Cómo actuar de manera informada (How to Take Informed Action)

Equality is a contentious issue in our society today. This is why it's important for students to be given information related to equality so they can come to reasonable conclusions of their own. Using age-appropriate language, this book discusses equality in a number of different forms and touches upon why equality is so important in a democracy. The text also explores how extreme equality, like most extremes, could be a bad and unrealistic idea. Readers will gain enough information to understand and think about this complex idea for themselves.

In order for any democracy to function well, understanding how and when to compromise is a necessity. This book introduces students to how compromise makes governing possible. Using examples of how compromise works in their own lives, students will gain a better understanding of how compromise work on a larger level. Conversely, readers will also learn that compromise may be the wrong course of action in some situations and that some issues are of such critical importance or high moral worth that standing firm is appropriate.

This illustration-packed book begins with a brief overview about the history of the theater and then delves into the sets, actors, and audiences for Shakespeare's plays. It even talks about the famous fire at the Globe Theater and what life was like in London during the Plague. A detailed chronology is included.

It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday and the class tries to bake a cake but winds up inside it, learning about mixtures and reactions that occur when ingredients are put together."

César, un ejecutivo de Madrid que trabaja para una poderosa empresa multinacional, recibe el encargo de reflotar la sucursal de Barcelona, una oficina que parece maldita tras el despido de una empleada que enloqueció y tuvo que ser encerrada en un manicomio. A través del mundo de las altas finanzas y de la empresa, el autor radiografía el capitalismo despiadado y el papel que desempeñan los ciudadanos en un engranaje que los aplasta.

Carlos III acaba de subir al trono de España y firma de inmediato otro Pacto de Familia con Francia. La respuesta inglesa es inmediata. Aparece sobre las costas de La Habana la mayor fuerza naval de la historia, sólo superada siglos después en el desembarco de Normandía. La Habana se apresta a defenderse con sus exiguos medios, colocando a su frente como Gobernador del castillo del Morro al capitán de navío don Luis de Velasco e Isla, el cual no defraudará las esperanzas de los españoles, iniciándose una de las batallas navales y terrestres menos conocidas de la historia de España,...