Synopsis: Ésta es la regla con la que se encuentran Annie y Jack al llegar a la antigua Grecia. Pero cuando Annie le dice a su hermano que vaya a los Juegos Olímpicos sin ella, Jack sabe que su hermana no se quedará de brazos cruzados. ¿Encontrará Annie la forma de presenciar la ceremonia de los Juegos Olímpicos? ¿O terminará metiendo a los dos en un lio olímpico?

Synopsis: Berto is an eleven-year-old boy who lives in Madrid, Spain. His best friend is Paquita. Poor Berto has one big problem. He does not like school. He does not like to study. He does not like to do homework. He does not even like his teachers. In fact, his teachers are really odd. Fortunately, Berto has a lot of good ideas. He can think of many fun and exciting things to do rather than going to school. His good ideas include visiting a soccer…

Synopsis: When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this title offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols, a review quiz and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.

Synopsis: Réquiem por un campesino español recoge un dramático episodio de la guerra civil en un pueblecito aragonés. Mosén Millán se dispone a ofrecer una misa en sufragio del alma de un joven a quien había querido como a un hijo. Mientras aguarda a los asistentes, el cura reconstruye los hechos: el fracaso de su mediación, con la que creyó poder salvar al joven, pero que sólo sirvió para entregarlo a sus ejecutores. El relato es de una perfecta…

Synopsis: Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. When she meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen--a vampire--her life takes a thrilling and terrifying romantic turn.

Synopsis: When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that the “monster” is actually a…

Synopsis: Alberto and Pedro are good friends. They are ten years old, they live in Bolivia and they are classmates. Both of their fathers are famous scientists. Like his father, Pedro is fascinated with science. Alberto, on the other hand, is an artist. He draws amazingly well every animal that he sees. One day while theyœre playing and walking along the shore of Lake Titicaca, they notice a mysterious man. Combining their scientific and artistic talents,…

Synopsis: A biography which discusses the discrimination faced by Jackie Robinson, the baseball legend who became the first African American to play Major League baseball

Synopsis: Spanish English Dictionary

Synopsis: Written by experienced teaching professionals, this comprehensive reference work includes 601 verbs, fully conjugated in 16 tenses and moods, as well as more than 2,100 verbs which conjugate after the pattern of the model verbs. Regular endings are highlighted in the text, so students can recognize patterns, and mnemonic devices are provided to help users memorize verbs. A free conjugation app for Apple devices rounds off this one-stop verb…

Synopsis: The classic novel of hope, redemption, and the indomitable human spirit, from beloved novelist George Eliot.In this heartwarming classic by George Eliot, a gentle linen weaver named Silas Marner is wrongly accused of a heinous theft actually committed by his best friend. Exiling himself to the rustic village of Raveloe, he becomes a lonely recluse. Ultimately, Marner finds redemption and spiritual rebirth through his unselfish love for an…

Synopsis: Publicada en 1878, “Marianela” es una novela por la que Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) mostró siempre una especial predilección. El relato en el que se hallan ya las grandes dicotomías de la obra galdosiana posterior: realidad frente a imaginación, progreso frente a ignorancia, caridad frente a justicia social extrae buena parte de su fuerza dramática de la figura conmovedora de su protagonista, que, enamorada del ciego Pablo Penáguilas,…

Synopsis: A Newbery Honor–winning installment of the Cynthia Voigt’s classic Tillerman series is repackaged with a fresh new look.Jeff Greene was only seven when he came home from school to find a note from his mother. She felt that the world needed her more than her “grown up” son did. For someone who believed she could see the world’s problems so clearly, she was blind to the heartache and difficulties she pushed upon her son, leaving him with his…

Synopsis: Si "El alcalde de Zalamea" se ha mantenido a lo largo de los siglos como la más popular comedia calderoniana, es, sin duda, porque su protagonista, Pedro Crespo, encarna de modo formidable el sentimiento del honor como síntesis de la dignidad humana. Pero no bastaría ese único mérito para garantizar la universalidad de una obra que incide en un tema tópico, a fuerza de verosímil, en el Siglo de Oro español. Es el arte el que salva la comedia y…

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Synopsis: "The Time Machine and The Invisible Man," by H. G. Wells, is part of the ""Barnes…

Synopsis: The DBT Skills Workbook for Teens - HARDBACK COLOR EDITION! Dialectical Behavior Therapy has helped millions of teenagers since it was developed just over 30 years ago! Adolescence is a crucial period for developing and maintaining social and emotional habits essential for mental well-being. The problem is this is easier said than done. Considering all the distractions and peer pressure our teens deal with that we did not have when we were…

Synopsis: Author of The Goddess Test novels A single test determined her entire future...until she was given a way out Kitty Doe had one chance to prove she could be worthwhile to society. Instead, she walked out of her ranking test as a complete failure, with a permanent "III" tattooed on the back of her neck. At seventeen, she's facing a lifetime of cleaning sewers...and being separated from Benjy, the boy she's loved for as long as she can remember.…

Synopsis: Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and bestowing animation upon lifeless matter, Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts but; upon bringing it to life, he…