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The inspiration for the musical film adaptation starring Peter Dinklage and directed by Joe Wright.Poet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in Paris. But there is one very large problem – he has a nose of stupendous size and believes she will never see past it to return his feelings. So when he discovers that the handsome but tongue-tied Christian is also pining for Roxane, generous Cyrano offers to help by writing exquisite declarations of love for the young man to woo her with. Will she ever recognize who she is really falling in love with? Set during the reign of Louis XIII, Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) was one of the great theatrical successes of its time and remains as popular today for its dramatic power and, above all, for its complicated and romantic story of unrequited love.
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Stephanie Plum returns to hunt down a master cyber-criminal operating out of Trenton in the 28th book in the wildly popular series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. When Stephanie Plum is woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of footsteps in her apartment, she wishes she didn’t keep her gun in the cookie jar in her kitchen. And when she finds out the intruder is fellow apprehension agent Diesel, six feet of hard muscle and bad attitude whom she hasn’t seen in more than two years, she still thinks the gun might come in handy. Turns out Diesel and Stephanie are on the trail of the same fugitive: Oswald Wednesday, an international computer hacker as brilliant as he is ruthless. Stephanie may not be the most technologically savvy sleuth, but she more than makes up for that with her dogged determination, her understanding of human nature, and her willingness to do just about anything to bring a fugitive to justice. Unsure if Diesel is her partner or her competition in this case, she’ll need to watch her back every step of the way as she sets the stage to draw Wednesday out from behind his computer and into the real world.
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This beautifully produced book, available in a new edition, introduces readers to the major developments in the history of modern art from Realism to the New Leipzig School.,The story of modern art begins with a revolution-when the realists started rejecting romanticism in favor of depicting life as it really was. Since that movement began in the mid-19th- century, painters have been rebelling, rethinking, deconstructing, and challenging notions of what art is. Filled with stunning reproductions of some of the world's greatest masterpieces, this reference book offers a chronological journey through artistic revolutions. Each movement is presented in a series of informative presentations-a concise definition and description, full-page and smaller detailed color illustrations, and in-depth profiles of the artists crucial to the style's development. Covering a wide range of movements both familiar and obscure, this accessible and informative volume is a perfect introduction for readers interested in art's constantly evolving story.
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The book that all SHATTER ME fans have been waiting for is finally here. The finale of Tahereh Mafi's New York Times bestselling YA fantasy series perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Victoria Aveyard's The Red Queen, Stranger Things and Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows.Juliette Ferrars. Ella Sommers. Which is the truth and which is the lie?Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong – between Ella and Juliette – blur. And with old enemies looming, her destiny may not be her own to control.The day of reckoning for the Reestablishment is coming. But will the choice of which side to fight on be hers?
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Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje PrizeSeventeen-year-old Silvie is camping in rural Northumberland with her father and a group of archaeologists, who hope to uncover evidence of human sacrifice. As Silvie glimpses new freedoms with the students, her relationship with her overbearing father deteriorates, until the haunting rites of the past begin to bleed into the present.
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Five hundred years have passed since the devastating demon-led war that almost exterminated humankind. Those who escaped the carnage were led to sanctuary by the boy saviour known as Hawk: the gypsy morph. But now, the unimaginable has come to pass: the cocoon of protective magic surrounding the valley has vanished.When Sider Ament, last surviving Knight of the Word, detects unknown predators stalking the valley, and Trackers from the human village of Glensk Wood find two of their own gruesomely killed, there can be no doubt: the once safe haven of generations has been laid bare. Together, the young Trackers, the aging Knight and a daring Elf princess race to spread word of the encroaching danger. But suspicion and hostility among their countrymen threaten to doom their efforts from within, while beyond the breached borders, a ruthless Troll army masses for invasion. Standing firm between the two, the last wielder of the black staff and its awesome magic must find a successor to carry on the fight against the cresting new wave of evil.
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Zero Gravity is the fifth collection of comic pieces by Woody Allen, a hilarious prose stylist whose enduring appeal readers have savored since his classics Getting Even, Without Feathers, Side Effects, and Mere Anarchy. This new work combines pieces that have appeared in The New Yorker along with eleven written exclusively for this book, each a comic inspiration. Whether he’s writing about horses that paint, cars that think, the sex lives of celebrities, or how General Tso’s Chicken got its name, he is always totally original, broad yet sophisticated, acutely observant, and most important, relentlessly funny. Along with titles like “Buffalo Wings, Woncha Come Out Tonight” and “When Your Hood Ornament Is Nietzsche,” included in this collection is his poignant but very funny short story, ''Growing Up in Manhattan.” Daphne Merkin has written the foreword.
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Whether you're Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin or Ravenclaw, you can now own a glorious box set themed around your house, available to pre-order in hardback and paperback.
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It is essential for any serious pastry chef to have a comprehensive knowledge of frozen dessert production, and this book provides all the basic information a pastry professional needs. Introductory chapters include the history and evolution of frozen desserts, ingredients including dairy products, sugars, stabilizers, emulsifiers, fruits, and flavors, and equipment including churning machines, production equipment, and storage and serving containers. Also included are essentials on storage, sanitation, and production and serving techniques. Recipe chapters cover Dairy-Based Frozen Desserts, which include ice cream, gelato, and sherbet, Non-Dairy Desserts, which include sorbet and granites, and Aerated Still-Frozen Desserts, which include parfaits, semi-freddos, and frozen mousses and souffles. Each recipe chapter covers both classic and modern small-batch production techniques, basic formulas, and both basic and advanced base recipes. The final chapter, Finished Items, makes use of these base recipes and shows readers how to produce, plate, garnish, and serve small desserts, plated desserts, frozen cakes, and even frozen accompaniments to savory courses. Recipes are illustrated throughout by full-color beauty photographs. An instructor's manual and companion website are also available for classroom use.
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The winter of 1353 has been appallingly wet, there is a fever outbreak amongst the poorer townspeople and the country is not yet fully recovered from the aftermath of the plague. The increasing reputation and wealth of the Cambridge colleges are causing dangerous tensions between the town, Church and University.Matthew Bartholomew is called to look into the deaths of three members of the University of who died from drinking poisoned wine, and soon he stumbles upon criminal activities that implicate his relatives, friends and colleagues - so he must solve the case before matters in the town get out of hand...On a bitter winter evening in 1356, Matthew Bartholomew, Brother Michael and their book-bearer Cynric arrive in Lincoln. Michael is to accept an honour from the cathedral, and Bartholomew is looking for the woman he wants to marry. It is not long before they learn that the friary in which they are staying is not the safe haven they imagine - one guest has already been murdered.It soon emerges that the dead man was holding the Hugh Chalice, a Lincoln relic with a curiously bloody history. Bartholomew and Michael are soon drawn into a web of murder, lies and suspicion in a city where neither knows who can be trusted.
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The climate crisis is here. Our chance to stop it has come and gone, but this doesn’t have to mean the world is ending.‘If you care about the planet, and about the people and animals who live on it, there are two ways to think about this. You can keep on hoping that catastrophe is preventable, and feel ever more frustrated or enraged by the world’s inaction. Or you can accept that disaster is coming, and begin to rethink what it means to have hope.’The honesty and realism of Jonathan Franzen’s writings on climate have been widely denounced and just as widely celebrated. Here, in his definitive statement on the subject, Franzen confronts the world’s failure to avert destabilising climate change and takes up the question: Now what?
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An old mystery. As midnight strikes, a man desperately seeking sanctuary flees into a church. The next day, his sudden disappearance will make him famous throughout France. A new science. Forensic expert Enzo Macleod takes a wager to solve the seven most notorious French murders using modern technology - and a total disregard for the justice system. A fresh trail. Deep in the catacombs below the city, he unearths dark clues deliberately set - and as he draws closer to the killer, discovers that he is to be the next victim.
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Part adventure, part chronicle of an indomitable woman - the witch Sogolon - who bows to no man, this is an unforgettable exploration of power, personality, and the places where they overlap, set in a world at once ancient and startlingly modern.In the words of Neil Gaiman, James has created 'a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's'.Chronicling the same events but telling a very different story - who will you believe? Read THE DARK STAR TRILOGY in any order! Book one, BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF, is available now.
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A totally overlooked Art Nouveau masterpiece, a forgotten Cubist lamp-post, secrets of the castle alchemists, the message in the hidden palindrome on Charles Bridge, the Kabbalistic mysteries of the Jewish ghetto, a thief’s shrivelled forearm hanging in a church, a statue revealing its intestines, the largest wind tunnel in the Czech Republic, a fragment of the Great Pyramid of Cheops in a pet cemetery, a clock that runs backwards, a house/museum painted blue to meet the needs of the partially blind musician owner …
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A heartbreaking, compelling and timely story for older readers about teen pregnancy and its consequences, family trouble and unlikely friendships, set in 1960.When Laura meets a French exchange student, Leon, she is flattered by his interest in her. She's never had any sort of boyfriend before. One night, Leon walks Laura home - and her life will never be the same again. Things start to change for Laura - first her moods, and then her body. Laura isn't prepared for what she learns next - and doesn't even know how it could have happened. When her family learns her secret, they are horrified. Sent away to save them from shame, Laura meets girls just like herself, whose families have given up on them - and they become a family for each other at the most difficult time in all their lives.An emotional and moving tale for fans of Dear Nobody and Juno.
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In sixteen extended talks with Alternative Radio's David Barsamian, Noam Chomsky explains why the 'war on drugs' is really a war on poor people, how attacks on political correctness are attacks on independent thought, how historical revisionism has recast the United States as the victim in the Vietnam War. Widely recognized as one of the most original and important thinkers of our age, Chomsky's trenchant analysis of current events is a breath of fresh air in a world more and more polluted by mainstream media.
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In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women's rights. But that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of: Kobani. By then, the Islamic State had swept across vast swathes of the country, taking town after town and spreading terror as the civil war burned all around it. From that unlikely showdown in Kobani emerged a fighting force that would wage war against ISIS across northern Syria alongside the United States. In the process, these women would spread their own political vision, determined to make women's equality a reality by fighting - house by house, street by street, city by city - the men who bought and sold women.
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Jim Butcher Dresden Files Series 4 Collection 3 Books Set: Side Jobs: Harry is the best and technically the 'only' at what he does, being the lone professional wizard PI in the Chicago phonebook. So when the Chicago PD has cases that transcend mortal capabilities, they come to him for answers. For the 'everyday' world is actually full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. Yet despite his precautions, Harry tends to stumble from crisis to drama in his dealings with the supernatural world - call it an occupational hazard.Brief Cases: Return to the world of the Dresden Files with Harry Dresden (the only wizard in the Chicago phone book) and friends as they solve supernatural mysteries, protect the helpless, and fight evil.Brief Cases is a new collection of Dresden Files stories which will include an original novella, from international bestseller Jim Butcher.Battle Ground :Harry has faced terrible odds before. He has a long history of fighting enemies above his weight class. The Red Court of vampires. The fallen angels of the Order of the Blackened Denarius. The Outsiders. But this time it's different. A being more powerful and dangerous on an order of magnitude beyond what the world has seen in a millennium is coming. And she's bringing an army. The Last Titan has declared war on the city of Chicago, and has come to subjugate humanity, obliterating any who stand in her way.
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From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the bestselling author of Sapiens, comes the second volume in the bestselling Unstoppable Us series that traces human development from the Agricultural Revolution to Prehistoric Egypt.Humans may have taken over the world, but what happened next? How did our hunter-gatherer ancestors become village farmers? Why were kingdoms and laws established? How did we go from being the rulers of Earth to the rulers of each other?And why isn’t the world fair?The answer to all of that is one of the strangest tales you’ll ever hear. And it’s a true story!From cultivating land and sharing resources to building pyramids and paying taxes, prepare to discover how humans established civilization, endured the consequences for it, and created history-changing inventions along the way.In Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World, acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari explored the early history of humankind. In Volume 2 , he is back with another expertly crafted story of how human society evolved and flourished. His dynamic writing is accompanied by maps, a timeline, and full-color illustrations, making the incredible story of our past fun, engaging, and impossible to put down.
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El libro definitivo sobre arquitectura concreta, que presenta 300 edificios de cada tipo y estilo de los últimos 100 años.Un volumen singularmente impresionante que presenta 300 ejemplos de la arquitectura de hormigón más increíble e inspiradora desde principios del siglo XX hasta la actualidad. Organizado visualmente, con un edificio por página, Concrete Architecture celebra el poder, la majestuosidad y la belleza escultórica de los edificios de hormigón de todo el mundo y se basa en un ensayo contextualizador sobre la larga historia de la arquitectura del hormigón, que se remonta a más de mil años, a las civilizaciones clásicas de Grecia y Roma.Incluyendo edificios de los pioneros maestros modernos del hormigón como Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, I. M. Pei, John Lautner y Frank Lloyd Wright, y también obras de algunos de los arquitectos más venerados de finales del siglo XX, incluidos Tadao Ando y Steven Holl , Herzog y de Meuron, y Zaha Hadid. Concrete Architecture también saca a la luz a las estrellas contemporáneas que utilizan el hormigón de formas espectaculares, incluidas Grafton Architects, Elemental y Pezo von Elrichshausen. Esta impresionante colección de edificios de hormigón de todo el mundo es un festín visual para los amantes del brutalismo, uno de los temas más candentes de la arquitectura popular.
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Tracing a remarkably varied career, this monograph on the painter David Diao follows his stylistic evolution-from abstraction to genre-defying and candid self-exploration.,his book accompanies the first full-scale retrospective of David Diao's entire oeuvre. It is a career of twists and turns- Diao's work was originally influenced by the New York School of the 1960s before he became obsessed with the work of Barnett Newman, referencing many of the artist's paintings in his own. After a period of restless inactivity, Diao's most recent works touch on his personal history as a Chinese immigrant in America, modernist architecture, and identity politics. In addition to spectacular reproductions of Diao's work over four decades, this comprehensive book features illustrations and essays on Diao's treatment of identity and his aversion to categorization, and analysis of Diao's work as a method of capturing the process of forgetting and the inherent fallibility of art historical memory. Long overdue, this book celebrates Diao's unique vision and art.
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With the emotional intelligence of Maggie O'Farrell and the witty observational skills of Kate Atkinson, this is a novel of unexpected second chances set in 1950s England.¿A quién va dirigido el libro ?Small Pleasures de Clare Chambers atrae a un público amplio, pero se dirige especialmente a lectores interesados en novelas literarias con un trasfondo histórico, que aprecien las historias centradas en el desarrollo de los personajes y las relaciones humanas. La novela explora temas de la condición femenina en la década de 1950, la búsqueda de la felicidad y el significado de la familia, por lo que resultará especialmente atractivo para aquellos interesados en la literatura que aborda estas temáticas con profundidad y sensibilidad. Asimismo, aquellos que disfrutan de novelas con un misterio sutilmente entretejido en la trama encontrarán en Small Pleasures una lectura cautivadora.Temas que trata el libro Small Pleasures explora una serie de temas interconectados:La condición femenina en la década de 1950 en Gran Bretaña: La novela presenta la vida de Jean Swinney, una mujer de cuarenta años que se enfrenta a las limitaciones sociales y profesionales de su época. Se muestra la presión social sobre las mujeres para casarse y formar una familia, y las dificultades que enfrentan aquellas que eligen un camino diferente.La búsqueda de la felicidad y el significado de la vida: Jean se encuentra en un momento de su vida en el que cuestiona sus elecciones y busca un propósito más allá de sus responsabilidades cotidianas. La novela explora la idea de que la felicidad puede encontrarse en los pequeños momentos y en las conexiones humanas inesperadas.Las relaciones familiares y amistosas: La relación de Jean con su madre, su interacción con la familia Tilbury y el desarrollo de nuevas amistades son elementos centrales de la trama. La novela explora la complejidad de las relaciones familiares, la importancia del apoyo social y la capacidad de encontrar conexiones significativas en circunstancias inesperadas.El misterio y la verdad: La historia de un supuesto nacimiento virginal sirve como catalizador de la trama, creando un misterio que Jean investiga. Este misterio no solo impulsa la acción, sino que también sirve como metáfora de la búsqueda de la verdad en la vida personal de Jean.El conflicto entre el deber y el deseo personal: Jean se enfrenta a un dilema entre sus responsabilidades y sus propios deseos. La novela explora el conflicto entre la obligación social y la búsqueda de la realización personal.Resumen de críticas, opiniones y valoraciones del libro Se destacan las descripciones de la novela como una obra "asombrosa y agudamente observada", que captura la vida de una mujer británica común en la década de 1950, mostrando su vida cotidiana y cómo un evento inesperado la lleva a una batalla entre la decencia y una pasión inesperada. Se elogia la prosa de la autora, calificándola de "bella", capaz de crear "un gran placer a partir de pequeños detalles". La novela ha sido comparada con obras de autoras como Tessa Hadley, Kazuo Ishiguro y Ann Patchett, lo que sugiere una calidad literaria notable. También se menciona que la obra ha sido preseleccionada para el Women's Prize for Fiction, lo que refuerza su reconocimiento en el ámbito literario. Finalmente, se describe la novela como una mezcla de misterio e historia de amor, que explora el conflicto entre la realización personal y el deber, celebrando la belleza y el potencial de alegría en las cosas sencillas y poco comunes.
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For tourists and locals who have outgrown Hop on–Hop off bus excursions, river cruises and Beatles tours, Secret Liverpool – An unusual guide is an indispensable guide to the curiosities of 'England's finest Victorian city', designed for people who prefer to customise their own itinerary or simply wander where the mood takes them.Discover for yourself the haunts of slave traders, privateers and press-gangs, the hideaway of a suspected assassin and the desecrated grave of a self-professed Jack the Ripper, track down the birthplace of rail travel and the oldest pavilion at a first-class cricket ground, marvel at a life-size replica of the world's first submarine and the original home of the Epsom Derby, be gobsmacked by burial stones older than Stonehenge and one of the earliest human settlements to be found anywhere in the UK, take a turn on John Lennon's first musical instrument and snigger at the sight of Queen Victoria's dildo, meet toads that sing, World War II's best-kept secret and the world's first (and smallest) skyscraper, toast the UK's greatest female athlete in a brew named in her honour or go for a spin on the only purpose-built F1 race track in the country.
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A calcified lizard in a church, vestiges of a former brothel, a “hole” that cures headaches, a bunker turned art gallery, a customised Vespa from the Second World War, remarkable secret private collections, extraordinary old libraries unknown to Neapolitans, a Greek watchtower in a theatre, a rare clock that measures the equation of time, the bars of a chapel door that resonate like a xylophone, a mysterious phallic symbol in San Gennaro catacombs, a little-known museum with a section dedicated to Punch, a unique anatomical model dating from the 18th century, a raft ride 20 metres below Piazza del Plebiscito …
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Los libros en inglés son ediciones impresas que permiten acceder a obras originales o publicadas directamente en esta lengua. Las novelas en inglés y la literatura en inglés ofrecen una experiencia de lectura que combina el placer literario con la práctica lingüística. El formato en papel facilita una lectura pausada, la consulta de vocabulario y la comprensión detallada de los matices propios del idioma.
¿Qué son los libros en inglés?
Son publicaciones en papel que presentan obras literarias escritas originalmente en inglés o editadas en esta lengua para su lectura directa.
Definición
Incluyen novelas, relatos, poesía y textos teatrales pertenecientes a distintas tradiciones culturales del ámbito anglófono. Leer literatura en inglés en su versión original permite apreciar el estilo, el ritmo y las expresiones idiomáticas propias del autor o autora.
Dimensión cultural
Las novelas en inglés reflejan contextos históricos y sociales diversos, desde la tradición británica hasta la narrativa estadounidense y otras literaturas internacionales en lengua inglesa.
Cómo elegir novelas en inglés
Seleccionar libros en inglés implica tener en cuenta el nivel de dominio del idioma y el tipo de obra que se desea leer.
Criterios de selección
Es recomendable considerar la complejidad lingüística, la extensión de la obra y el género literario.
- Novelas contemporáneas con lenguaje actual.
- Clásicos de la literatura en inglés.
- Relatos breves para iniciarse en la lectura en versión original.
- Ediciones anotadas que faciliten la comprensión.
Tipos de libros y contenido habitual
Los libros en inglés en formato papel abarcan distintos géneros y estilos que se adaptan a diferentes intereses lectores.
Tipos de libros y contenido
- Novelas completas en inglés original.
- Antologías de relatos anglófonos.
- Obras teatrales y poesía en lengua inglesa.
- Ediciones académicas para estudio y análisis.
Estos libros permiten disfrutar de la literatura en inglés al tiempo que se desarrollan habilidades lingüísticas.
Beneficios culturales y educativos
La lectura de novelas en inglés en papel contribuye al enriquecimiento cultural y al fortalecimiento de la competencia lectora en lengua extranjera.
Mejora del vocabulario
Leer literatura en inglés amplía el léxico y refuerza la comprensión de estructuras gramaticales en contexto.
Comprensión intercultural
Las obras en lengua inglesa permiten conocer otras realidades culturales y perspectivas sociales, favoreciendo una visión más amplia del mundo.
Orientación lectora: ¿para quién son los libros en inglés?
Los libros en inglés están dirigidos a personas interesadas en combinar lectura literaria y aprendizaje lingüístico.
- Lectores y lectoras que desean practicar el idioma.
- Estudiantes que trabajan textos en versión original.
- Personas interesadas en culturas anglófonas.
- Quienes buscan acceder a obras sin traducción.
Preguntas frecuentes sobre libros en inglés
¿Qué ventajas tiene leer novelas en inglés?
Permite mejorar la competencia lingüística y apreciar el estilo original del autor o autora.
¿Cómo elegir un libro en inglés según el nivel?
Es recomendable comenzar por obras breves o con lenguaje actual y aumentar progresivamente la dificultad.
¿Qué aporta la literatura en inglés a nivel cultural?
Permite conocer distintas tradiciones literarias y contextos culturales del ámbito anglófono.
¿Por qué leer libros en inglés en formato papel?
El formato en papel facilita la concentración, la consulta de términos y una lectura más atenta del texto original.