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Charles Darwin laid the foundation for a new interpretation of the plant and animal kingdoms with his demonstration that all species--including the revered Homo sapiens--result from older forms. This collection of essential texts includes Darwin's most important writings and concepts, including the origin of species, natural selection, and the survival of the fittest.

Antonio Machado (1875–1939) is Spain’s master poet, the explorer of dream and landscape, and of consciousness below language. Widely regarded as the greatest twentieth century poet who wrote in Spanish, Machado—like his contemporary Rilke—is intensely introspective and meditative. In this collection, the unparalleled translator Willis Barnstone, returns to the poet with whom he first started his distinguished career, offering a new bilingual edition which provides a sweeping assessment of Machado’s work. In addition, Border of a Dream includes a reminiscence by Nobel Laureate Juan...

Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (Madrid, 1562 - 1635) fue uno de los más importantes poetas y dramaturgos del Siglo de Oro español y, por la extensión de su obra, uno de los más prolíficos autores de la literatura universal.Renovó las fórmulas del teatro español en un momento en el que el teatro comenzaba a ser un fenómeno cultural de masas. Máximo exponente, junto a Tirso de Molina y Calderón de la Barca, del teatro barroco español, sus obras siguen representándose en la actualidad y constituyen una de las más altas cotas alcanzadas en la literatura y las artes españolas. Fue...

Un libro de poemas en el cual se expresan un sin fin de sentimientos, el misterio de la locura enamorada, imaginarte que eres una persona amada, sentir el amor en sus diversas formas, desde un brinco en una cama hasta ese beso tan deseado y compartirlo con la persona ms querida que se te haya atravesado en tu camino. Si quieres darte tiempo para recordar un bello amor, tal vez a alguien que ya no est, en un poema lo puedes encontrar, al leerlo encontrars un lenguaje sencillo y fcil de entender.

Gabriela Mistral (1889-1967), Chile's 'other' great poet of the twentieth century, is little known outside the Spanish-speaking world, and unlike Pablo Neruda has not been extensively translated into English. She deserves better, particularly as the first Latin American recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1945), and this selection of her poetry is designed to introduce her to an English-speaking public. Born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in the Elqui valley in the 'little north' of Chile, she became a schoolteacher at the age of fifteen and went on to become an educator of international...