Tiznados

Have you ever seen a skyscraper that is shaped like an elephant? How about one that looks like waves? Students will learn how to measure area while engaged in reading about the world's coolest skyscrapers! This Spanish book uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of...

Trained originally in the French classical manner, Matisse was inspired by the Impressionists and Cezanne to create a style that brought out the beauty of color, form and line by reducing them to the bare essentials. While considered a leader of the Fauves and an inspiration to most of the great figures in modern art, he wasn't interested in being associated with any school or trend. A family man who worked 'office hours' in his studio, he defies the image of the artist as a tortured soul. In a career spanning six decades, he produced masterpiece after masterpiece that constantly challenge...

"El polígrafo abate Vicente Requeno y Vives, jesuita aragonés expulso y apasionado neoclásico (Calatorao, 1743-Tívoli, 1811), se dedicó intensamente en Italia a restaurar todo tipo de artes grecolatinas, consiguiendo un notable éxito en la técnica pictórica del encausto. Por el contrario, su obra filosófica ha quedado inédita en su totalidad hasta el 2008, en que Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza editó sus Escritos filosóficos. Ahora, y con motivo del bicentenario de su muerte, presentamos un libro colectivo en el que una veintena de historiadores profundizan en la vida y la...

La vida de Eva, una muchacha de 12 años, sufre un giro dramático cuando su madre entra en coma por circunstancias desconocidas. Su padre, entonces, decide enviarla una temporada a la isla de El Hierro, con su abuelo, al que apenas ve. Allí no solo descubrirá los encantos y misterios de la zona, sus costumbres y sus gentes, sino que, ayudada por su nuevo amigo Jonay, vivirá una fantástica aventura en donde leyendas como la del Garoé juegan un papel esencial. El desafío de la leyenda es una estupenda novela de aventuras, llena de acción y misterio, que nos descubre los encantos y el...