Hacer hielo: Comprobar tu trabajo (Making Ice: Checking Your Work)

Did you know that baby butterflies look like worms with legs? Caterpillars turn into butterflies inside a shell. Discover more about these flying insects in Butterflies, part of the Life Cycles series of EYEDISCOVER books.

Uno de los objetivos de esta obra es mostrar y explicar las dificultades que el culto a la Virgen de Guadalupe tuvo que enfrentar para asentarse como principal en las creencias de los indígenas mexicanos, primero, y de todos los habitantes de Latinoamérica después, pese a su mensaje de reconciliación y de amor para todos nosotros; dificultades que empiezan en el hecho de que Juan Diego se negaba a darse a conocer como noble y se decía macehual, es decir, plebeyo, empeñado en seguir el ejemplo de humildad de Nuestro Señor, que nació en un pesebre y fue carpintero pese a ser...

When President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from cash-strapped France in 1803, he doubled the size of the United States without really knowing what he was getting. He dispatched Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery to explore a territory that would include part or all of fifteen future states and to seek a water route to the West Coast. Westward expansion began immediately, all for the bargain price of 15 million dollars. This book richly explores this fascinating part of history.

Two plays by Juan Mayorga that exemplify the author's philosophical drama. Hamelin is set in an unnamed, corrupt city where the powerful and rich prey on the poor. Will a Pied Piper save the city's children from the "rats" that plague it? La tortuga de Darwin tells the story of Harriet, the tortoise that Charles Darwin brought back to England from the Galapagos. Since her voyage, Harriet has evolved into a turtle-woman, able to think, speak, and bear witness to the terrible events of the past two centuries.