¿Qué significa ser carpintero? (What's It Really Like to Be a Carpenter?)

We use machines every day, but most of us don't understand how they work. When they break down, most of us have no idea how to fix them. Mechanics are the masters of machines. Readers learn that mechanics work on vehicles, including cars, boats, and buses. They use special tools to take them apart and fix what's wrong, and they use their experience and technology to diagnose problems. They often work long hours, sometimes in bad weather, to get us where we need to go. Your readers will see that mechanics keep our world moving and growing.

Este libro es una guía práctica dirigida a todos aquellos usuarios de Windows que desean comenzar a utilizar Linux. De forma práctica, se muestran las posibilidades de sustituir Windows por Linux y realizar todas las tareas que habitualmente se ejecutan con el PC. Para la confección de esta guía se ha elegido Mandriva, a pesar de que existe una gran variedad de distribuciones de GNU/Linux, por dos razones fundamentales: la facilidad de uso de su interfaz gráfica y la gran cantidad de aplicaciones listas que incluye para su instalación; todas las comentadas en el libro pueden instalarse ...

“Me llamo Allen Brewster. Tengo nueve años. Vivo en el numero 4152 de vía Solino. En la calle, hay un coche pardo con dos hombres dentro. Vigilan la casa.”Así comienza su confesión este joven investigador. No le gustaba el hígado y buscó la manera de alimentarse como las plantas, a base de agua y sol. Es decir: ¡la fotosíntesis humana! Pero su descubrimiento fue considerado: ALTO SECRETO.Con un fino e irónico humor, el autor, construye una excelente historia, cargada de acidez y parodia sobre la excesiva tutela adulta. La fantasía, la curiosidad y la espontaneidad del...

Why do continents matter? From economics to weather science—and everything in between—knowing the characteristics of the continents expands readers’ perspectives in every school subject. This fundamental information is a building block of many future lessons and an essential part of elementary education. This book presents a focused, clear, age-appropriate look at Earth’s continents that young readers are sure to find both informative and interesting. This volume is also packed with colorful maps that are labeled and explained to foster young readers’ comprehension of this important...

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.