Algoritmos: la base de la programación de computadoras (Algorithms: The Building Blocks of Computer Programming)

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated to the US Supreme Court. Before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx. Justice Sotomayor didn't have a lot growing up, but she had what she needed -- her mother's love, a will to learn, and her own determination. With bravery she became the person she wanted to be. With hard work she succeeded. With little sunlight and only a modest plot from which to grow,...

En un principio era el fox-trot, ragtime o charlestón, nombres por los que se conocía al jazz cuando las negras venidas de Cuba bailaban la rumba en deshabillé en el Paralelo. Luego aparecieron los jazz-bandistas y el primer movimiento musical juvenil de la historia: los pollos-pera. Más tarde, en la era dorada de las grandes orquestas, medio país bailaría al ritmo del swing y el boogie-woogie y se enamoraría escuchando a los vocalistas. Del fox-trot al jazz flamenco da forma por primera vez, desde el rigor y la amenidad, a una historia mal conocida: la de El jazz en España 1919-1996. ...

The pursuit and apprehension of art thieves in this activity book introduces young readers to the greatest artists and paintings of the 20th century. A hungry, art-devouring gang of mice is ruining the collection of paintings at the Museum of Contemporary Art—and they must be captured. Having only small shreds of paintings that he has found scattered through the galleries, the director enlists the readers to help him identify the ruined works and track down the culprits. La búsqueda y la aprensión de criminales de arte introducen a jóvenes lectores a los grandes artistas y pinturas del...

"Bienaventurados aquellos que profanan porque de ellos será el Reino de las Tinieblas. Bienaventurado aquel que repudia a dios porque de él serán los secretos del lado oscuro." No todo festival se desarrolla con ánimo festivo, ni toda blasfemia se pronuncia en vano. A esto viene el Festival de la blasfemia. Quien tenga las agallas para transitar esta historia inquietante, que tome este libro. Quien no tema las remembranzas de imágenes escamosas, que lea estas páginas. Quien se atreva a atesorar esta obra en su biblioteca, que no se pierda la opera prima de terror de Dross Rotzank.