Expansión de la nación (Expanding the Nation) 6-Pack

Simple text and photographs present starfishes, describing where they live, how they look, and what they do.

Think there's just one fairy tale with a girl who meets danger in disguise? Think again! Cultures all around the world have their own Little Red Riding Hood stories. Visit Germany, Italy, and Taiwan, and find out whose "sick grandmother" is a tiger, and who is saved not by a "kind hunter" but by a talking river. Fully translated Spanish text.

«En un mundo violento, erizado de muros y excavado con fosos, el universo de Francisco de Asís carecía de torreones y murallas. Pobre de bienes y de poder, estaba en paz con todos, vivía como hermano de los seres, y a todos ellos dirigía una mirada llena de respeto... Sus ojos habían llegado a ser maravillosamente humanos... Su horizonte no era la cristiandad de su tiempo, con sus fronteras que defender, sino Jesucristo, a quien amar, y el ser humano a quien salvar». Eso fue lo que llevó a Francisco más allá de las fronteras de la cristiandad. En plena cruzada, partió hacia Oriente ...

The author tells about the origin and development of two Spanish romances: The Alfambra woman buried alive and The lovers of Teruel. The first recounts the infidelity of a lecherous woman, the Countess of Alfambra, who betrays her husband by delivering him to his enemy; and whose final dénouement is the defeat of the adulterous couple and their being condemned to death by being burnt at the stake. The Story of the Lovers of Teruel recounts the tragic life of one of the members of the Marcilla family, enamoured of a rich damsel who returned his love. However, her father's refusal to consent...