Julio Gálvez y la piedra de Huamanga

Many people take the Internet for granted. But there are places that lack Internet access. Being connected helps people connect, and new ideas are being developed and tested to bring the Internet to more of the world. This Spanish nonfiction book will keep students engaged in reading about Internet access as they build their literacy, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. Important text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents. The Reader's Guide and culminating activity require students to connect back to the text as they develop their higher-order thinking skills. Check It...

The American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s marked a shift in how African Americans were treated in the United States. This volume highlights the important events and figures that made this movement successful. The book introduces readers to important activists who fought for civil rights by raising their voices and refusing to accept unfair laws. Photographs and primary sources provide readers with a firsthand look at the history of the movement. Finally, readers will learn what can still be done to further equality for African Americans in the United States and how they can be ...

Provides information on the tiny reptiles, including their use of color as a defense, their climbing skills, and their ability to grow back a missing tail.

Humphrey Carpenter, autor entre otros libros de una biografia del poeta W.H. Auden, narra en esta obra la larga carrera de J.R.R. Tolkien desde las vicisitudes de una infancia dificil a los trabajos y obligaciones de la vida academica, como profesor en la Universidad de Oxford. Carpenter ha escrito esta primera biografia del creador de la Tierra Media, consultando documentos ineditos, y entrevistando a parientes y amigos.