La mujer del reloj

Un thriller deslumbrante que rompe todo los límites del suspense. Por el autor de La mujer del reloj y La sinfonía del tiempo. Un paisaje nevado en uno de los lugares más remotos del mundo. Un bosque infinito de coníferas. Una casa solitaria que parece caída del cielo. En ella, diez personas de diez rincones del mundo salvajemente asesinadas. ¿Cómo han acabado ahí? ¿Qué mente criminal y perversa ha podido planear una masacre así? Dirigen el caso Emeli Urquiza, una policía treintañera de origen vasco con una complicada historia personal, y su ayudante Francis Thurmond, un...

California became a territory in the United States when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848. That treaty ended the Mexican War. Several days before its signing, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in what is now Sacramento. The non-Native population of the territory was less than one thousand in 1848, but the gold rush increased that number to one hundred thousand by the end of 1849. The gold rush not only made many people wealthy, it brought ecologic devastation while speeding up California’s statehood. This book richly explores this interesting history.

“Dino” Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children’s books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these horned dinosaurs face-to-face: Torosaurus had the biggest skull of any animal ever! Pentaceratops had five sharp horns on its head! Styracosaurus was as big as an ice cream truck! Plus, you'll get to know Centrosaurus,...

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.

Expanding on our popular Let’s Explore Science series, this book focuses on the scientific method. The scientific method is a step-by-step process for solving science problems. Scientists use it every day. Explaining each of the five parts; observing and asking questions, researching your topic, forming a hypothesis and testing it, designing and conducting an experiment, and analyzing and drawing conclusions from your result are all mapped out in detail. Learn how this straightforward topic can sometimes be a little trickier than it seems! This book will allow students to generate and...