Dinosaurios, colas y corazas

This book describes how the activity of attending a baseball game requires using math for keeping score.

After Texas earned its freedom from Mexico through a bloody revolution, its leaders were divided over whether or not Texas should join the United States. Through numerous captivating facts, vivid images, and easy-to-read text, readers will be enthralled as they make their way through this fascinating title that introduces them to Texas history, the Texas Revolution, and the Mexican-American War. The engaging sidebars and glossary, index, and table of contents make this book easy to navigate through and a perfect tool to aid in better understanding of the content and vocabulary. This 6-Pack...

INTERVENTIONS WITH MINORS - Socio educative action - Most of the time, the irregular behaviour of young people is the outcome of what society has offered to them. This book studies the methodology, the levels of the intervention, preventive measures, assistance and rehabilitative intervention, in the work with families and minors in the network of primary attention. The situations of social risk, the necessities and the problems of minors are exposed making a special mention of the educational ones, and the professional figures that act in this field.

Ao 1977: Kang Chol Hwan vive con su familia en un barrio acomodado de Pyongyang. Tiene nueve aos. Sus abuelos son favorables al rrimen de Kim Il Sung. Un da su abuelo, que incluso ha donado su fortuna al partido, desaparece. Poco despus, el resto de la familia es detenida y enviada a un campo de concentracin sin ms explicaciones. Comienza un calvario que durar diez aos: trabajos forzados, vigilancia continua, humillaciones, castigos y, sobre todo, hambre, fro y enfermedades. Unos aos despus de ser puesto en libertad, y ante la amenaza de ser detenido nuevamente, Kang Chol Hwan huye a China y...

Readers will learn all about World War I, or the Great War, in this appealing Spanish-translated book that highlights how the war began in Europe as a military rivalry between France and Germany. The intriguing facts, engaging sidebars, and supportive text work in conjunction with the impressive images and colorful scrapbook layout to teach readers about such WWI topics as neutrality, alliances, propaganda, liberty bonds, communism, and how General John Pershing led Americans in the war.

Though few may know his name, his achievement as the first European to discover San Diego Bay and many other areas on the California coast enshrines his name in the annals of American history. This exciting volume tells Cabrillo's story from an unknown soldier to the intrepid conquistador, crossbowman, landowner, shipbuilder, and explorer he became. As one of Hernan Cortes' soldiers during the conquest of Mexico and a founder of Guatemala, his actions loomed large in the future of both South America and North America. By both educating and entertaining, this biography illuminates a...