Nuestra vida, Una obra de arte en proceso

When her mother was worn out from caring for her five sisters, her father gave her lessons in brushwork and color. When polio kept her bedridden for nine months, drawing saved her from boredom. When a bus accident left her in unimaginable agony, her paintings expressed her pain and depression - and eventually, her joys and her loves. Over and over again, Frida Kahlo turned the challenges of her life into art. Now Jonah Winter and Ana Juan have drawn on both the art and the life to create a playful, insightful tribute to one of the twentieth century's most influential artists. Viva Frida!

Este apasionante estudio de Maurizio Viroli, que reivindica al tan vapuleado Nicolas Maquiavelo (1469-1527) como uno de los mas inteligentes historiadores y pensadores politicos de todos los tiempos, es el mejor portico de la nueva coleccion Tiempo de Memoria, en su vertiente de Historia. Fundador de la moderna teoria politica, astuto diplomatico al servicio de su Florencia natal y desapasionado observador de los asuntos humanos, Nicolas Maquiavelo ha dado su nombre a una forma de hacer politica. Se le ha asimilado a la figura de un defensor a ultranza de la idea segun la cual el fin...

Among the multitude of dictionaries available on the market, this one stands out for being especially designed for students and learners of English. This dictionary is the ideal learning tool for students at the intermediate level who wish to expand upon their knowledge of the English language. To this end, this volume offers over 40,000 terms taken from everyday language, each with its phonetic transcription to make pronunciation easier. It also features examples of grammatical usage, numerous informative charts (with both grammatical and cultural information), helpful illustrations, and...

This book teaches kids about what rainbows are and how water, sunlight, and a little bit of science creates them. The book is complete with labeled images when needed, simple text, and more facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO. Translated by native Spanish speakers--and immersion school educators.