La fuerza y el movimiento (Forces and Motion)

Understanding light and color might seem impossible, but if readers already know the colors of the rainbow, they're part of the way there. Including the light spectrum, wavelengths, and other key concepts, this book tackles light and color for those falling behind in class because of their reading skills. The main text is written with these struggling readers in mind, accompanied by full-color photographs and diagrams to aid understanding. An extended glossary introduces and explains all the vocabulary readers need to continue learning about light and color.

Ground s’enfronta al xoc de l’art contemporani plantejant, a manera de reflexió filosòfica, aquelles preguntes «grolleres» que semblaven confinades en la resposta de l’home del carrer o del crític reaccionari: no és una xorrada aquesta pila de rajoles al museu? No obstant això, la seua intenció no és fer-nos prendre partit a favor o en contra de determinades obres d’art del Minimal o del Conceptual. El que batega al fons del llibre de Ground és una defensa de l’art contemporani quan reivindica la seua intel·ligibilitat com un tret centralment constitutiu d’aquest. Una...

Quinto Horacio Flaco, el gran poeta de Roma, es modelo y punto de referencia de las generaciones siguientes. Su obra nos revela en igual medida un testimonio historico concreto y un paradigma artistico de alcance universal. Las Odas y los Epodos de Horacio pueden integrarse, desde el punto de vista de la teoria moderna, en el ambito de la poesia lirica. Sin embargo, mientras las Odas siguen el modelo de Alceo, Safo, Anacreonte y Pindaro, los Epodos pueden considerarse como una poetizacion del insulto, aunque este quede a veces en un segundo plano.

Say hello to heroes! This book introduces preschoolers to 50 men and women of color who have changed the world! Desde Toussaint L'Overture, el líder de la Revolución haitiana, hasta la jueza Sonia Sotomayor, la primera puertorriqueña jueza de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos, estos héroes y heroínas persistieron contra la adversidad y las dificultades para lograr un cambio positivo.From Toussaint L'Ouverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Supreme Court Justice from Puerto Rico, these heroes have persisted through adversity and hardships to...

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...