs with interrogatives, and over 250 common vocabulary words. This is the first in a series, where you can choose to expand and continue on to learn more tenses and verb forms.
Learn the Correct Verb Tenses for Speaking and Writing in Spanish!
Mastering verb tenses in another language can be challenging. This accessible workbook provides a clear and engaging presentation of all aspects of Spanish verbs, combined with extensive practice that is ideal for beginning and intermediate language learners. There are plenty of examples illustrating why and when to use certain verb tenses. With numerous skill-building exercises, comprehensive verb conjugation tables, and new audio recordings and interactive review quizzes, you'll learn to speak and write in Spanish in no time at all. The author uses humor and a healthy helping of celebrity references to keep you entertained while your learn.
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses will help you:
-Learn when and why to use different verb tenses-Reinforce your knowledge with everyday examples covering a wide range of topics-Build your verb skills using engaging exercises-Test your memorization with interactive quizzes-Study on-the-go with McGraw-Hill Education's unique Language Lab app-Develop better pronunciation through extensive streaming audio recordings
Mastering verb tenses in another language can be challenging. This accessible workbook provides a clear and engaging presentation of all aspects of Spanish verbs, combined with extensive practice that is ideal for beginning and intermediate language learners. There are plenty of examples illustrating why and when to use certain verb tenses. With numerous skill-building exercises, comprehensive verb conjugation tables, and new audio recordings and interactive review quizzes, you'll learn to speak and write in Spanish in no time at all. The author uses humor and a healthy helping of celebrity references to keep you entertained while your learn.
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses will help you:
-Learn when and why to use different verb tenses-Reinforce your knowledge with everyday examples covering a wide range of topics-Build your verb skills using engaging exercises-Test your memorization with interactive quizzes-Study on-the-go with McGraw-Hill Education's unique Language Lab app-Develop better pronunciation through extensive streaming audio recordings
Add thousands of words to your vocabulary and build your Spanish language confidence!
To communicate effortlessly in Spanish, you need access to a wide variety of words that go beyond the basics. But memorizing vocabulary can seem like a daunting chore! While most vocabulary guides look like indigestible thematic dictionaries, this bestselling workbook provides the tools you need to expand your lexicon and sharpen your speaking and writing skills.
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Vocabulary, Third Edition first provides a solid foundation in Spanish grammar, but then uses verbs only in the present tense - to keep the focus firmly on vocabulary. Each chapter is devoted to key themes, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. And with more than 250 exercises, you will have the extensive practice that will help you absorb more words and expressions and to master communicate well in Spanish.
With this updated edition of Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Vocabulary, Third Edition you will learn how to speak or write about:
●Your family, friends, and social life
●Spanish holidays and traditions
●Occupations, jobs, and office life
●Politics, current events, crime, law and order
●Your hobbies and favorite forms of entertainment
●The latest terms in technology, communications, and the media
●Science, the environment ... and much more
Two of the most beloved characters in children's literature, Frog and Toad, entertain with their zany adventures and promote the qualities of loyalty and generosity.
Two of the most beloved characters in children's literature, Frog and Toad, entertain with their zany adventures and promote the qualities of loyalty and generosity. Winner of Caldecott and Newbery Honors.
Frog and Toad's friendship has made them inseparable, and in these stories both of them take care of the garden, observe how seeds grow, share tasty pasta, and dream about the fantastic stage on which they are the best actors in the world.
The most terrifying events in history are brought vividly to life in this New York Timesbestselling series!¡La versión en español de I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912!George Calder, de diez años, está súper emocionado porque él y su hermanita Phoebe están en el famoso Titanic, cruzando el Atlántico junto a su tía Daisy. El barco está lleno de rincones fascinantes que explorar pero, cuando George se aventura en el compartimento de equipaje de primera clase, una terrible explosión sacude el barco. De repente, hay agua por todas partes y la vida de George cambia para siempre.Ten-year-old George Calder can't believe his luck -- he and his little sister, Phoebe, are on the famous Titanic, crossing the ocean with their Aunt Daisy. The ship is full of exciting places to explore, but when George ventures into the first class storage cabin, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever.
This unique guide to communicating in Spanish will help you to find out more about Spanish culture and to practice your spoken Spanish with a free downloadable audio file Collins Easy Learning Spanish Conversation is an ideal tool for learners of Spanish at all levels, whether at school, in evening classes, or at home, and is indispensable for business or leisure. The text consists of 12 units, each illustrating the language used in a particular situation, followed by a summary which gives all the key phrases covered throughout the book. The one-stop phrase shop unit gives you all the everyday expressions and language structures you need to speak in natural Spanish. Finally, the short grammar and verb supplement and the glossary give you further help and ensure that you have everything you need at your fingertips, and the free audio download helps you to communicate with confidence. This book is easy to use, and contains all the phrases you need in order to communicate effectively in natural Spanish. It's easy to read, with a clear, color layout ensures that you find what you are looking for quickly and easily. Finally, it's easy to understand, and has thousands of examples show how Spanish is really used.
La épica y emocionante historia de una mujer cuya vida abarca los momentos históricos más relevantes del siglo XX. Desde 1920 -con la llamada «gripe española»- hasta la pandemia de 2020, la vida de Violeta será mucho más que la historia de un siglo.
Violeta viene al mundo un tormentoso día de 1920, siendo la primera niña de una familia de cinco bulliciosos hermanos. Desde el principio su vida estará marcada por acontecimientos extraordinarios, pues todavía se sienten las ondas expansivas de la Gran Guerra cuando la gripe española llega a las orillas de su país sudamericano natal, casi en el momento exacto de su nacimiento. Gracias a la clarividencia del padre, la familia saldrá indemne de esta crisis para darse de bruces con una nueva, cuando la Gran Depresión altera la elegante vida urbana que Violeta ha conocido hasta ahora. Su familia lo perderá todo y se verá obligada a retirarse a una región salvaje y remota del país. Allí Violeta alcanzará la mayoría de edad y tendrá su primer pretendiente... En una carta dirigida a una persona a la que ama por encima de todas las demás, Violeta rememora devastadores desengaños amorosos y romances apasionados, momentos de pobreza y también de prosperidad, pérdidas terribles e inmensas alegrías. Moldearán su vida algunos de los grandes sucesos de la historia: la lucha por los derechos de la mujer, el auge y caída de tiranos y, en última instancia, no una, sino dos pandemias. Vista con los ojos de una mujer poseedora de una pasión, una determinación y un sentido del humor inolvidables que la sostienen a lo largo de una vida turbulenta, Isabel Allende nos regala, una vez más, una historia épica furiosamente inspiradora y profundamente emotiva. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION This sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family of five boisterous sons. From the start, her life will be marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Through her father's prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses all and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her first suitor will come calling... She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, times of both poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy. Her life will be shaped by some of the most important events of history: the fight for women's rights, the rise and fall of tyrants, and, ultimately, not one but two pandemics. Told through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion, determination, and sense of humor will carry her through a lifetime of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional.
Violeta viene al mundo un tormentoso día de 1920, siendo la primera niña de una familia de cinco bulliciosos hermanos. Desde el principio su vida estará marcada por acontecimientos extraordinarios, pues todavía se sienten las ondas expansivas de la Gran Guerra cuando la gripe española llega a las orillas de su país sudamericano natal, casi en el momento exacto de su nacimiento. Gracias a la clarividencia del padre, la familia saldrá indemne de esta crisis para darse de bruces con una nueva, cuando la Gran Depresión altera la elegante vida urbana que Violeta ha conocido hasta ahora. Su familia lo perderá todo y se verá obligada a retirarse a una región salvaje y remota del país. Allí Violeta alcanzará la mayoría de edad y tendrá su primer pretendiente... En una carta dirigida a una persona a la que ama por encima de todas las demás, Violeta rememora devastadores desengaños amorosos y romances apasionados, momentos de pobreza y también de prosperidad, pérdidas terribles e inmensas alegrías. Moldearán su vida algunos de los grandes sucesos de la historia: la lucha por los derechos de la mujer, el auge y caída de tiranos y, en última instancia, no una, sino dos pandemias. Vista con los ojos de una mujer poseedora de una pasión, una determinación y un sentido del humor inolvidables que la sostienen a lo largo de una vida turbulenta, Isabel Allende nos regala, una vez más, una historia épica furiosamente inspiradora y profundamente emotiva. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION This sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family of five boisterous sons. From the start, her life will be marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Through her father's prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses all and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her first suitor will come calling... She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, times of both poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy. Her life will be shaped by some of the most important events of history: the fight for women's rights, the rise and fall of tyrants, and, ultimately, not one but two pandemics. Told through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion, determination, and sense of humor will carry her through a lifetime of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional.
Geraldo es cuidadoso. Cerdita no lo es.
Cerdita no puede evitar sonreír. Geraldo sí puede.
Geraldo se preocupa para que Cerdita no tenga que hacerlo. Geraldo y Cerdita son mejores amigos. En ¡Tienes un pájaro en la cabeza! Geraldo descubre que hay algo peor que tener un pájaro en la cabeza: ¡tener dos pájaros!Podrá Cerdita ayudar a su mejor amigo?
Cerdita no puede evitar sonreír. Geraldo sí puede.
Geraldo se preocupa para que Cerdita no tenga que hacerlo. Geraldo y Cerdita son mejores amigos. En ¡Tienes un pájaro en la cabeza! Geraldo descubre que hay algo peor que tener un pájaro en la cabeza: ¡tener dos pájaros!Podrá Cerdita ayudar a su mejor amigo?