Todos Somos Diferentes (We Are All Different)

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...

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

What takes the shape of the container it is in and changes shape when the container changes? Liquids! Liquid is a state of matter that has some big differences from solids and gases. Learn all about liquids with this colorful, Spanish-translated title! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

A partir de un accidente estúpido y de sus consecuencias—no por evitables menos determinadas—el autor nos muestra con ojo irónico el panorama completo de los estratos sociales de la ciudad. Lo más significativo del libro, no obstante, es su decidido y revolucionario empeño por alcanzar una renovación estilística a partir—ya que no en contra—del monocorde realismo de la novela española de la época en que apareció. La primera edición de Tiempo de silencio apareció en Seix Barral en 1961 y alcanzó casi inmediatamente una extraordinaria resonancia crítica. Traducida al...