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

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.

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.

Este libro no contiene las memorias de Hernán Levy ni es tampoco una autobiografía. Es un Testimonio conjunto de relatos sobre eventos que le han pasado y que cualquiera calificaría de increíbles. ¿Qué posibilidades hay de encontrarse cara a cara con el arquitecto del Memorial a las Torres Gemelas, en NY, y que él mismo te explique in situ por qué lo diseñó así? ¿O de conocer al Sultán de Malasia, que le abriría las puertas para competir en la carrera de autos antiguos más deseada del mundo? Esas y muchas otras historias son las que narra este ingeniero amante de la aventura;...

Discusses the life and work of French soldier and political thinker, Marquis de Lafayette, and his role in the American Revolution.

Text and photographs present an introduction to the dog breed known as the German shepherd, including its growth from puppy to adult, and pet care information.

Introduce cachalotes, incluyendo sus diferentes partes del cuerpo, la forma en que viajan en grupos, lo que comen, y cómo cuidan a sus crías.