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"Contiene 34 reproducciones de obras de arte muy famosas, de la Galería de Kunsthalle de Hamburgo, el Musée d'Orsay de París, el Museum of Fine Arts de Boston y el Museo del Prado de Madrid"--Cover.

Javier de Montcada hubiera muerto en la batalla de Brunete si Soledad, duquesa de Simancas, no le hubiera donado su sangre en el mismo campo de batalla. Tras reponerse de sus heridas, Soledad, casada con el representante del bando nacional en el Vaticano, lo seduce en su dehesa. Pero la guerra no ha terminado y Javier debe volver al frente. Una novela apasionante. Un gran fresco histórico.

Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies on October 12, 1492. Today, October 12 honors Columbus’ adventurous spirit as well as his Italian-American heritage. Easy-to-follow bilingual text in English and standard Latin American Spanish explains the holiday’s history and contemporary celebrations in accessible terms. Photographs illustrate Columbus’ life as well as modern celebrations of the holiday in his honor.

This truly is a strange book. For starters, it talks to the reader. What's more, there are no colors until someone gives it color. Who is going to do this? The reader of course. What better way to do this besides with your fingers and hands? Full of tracing and marks, this story is far from a coloring book.