Nathan Hale

"El señor Patissot, memorable protagonista de esta historia, es, valga el juego de palabras, todo un personaje. Preocupado por su salud después de un ligero malestar, y siguiendo las recomendaciones de su médico, se propone recobrarla organizando cada domingo, metódica y minuciosamente, grandes y «deportivos» paseos por los alrededores de París. Cada uno de ellos dará pretexto a situaciones tan ridículas como desternillantes. Figura caricaturesca del perfecto burócrata, funcionario amante del gobierno, camaleón político y «amical» cuando hace falta, Patissot tiene, sin embargo,...

Ice cream is a solid. But when it melts, it becomes a liquid. Solids can change to liquids and back again by melting and freezing. Read this Spanish-translated book to learn what happens when heat and cold and solids meet.

Manifest Destiny the name given in the 1840s to a belief that the coast-to-coast expansion of the United States was both inevitable and justified, regardless of the means. Standing in the way were not only the native populations, but also the descendants of Spanish settlers who had lived in the Southwest for centuries. The racist belief that white men rightfully should expand their institutions into the area brought the United States into conflict with Mexico. War was declared in 1846, and by the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, ending the war, the US had gained...

Centrada en el ambiente de una pequeą ciudad sureą y en un grupo de personas que- en torno a la figura emblemt̀ica del sordomudo John Singer, el personaje ms̀ conseguido de esta genial autora- tienen en comn︢ la esencial soledad, su marginalidad y el rechazo de una sociedad que les ignora.