Helen Keller

Uncover some of the most infamous disasters in the world including the Hindenburg, the sinking of the Titanic, the Dust Bowl, BP oil spill, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, and the Chernobyl disaster in this shocking book. With its intriguing facts, vivid images, helpful graphs and maps, and informational text, this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title will keep readers informed, engaged, and interested from cover to cover.

Young readers will be inspired by this biography about the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. The appealing images, helpful text, and supportive timeline, glossary, table of contents, and index combine to create an engaging experience as readers learn about one of the greatest female pilots of all time. This 6-Pack has been translated into Spanish and includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Anne Frank's diary has become one of the most widely read books in the world. Readers will learn about Anne as she went into hiding from the Nazi Party in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through vibrant images, informational text, timelines, and a glossary of terms, readers will discover the hardships Anne and her family went through in order to avoid being sent to a concentration camp. This inspiring biography enables children to look up to Anne and find hope in every situation, just as she did.

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

Like the other Sasek classics, these are facsimile editions of his original books. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than forty years later and, where applicable, facts have been updated for the twenty-first century, appearing on a "This is . . . Today" page at the back of each book. The stylish, charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek’s witty, playful narrative, make these books a perfect souvenir that will delight both children and their parents, many of whom will remember them from their own childhood. In This is...

LA reflexión sobre la temporalidad y la memoria que caracteriza la poesía de Francisco Díaz de Castro sitúa a su personaje frente a una indagación del paso del tiempo como una dialéctica compleja entre la conciencia de la pérdida y la afirmación del instante. Como ha dicho Antonio Jiménez Millán, «a partir de una sensualidad que podríamos llamar materialista, la memoria personal, con sus asechanzas, se diluye en la memoria colectiva para dejar más nítido el perfil de un tiempo compartido». Los claroscuros del balance moral en presente y sin excusas recuperan signos, nombres,...

Este volumen ha sido creado para ayudar a los jugadores de golf a lograr sus objetivos. La preparación física adecuada, contribuirá a la ejecución de un swing amplio y potente, y sin duda será la base para afrontar esta práctica deportiva reduciendo la fatiga y evitando la aparición de las molestias más habituales en esta disciplina, como pueden ser el dolor lumbar y las lesiones en codos y muñecas, entre otras. Para ello, esta obra contiene dos bloques principales: Bloque introductorio: tras una breve introducción a la historia del golf, se hace un análisis pormenorizado de la...

El libro cuenta la experiencia personal de Jorge Milia, un alumno de liceo, junto a sus compañeros adolescentes, en el COLEGIO LA INMACULADA CONCEPCION de los jesuitas en Santa Fe – Argentina, donde cursaba el bachillerato, cuando el todavía "maestrillo" Jorge Bergoglio SJ era su profesor de literatura. El libro – publicado por primera vez en 2006 – está prologado por aquel profesor de literatura quien hoy es el Papa, y también fue incluido entre los 20 libros que él seleccionó de su biblioteca para la edición de una colección titulada "la biblioteca del Papa" en Italia.Un libro ...