Catástrofes que marcaron la historia (Unforgettable Catastrophes)

Young readers will be inspired by this biography about the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. The appealing images, helpful text, and supportive timeline, glossary, table of contents, and index combine to create an engaging experience as readers learn about one of the greatest female pilots of all time. This 6-Pack has been translated into Spanish and includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

In this inspiring biography, readers will learn about the incredible journey of Helen Keller. Using informational, Spanish-translated text and expressive images and photos, readers will discover the undeniable determination that Keller had as a young deaf and blind girl and how her teacher, Anne Sullivan, helped her to read, write, speak, and graduate from college. With a timeline, a bibliography, and a glossary of terms, children are given the tools they need to expand their knowledge about this fascinating and inspiring woman.

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

La lluvia amarilla es el monólogo del último habitante de un pueblo abandonado del Pirineo aragonés. Entre «la lluvia amarilla» de las hojas del otoño que se equipara al fluir del tiempo y la memoria, o en la blancura alucinante de la nieve, la voz del narrador, a las puertas de la muerte, nos evoca a otros habitantes desaparecidos del pueblo, que lo abandonaron o murieron, y nos enfrenta a los extravíos de su mente y a las discontinuidades de su percepción en el villorio fantasma del que se ha enseñoreado la soledad. En el pueblo de Ainielle ya sólo quedan Andrés y Sabina. Poco a...

La obra ofrece una selección de poemas dedicados al tema de la muerte escritos por monjes zen y poetas de haiku, relacionando esta poesía con la mentalidad japonesa sobre la dialéctica entre la vida y la muerte.

Es el verano de 1990 y Lucas Sastre, recién acabada la carrera de Arqueología y con pocas perspectivas laborales, recibe una misteriosa oferta de empleo. Supera pruebas psicológicas, de agudeza visual... Pronto descubre quién está detrás: el CESID, que quiere reclutarlo para su delegación en El Cairo. Una vez allí, bajo las órdenes de Julio Flores-Westenfarg, un agente bregado en mil batallas, Lucas se ve involucrado, casi a su pesar, en una operación secreta del gobierno español que tiene como objetivo conseguir acceso sin límites a los pozos de petróleo de un pequeño país...

Lazarus, a nondescript bank employee and family man, died in the hospital where he is admitted to emergency. A few hours later he is resurrected. His sisters, Martha and Mary, are by his side. Nobody is able to assimilate, in the 21st century, this authentic resurrection, bringing unimaginable consequences for those around him. All are immersed in a disconcerting reality to which they will have no choice but to face. Everyone will make their own way, with denial, with lying or using the incident to their own advantage.