Las personas y el planeta (People and the Planet)

Learn about the Earth and the Moon with this engaging Spanish science reader. With easy-to-read text, this book teaches students important scientific concepts and vocabulary including the phases of the Moon, the movement of the Earth around the sun, and the rotation of the Earth. Aligned to state and national standards, the book contains nonfiction text features like an index, a glossary, captions, bold font, and detailed images to keep students connected to the text. A hands-on science experiment helps students apply what they have learned and develops critical thinking skills.

What makes something a good value? Why is it important to use money wisely? How will creating a budget help you purchase a new bike? This engaging Spanish book will teach students financial literacy through the use of real-world examples while incorporating nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will...

Introduce students to the scientific method with this Spanish science reader that features easy-to-read text. This book teaches important scientific topics and vocabulary terms including hypothesis, data, experiment, conclusion, method, research, and more. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging science experiment to develop critical thinking and help students practice what they have learned.

Libro que escribe san Manuel González García siendo obispo auxiliar de Málaga invitando a colaborar en la construcción de un nuevo Seminario. Años después, este libro pasó a formar parte de Un sueño pastoral.

El alférez Francisco Arner está al mando de una sección en Tamucha, un puesto militar cercano a Ifni. Mientras, a muchos kilómetros de allí, en el palacio de El Pardo, Franco y sus ministros "organizan" la guerra. Una noche el aférez, junto con sus soldados, es enviado por su superior de patrulla nocturna. Con tan mala fortuna que es precisamente aquélla la noche escogida por los marroquíes para iniciar las hostilidades bélicas contra los puestos militares españoles de la zona. En diciembre de 1957 estalló la guerra entre España y Marruecos. Silenciada en su momento y...

Politicians today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt came from. Not from an orgy of government spending, but as the direct result of bailing out, recapitalizing, and adding liquidity to the broken banking system. Through these actions private...

Essays by well-known climbers accompany a range of superb color landscape photographs that echo the great traditions of the Ansel Adams and the Sierra Club large format books of the 1970s.