Lo que los fósiles nos enseñan sobre la Tierra (Investigating Fossils)

Advances in science have changed our world, all thanks to the scientists behind important discoveries. Some of the most important discoveries have come from female scientists, who were as unique for their work as they were for being trailblazers in a male-dominated industry. This text offers a biographical treatment of such important scientists as Marie Curie, Rachel Carson, and Jane Goodall, as well as others who have made it possible for women of the future to have a career in science. Age-appropriate text, fact boxes, historical and modern images, and a comprehensive timeline complete the...

During the American Civil War, the United States was on the brink of falling apart irrevocably. As states seceded and brother turned against brother, hope for reconciliation was dim. This conflict, an essential topic of the social studies curriculum, is skillfully presented from its origins in the Southern slave-trade economy to bloody battles and, later, Reconstruction. Striking photographs and artwork of integral events and people will resonate with readers, while interesting sidebar information gives them more to reflect on about this terrible war and the lessons it taught us.

Una col·lecció de llibres amb trencaclosques i un joguet mecànic. La granja, el mar, el jardí i la jungla són escenaris que amaguen una pila d'animals; els protagonistes d'aquests llibres estan encuriosits per descobrir-los. Per fer el camí tantes vegades com calgui.

El asesinato de Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) fijó la imagen de "La casa de Bernarda Alba" como la obra máxima de toda una dramaturgia. Con este drama en el que unos personajes y un espacio se encadenan con suprema maestría a una pasión estéril ?el amor no conseguido- cuya liberación sacrificial es la muerte, el poeta granadino llegó, en efecto, a una cumbre similar a la alcanzada por las más grandes creaciones del teatro clásico y contemporáneo. Mario Hernández fija rigurosamente en la presente edición el texto de esta tragedia en la que la tiranía de unas normas sociales...

Introducción, traducción y notas de T. de la A. Recio y A. Soler. Intr. gen. de J. L. Vidal. Revisada por J. González, J. L. Moralejo y E. del Barrio.