Todo acceso: Una casa de modas (Backstage Pass: Fashion) (Spanish Version)

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.

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!

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.

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.

Manual de español destinado a estudiantes y profesionales de la hostelería. Incluye CDNivel B1/B2 del MCER. Versión renovada de un clásico de nuestro catálogo, Español en el hotel. Cubre las necesidades de quienes tienen que realizar prácticas en empresas cuya lengua de trabajo es el español, como las de profesionales que trabajan en la hostelería. Versión renovada de un clásico de nuestro catálogo, Español en el hotel. Cubre las necesidades de quienes tienen que realizar prácticas en empresas cuya lengua de trabajo es el español, como las de profesionales que trabajan en la...

Don Quixote tells Sancho Panza about Miguel de Cervantes, the writer who has told their story to the world, in a story that includes background on Cervantes's life and accomplishments.

This title authoritatively recounts the main events in the history of Latin America and highlights the men and women who played key roles in the establishment and growth of the region. Though long inhabited only by various Amerindian tribes, Latin America was transformed by the arrival of Europeans, who built colonial empires across the region beginning in the sixteenth century. Much of Latin America secured its independence in the early nineteenth century, but the new countries were plagued by political and economic instability, some of which continues today. Readers will get a full picture...

Theodor W. Adorno fue testigo de la relación amorosa entre Alban Berg, el más celebrado compositor de la segunda escuela vienesa, y Hanna Fuchs, hermana de Franz Werfel. Del legado de ésta provienen las 14 cartas «secretas» de Alban Berg a la «amada lejana» que, junto con otros documentos (incluidas dos cartas de Adorno a Helene Berg), conforman el escenario del nacimiento de la Suite Lírica del músico. Los comentarios y análisis biográficos y musicológicos que integran esta edición de las cartas permiten acceder, a partir de la experiencia personal, al proceso creativo de Berg y ...