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Benedetti, Mario • Selection and Adaptation
La muerte y otras sorpresas
(Book + CD)
Death and Other Surprises (Book + CD)
Paperback 9788497131209 $15.99
In this amazing collection of nineteen short stories written
by one of the most significant Latin American writers of our
time, life and death become wonderful surprises. In the
ordinary lives of men and women, an unexpected event may
be the starting point for an exploration of different worlds.
Memory and amnesia, understanding and incomprehension,
the longing for death, and the lust for life coexist.
Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente • Adaptation
Sangre y arena
(Book + CD)
Blood and Sand (Book + CD)
Paperback 9788497131100 $14.99
A poor lad from Sevilla has become a famous bullfighter.
Now Gallardo has everything: money, land, and women.
But how long will his good fortune last?
Carrero, Luis María
El secreto de Cristóbal Colón
(Book + CD)
The Secret of Christopher Columbus (Book + CD)
Paperback 9788497131117 $13.99
What drove Columbus to challenge all the mapmakers of
his day by sailing west to look for a new passage? It all
begins one night on a Portuguese beach.
De Cervantes, Miguel
Don Quijote de la Mancha
(Edición adaptada y anotada)
Don Quijote (Adapted and Annotated Edition)
Paperback 9789587043105 $11.95
Reading Don Quijote has never been easier or funnier!
Cervantes’s extraordinary and immortal novel is presented
to young readers (ages 12 and up) with the fascination
of the original story, yet with a linguistic simplicity that
ensures comprehension and enjoyment. The text has been
adapted and the chapters have been selected to focus on
the interest of this age group without disrupting the basic
plot. The notes explain terms and historical references
with a humorous tone, which adds to the pleasure of the
reading.
De Cervantes, Miguel • Adaptation
Don Quijote de la Mancha I
(Book + CD)
Don Quijote I (Book + CD)
Paperback 9788493477264 $13.99
Seated upon his lean nag of a horse, and accompanied by
the pragmatic Sancho Panza, Don Quijote rides the roads
of Spain where hostels become castles, herds become
armies, and windmills become giants.
De Cervantes, Miguel • Adaptation
Don Quijote de la Mancha II
(Book + CD)
Don Quijote II (Book + CD)
Paperback 9788493477295 $13.99
In Part II—the extended stay of Don Quijote and Sancho
Panza with the dukes—the dukes’ mockery of the valiant
errant knights constitutes the central part of the story.
Dulcinea is bewitched and Sancho will become the
governor of an island.
De Rojas, Fernando • Adaptation
La Celestina (Book + CD)
Celestina (Book + CD)
Paperback 9788497131063 $16.99
In fifteenth-century Spain, Celestina manipulates the love
lives of rich and poor alike, always to her own advantage.
Delibes, Miguel • Adaptation
Los santos inocentes (Book + CD)
The Innocent Saints (Book + CD)
Paperback 9788497131247 $15.99
Enslaved by their master, Paco and his family work from
sunrise to sundown. Azarías is his naive and solitary
brother-in-law, whose only concern is taking care of his
bird, a goshawk.
Fuster Lavin, Ana María
Leyendas de misterio
Mystery Legends
Paperback 9781575818641 $7.95
Stories filled with mysterious events... In one of them,
the tolling of the bells in an old sugar refinery is always
an omen of tragedy. In another, a town suffers endless
catastrophes because its inhabitants did not heed the
advice of a wizard.
Iturralde, Edna
Verde fue mi selva
My Forest Was Green
Paperback 9789978074213 $9.95
In this book, best-selling Ecuadorian author Edna Iturralde
writes twelve stories that portray the life of the people in
the eastern part of Ecuador, the green pastures next to the
great mountains.
LITERARY TEXTS - INTERMEDIATE (cont’d)
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