La era del Jazz y la Gran Depresión (The Jazz Age and the Great Depression)

Young readers will survey the discovery of the American colonies through the eyes of explorers, soldiers, and civilians.

Edith Stein Courant nació en 1891 en Bresláu (Polonia), en el seno de una familia judía de clase media. De carácter fuerte, alegre y voluntarioso, Edith pronto destacó en la escuela por su compañerismo e inteligencia. Su espíritu de superación la llevó siempre a buscar la verdad sobre el ser humano y el mundo. En 1921 leyó la autobiografía de santa Teresa de Jesús y tomó la firme decisión de convertirse al catolicismo. En 1934 se hizo carmelita descalza. Trabajó en estudios filosóficos sobre santo Tomás de Aquino y san Juan de la Cruz, mientras era perseguida por su...

Young readers will survey the discovery of the American colonies through the eyes of explorers, soldiers, and civilians.

A car accident left Elsa in a coma. One day Thibault enters the room and starts talking to her without waiting for an answer. Everyone is convinced that she is unconscious, but she's begun to hear and understand what is happening around her. As everybody have given up hope for recovery, Thibault is engaging a relationship with her.

Where did the sunflower come from? How does it grow so tall? How can its thin stalk support such a large and heavy head? These and many other questions are answered in this dazzling book. Using lushly detailed illustrations and photographs, the book takes us inside the sunflower to examine its stem, root system, leaves, and flowering heads, proving an understanding of this unique plant's structure, growth, flowering, reproduction, and cultivation.