La vida en la República de Texas (Life in the Republic of Texas)

Carmelio the kangaroo, about to leave his mother's pouch for the first time, has two special surprises waiting for him.

This Spanish-translated biography introduces readers to Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Featuring lively images and inspirational text in conjunction with a helpful glossary, index, and timeline of Robinson's life, this title will engage readers as they read about Jackie's life as a college athlete, his start in the Negro League, his stand against segregation, and how he became the first person to ever get named Rookie of the Year.

A lo largo de la historia se han escrito innumerables textos sobre el deseo y especialmente sobre el deseo en la relación sexual. En todos ellos aparece el juego, que muchas veces tiene que ver con la relación espectral, la de verte en el otro y la de verte a tí mismo y al otro como un espectro. James Lasdun, en plena vivencia de acoso por parte de una de sus alumnas de Escritura Creativa en Princeton, decide viajar a lugares de culto creados bajo la fuerza del deseo y recordar leyendas, novelas o dramas que sostienen nuestra cultura para entender el mecanismo del deseo no cumplido que nos ...

Born in 1452, Leonardo da Vinci is still, today, considered one of the most talent people to have ever lived. From his world famous paintings and drawings, such as the Mona Lisa and the Vitruvian Man, to his ingenious inventions of the parachute, the helicopter, and the military tank, da Vince was always a step ahead of his time. Discover the origins of a man who refused to be defined by just one vocation. Whether science and engineering or architecture and art, Leonardo da Vinci was the ultimate Renaissance Man.