El paraguas blanco

What cities were there in early 16th-century Spain? With how many inhabitants? Were they fortified? And how many leagues apart were they? Those are the questions that Ferdinand Columbus tried to answer in his Vocabulary containing the names of the places and kingdoms of Spain. The present edition reconstructs the "cosmographic" endeavor of Christopher Columbus’ youngest son based on two codices from the Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina of Seville.

Above | Below = Arriba | Abajo ¿Comprendes estas primeras palabras en inglés? ¡Si tu puedes! ¡Esto es inglés fácil! ¿Por qué? Porque lo lees usando una nueva técnica: lectura bilingüe (texto paralelo). ¿Cómo funciona? Es simple: la lectura bilingüe funciona al leer dos versiones del mismo libro o texto al mismo tiempo. Una versión está en el idioma que desea aprender (en este caso, lo ayudaremos a aprender inglés) y la otra versión está en su idioma nativo o en otro idioma con el que se sienta cómodo: aquí utilizaremos el español. De esta manera, puedes aprender inglés...

This is an anthology of ten short stories dealing with a broad range of Spanish American literary themes: love, hate, vengeance, justice, oppression and solidarity. A reading guide offers tips for reading in Spanish and provides guidelines for predicting a story's major events. Following each story are two different sections of comprehension activities, as well as exercises on key modismos (idioms) and grammar structures.

Offers full developmental sequences in reading, orthography, writing, and grammar. Written by some of the best-known and best-loved authors in the Spanish-speaking world as well as up-and-coming authors. Also includes content questions and theme suggestions.