Biblioteca Irma Salas Silva

This famous play by Oscar Wilde is one of the finest comedies in the English language. Algernon knows that his friend Jack does not always tell the truth. For example, in town his name is Ernest, while in the country he calls himself Jack. And who is the girl who gives him presents ‘from little […]

Repeated practice builds mastery, and this book provides exactly the practice students need to master the reading skills of making inferences and drawing conclusions. The 35 reproducible pages in this book feature high-interest nonfiction reading passage with short-answer practice questions that target one of these essential reading comprehension skills. Flexible and easy to use—in school

Este libro corresponde a la décimo sexta publicación anual realizada por el grupo de universidades chilenas coordinadas por CINDA, con aportes del Fondo de Desarrollo Institucional del Ministerio de Educación, y será presentado por el jefe de la DIVESUP, Francisco Javier Martínez y por la Directora Ejecutiva del Centro Interuniversitario de Desarrollo, María José Lemaitre.

GANDHI Who will speak for the poor? Who will listen to slaves, and those who have no rights? Who will work for a future where everyone is equal? Who will give up his house, job, and money to fight for people who are shut out by everyone else? «I will,» said Mohandas Gandhi. And he

THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS ‘I wish I could get through into looking-glass house,’ Alice said. ‘Let’s pretend that the glass has gone soft and… Why, I do believe it has! It’s turning into a kind of cloud!’ A moment later Alice is inside the looking-glass world. There she finds herself part of a great game of

A TIME OF WAITING: Stores from Around the World. These stories come from all over the world, and the people in them face all kinds of difficulties and troubles. A woman in Canada and a man in Singapore feel the pain of broken marriages. Young men in Nigeria and in Australia set off on journeys

The time: from about 5000 BC to the twenty-first century and beyond. The place: a distant corner of southern Russia, the railways of the United States, the Caribbean farms where sugar is grown, an airport in Japan, the chat rooms of the Internet- and almost every place in the world today. The machines: the printing

Can a painting of a person tell you more about him than the person`s own face? If it is painted with love, perhaps the painting will show more than just the outside of that person-perhaps it will show the inside. We often say that a face is like an open book: «the face tells its

Updated and expanded, this book fills a double purpose as both a useful classroom text and a practical style manual for writers. It reviews English grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, and correct word usage, and advises on adapting writing style to different formats, including both classroom assignments, business documents, and electronic communication. Readers will also find

El objetivo principal de la presente publicación es facilitar la comprensión de las materias científico-técnicas vinculadas a los impactos ambientales, especialmente en los temas relativos al agua, la geología y mineralogía, y el efecto de las operaciones minerometalúrgicas en la dispersión de los metales. Esta contribución considera los siguientes aspectos: (1) la disponibilidad de agua