El Arca

En septiembre de 1978, el llamado "papa de la sonrisa" moría después de treinta y tres días de haber sido elegido. La versión oficial anunciaba su muerte como debida a un infarto de miocardio. David A. Yallop inició su investigación a petición de ciertas personas residentes en el Vaticano que se sentían preocupadas por las extrañas circunstancias que rodeaban esta muerte. Tras tres años de investigación, el autor descubrió la existencia de una red de corrupción que se detalla en este libro.

Trained originally in the French classical manner, Matisse was inspired by the Impressionists and Cezanne to create a style that brought out the beauty of color, form and line by reducing them to the bare essentials. While considered a leader of the Fauves and an inspiration to most of the great figures in modern art, he wasn't interested in being associated with any school or trend. A family man who worked 'office hours' in his studio, he defies the image of the artist as a tortured soul. In a career spanning six decades, he produced masterpiece after masterpiece that constantly challenge...

Texas has had some extraordinary people. This book covers some of them, such as Melinda Gates, astronaut Shannon Walker, and Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot. Age-appropriate text teaches readers about Texas's most important movers and shakers, while historical and contemporary images reinforce the book's key concepts.

Simple text and photographs introduce the concept of "skip counting," or counting by groups of a certain number, and present items for practice.