Mujeres en los negocios (Women in Business)

Recounts the life of the Puerto Rican baseball star from his childhood poverty to his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and discusses his humanitarian efforts, his untimely death, and his contributions to the sport.

Advances in science have changed our world, all thanks to the scientists behind important discoveries. Some of the most important discoveries have come from female scientists, who were as unique for their work as they were for being trailblazers in a male-dominated industry. This text offers a biographical treatment of such important scientists as Marie Curie, Rachel Carson, and Jane Goodall, as well as others who have made it possible for women of the future to have a career in science. Age-appropriate text, fact boxes, historical and modern images, and a comprehensive timeline complete the...

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.

Manual de campo para descubrir aves y pájaros. Observar y reconocer las aves en su medio natural, en libertad, diferenciarlas por el color y forma de su plumaje, por la silueta que tienen en vuelo o por su canto es una experiencia magnífica para realizar en familia, durante cualquier estación del año y en cualquier lugar de la península Ibérica. Esta guía de aves y pájaros presenta las 50 variedades de aves más comunes en nuestros humedales, bosques y riberas de ríos y estanques, litorales marítimos y extensas áreas de diferentes cultivos agrícolas, así como en algunas zonas...