Thomas Edison

The Industrial Revolution was one of the most dramatic eras of all time, filled with fascinating people, strange events, and incredible stories. This period of great change comes into sharp focus through each spread with detailed, accessible language. Each fact is complemented with vivid, carefully-chosen historical images and illustrations, and a caption that adds just a touch more history. Readers are drawn deep into the facts not covered in history textbooks, like working conditions, inventions, failures, and characters, to make this important history lesson fun and engaging.

Obra de gran utilidad para cualquier persona interesada en usar el idioma con corrección. fluidez y precisión.

“Venciendo al Destino”, la impactante historia de la vida real de Henry Nelson, contada desde su nacimiento hasta la actualidad. La desgarradora novela de un niño huérfano, que se convierte en un gran cantautor y músico, poeta y soñador que le canta al amor. No solo conocerán al artista quien apostó su vida al mundo para lograr sus sueños, sino que en el transcurso de la historia aprenderán del ser humano a través de sus vivencias, colmadas de carencia, dificultades y sufrimientos, que la vida le asignó desde su infancia, negándole la posibilidad de crecer junto a sus padres....

Engineers have built some incredible things. But with every new feat, there is failure. Readers will learn about engineering feats and failures like the Titanic, the Hindenburg, the Hoover Dam, and more in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. This book features brilliant images, charts, and intriguing facts in conjunction with informational text and mathematics skills to keep readers active and engaged.

In the third book in Andrea Camilleri's Montalbano series, the urbane and perceptive detective exposes a nest of corruption and international intrigue in a compelling new case. When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing boat is shot by a Tunisian patrol boat, only Montalbano suspects the link between the two incidents.