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"El Conde de Montecristo" es una de las novelas de aventuras más famosas de todos los tiempos. Escrita por el autor francés Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) y publicada en 1844. "El Conde de Montecristo" fue un éxito comercial al momento de su publicación, gracias en parte a la acogida de otra novela reciente de Dumas, "Los Tres Mosqueteros" (1844).
La novela narra la vida de Edmundo Dantés desde que fue apresado injustamente en el castillo de If...
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IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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640L
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Offers insight into the historical events that prompted Columbus' efforts to establish new trade routes to the Indies, his struggles to obtain financial support for his voyages, and the important discoveries that caused him to become known as the "Great Admiral of the Seas."
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Works volume 14
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The nineteenth-century author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow presents a vivid history of the Granada War, which ended Islamic rule in Spain. From 1482 to 1492, Catholic monarchs Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon mounted a series of military campaigns against the Nasrid kingdom of Granada. Washington Irving's acclaimed Chronicles of the Conquest of Granada describes the struggles and numerous battles of the ten-year conflict, which culminated...
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Trail drive series volume 11
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The ranchers riding with Rand Hayes cross the Mojave Desert to confront the hardships of a brutal land, a hostile Ute nation, and the mysterious territory of California in their attempts to drive the cattle to market.
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
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El valor de la amistad, el heroismo como meta y la responsabilidad como motor de la conducta moral encuentran su plasmacion definitiva en el mundo que descubre El principito, anorado planeta del que todos los hombres han sido exiliados y al que solo mediante la fabulacion cabe regresar. The value of friendship, heroism as a goal, and responsibility as an engine of moral behavior, has found its ultimate manifestation in the world who discovers The...
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"Pirates, Buccaneers, Marooners, those cruel but picturesque sea wolves who once infested the Spanish Main, all live in present-day conceptions in great degree as drawn by the pen and pencil of Howard Pyle...It is improbable that anyone else will ever bring his combination of interest and talent to the depiction of these old-time Pirates, any more than there could be a second Remington to paint the now extinct Indians and gun-fighters of the Great
...11) Copper sun
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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820L
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Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
12) 1984
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En el año 1984 Londres es una ciudad lúgubre en la que la Policía del Pensamiento controla de forma asfixiante la vida de los ciudadanos. Winston Smith es un peón de este engranaje perverso y su cometido es reescribir la historia para adaptarla a lo que el Partido considera la versión oficial de los hechos. Hasta que decide replantearse la verdad del sistema que los gobierna y somete.
In 1984 London is a gloomy city in which the Thought Police...
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Simple text and illustrations teach readers common clothing words in both English and Spanish. Author/Illustrator biography Glossary of key words Learning Spanish is lots of fun with our endearing WordBooks/Libros de Palabras series! Lighthearted illustrations guide readers through words they use and encounter every day. Simple scenes and familiar situations give visual cues to ease comprehension. These books are perfect for students learning basic...
15) The Rough riders
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In 1898, at the start of the Spanish-American War, three regiments of volunteer American soldiers were formed to go to war. The most celebrated of them, the 1st United States Volunteer Calvary, also known as "The Rough Riders," was led by Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. A motley crew of cowboys and Ivy League scholars, the Rough Riders were hastily trained and thrown into battle in less-than-ideal circumstances. This is Roosevelt's eyewitness...
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Un amanecer de 1945 un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambiará el rumbo de su vida y le arrastrará a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. Un misterio literario ambientado en la Barcelona de la primera mitad del siglo XX, desde los últimos esplendores...
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IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
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720L
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Harry vive con sus horribles t©Ưos y el insorportable primo Dudley, hasta que su ingreso en el Colegio Hogwarts de Magia y Hechicer©Ưa cambia su vida para siempre. All©Ư aprender©Ł trucos y encantamientos fabulosos, y har©Ł un pu©łado de buenos amigos... aunque tambi©♭n algunos temibles enemigos. Y, sobre todo, conocero los secretos que lo ayudar©Łn a cumplir con su destino.
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle,...
20) Mortal engines
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Hundreds of years after our civilization was destroyed, a new world has emerged. A mysterious young woman named Hester Shaw leads a band of outcasts in the fight to stop London, now a giant predator city on wheels, from devouring everything in its path.
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