El sistema óseo (The Skeletal System)

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.

[English] What is the difference between a savanna and a prairie? How do bison, zebras, and other grazers avoid hungry grassland predators? Trek across the plant-covered landscape of this book, and find out what makes grasslands one of Earth's treasures. [Spanish] ¿Qué diferencia hay entre una sabana y una pradera? ¿Cómo escapan los bisontes y las cebras de los depredadores? Camina entre los altos pastos de este libro. Descubrirás por qué los pastizales son uno de los grandes tesoros de la Tierra.

The Suicide Shop, set in a futuristic world, is about the Tuvache family who sells the means for people to kill themselves (ropes tied for hanging, poison in bottles, and more). Mishima, Lucrece, and their children Vincent, Marilyn, and Alan are in the business to help others, though they cannot personally use any of their products. When asked why not, their mother replies that Ive told you a hundred times: because its impossible. Whod look after the shop? However, the parents have tried out one item and greatly regret this decision for most of the book. You see, they tested a condom with a...

Como expresa en su introducción Franco Volpi, EL ARTE DE INSULTAR es el complemento perfecto de EL ARTE DE TENER RAZÓN, pues, tal como acababa concluyendo el propio Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), y aun previniendo contra él, éste era el último recurso cuando todas las demás artes de la argumentación habían fracasado. Si bien el fundador del pesimismo desaconsejó en todos sus escritos llegar a tal extremo, fue generoso a la hora de diseminar a lo largo de sus obras insultos, improperios, ofensas, escarnios y sentencias tajantes que, reunidas en orden alfabético en este volumen que...