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...

When Vladan Borojevic googles the name of his father Nedeljko, a former officer in the Yugoslav People's Army, supposedly killed in the civil war after the decay of Yugoslavia, he unexpectedly discovers a dark family secret which recollects the events of 1991. Seventeen years later, Vladan's discovery that he is the son of a fugitive war criminal sends him off on a journey around the Balkans to find his elusive father. The story of the Borojevic family strings and juxtaposes images of the Balkans past and present, but mainly deals with the tragic fates of people who managed to avoid the...

Desde que somos tijera y papel es la discción de un corazón. En cada página están cicatrices, cada uno de los plieges de este libro son historias, paalbaras que golpearan tu pericardio, acelerarán tu ritmo cardíaco y te harán sentir viv@ y seguir adelante, tras aprender de tus heridas, porque quien te quiera, te amará con tus cicatrices.

El padre de Ki-Fer está herido y nadie sabe cómo curarlo. La única esperanza es el Agua de la Vida. Las leyendas cuentan que un guerrero la encontró hace muchos años, pero no se sabe dónde. ¿Podrá Ki-Fer encontrar el camino para llegar a ella? Una novela que refleja el arduo camino de la maduración personal.

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,...