Descalzo sobre la tierra roja

First published in 1900 Uruguay, Ariel is Latin America's most famous essay on esthetic and philosophical sensibility, as well as its most discussed treatise on hemispheric relations. Though Rodó protested the interpretation, his allegorical conflict between Ariel, the lover of beauty and truth, and Caliban, the evil spirit of materialism and positivism, has come to be regarded as a metaphor for the conflicts and cultural differences between Latin America and the United States. Generations of statesmen, intellectuals, and literary figures have been formed by this book, either in championing...

Excerpt from Obras Completas del Doctor D. Manuel Mila y Fontanals, Catedratico Que Fue de Literatura en la Universidad de Barcelona, Vol. 4: Opusculos Literarios Viaje por la Rusia meridional y la Crimea, etc., por el principe Demidoff, traducido por D. J uan Cortada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing...

There is a ghost in the girls' bathroom at school! It's the coolest thing that has ever happened there until the teachers find out. Will Ivy and Bean find a way to get the ghost out of the bathroom? Don't put anything past these two friends.

Pequeño Gran Hombre (1964) es una memoria ficticia, una narración de aventuras con toques de humor, una novela con mucho de histórica y de homenaje a la vez al viejo Oeste norteamericano. Un desocupado coleccionista y aficionado a las antigüedades indias tiene oportunidad de entrevistar a un irascible anciano de más de ciento diez años, el viejo Jack Crabb, superviviente de la batalla de Little Big Horn, aquella en la que sioux, cheyennes y otros aliados hicieron picadillo a Custer y a parte de su séptimo de caballería. Pero Jack Crabb no sólo fue el único superviviente de aquella...