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Insectos is one book in the Spanish-language Gran Atlas de la Ciencia series that covers today's most popular science topics, from digital TV to microchips to touchscreens and beyond. Perennial subjects in earth science, life science, and physical science are all explored in detail. Amazing graphics--more than 1,000 per title--combined with concise summaries help students understand complex subjects. Correlated to the science curriculum in grades 5-9, each title also contains a glossary with full definitions for vocabulary.

The use of calendars dates back thousands of years. Why are we driven to record time, and what would happen if we did not? Who created the concept of calendars? Why do different cultures use different calendar systems? And why are calendars so important to us? It is about "time" we found out! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish-translated Smithsonian Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students' curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, it features a hands-on STEAM challenge...

If we could take a trip to the center of the Earth, what would we find? In this amazing book readers can do just that with the help of a special ship that can handle the extreme heat and pressure deep beneath Earth’s crust. Digging through a few miles of the crust is just the start of the nearly 4,000-mile journey to Earth’s core. Readers might be surprised to find that not all of the trip is through solid rock, as the intense heat does strange and amazing things to the material that makes up our planet!

¿Una época, un periodo, sólo un momento? Ramírez analiza el arte que en estos años y bajo esta advocación se ha producido y/o difundido- la apoteosis Duchamp, las máquinas de Tinguely, los graffiti, el cine y la ciudad, la arquitectura postmoderna...-, sus problemas.

Vicky, una joven ejecutiva bancaria de Santiago de Compostela, vive felizmente con su dudoso marido y triunfos en su vida profesional. Un día recibe una señal al descubrir una infidelidad que palpa sin querer y ve que su vida personal no iba por el sendero correcto y cambia radicalmente su adorada rutina. Entonces expulsa al ibicenco de su camino, aunque lo ve todos los días en su trabajo. Entre otras medidas, decide hacer el viaje que tenían programado y opta ir acompañada por otra persona. Así inicia un nuevo peregrinaje que jamás había pensado y no tiene en cuenta la orientación...