Todos Somos Diferentes (We Are All Different)

From Mexico to the tip of South America, Latin America features varied scenery, including deserts, grasslands, plains, and mountains. Some are extreme: The Andes is the world's longest mountain range, and the Atacama Desert has not had rain for over 400 years! Latin America's remarkable landscape is an essential factor in its surprisingly different climatic zones. This insightful volume offers a comprehensive tour of the many vibrant countries of this fascinating region, highlighting its most striking areas in vivid photographs. It is also an inviting exploration of geography, natural...

Our closest solar system is about 10 light years away. It has two main types of planets. Some are rocky and small, like planet Earth, while others are huge balls of gas, like Jupiter. Learn about how astronomers once thought our solar system was the one and only, to how they have now discovered hundreds of stars with planets orbiting them, which means there could be billions of solar systems in outer space! Just maybe, these alien worlds could host life, like our own amazing planet. This book allows students to use observations of the Sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be...

Nacida en Skopje (Albania), la Madre Teresa de Calcuta desarroll buena parte de su obra en la India, asistiendo a los pobres y enfermos de ese superpoblado pas. Aunque de aspecto fsico insignificante, esta mujer encarn algunos de los ms altos valores que dignifican al ser humano: compasin, generosidad, solidaridad, respeto por las creencias de los dems, alegra y esperanza; y ello por encima de sus profundas creencias religiosas personales, que le proporcionaron la fe y el vigor necesarios para acometer una de las obras sociales ms dignas de admiracin del siglo XX. En contra de su voluntad, en ...

Uganda, Tanzania, Kenia. El autor, novelista, poeta y gran viajero, describe en estas páginas su recorrido hacia un sueño, el de descubrir, tras sus paisajes inolvidables y sus gentes, esa África negra, disímil, azotada y salvaje