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Hasta que compré este libro y ME DI CUENTA DE QUE CADA SIGNO DEL ZODIACO DEBE TENER UNA DIETA DISTINTA!
Si tu crees en la astrología, ESTA ES LA DIETA PARA TI...¿Y saben que es lo más extraño?
Hice esta dieta tres meses; bajé diez kilos ¡Y JAMÁS HE VUELTO A SUBIR NI UN GRAMO !! De esto ya hace cuatro años! Claro, me cuido aunque sea un poquito...Ya no como tantos chocolates ni tanto pan ...Pero la verdad es esa:CON LA DIETA DE MI SIGNO ( TAURO ) NO VOLVÍ A SUBIR Y CON OTRAS DIETAS SI...
Ahi se las dejo de tarea !

So, if you just follow any diet, it either:
a.- Won't work
b.- Or let you gain weight fastly when you finish making it...
This is The Diet from your Own Personal Stars...

Y ME LO REGALARON...Todo fue una cadena de coincidencias VENTUROSAS !
Lo probé porque si, por ociosa...
¡QUE SORPRESA !
HICE LA DIETA DE MI SIGNO Y ME FUNCIONÓ COMO NINGUNA ANTES!
COMO JAMÁS !

if you believe in the power and wisedom of the stars under which you were born...THIS IS YOUR DIET BOOK...
THE ONLY ONE THAT WILL WORK FOR YOU!

YOU ARE FOLLOWING JUST ANY DIET...You will surely FAIL !
The organism of each Zodiac sign, responds DIFERENT TO DIETS.

If you are a Gemini, for instance, and are really decided to loose extra weight...TRUST THIS BOOK AND FOLLOW THE DIET DESIGNED SPECIALLY FOR YOUR SIGN!

Desde que leí por Las enseñanzas de Don Juan primera vez y por esas casualidades de la vida, podría decir...quedé fascinada, tanto que por un lado me moría leerlo pero por otro lado era como una especie de dolor terminarlo ya que al cerrar ese libro era como cerrar ese mundo. Es por eso que al recién leer todos los comentarios publicados aquí y encontrar esa misma sensasión en cada uno que escribió siento una inmensa alegría. La verdad que los diversos libros de Castaneda me ayudaron a abrir un poco la cabeza y a desarrigarme un poco más de todo lo que no tiene sentido. Mis saludos para todos, Gaby.

la presencia permanente de la muerte

Las enseñanzas de Don Juan es uno de los libros mas maravillosos que he leido en mucho tiempo,lo recomiendo a todas las personas que tienen una mente abierta.

Durante el transcurso de una vida ocurren una serie de cosas que nos llaman la atención, pero existen otras que van mucho más alla y nos impactan, hasta el punto de cambiar una vida a partir del momento en que ocurren. Creo que eso paso conmigo al encontrar el primero de una serie de libros que son realmente magnificos.Carlitos representa al comienzo el espejo de nosotros mismos, los que estamos insertos en la cultura occidental; seres sofisticados y arrogantes que no creemos en nada aparte de lo podemos comprobar con los cinco sentidos. Me di cuenta que no somos para nada comparables con la libertad que tiene un guerrero. Don Juan decía que no existe una prueba de hombría más grande que seguir el camino del guerrero y esto porque es una de las empresas más dificiles que existe.Al conocer estas enseñanzas me he dado cuenta que hasta este punto de mi vida solo he perdido el tiempo en tonterías, como cargarme de deseos egoistas que al final no sirven de nada. Aunque talve! ! z no lo consiga, creo que seguir el camino del guerrero es lo unico que me queda por hacer, pues para mí en este momento es lo unico que tiene un significado verdadero.Gracias Carlos y sobre todo gracias Don Juan.

Posiblemente este sea uno de los libros mas importantes de mi vida. Descubre un mundo que siempre ha estado ahi mismo, el cual es dificil de percibir debido a nuestra propia tendencia de ser. Desgraciadamente en ultimas fechas ha sido objeto de un extrano culto "new age" propiciado por la mercadotecnia boras. Recomiendo ampliamente este libro pero solo a las personas con una amplia vision de la vida y un enfoque critico de la realidad.

I really love this book! It is an interesting and simple way to learn Spanish!

Excellent book.

This is one of the best Spanish books I have seen, and I am obsessive about buying books. My Spanish teacher and I could not put it down.

As is stated everywhere, this book is really unique (it's bilingual; it's a mystery story; and it has grammar sections and audio). The result is a truly fun way to learn lots of Spanish. And the dramatic way in which the Latin American narrators speak on the CD adds the critical need to hear naturally spoken Spanish. (A question was raised as to the origin of the speakers. So I did some research and verified that the speakers are indeed Latin American.) I highly recommend this book to students and adults. You won't be able to put it down!

This material came highly recommended and I enjoyed it very much. I found that reading the well paced chapters really increased my vocabulary and my understanding of Spanish phrases with little effort. I also enjoyed the opportunity to listen to the story, as that engaged an entirely different part of my brain. Trying to learn Spanish on my own has resulted in my becoming a reasonably good reader, but not a good listener/hearer for comprehension. I would like to try teaching this material to a gifted/talented group of students, as that seems to be what it was designed for. You won't learn everything you wanted to know about Spanish, but it gives you a really great basis and broadens your vocabulary in a very engaging way. (The reader on the CD seems to use pronunciation of Spanish from Spain, which was somewhat difficult for me, as I am focusing on Latin American Spanish. But none-the-less, it was helpful.)

"Captain" Diego Alatriste is a sword-for-hire in seventeenth century Spain--a difficult occupation in a difficult time, a time of outward glory and inward corruption in a country dominated by an out-of-control theocratic machine--The Inquisition. Sure enough the old soldier Alatriste is soon involved in another dangerous adventure, but this one ends in disaster. His young ward, Inigo Balboa, thirteen years old, falls into the hands of the Inquisition, and finds himself interrogated, week after week, in a secret prison, somewhere in Toledo.

Of course, there's much more to the story. A murder mystery. Historical figures from the arts and literature of the time. Alatriste's friends and deadly enemies. A horrifying auto de fe. And the haunting theme of the title--purity of bloodlines, meaning freedom from any taint of the hated (even though converted) Jews.

So, what do you suppose will happen? Will Inigo be burned at the stake? Will Alatriste find any way to save him? Will the murder mystery ever be solved? You'll just have to read the book to find out. Let me just say that Inigo, who is also the narrator, is a remarkable lad indeed.

Author Perez-Reverte writes with profound depth and wisdom, giving his characters depth and complexity, and the action moves along, dragging the reader with it. Yes, the vocabulary is somewhat intimidating, with a number of archaic words I couldn't find in my Spanish dictionary, but usually I could figure out what was going on from the context. This is the second book in the Alatriste series and a fitting sequel to the previous title. I recommend this book highly. Reviewed by Louis N. Gruber.

This book is riveting! It depicts XVII Century Spain with so much detail and imagination. Capitan Alatriste, an anti-hero sword-for-hire with a code of Honor so true of the Spaniards, is spectacular. And his friend, the Legendary Don Francisco Quevedo, one of Spain's greatest writers, collaborates with him through the story. The book is sprinkled with Quevedo's verses as well as those of Don Luis De Gongora. Inigo, the Captain's 13 year old protegee, relates the story, a la "Lazarillo de Tormes." Simply delicious!

Each book builds more suspense than the previous one read. "Limpieza de sangre" depicts milestone features about life in Spain in the first quarter of the 17th century. Without digressing too much into the social and political quagmires affecting the court of Phillip IV and his infamous, yet resourceful, prime minister Conde Duque de Olivares, Mr. Perez-Reverte's pen takes us to another nail-biting plot involving the Spanish Inquisition. His narrative is once again meticulously labored and his characters are produced quite graphically. His sense of detail is both powerful and realistic.

Cuando termié de leer esta libro descubrí que era el segundo de una serie. Sin perder tiempo busqué el primero (Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste) y me lo devoré en cuestión de horas. Si bien es cierto que se puede leer sin haber leído el primero, es mucho más sabroso leerlo con la información entregada en la primera parte. Iñigo Balboa,un jovencito que llegará a ser escudero de Alatriste, será quien nos narre lo que pasa: con su óptica de niño que se hace hombre, de cómplice de un extraordinario soldado que no tiene pares con la espada, pero que por honor desafía a un hombre de poder, a inquisidores. Iñigo se verá en un fuerte aprieto del cual sólo Alatriste es capaz de salvarlo.

A punto de incorporarse a su antiguo tercio en Flandes, Diego Alatriste se ve envuelto por mediación de su amigo don Franscisco de Quevedo en otra peligrosa aventura. Una mujer ha aparecido estrangulada en una silla de manos frente a la iglesia de San Ginés, con una bolsa de dinero y una nota manuscrita: Para misas por su alma.

Si quieres reír con ganas, no te pierdas este libro.
Gracias Amazon por el servicio.

ESTADO DE ÁNIMO,¿VERDAD ?
Pues estos chistes son como una fabriquita de serotonina, porque la risa provoca más produccion de esta susbstancia cerebral !

QUE NOMÁS VIENDO LA PORTADA DEL LIBRO, ME EMPIEZO A ACORDAR DE LOS CHISTES Y HASTA LA BARRIGA ME DUELE !!

¡QUE BARATAS SALEN ESTAS RISAS Y QUE BIEN TE HACEN SENTIR !

QUE LA MEJOR COCINA Y LOS MEJORES CHISTES VIENEN DE AHI, DE MÉXICO !
ESTE LIBRO LO DEMUESTRA !
Te pateas de risa !!

Halloween is my favorite holiday and now it has a new tradition: a book to be read on October 31, and throughout the year.
"Los Gatos Black on Halloween" is as rich and delicious as a slice of pumpkin pie. All the creepy creatures from the other world are gathering for their yearly bash at the local haunted house. Ghosts and Ghouls, Witches and Vamps, dance and cavort until the scariest monsters of all come trick-or-treating at the door. Marisa Montes' rhyming text is spot on.
And Yuyi Morales' illustrations kick the whole thing up to an even more supernatural level. She layers rich cultural references (Is that an Aztec giving the conquistador the raspberry?) and witty humor (the vain vampire checking his hair IN A MIRROR) into her astounding artwork, reminiscent of the finest Mexican muralists.
This little trick is a definite treat.

This is an excellent book for diversity in your classroom. Words are defined in the back for easy reference. You can adapt this book for extension lessons every easily.

Both me and my wife (a first grade teacher) really loved this book. It has great artwork (the first thing I look for), a really fun poem that incorporates Halloween words Spanish (teaching them through context), and cute ending. A great Halloween book for the classroom.

My children like this book. The 5 year-old likes the blend of "creepy" characters with common halloween themes, the 16 month-old likes the illustrations, and I like the bilingual aspect. Wonderful illustrations.

Love the concept, love the text. Ah, but the illustrations are the main treat - better than a bagful of Snickers and Atomic Fireballs! So spooky, so rich, and full of delicious details - you can get lost in them for hours!

"Los horizontes más solitarios del mundo" es la historia de Jack, un joven de 13 años como cualquier otro que una mañana, antes de que su familia despierte, se escapa de casa con la mochila al hombro. Jack no es en rigor un personaje contemporáneo en tanto que la narración tiene lugar en los años 1980s, pero el autor lo hace así para hacer coincidir ciertos sucesos históricos el argumento. El joven se interna por un bosque en donde lo sorprende la noche, pero con la luz del día sus pasos lo encaminan a un pequeño puerto de la costa del sur de Inglaterra - un lugar muy cercano a su casa - en donde tiene
la oportunidad de contemplar en todo su esplendor un viejo navío restaurado que, después se entera, hace escala ahí para
aprovisionarse. Sabiendo que no tiene nada que perder, y con menos ánimo que nunca de regresar a su casa, el joven se sube al barco escondido en una caja de provisiones y de esa forma empieza la mayor aventura de su vida.

Como todas las historias sobre adolescentes, los horizontes más solitarios del mundo es una novela sobre el crecimiento, sobre el descubrimiento y sobre el proceso de hacer frente a dificultades extraordinarias, para encontrar al final del cuento a un personaje transformado, que poco tiene que ver con el que iniciamos la novela. El encanto de "Los horizontes" son las atmósferas perfectamente descritas, su capacidad para hacernos sentir, mediante su prosa, en medio de los lugares más remotos de la tierra, la cercanía con el peligro en cada vuelta de sus páginas, y el saber poner al lector el suficiente número de trampas para que lo inesperado sea la norma y el desenlace sea al mismo tiempo sorpresivo y clásico.

Con la combinación de todo ello nos queda la certeza de que es perfectamente posible que un adolescente de nuestros días, por un fantástica conincidencia de sucesos, pueda vivir una historia como las que nos contaron Salgari o Robert Louis Stevenson.

"Los horizontes más solitarios del mundo" es la historia de Jack, un joven de 13 años como cualquier otro que una mañana, antes de que su familia despierte, se escapa de casa con la mochila al hombro. Jack no es en rigor un personaje contemporáneo en tanto que la narración tiene lugar en los años 1980s, pero el autor lo hace así para hacer coincidir ciertos sucesos históricos el argumento. El joven se interna por un bosque en donde lo sorprende la noche, pero con la luz del día sus pasos lo encaminan a un pequeño puerto de la costa del sur de Inglaterra - un lugar muy cercano a su casa - en donde tiene
la oportunidad de contemplar en todo su esplendor un viejo navío restaurado que, después se entera, hace escala ahí para
aprovisionarse. Sabiendo que no tiene nada que perder, y con menos ánimo que nunca de regresar a su casa, el joven se sube al barco escondido en una caja de provisiones y de esa forma empieza la mayor aventura de su vida.

Como todas las historias sobre adolescentes, los horizontes más solitarios del mundo es una novela sobre el crecimiento, sobre el descubrimiento y sobre el proceso de hacer frente a dificultades extraordinarias, para encontrar al final del cuento a un personaje transformado, que poco tiene que ver con el que iniciamos la novela. El encanto de "Los horizontes" son las atmósferas perfectamente descritas, su capacidad para hacernos sentir, mediante su prosa, en medio de los lugares más remotos de la tierra, la cercanía con el peligro en cada vuelta de sus páginas, y el saber poner al lector el suficiente número de trampas para que lo inesperado sea la norma y el desenlace sea al mismo tiempo sorpresivo y clásico.

Con la combinación de todo ello nos queda la certeza de que es perfectamente posible que un adolescente de nuestros días, por un fantástica conincidencia de sucesos, pueda vivir una historia como las que nos contaron Salgari o Robert Louis Stevenson.

La novela posee un aire de aventura de las clásicas historias épicas y una sensación de nostalgia a la vez.

Tiene un final emotivo y deja un muy buen sabor de boca.

En verdad recomiendo el libro, especialmente a quienes disfrutan de narraciones llenas de imágenes.

Espero especialmente que encuentre lectores jóvenes.

Felicidades al autor y gracias.

Noah H.

La novela posee un aire de aventura de las clásicas historias épicas y una sensación de nostalgia a la vez.
Tiene un final emotivo y deja un muy buen sabor de boca.
En verdad recomiendo el libro, especialmente a quienes disfrutan de narraciones llenas de imágenes.
Espero especialmente que encuentre lectores jóvenes.

Felicidades al autor y gracias.

Noah H.

Por una de esas extrañas coincidencias, leí este libro unos cuantos días después de que mi hijo menor cumplió trece años y, curiosamente, Jack, el personaje principal de esta novela, tenía precisamente esa edad cuando escapó de su casa para embarcarse en la "Estrella del Sur". Mientras leía con interés el relato de las aventuras de Jack, me sentí transportado a un mundo que casi había olvidado después de mucho tiempo dedicado exclusivamente al trabajo.

Me gusta mucho la literatura, sobre todo las novelas y la poesía, pero hace muchos años que no leía un buen libro, escrito con imaginación y buena prosa, en donde los personajes se enfrentan a la furia del mar y viven momentos de incertidumbre en una pequeña isla perdida del Pacífico Sur. Después de leer este libro me siento más identificado con mi hijo, que casi sin darme cuenta, dejó de ser un niño para convertirse en un muchacho que ahora sueña y observa con creciente curiosidad "Los horizontes más solitarios del mundo".

My daughter got this book for her preschool class and they love listening to her read it again and again. The children remember the Spanish words and their meanings. The pictures really make this book special.

If you don't study the illustrations, you'll miss a lot of extra humor. The writing is great, but the illustrations really add an extra twist of irony, as the excuses made by the friends look more and more foolish given their undescribed actions as drawn on the page. My kids love this book.

The story is about an Iguana and her friends that were organizing a party on Saturday. But iguana had to do everything herslf because the snake, the conejo and the tortuga were only giving excuses so they didn't help. The main characteres are the Iguana, the conejo, the snake, and the tortuga. The tortuga, the conejo and the snake didn't want to help. The Iguana is my favorite character because she was the one who did eerything and she did the right thing. Sometimes I ask my sister if she could help me in something and she allways give excuses for not do it. One time my dad told us to clean a room nd only my big sister and I were cleaning and my other sister was only telling my dad that she had done something alredy. I did like the book. My favorite part was when everyone was in the fiesta having a good ime. My least favorite part was when they didn't want to help her deliver the invitations. If I could, I would change the setting o a prettier. I would rcommend this book to my friend. I hink that my brother Frank would like this book (he is three years old).

I loved the story of The Little Red Hen when I was a child, but I'm going to read Manana Iguana to my children. The Colorful illustrations along with the great fiesta story make this book a must for my library. It was as much fun for me to read as it was for my daughter. The vibrant colors and character's personalities had us anticipating the turn of every page. I also love the story's bilingual element. If you grew up in a "spanglish" home, you absolutely need this book!

My son loves this book. He has several twists on "The Little Red Hen" and this one is one of his favorites. There isn't too much spanish to make the book too hard or lose his interest, but just enough to broaden his vocabulary.

The Merriam-Webster's dictionary of allusion has far more information than the Oxford Dictionary of Allusion. In addition, the allusions are more contempory than the Oxford. Over a week's time I read the dictionary from cover to cover. I came away with a week's entertainment, a better understanding of some phrases, and understanding of some phrases I had totally misunderstood for years. A fine book, I wish I had bought a hard cover edition.

Open Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions to any page and you're bound to learn a thing or two..or three...or more. You'll also smile at the journey that brought you to new insights. The authors have done a masterful job of illuminating the language with scholarship and wit. So much brighter, lighter, enlightening and fun than most reference books--but no less useful.

I am addicted to this amazing little book. If you are at all a fan of language, or if, as many have mentioned, you simply wish to be entertained, this is your book. As would perhaps be expected, its authors are quite erudite themselves, and the journalists and writers that they quote are also top notch. This is my #1 read and I take it everywhere!!! Great for improving one's cultural literacy.

This is like a shorter, more accessible, and American version of Brewer's Dictionary, which this book does cite as a reference. Other differences are that this provides a pronunciation guide for certain words and that contextual examples are drawn mostly from periodicals pre-1999.

It includes allusions to poems ("snows of yesteryear" and "waste its sweetness on the desert air"), the Bible ("Sodom and Gomorrah"), 20th century novels ("Peyton Place" and the "Snopes family" in Faulkner's works), Latin usage ("ex cathedra") and TV ("Eddie Haskell" and "Ozzie and Harriet").

There are explanations of such terms as Daliesque, scorched earth, ignorant armies (forces blindly fighting with each other with no understanding of whom they are fighting or why), gnomes of Zurich, Walpurgis Night, zero-sum game, Mobius strip, Peter Principle, Heimlich maneuver, and non-denial denial.

Reading it, I also learned that the NSA was known as the "puzzle palace."

I own this book and have given copies away to family and friends. Most people who pick this book up and open it to almost any page will learn something, be reminded of something they forgot, or maybe get straightened out on a misconception they had. Rarely will they put it down without having enjoyed the experience.

Naruto issue 13 is a good issue that Masashi Kishimoto has ever published so far. This issue is a good issue becuase this is the episode when Gara and Sasuke Uchiha fight it out in the 3rd exam. I like this issue because this is when Sasuke reveals the power of the Chidori: 1000 Birds. This move was used on gara when he was trying to do a jutsu that Sasuke sis not wont gara to do. While all of this was going on the other Hogage that was accompaning the 3rd Hokage took him hastage and he turned out to be the on the only Oruchumaru!!!

Naruto vol. 13 is a great addition to the naruto series.it provides a great story while keeping u entertained.

The story arc for the chunin exams ends during this book and begins something that is all the better. I love the story so far and this adds to the excitement. Too bad it will take until June for the 14th volume to come out. I give this two thumbs up and recommend this to those that love Naruto.

This is the number-one best manga series in the entire world! I sometimes think Kishimoto-sensei is taking the tragedy-part of the story too far, like with the Third Hokage's death; hat was very sad. Anyways, it's a great series!

I liked this one better than the others because you got to see Orochimaru's attak. Temari wins the fight against Shikamaru in a stunning way. Before Sasuke and Gaara's fight, Sasuke appears with a flashy enterance, casually late. They find the amazing story of the chidori, or lightning blade, as Sasuke unleashes it. As Gaara trys to transform he gets hit with the chidori. During the fight, the sand ninja and Orochimaru attack Konoha, and the Chunin selection exams concludes with a bang. As Sasuke is pursuing Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, Shikamaru, Sakura, and Naruto, with the help of Pakkun, are pursuing Sasuke