Pablo Picasso y el cubismo

Ideal for English language learners, this Spanish-language series provides a lively first look at people and countries around the world. The simple text is supported by large, colorful photos. Titles feature an overview of each country's people, land, weather, homes, food, and lifestyle.

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

This engaging volume takes a close look at the legend of Joaquin Murrieta, the man who came to be known as the Robin Hood of Eldorado. Dynamic text tells the story of Murrieta, with plenty of exciting age-appropriate details, but also examines the complex relationship between fact and fiction in legends such as his. Interesting and informative historical background on the California Gold Rush and the role of Mexicans and Californios in the area at the time round out this fun and informative volume.

Cuando apareció por primera vez «El roedor de Fortimbrás», hace más de 30 años, Vicente Aleixandre dijo de ella que «es una novela tensa y extrema, que opera en claves del hombre hasta el anonadamiento. Es un libro patético, con un arte dificilísimo que en Suárez parece sumo y natural y que hunde al espectador al timpo que le ilumina. Nunca me he sentido tan en presencia de una vocación como en el caso de Gonzalo Suárez, solo y con todos, rodeado de las más adversas condiciones del medio, pero insobornable».