Una mano a la pata: Protegiendo los animales (Hand to Paw: Protecting Animals) (Spanish Version)

Help readers make a difference by encouraging them to learn about the various ways the environment needs our help and the things they can do to reduce their carbon footprint. Readers will learn about the effects of pollution, fossil fuels, renewable and non-renewable resources, deforestation, and recycling through interesting images and charts and informational text. This Spanish-translated nonfiction title features a glossary of terms and a list of helpful websites that encourages children to take part in helping the environment in many different ways.

Animal trainers care for many different types of animals! Children will explore some of the methods that trainers use, such as affection bonding and classical and operant conditioning, while simultaneously gaining an understanding of animal instincts and animal rehabilitation. Readers are invited to learn about the variety of animals that trainers work with and are encouraged to find an area of study to focus on if they want to become an animal trainer. With stunning images, interesting facts, a glossary of useful terms, informational text, and an interview with a real-life animal trainer,...

This book's attractive combination of excellent color photographs and detailed illustrations will captivate young readers and hold their attention as they learn all about the animal kingdom. The child-friendly text highlights details that children are especially interested in to provide a thorough introduction to the major animal and insect groups. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?" Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the stars that he would become a famous scientist in his own right. Although he was diagnosed with a neurological disease at age 21, Stephen did not let the illness define his life. Known for his groundbreaking work in physics, and identified by his wheelchair and computerized voice system, Stephen continued...

"Contando historias los seres humanos podemos festejar los hondos dolores de la vida." GUILLERMO ARRIAGA Retorno es una calle del caótico y potente México D. F. donde se entrecruzan las pasiones y la supervivencia de sus habitantes. Sus historias abrevan de los dos grandes mitos de la literatura: el amor y la muerte, y están pobladas de personajes contradictorios. Unos ocultan lo que son, otros actúan desde convicciones inquebrantables y los más conviven con la más terrible violencia, entre la búsqueda y el descubrimiento, entre la dignidad y la caída al abismo. Por encima de todo,...

Los temas de sus Odas son variadísimos, en ellas se exalta la amistad, el amor, la vida rústica o la grandeza de Roma. Sus motivos son también muy diferentes, en unas es un convite o un ánfora de vino o un pasaje de la mitología; en otras, lo será una reflexión moral, un suceso de la vida corriente o un elogio del emperador. En los Épodos predominan con más frecuencia los temas de tipo satírico aunque encontramos también temas amorosos o báquicos. Sin embargo, en la poesía de la Antigüedad los géneros vienen determinados por la métrica y no por la temática, así las Odas...