Escalar y saltar (Climbing and Diving)

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther.

Readers won't have to disassemble their favorite toys to discover what makes them work. This book explores electric, magnetic, and motion-powered toys from design to function. It introduces readers to the six simple machines and explains how they use force and motion to do work. Not every toy is a technological marvel. Readers learn about time-honored favorites including the rocking horse, Slinky, and rattles.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Learn the secrets to artful cupcakes, oven-fresh bread, and other delicious baked goods in this delightful nonfiction title. Readers will learn how mathematics helps bakers measure their ingredients to make tasteful treats. Featuring vibrant images and charts, informative text, and fun, intriguing facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book will leave children fascinated by all the details that go into baking their favorite treats--like doughnuts and cookies!

There is an amazing muscle inside your body. It pumps blood and keeps you healthy. What is it? Your heart! Read all about it in this colorful, Spanish-translated title.

Lentas aguas estivales pasan ante los ojos de quien la tímida orilla pasea. Entretanto, barcas, hojas tiernas, alguna flor, la mano abandonada de un navegante, surcan el río. Efímeras ondas aparecen. Y así, el Támesis, en la plácida tarde, sostiene sin descanso la esperanza.

El libro comienza con una novala, La Chica de la Ginebra. Anabela Ríos es una chica que acaba de perder a su madre. Su padre se ha encargado de buscar una nueva familia y su nuevo hermanastro, Gabriel, se convertirá no solo en su cómplice y mayor aliado, sino también en su peor enemigo. La segunda parte del libro es un análisis profundo sobre el alcohol, sus hábitos de consumo y efectos, con todo tipo de información y documentación.

"A survey of the history of piracy and lives of pirates covers such specifics as the invention of the Jolly Roger, discipline aboard pirate ships, and pirate ruses."

En esta antología realizada por Andrés Sánchez Robayna, la más completa que se conoce hasta la fecha, queda bien acotado el espacio poético que José μngel Valente ha sabido crear en más de cuarenta años de oficio: tras cada pieza escogida, desde el primer poema hasta la última de sus composiciones, late esa percepción de la poesía como conocimiento en la cual el poeta es el mago que hace aparecer la realidad mediante el mismo acto de la escritura. La palabra en sí es la travesía reveladora, no el medio de comunicarla. La selección de Andrés Sánchez Robayna contiene poemas...