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.

Power, agility, and speed combine to make sports cars fascinating. Learn about the engines, aerodynamics, and the most popular sports cars today. See these sleek machines and decide for yourself which one you would want to test drive. Fully translated Spanish text. Potencia, agilidad y velocidad generan fascinación por los autos deportivos. Aprende sobre poderosos motores y carrocerías aerodinámicas y conoce los modelos de autos deportivos más populares de hoy en día. Lee sobre estas geniales máquinas ¡y decide cuál te gustaría probar!

The greatest thinkers of humanity at your fingertips, in minutes! If you thought you would never be able to understand the essential classic authors, you were wrong! With our "Summarized Classics" collection, you will understand the main ideas of the most important thinkers in a very short time and with little effort. The present volume covers the central axes of this discipline. Among them, the reader will find an analysis of the following: Who Is Bourdieu, Some Properties Of The Fields, High Costume And High Culture, From The National Field To The International Field, Economy Of The...

Eleven-year-old Jenny, whose family came from Russia to America to start a new life, meets the famous Russian composer on his 1891 trip to the New World and writes about it in her diary.

Los tiburones son criaturas increíbles que nosotros los humanos recién comenzamos a comprender. Este libro, con fotografías de cientos de tiburones y la información más reciente, animará a todos a hacer algo por estos animales en peligro de extinción.