Ingeniería: Hazañas y fracasos (Engineering: Feats & Failures)

Readers are given helpful information about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, including narcotics, hallucinogens, and prescription medications in this Spanish-translated nonfiction book. Through detailed images, diagrams, informational text, an index, a glossary of terms, and a list of websites that provide additional information, readers are given the tools and information they need to educate themselves about addiction, drug abuse, the health and social issues that drugs and alcohol can cause, and how to say no to peer pressure.

Elementary readers will get a look into space exploration as they move through this fascinating nonfiction title that has been translated into Spanish. Readers will discover galaxies like the Milky Way, the effect gravity has on the inner and outer planets, comets, asteroids, constellations, and what measures scientists are taking to learn more about the vast body of the universe and more, including the Hubble Telescope and the Mars Rover. With vivid images, intriguing facts, informational text, a glossary, and a list of helpful websites, this text encourages readers to discover what they...

Discover the history of the space race in this riveting, Spanish-translated nonfiction title! Elementary readers will learn about the Kennedy Space Station, the Cold War, Sputnik, the first astronauts and cosmonauts to make it into space, and the first landing on the moon. Through captivating images, informational text, and impressive facts, readers will be enthralled and inspired by the amazing accomplishments that occurred during the race to space! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Examines aspects of painting, including its development through history, the way painters work, the materials they use, and ways of appreciating paintings, with movable flaps that reveal text and illustrations.

Un libro milenario, una carta de navegación antigua, un reloj para viajar en el tiempo y una misión. Como escenario: el mar, el río, los glaciares y cielos sembrados de estrellas. Anusqui con su reloj mágico, viajará al siglo XI donde conocerá a su nuevo amigo Santiago. Con él y el resto de los personajes, salvarán al mundo de una inminente amenaza. ¿Os cuento un secreto? En medio de esta intrépida aventura, Anusqui conocerá a personajes históricos, se sorprenderá con el inquietante mundo de los hielos y descubrirá el porqué de sus superpoderes.

Dos frentes abiertos contra la naturaleza en lugares distintos. Por un lado, el incendio de un bosque en Asturias que Luis, miembro de Icona, intentará detener. Por otro lado, la lucha de Daniel, su hijo, para impedir el derribo de los árboles de su calle en Madrid. ¿Quién sadrá victorioso de esta cruenta batalla? Una historia que muestra la importancia de la conservación del medio ambiente.

The plot of The Empty Region takes the reader from the military camps of holy warriors in Pakistan, to the security corridors of the CIA and the FBI. It’s a fascinating puzzle inhabited by historical characters, including Osama bin Laden and George W. Bush, as well as officials aware of the tragedy´s secrets. Szichman leads us along the terminals where the air pirates of al-Qaida consummated their tragic ritual, makes us travel on the airplanes, turned into guided missiles, and recreates the 102 minutes when the burning towers of the World Trade Center became hell on earth. Although...