Mira Los Dos Lados

Recounts the life of Cuban violinist Claudio José Domingo Brindis de Salas, a black child who was born free and began his career as a musical prodigy to become a noted concert musician in Paris, while slavery still existed on the island.

Este es el comienzo de una obra cuyo título, en principio, es "Tarot", que aunque trata de un personaje de la vida actual, igualmente se puede retrotraer a otras épocas pasadas o futuras. El tema trata de la soledad del hombre en medio de la sociedad que le aprisiona, que, al mismo tiempo que no le deja disfrutar de todos sus beneficios, tampoco le permite escapar de ella, de su torbellino que todo lo absorbe, que todo lo abarca, y de cuyas garras es imposible escapar. El dilema es sencillo en su exposición, pero terriblemente complejo en su ejecución: el sometimiento a esa sociedad, o la ...

Introduces young readers to the tyrannosaurus rex, examining its physical characteristics, eating habits, and extinction.

Why did the Civil War begin? Which states were part of the Union and which were part of the Confederacy? Readers will learn the answers to these questions and more as they move through this fascinating nonfiction Spanish-translated title. The easy-to-read informational text, engaging facts, and vivid images and illustrations help highlight some of the aspects that led up to the Civil War, including slavery, the Underground Railroad, abolitionists, the Fugitive Slave Act, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The accessible table of contents works in conjunction with the...