Una mano a la pata: Protegiendo los animales

Help readers make a difference by encouraging them to learn about the various ways the environment needs our help and the things they can do to reduce their carbon footprint. Readers will learn about the effects of pollution, fossil fuels, renewable and non-renewable resources, deforestation, and recycling through interesting images and charts and informational text. This Spanish-translated nonfiction title features a glossary of terms and a list of helpful websites that encourages children to take part in helping the environment in many different ways.

Encourage readers to learn about the various animals that need help and what they can do to make a difference through volunteerism in this inspiring, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Readers will discover different programs and organizations that work to protect animals, animal habitats, and endangered species through vibrant images and charts and informational text. Featuring a list of helpful and useful websites, this nonfiction title encourages readers to take part in animal activism in any way they can--from baking homemade dog biscuits to exploring careers that help sick or injured...

Animal trainers care for many different types of animals! Children will explore some of the methods that trainers use, such as affection bonding and classical and operant conditioning, while simultaneously gaining an understanding of animal instincts and animal rehabilitation. Readers are invited to learn about the variety of animals that trainers work with and are encouraged to find an area of study to focus on if they want to become an animal trainer. With stunning images, interesting facts, a glossary of useful terms, informational text, and an interview with a real-life animal trainer,...

With life-like illustrations and simple text, books in this series introduce children to different dinosaurs and the unique characteristics. Children learn the features of each dinosaur, what they ate, and whether they were predator or prey to other dinosaurs. The books also introduce fossils and how they play a role in our knowledge of dinosaurs' existence.

Con esta novela, finalista del Premio Booker 1989 y publicada en castellano un año más tarde, Salamandra inicia la recuperación de la obra de una de las grandes escritoras europeas de nuestro tiempo. Fallecida recientemente a los noventa y cuatro años, Sybille Bedford era hija de padre alemán y madre inglesa, y perteneció a la última generación de aristócratas que consideraban Europa su verdadera patria. Su obra narrativa, marcadamente autobiográfica, se mueve con maestría en la sutil frontera que separa la memoria y la imaginación, los recuerdos y la literatura, y constituye el...

Victor Domínguez, vicerrector de la Universidad Madrileña de Educación a Distancia muere de forma violenta cerca del estadio. Todo parece indicar que el crimen está relacionado con su actividad profesional. Un asesino en el rectorado retrata con ironía y crudeza la vida universitaria en una España instalada en el inicio de la crisis económica.

En la construcción de un imaginario colectivo intervienen múltiples elementos, pero la FE es quizá uno de los más importantes, ya que ha definido a las civilizaciones humanas desde un principio; hay momentos de nuestra historia que solo pueden ser entendidos si se miran a través del cristal de las creencias, y sin duda, Jesús Ángel Semprún Parra en las páginas de Rosas Marianas ha logrado completar un mapa de la idiosincrasia zuliana que estaba extraviado. El valor de este libro trasciende la naturaleza intrínseca de una antología y se convierte en un documento patrimonial...