Luis de Carvajal de la Cueva

In 1579 Philip II awarded a large territory in New Spain to a Portuguese man named Luis de Carvajal. That territory included a significant portion of present day Mexico, as well as portions of Texas and New Mexico. This remarkable man discovered, conquered, and settled most of that territory. He also brought a large group of settlers from Spain and Portugal whose impact on its cultural development was very significant. Many of those settlers were of Jewish descent and some of them were tried by the Inquisition for practicing the faith of their ancestors. This book is a biography of Carvajal...

El Catálogo de los manuscritos poéticos castellanos de los siglos XVI y XVII de la Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid es el resultado de más de once años de trabajo de un amplio equipo de investigación, que se ha venido denominando genéricamente Edad de Oro y que se ha identificado con la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. La dirección del equipo ha corrido a cargo del profesor Pablo Jauralde y el objetivo del proyecto de investigación no ha sido otro que la revisión minuciosa de todos los manuscritos existentes en la B. N. de Madrid a fin de desentrañar cuáles contienen poesía...

Postmodernism represents incredible challenges, but the beauty is that we can find in the Bible many characters who had to confront similar tests to the ones we face today.

Forces and motion are all around us. This Spanish book explains how gravity, forces and motions work. Readers will learn about concepts like equilibrium, acceleration, deceleration, electromagnetic fields, pressure, kinetic energy, and inertia. Featuring vivid images and easy-to-read text working in conjunction with captivating facts and an engaging lab activity, this book will motivate children to learn more about science topics!