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Intermediate. In 1985, elite mountaineers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates set out on a spectacular adventure: climbing to the highest peak of the Peruvian Andes. Would their years of planning pay off? From the reader series Aprende Español Con..., which features stories based on modern films and television series, carefully adapted for Spanish language students. Includes an Audio CD of the text, supplementary materials for teachers, and before and after activities for students.

Think there's just one fairy tale with a beautiful girl and a monster? Think again! Cultures all around the world have their own Beauty and the Beast stories. Visit France, China, and Switzerland, to find out who asks for a grape instead of a rose, and whose beast is a snake. Fully translated Spanish text.

Dentro de la producción narrativa de Carmen Ollé destaca la novela Las dos caras del deseo. Esta novela se construye a partir del personaje Ada –quien es una profesora universitaria– y de su motivo para exiliarse: que se expresa de dos formas, como un exilio interior que se relaciona con su concepción de mujer que quiere liberarse de la opresión patriarcal y otro exilio que la hará emigrar del Perú hacia Nueva York, donde se dará cuenta y vivirá en carne propia los estragos de un capitalismo salvaje. Pero que también la ayudará a afirmarse como mujer sin culpa y en busca de la...

In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpré Author Award and was named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. En este poético libro de memorias—ganador del premio Pura Belpré de autor, finalista del premio de YALSA de no ficción y premio de honor Walter Dean Myers—la aclamada autora Margarita Engle recrea su infancia, que transcurrió a caballo entre dos culturas durante la Guerra Fría. Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother’s tropical island...