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This starter volume uses everyday examples such as a baseball and a beach ball to demonstrate the contrast between hard and soft objects.

Clues about the turtle's physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat lead the reader to guess what animal is being described.

Siempre es interesante leer y releer las obras de Darwin por la riqueza de los datos que aporta a sus reflexiones sobre el misterio de los misterios que subyace en el principio de la existencia. Aventurarse en este Diario de los primeros tiempos de un Darwin joven, abierto a las respuestas que da la Naturaleza, tiene el aliciente, además, de descubir el germen de su gran obra, El origen de las especies.

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...

Een jonge vrouw komt als bibliothecaresse in dienst van een zonderlinge man die haar aanvankelijk afstoot.

Why do we need water to live? Find out in this informative title that explains the importance of water to all living things.