La búsqueda de la velocidad: Los vehículos (The Quest for Speed: Vehicles) (Spanish Version)

Readers will be amazed to discover that every time they climb onto bicycles and ride like the wind, they are defying gravity! This book explains the physics and history behind bicycles, skateboards, and surfboards. Readers learn what happens from the simplest movement of rolling forward to more complex tricks and stunts of jumping and spinning. Readers will never look at bikes, skateboards or surfboards the same way again.

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!

Readers may never expect that they might free fall to Earth, but if they have ever dived into a pool, that's exactly what they've done. This book shows readers how Newton's three laws of motion affect divers, skydivers, and mountain climbers' movements. Readers discover who uses gravity, and who works against it, and all other forces that contribute to a successful dive or climb. After reading this book, readers can decide if they will ever be interested in engaging in one of these extreme sports.

Learn how a designer's sketch becomes the fashion we wear and how a designer uses math and geometry to make their designs successful in this fashion-filled book! Including information about the fashion industry, clothing fabrics, patterns, and textures, readers learn all about the different aspects of the fashion industry. With a glossary, index, vivid images, informational text, and interesting facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book with engage students from beginning to end.

En el Ártico, cada vez se derrite más hielo en verano. Esto es un gran problema para los osos polares, que necesitan el hielo para sobrevivir, y también es un gran problema para todo el mundo, por que todo nuestro planeta necesita el hielo del Ártica para

Sed de dinero, aventuras y de desafíos. Ingenio, audacia y espíritu burleta. Conoce a los ladrones más perspicaces de la historia en este entretenido repaso de los grandes robos de los últimos dos siglos. Como dejó escrito Alberto Spaggiari en la cámara acorazada del Banco Société de Niza tras desvalijarla: " Sin armas, ni violencia y sin odio". Descubre a los protagonistas de golpes tan sonados como el asalto al tren de Glasgow o los robos a los bancos de Niza o Fortaleza. Las atractivas ilustraciones de Julio Antonio Blasco retratan a los personajes, recrean las escenas y ofrecen...

This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source book focuses on the lives of Native Americans as pioneers began moving west during the 1800s. Students will explore significant historical events such as the Indian Removal Act, the Trail of Tears, the Seminole Wars, Red Cloud's War, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the Nez Perce? War, Wounded Knee, and more. With a visually appealing layout, this ESL book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts ...

En buena hora es el primer poemario ganador del premio convocado por la Facultad de Poesía José Ángel Valente de la Universidad de Almería. Recoge once poemas que emplean conceptos herederos de la tradición cultural católica: formas y estructuras que recuerdan a oraciones, relatos fundacionales con tono bíblico y terminología asociada a los ritos. Todo ello, con un estilo próximo y cercano, anclado a la realidad cotidiana, en ocasiones irónico y en otras, compasivo. De esta manera, comenzando por un Génesis que describe una primera y torpe caída en desgracia, se busca el contacto...