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1) El profeta
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Almustafá acepta ver retrasado su regreso al pueblo natal para discutir con la gente de Omphalese sobre las grandes custiones de la vida y la condición humana.En 26 ensayos de prosa poética, Gibrán hace hablar al profeta del amor y el matrimonio, de los hijos, del trabajo, de la alegría y el dolor. Unas reflexiones que han deleitado a generaciones de lectores desde su primera publicación.
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When a little girl moves her hand, she changes the world as she discovers it. As she moves her known world, she discovers her own power and creates everything anew. The poem, written by Argentine poet Jorge Luján, comes from a culture saturated with magic, in which even the very young can make the world by reaching out and moving it. Mandana Sadat's imaginative illustrations deepen and enrich the text. Moví la mano / I Moved My Hand is a very special...
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Zurita is one of Latin America’s most celebrated and controversial living poets. He is not only a great poet – one that has captured his work on paper, on the Chilean geography, and even on his body – but also a rocker, a human rights activist, a public figure, and a tireless struggler. The film is an account of his experiences during his travels and his daily life, as he reflects on topics such as state terrorism and death.
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This bilingual, bicultural book presents us with a beautiful vision of a planet in which nature, words and the rising and setting of the sun and the moon exist in harmony.
Sumario en español: Este libro, bilingüe y bicultural, nos presenta el hermoso panorama de un planeta en el cual la naturaleza, las palabras, y la salida y puesta del sol y la luna coexisten en armonía.
8) La Ilíada
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Spanish translation of "The Iliad". Greek epic poem by Homer.
9) La Odisea
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"Cuidada edición ilustrada, tomando la adaptación favorita de Jorge Luis Borges y que incluye, además, una versión de la historia de Margaret Atwood Todos conocemos la historia de la «Odisea», aunque no la hayamos leído. Está en canciones, en novelas, en poemas, en cuadros, en chistes. Blackie Books arranca su colección «Clásicos Liberados» con la historia de todas las historias occidentales, dando voz tanto a Nick Cave como a Mary Beard...
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"Ante la mirada de un mundo sobrecogido tras la invasión del Capitolio de los Estados Unidos, Amanda Gorman tomó la palabra a continuación del presidente Joe Biden. Era la poeta más joven que recitaba en una ceremonia de investidura, como antes lo hicieron Robert Frost o Maya Angelou, y cautivó a millones de personas que veían en ella la luz de una esperanza, y en los versos de La colina que ascendemos la inauguración de una nueva era."--
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12) Macbeth
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Concebida por muchos como el punto más alto del pensamiento trágico de Shakespeare. Los cinco actos de esta obra logran una tensión dramática inédita, la experiencia de valores morales invertidos, una secuencia cronológica y trama impregnadas de crueldad, cinismo, aflicción y remordimiento. Editorial Universitaria, a partir de la edición Oxford de Wells y Taylor, publica esta versión a cargo del poeta y ensayista Armando Roa Vial, a quien...
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A little girl chef dons her apron, singing and dancing around the kitchen as she shows us what to do. Argueta's gift in seeing beauty, magic and fun in everything around him makes this book a treasure -- avocados are like green precious stones, salt falls like rain, cilantro looks like a little tree and the spoon that scoops the avocado from its skin is like an excavating tractor. As in the previous cooking poems, "Guacamole" conveys the fun and pleasure...
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From the "crocodile's dentist," to the "mongoose spa," Animal Partners takes a whimsical look at symbiotic relationships of animals large and small. Although many animals live in groups of the same kind, here you will learn how some animals form unique partnerships with different species. After all, don't we all need a little help from our friends?
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Hay algo más determinante que la soledad, el destierro, la dictadura del destino, el desamor, la opresión, la muerte, la compleja naturaleza humana a lo largo de la historia. Está la conciencia. Y a partir de ella, todo lo que se asume para seguir en el camino con el equipaje de dudas y esperanzas, sin renunciar al horizonte, comunicando la fugacidad de días y hojas, pero afirmando que en cada raíz algo se levanta para salir hacia un aire y una...
17) Martín Fierro
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Obra cumbre de la literatura argentina y latinoamericana, el Martín Fierro es un extenso poema narrativo escrito por José Hernández, que describe el carácter independiente y sacrificado del hombre de campo.
Las peripecias del gaucho Fierro son narradas con precisión y virtuosismo en esta nueva versión.
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"A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood -- that of the Maya K'iche'. Aquí era el paraíso / Here Was Paradise is a selection of poems written by the great Maya poet Humberto Ak'abal. They evoke his childhood in and around the Maya K'iche' village of Momostenango, Guatemala, and also describe his own role as a poet of the place. Ak'abal writes about children, and grandfathers,...
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La noche antes de mi cumpleaños is the newest Spanish edition in the bestselling "Night Before" series and is the perfect gift for every birthday girl and boy!
The Night Before My Birthday captures all the excitement and anticipation that every child experiences in the lead-up to their special day. The decorations are up, the table is set, and the food is ready - but what happens when there is an ice cream emergency? Once again...
The Night Before My Birthday captures all the excitement and anticipation that every child experiences in the lead-up to their special day. The decorations are up, the table is set, and the food is ready - but what happens when there is an ice cream emergency? Once again...
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"From the National Book Award-nominated, Lambda Award-winning poet: a powerful, inventive new collection that looks to the future of Puerto Rico with love, rage, beauty, and hope. Raquel Salas Rivera's star has risen swiftly in the poetry world, and this, his 6th book, promises to cement his status as one of the most important poets working today. In sharp, crystalline verses, written in both Spanish and English versions, antes que isla es volcán...
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