Booker T. Washington

A Rube Goldberg machine is designed to perform a simple task through a series of elaborate steps. These simple machines are named after Reuben “Rube” Goldberg, an American cartoonist, engineer, and inventor. Learn how these fun machines work and ignite a curiosity about STEAM topics! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this informational text features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for makerspaces. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Perfect for school reports and projects, this Spanish...

A lo largo de su vida, Eugenio d’Ors, también conocido como Xenius, fue nacionalista catalán, sindicalista, monárquico y, finalmente, falangista. También fue un intelectual extraordinario, crítico de arte, escritor paciente deun dilatado Glosario en catalán y en castellano y, en definitiva, uno de los autores más interesantes de la España de la primera mitad del siglo xx. Una figura tan relevante, compleja y llena de contrastes necesitaba una biografía queexaminara de forma unitaria todas sus facetas. De un modo exhaustivo y nada complaciente, Eugenio d’Ors (1881-1953) saca a la...

The story of Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca brims with his adventures and misadventures throughout the North American Southwest. As of the sixteenth century, no European had journeyed over such a large extension of territory, from the Florida Peninsula to northern Mexico, and survived. This lively and informative volume goes on to examine his eight years of wandering in this unknown land, during which he learned natural medicine from the American natives and became a curandero, learned their languages, and served as a trader and peacemaker among different tribes. Vibrant...

Un halcon peregrino (Kan) abandonando su nido, encontrara a la que sera su companera de viaje (Sopdu). Con ella iniciara, a traves de Asturias, un viaje fantastico cargado de anecdotas e historias. A vista de halcon, contemplaran asombrados la belleza del territorio Astur, valles, rios, pueblos y ciudades. Viviendo una singular y apasionada historia.