Thomas Edison Y La Bombilla Electrica/Thomas Edison and the Light Bulb

Joseph Wambaugh, maestro del thriller policíaco, ha vuelto con una adictiva novela focalizada una vez más en los oficiales de policía de la Hollywood Station del LAPD; en concreto en el papel que juegan los «cuervos», nombre popular de la Agencia de Relaciones Comunitarias (CRO), compuesto de policías que no están satisfechos en las calles y que se sienten más seguros velando por la «calidad de vida» de los vecinos. Los policías de Wambaugh reiteran que se sienten aplastados por el peso de la vigilancia federal que sobrevino tras varias olas de escándalos relacionados con el...

Sitting Bull first went to battle at the age of 14. He grew to be widely respected for his bravery and insight, and became chief of the Lakota nation in his thirties. By the time he met General Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn, his courage was legendary. Though he soundly defeated Custer, public outrage at the defeat brought thousands of cavalrymen to the area, where it took four more years before the brave chief would surrender. He was forced onto a reservation where he was later killed when police attempted to arrest him.

No hay duda de que parte de la popularidad e interés que, a diferencia de otros filósofos coetáneos, sigue despertando hoy día Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) se debe a su heterodoxia y a su amplitud intelectual de miras, que lo llevó no sólo a interesarse por las culturas orientales en una época en la que prácticamente eran desconocidas y despreciadas en Occidente, sino también a tenerlas en cuenta en su obra. Recopilado y organizado por Giovanni Gurisatti, autor asimismo del iluminador estudio que redondea el libro, NOTAS SOBRE ORIENTE reúne los pasajes, apuntes, fragmentos y...

Each player has his or her own job in soccer and baseball. They each do their part to contribute to the team. Teamwork is also important outside of sports. We use teamwork in our classroom, in our community, and at home with our family. Readers are presented with different scenarios in which young people use teamwork to achieve a certain goal, like when Nicole's neighbor becomes ill, everyone in the neighborhood takes on a job with the goal of helping the sick neighbor. Each spread contains a color photograph that imparts the importance and rewards of working as a team.