La vida en Cristo

A trip to Comic-Con becomes an adventure in learning division! Join Zach as he travels to San Diego to attend his very first comic book convention. Along the way, learn about the history of comic books and comic book conventions, and meet the dedicated fans who make Comic-Con one of the most widely attended comic book conventions in the world. This book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, math charts and diagrams, sidebars, and practice problems make learning division relevant and fun. Text...

La familia de Candela está compuesta por seis hermanas, la madre, la abuela y la tía Mary, inmersas todas ellas en una realidad cotidiana de ilusiones perdidas. Para escapar de esa realidad, Candela empieza a trabajar en una funeraria. Su vida da un giro la noche que tiene que embalsamar al patriarca de una familia gitana y se dispone a cumplir con la última voluntad del difunto.

Científico, pintor, médico y naturalista, las "Cartas sobre la pintura de paisaje" de Carus desbordan los límites de una canónica artística al uso y nos sitúan en el centro de la concepción románica de la naturaleza. No sólo porque exponen con precisión -no exenta de los recursos retóricos de época- las ideas centrales del paisajismo romántico de la primera mitad del siglo XVIII, también porque establecen con nitidez la relación entre arte, estética y ciencia, y , en todos los casos, la relación del hombre con la naturaleza. En palabras de Carus: =por ellas y mediante ellas...

Manifest Destiny the name given in the 1840s to a belief that the coast-to-coast expansion of the United States was both inevitable and justified, regardless of the means. Standing in the way were not only the native populations, but also the descendants of Spanish settlers who had lived in the Southwest for centuries. The racist belief that white men rightfully should expand their institutions into the area brought the United States into conflict with Mexico. War was declared in 1846, and by the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, ending the war, the US had gained...