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There are moments in life when sadness overcomes you, wiping the smile from your face; melancholy makes you turn pale, your vision is blurred by a grey cloud, and you don't know why.
1920. It all began with the murder of the English sailor Jeremiah Perkins in Havoysund and the mysterious packet he sent to Lady Elisabeth Faraday before he died. Or perhaps the story begins before, when some strange relics were discovered that led to Professor Ulises Zarco, director of the geographic society SIGMA, to embark on an incredible adventure on board the Saint Michel.
Leaving the city, taking the train that goes every hour from Concha station and arriving at Puentes Grandes, the Borrero family's big rambling house next to the river Almendares. Meeting, and getting to know the (ingenuous and diabolical) secrets of this extravagant family; in their strange and tragic destiny.
Nine-year-old Nicolás Roblealto is travelling on a boat with his parents. He's really bored. And instead of enjoying themselves, his parents spend the whole time arguing. One day Nicolás decides to carry out his threat: he takes a lifeboat and goes to a desert island.
A classic tale with vintage illustrations. The text is in Spanish, adapted to Level B1 (independent user threshold) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The book includes a glossary of words that are highlighted in the text, based on the classification level of the reader.
Treasure Island is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time and will, without a doubt, be enjoyed by readers of all ages. If you dare, embark on this incredible adventure, enriched by new technologies, so that you too might have a chance of recovering the priceless treasure everyone is seeking. Every cabin boy should join the treasure hunt! The book includes a free Augmented Reality App.
A wealthy woman decides to investigate the life of her only daughter, who ran away from home at a young age, apparently for romantic reasons. Detective Ricki Trullos is faced with a classic case of extortion and false appearances that don't make for a happy ending.
The young teacher was on her way to a school in the Amazon jungle and she arrived laden with books. What her student's liked best was for her to read them stories. Then they would take the books home and their mothers and grandmothers, although they couldn't read, would look at them with curiosity.
Just as he does almost every day, Four Paws, the oldest and wisest chimpanzee in the group, prepares to teach the younger ones a lesson. Today they will talk about human beings and how they evolved.
The Legend of Don Fermin is an original story by the illustrator Manuel Marsol based on the tradition of Spanish legends. It tells of the mysterious disappearance of Don Fermin, a medieval knight who went out on his horse and never returned. His disappearance gave rise to many hypotheses about what might have happened, hypotheses that became a legend passed down from generation to generation.