Drake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe, the bonfires that flashed warnings of th Armada’s approach, Elizabeth’s address to her army at Tilbury: These images have helped to turn the events of August 1588 into a glorious God-sent victory, a Protestant David overcoming the Goliath of Spanish tyrany. In this...
En torno al 1850 un joven americano se encuentra en Londres solo y sin un centavo, y no obstante puede darse la vida de un millonario. ¿En qué modo? Este es uno de los mejores logrados cuentos de Mark Twain: ¡una historia sorprendente con un final todavía más sorprendente...
“A Christmas Carol” es un cuento navideño, el primero de los que sobre este tema escribió Charles Dickens (1812-1870). Narra cómo el protagonista, un hombre avaro, frío y sin corazón, recibe la víspera de Navidad la visita del fantasma de su fallecido socio, quien le advierte que se le van a...
La escritora D. K. Swan adaptó el texto original de B. Lumsden Milne para brindarnos el presente volumen de relatos cortos titulado “The magic slippers and other stories” llenos de magia y fantasía.
“The Last Kids on Earth”: Ever since the monster apocalypse hit town, average thirteen year old Jack Sullivan has been living in his tree house, which he's armed to the teeth with catapults and a moat, not to mention video games and an endless supply of Oreos and Mountain...
‘All the world wanted it. Young men in every country looked for it. In 1885, it was the big question of the day. They wanted a car…’ This is the story of Henry Ford, his farm´s engines and the famous Ford T, “Tin Lizzie”, the model of car that...
Sara loves running and her coach encourage her. She can win the National Championships, BUT Eddie, her boyfriend doesn't wat Sara to run. She loves Eddie. She is "Born to Run". Can she win the race and keep Eddie?
Twins Max and Laura spend an exciting summer in a small village near Stonehenge. A mysterious symbol, their uncle's old book of codes and secrets, strange people looking for a secret and much more. Victoria Heward questions us: What is "The Secret of the Stones"?
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I am writing a book about Spain in the Golden Age and I am reading the plays of Calderón. I am now reading El Médico de su Honra. It ia acruel play. It reminds me of a man I met in Seville a long time ago. I remember it...
The main character of this story is “Marco”, who is boy and live on a farm near a small village. One day, he leaves his home and gets on a train to go to a big city, because he has nothing to do and he dislikes the life as...
