Las cadenas alimentarias en el desierto (Desert Food Chains)

Entre el álbum y el documental, este libro es un viaje alrededor del mundo visto por los niños. Cada niño cuenta su vida cotidiana: casa, su escuela, su familia, sus platos favoritos, las fiestas tradicionales. Muchas oportunidades para el lector de descubrir diferentes culturas, climas, usos y costumbres de otros países. Un texto vivo que habla a los sentidos (el desayuno preferido, las flores y frutas típicas, la música tradicional...) y permite hacer una cata de otras lenguas a través de palabras de cada una de estas, traducidas en un glosario. Un texto escrito en primera persona:...

Written with sympathetic humor and compassion, this masterful portrait of upper-class decline made Ivan Goncharov famous throughout Russia on its publication in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russias dying aristocracya man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends, and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the activity necessary to participate in the real world, Oblomov manages to avoid...

En este ensayo, Santiago Ocampos propone una mirada crítica, sin perder el estilo poético de su prosa, para un viaje literario que va desde Sófocles a García Márquez, entre otros, hacia la esencia del ser.

In this stimulating, Spanish-translated nonfiction book, readers will discover the various types of friction--including rolling friction, sliding friction, fluid friction, and static friction--and the huge impact it has on nature, machines, and our lives. In addition, readers are encouraged to perform basic experiments to assist in the understanding of friction, kinetic energy, and water resistance. With real-life examples, colorful images, accommodating graphs and charts, and informational text, this title will inspire and engage children.