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Jules Verne (1828-1905) -conocido en los países de habla hispana como Julio Verne- es considerado a menudo un visionario, un profeta de la ciencia y la técnica que anticipo en sus narraciones inventos extraordinarios como el cohete o el submarino. Casi dos siglos después de su nacimiento, el escritor francés continúa generando polémica. El importante descubrimiento de los manuscritos originales del autor en la década de los setenta arrojaron, de forma inmediata, nuevas luces e hipótesis sobre la autenticidad de las últimas novelas escritas por el autor galo. Posteriormente, la...

Sisters in Blue tells the story of two young women--one Spanish, one Puebloan--meeting across space and time. Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda, New Mexico's famous Lady in Blue, is said to have traveled to New Mexico in the seventeenth century. Here Anna M. Nogar and Enrique R. Lamadrid bring her to life, imagining an encounter between a Pueblo woman and Sor María during the nun's mystical spiritual journeys. Tales of Sor María, who described traveling across the earth and the heavens, have traditionally presented her as an evangelist who helped bring Catholicism to the Pueblos. Instead this ...

Teach kids that teasing animals isn’t nice, they can choose to be kind to animals, and it’s important to ask before touching someone’s pet. Pets may not have words, but they can communicate. Paying attention to an animal’s cues—a joyful bark, a scary growl, a swishing tail—can help a child understand what the animal is “saying” and what an appropriate response might be. That’s part of what this English-Spanish bilingual picture book is about. But mostly it’s about showing children how to love pets gently—because pets are for loving, after all. Kids learn that teasing...

The Sri Lanka Travel Map from Periplus is designed as a convenient, easy-to-use tool for travelers. Created using durable coated paper, this map is made to open and fold multiple times, whether it's the entire map that you want to view or one panel at a time. Following highways and byways, this map will show you how to maneuver your way to banks, gardens, hotels, golf courses, museums, monuments, restaurants, churches and temples, movie theaters, shopping centers and more! This 3rd edition includes maps and plans that are scaled to: Area Map: Sri Lanka 1:525,000 City Plans:Colombo 1:15,000...

Valeria Monerri nos cuenta en este libro todas las anécdotas, las curiosidades y las historias más locas que le han sucedido desde que comenzó a subir sus vídeos bailando sus canciones favoritas a Musical.ly. Pero además de hablar de la faceta más divertida de la vida de una muser y contar todos sus secretos para lograr su estilo tan personal, explica sus trucos y consejos para sacarle el máximo partido a la cámara y alcanzar el éxito en esta red social.