Los sonidos del español

Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, this accessible textbook provides a clear introduction to the sounds of Spanish.

Eva Peron (1919-1952) was the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. Often referred to as "Evita," she was never an officially elected political figure, but by her husband's second term as President, she had become the most powerful woman in the history of her nation. By the 1960s, Evita was an international pop-culture icon; in the 1970s, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote the blockbuster musical Evita about her; and in the mid-90s, the musical was adapted to a movie starring Madonna. This small, chunky paperback features all manner of vintage graphic treatments from...

El rodaje de muchas de las más grandes películas de todos los tiempos se produce en los años del New Deal americano, un tiempo de turbulencias políticas, sociales y económicas en el que se sentaron las bases de nuestra actual sociedad del bienestar. Son los años de la incorporación masiva de las mujeres al mercado laboral, cuando comienzan los vertiginosos cambios del rol femenino que desembocarán en nuevos modelos de pareja y familia, que no han dejado de evolucionar hasta hoy. El cine clásico americano aparece como un testigo de estos cambios, y nos ofrece las claves para...

An introduction to the various branches of the plastic arts designed to help the untutored student understand and appreciate all art.

After being released from Buchenwald at the end of World War II, fifteen-year-old Ruth risks her life to lead a group of children across Europe to Palestine.