Los mundos mágicos de Harry Potter

Behind the unforgettable characters, worlds, and battles of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit lie a vast range of world myths and historical events that originally inspired J. R. R. Tolkien. From the Finnish epic poem Kalevala and the medieval Beowulf to Arthurian mythology, Shakespeare, and even World War II, Tolkien's sources are unpacked and explained for the novice and connoisseur alike. Laid out in dictionary form, this indispensable guide provides insights not only into literature's most beloved fantasy, but also into the man who brought it to life.

This entertaining book teaches young readers about the different body parts they use to move and play. Body parts are labeled on the photos showing how elbows, knees, ankles, and fingers bend.

Spanish Student Edition offers the complete Student Edition in Spanish to meet the needs of Spanish ELL students.

Eleven-year-old Jenny, whose family came from Russia to America to start a new life, meets the famous Russian composer on his 1891 trip to the New World and writes about it in her diary.

Con esta novela, finalista del Premio Booker 1989 y publicada en castellano un año más tarde, Salamandra inicia la recuperación de la obra de una de las grandes escritoras europeas de nuestro tiempo. Fallecida recientemente a los noventa y cuatro años, Sybille Bedford era hija de padre alemán y madre inglesa, y perteneció a la última generación de aristócratas que consideraban Europa su verdadera patria. Su obra narrativa, marcadamente autobiográfica, se mueve con maestría en la sutil frontera que separa la memoria y la imaginación, los recuerdos y la literatura, y constituye el...