Oscar De LA Hoya Boxeador De Medalla De Oro/ Gold Medal Boxer

Introduces the former Duke University basketball star, Grant Hill, who now plays for the Detroit Pistons.

Here's another exciting set of sports-themed titles for third- through sixth-grade readers reading at a first-grade level. Help to even out the playing field for your at-risk readers with these sports heroes and hot shots.

Written with sympathetic humor and compassion, this masterful portrait of upper-class decline made Ivan Goncharov famous throughout Russia on its publication in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russias dying aristocracya man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends, and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the activity necessary to participate in the real world, Oblomov manages to avoid...

Terremotos y tsunamis is one book in the Spanish-language Gran Atlas de la Ciencia series that covers today's most popular science topics, from digital TV to microchips to touchscreens and beyond. Perennial subjects in earth science, life science, and physical science are all explored in detail. Amazing graphics--more than 1,000 per title--combined with concise summaries help students understand complex subjects. Correlated to the science curriculum in grades 5-9, each title also contains a glossary with full definitions for vocabulary.

Del recodo del camino es un conjunto de cincuenta mini textos trabajados sobre bases simblicas como caminos, viajes, recodos, que aluden al proceso de vida, porque qu otra cosa es la vida sino un viaje que se transita por un camino de muchos recodos que empieza con el nacimiento y termina ineludiblemente con la muerte? Pero ms que uno lineal y pasivo, este viaje es especial, es dinmico, brusco, cambiante, a veces sinuoso, a veces en espiral, y aun as, aunque cada uno de nosotros viaje por su propio camino, todos avanzamos hacia una sola meta. Siempre hacia adelante. No hay forma de evitarlo....

This illustrated book shows how four lads from Liverpool came to form the most popular musical group ever...the Beatles! It explains the inspiration behind some of their biggest hits and offers insight into important events happening during the time. A timeline and a glossary are included.