Rascacielos (Skyscrapers)

De forma suave, sin estridencias, con sensibilidad, mimo y fino sentido del humor, Ibrahim Aslán (una figura central de la ficción egipcia contemporánea) narra, en esta obra publicada en Egipto en 1992, la vida cotidiana de una oficina de Correos de El Cairo durante el turno de noche a través de sucesivas estampas: los empleados (entre ellos el narrador, en el que podemos ver un reflejo del propio autor), su labor repetida diariamente, la mujer que envía un telegrama al hombre al que ya no ama, la llamada a la oración, el té ardiendo, la correspondencia que circula de Oriente a...

Christopher Columbus most likely wasn’t the person to discover the Americas. He wasn’t even the first European to do so! Despite that, his three trips to the Western Hemisphere led to many more European explorers heading in that direction. In this volume, readers familiar with Columbus’s travels on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria can learn who Columbus was beyond his travels. Supported by full-color and historic images, interesting main content turns what readers think they know about the life of Columbus on its head while expounding on an important period in the history of the world.

After several military accomplishments, Mirabeau B. Lamar entered the world of Texas politics. Elected president in 1838, Lamar faced a host of problems with mixed success. His advocacy for education laid the framework for public education in Texas.

Antologia de textos d'autors d'arreu del món, per motivar la lectura i desenvolupar la comprensió lectora. Al final de cada lectura es planteja un treball lector estructurat en aquests epígrafs: - Comprueba que lo has entendido todo - Descubre palabras nuevas - Inventa historias - Comparte ideas