AN INNOCENT COFFEE CONVERSATION
Mrs. Ruth Paine was drinking coffee and chatting happily with her neighbors about women’s things. She was separated from her…
UNA INOCENTE CONVERSACION DE CAFE
La señora Ruth Paine estaba tomando café y charlando alegremente con sus vecinas, sobre cosas propias de mujeres. Ella estaba…
THE DOGS AND I
For many years I found keeping a dog as a pet annoying to say the least. In my family we…
LOS PERROS Y YO
Durante muchos años consideraba que tener un perro como mascota era, por decir lo menos, molesto. En mi familia nunca…
ISAURA AND ERASMO: CHAPTER IV
This novel consists of a prologue and seven chapters. You can find them in this same blog. CHAPTER IV: The…
ISAURA Y ERASMO: CAPITULO IV
Esta novela consta de un prólogo y siete capítulos. Puedes encontrarlos en este mismo blog. CAPITULO IV: El Parque de…
THE WARS AND THEIR CAUSES (THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR)
Almost all of us know that World War II originated mainly from Hitler’s folly to expand his territory and to…
LAS GUERRAS Y SUS CAUSAS (LA GUERRA FRANCO-PRUSIANA)
Casi todos sabemos que la segunda guerra mundial se originó principalmente por la locura de Hitler de expandir su territorio…
FAST ANSWER
Manuel Ulloa Elias was a Peruvian lawyer and politician. He was President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of…
THESE MILLIONAIRES!
Aristotle Socrates Onassis was the most famous Greek shipping magnate of the 20th century and the richest man in the…
GREENLAND AND THE MERCATOR PROJECTION
Who has not seen a map similar to the one shown below? World map with Greenland in light green, northeast…
THERE IS ALWAYS ONE WORSE
Can you believe that Hitler, the man who did not hesitate to order the murder of six million people, including…
THE LOUDNESS OF JULIUS CAESAR
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman military and politician from the 1st century BC. He is considered one of the…
THE TENACITY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Alexander possessed a foolproof tenacity. This was more than demonstrated when he undertook the siege and the capture of the…
LA TENACIDAD DE ALEJANDRO MAGNO
Alejandro poseía una tenacidad a toda prueba. Esto quedó más que demostrado cuando emprendió el asedio y la toma de…
WE DON’T LIKE DICTATORS
This article is based on an article in the Reader’s Digest, June 1957 issue, written by an eyewitness, Frederic Sondern…
NO NOS GUSTAN LOS DICTADORES
Este artículo está basado en un artículo de la revista Selecciones del Reader’s Digest, en su edición de Junio de…
WE ARE ALL UNIQUE
We are all unique, and when I say all, I am not referring only to human beings, nor only to…
TODOS SOMOS UNICOS
Todos somos únicos, y cuando digo todos, no me refiero solamente a los seres humanos, ni solamente a los animales,…
HOW BIG IS THE EARTH!
If we wanted to know the different layers that make up the Earth, either in a book or on the…