Los animales (Animals)

The world's myths are filled with characters, creatures, and stories that have fascinated people for thousands of years. This series mixes dramatic retellings and non-fiction information to give a full picture of a culture's myths. This book explores the gods, goddesses, heroes, villains, tricksters, and quests that make Egyptian myths and legends so compelling. Fully translated Spanish text.

We often don´t stop to think about the origin of certain foods, but many of the foods we consume today only reached us as a result of great discoveries and the subsequent international commerce between east and west. This book brings us closer to the complex relations between different cultures and shows us the importance of ocean voyages in the development of international commerce.

Describes the life and times of the well-known hero of the American Revolution, Paul Revere, a patriot and silversmith whose midnight ride was made famous in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Diario de un gato (Yawmiyyat hirr, Beirut, 1998) nos cuenta sin estridencias la “normalidad” de la vida diaria de Beirut en plena guerra civil. Esa cotidianeidad se verá rota por un hecho puntual que obligará al protagonista, el mimado gato Ziko, a tomar una decisión que de modo irreversible cambiará su destino. La guerra, el refugio en edificios derruidos, las explosiones, las trincheras y los juegos de los niños en la calle recorren una historia llena de humanidad que pretende hacernos reflexionar sobre los errores del pasado para que no volvamos a cometerlos. Aunque escrita en...