Los ciclos de la Tierra (Earth's Cycles)

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.

Victoria lleva en Nueva York la que parece una vida envidiable: da clase en la universidad, tiene un marido rico y guapo y un ático en el Upper East Side. Cuando recibe la noticia de la muerte de Jan, su mejor amigo, regresa a Madrid para asistir al funeral. Allí se encontrará con la sofisticada Chloe, antiguo amor de Jan; con su hija, la rebelde Solange; con Marga, su esposa; con su excéntrica suegra, Shirley... Un giro de los acontecimientos obligará a Victoria a permanecer en Madrid, donde tendrá que enfrentarse a la desconfianza de cuatro mujeres que nunca creyeron que su amistad...

Written with sympathetic humor and compassion, this masterful portrait of upper-class decline made Ivan Goncharov famous throughout Russia on its publication in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russias dying aristocracya man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends, and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the activity necessary to participate in the real world, Oblomov manages to avoid...

Texas has had some extraordinary people. This book covers some of them, such as Melinda Gates, astronaut Shannon Walker, and Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot. Age-appropriate text teaches readers about Texas's most important movers and shakers, while historical and contemporary images reinforce the book's key concepts.