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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.

En la Barcelona de 1920 un joven abogado y periodista monárquico entra en relación con personajes muy diversos: una cabaretera agredida que no dice todo lo que sabe; un líder anarquista que vacila entre el pactismo y la violencia; un general recién llegado a la ciudad para imponer el orden sin contemplaciones, y una bella y adinerada condesa decidida a mantener su independencia...De la mano de Pablo Vilar nos desplazamos desde las grutas de los miserables en Montjuich a las fiestas de alta sociedad en el Ritz o el Laberinto de Horta, y de las comunidades ácratas a los juzgados donde se...

Rabbi Leib gives life to a giant clay statue, hoping that it will protect the Jewish community of sixteenth-century Prague. Yet when he disregards God's will, the Rabbi loses control over the golem and must send him back where he belongs. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

A young girl explains how she and her diverse group of friends are all different from each other. In this first-person nonfiction narrative, vibrant photographs reinforce the idea of a community of students who respect each other and live in harmony. A picture-word glossary is included.