Beethoven y su época

Practice nonstandard measurement at the zoo! This exciting, Spanish-translated title encourages readers to practice measuring their favorite zoo animals, such as elephants, giraffes, pandas, and more. A gorilla weighs the same as three men! When a cheetah runs, its stride length is the length of three men! An elephant weighs the same as three pickup trucks! Vivid images, fun practice questions, early STEM themes, and helpful mathematical diagrams make nonstandard measurement entertaining and easy for children to understand.

Si analizamos con claridad y realismo lo más esencial de nuestra condición humana, sus luces y sus sombras, veremos que ella misma nos hace capaces de lo mejor y también de lo peor, de ser muy humanos o inhumanos. Y descubriremos que la felicidad o la desdicha en la vida dependen de la calidad de nuestras relaciones interpersonales, del amor o el desamor con que las vivamos. Y si después de esa exploración abrimos los evangelios y observamos cómo vivió Jesús nuestra condición humana, veremos qué tipo de hombre fue y contemplaremos en Él la humanización del amor de Dios. Jesús...

Mysterious ancient ruins, hidden deep in the jungle of southern Mexico In May 1840, explorers John Stephens and Frederick Catherwood road their mules along a steep, muddy jungle path. They were hoping to find the ruins of an ancient, deserted site in Mexico they knew only from visitors’ accounts. Through the trees, they spied the remains of a crumbling stone palace. Palenque! In the weeks they spent there, the men discovered intricately designed buildings and mysterious glyphs, or symbols. Who built this city? What did the glyphs mean? The questions remained largely unanswered until the...

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...