La cruz ausente

En esta novela histórica el autor nos describe desde una perspectiva inédita la gesta de los marinos descubridores españoles y portugueses de finales del siglo XV y principios del XVI, personificados en Colón, los Pinzón, Magallanes y Elcano, entre otros. El narrador, encarnado en el padre Pinzón, único personaje de ficción de la obra, es testigo del primer viaje de descubrimiento y de la primera circunnavegación, y nos describe también «la otra parte», la tragedia que para muchos nativos de las nuevas tierras descubiertas significaba ser dominados por aquellos hombres que se...

Reptiles y anfibios is one book in the Spanish-language Gran Atlas de la Ciencia series that covers today's most popular science topics, from digital TV to microchips to touchscreens and beyond. Perennial subjects in earth science, life science, and physical science are all explored in detail. Amazing graphics--more than 1,000 per title--combined with concise summaries help students understand complex subjects. Correlated to the science curriculum in grades 5-9, each title also contains a glossary with full definitions for vocabulary.

Surveys the life of the American statesman, lawmaker, writer of the Federalist Papers, and first secretary of treasury under George Washington.

A magnificent graphic novel in which Alfonso Casas parks the irony and offers us all his tenderness. Often the past leaves loose ends, issues to solve, questions that pursue our future. This is what happens to the protagonist of this book, Dani. Just before getting married, under the pretext of a photographic project about the passage of time, he travels to the coastal town where he used to spend his summer during his childhood. A place that he has not stepped on for twenty years and that, as the story progresses, reveals the importance he acquired in his life, because there he discovered,...

[English] What is the difference between a savanna and a prairie? How do bison, zebras, and other grazers avoid hungry grassland predators? Trek across the plant-covered landscape of this book, and find out what makes grasslands one of Earth's treasures. [Spanish] ¿Qué diferencia hay entre una sabana y una pradera? ¿Cómo escapan los bisontes y las cebras de los depredadores? Camina entre los altos pastos de este libro. Descubrirás por qué los pastizales son uno de los grandes tesoros de la Tierra.