¡Fsst! Fricción y resistencia (Drag! Friction and Resistance) (Spanish Version)

With every new feat, there is at least one big failure. Learn about some of the biggest technological feats and failures in human history in this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title that allows readers to discover some of the technological innovations that have made life easier. Featuring detailed images, charts, and graphs, informational text, and intriguing facts, children will be engaged and captivated from cover to cover! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Inform readers of the dangers of smoking. Through helpful diagrams, detailed images, and truthful facts, readers are given the tools and information to educate themselves about smoking, tobacco, addiction, and the health problems that smoking can cause. With informational text, an index, glossary of terms, and list of websites, this text encourages children to say no to smoking and peer pressure and to learn what steps they can take to help prevent others from starting. This book has been translated into Spanish.

Travel to the 22nd century in this captivating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title that allows readers to discover the future of space. Elementary readers will be fascinated with the possibilities that may await human life in the future. Readers will discover the technology that may be used to one day allow humans to live on another planet, new worlds, alien life, and artificial intelligence. Featuring vibrant photos, images, informational text, a glossary of terms, and a list of helpful websites for more explorations, children will be excited and enthralled as they move through this title.

The sun is responsible for all life on Earth, but what exactly is it? Our star is an amazing force that can be as dangerous as it is important. From solar flares to the threat of blowing up altogether, the sun is one of the most interesting things in our solar system. Readers take a trip to the sun to see how it works and exactly what it is made of. They’ll learn about the life cycle of a star and see just how long we have until we have to find a new planet to call home. Don’t worry, they’ll be happy to learn that (hopefully) we have millions of years left!

Provides an overview of the design, uses, weapons, and equipment of U.S. Navy submarines. Written in English and Spanish.

Miss Esperanza Alice Gorst creció en París al cuidado de una amiga de su madre, Madame de L’Orme, puesto que sus progenitores fallecieron cuando ella no era más que una niña. Esperanza creció feliz al amparo de los cuidados de Madame y la formación que le proveía su tutor, Mr.Thornahaugh.Cuando ambos le comunican que debe asumir la responsabilidad de llevar a cabo una importante misión, a Esperanza no le queda más remedio que aceptar y viaja a Evenwood, Inglaterra, con el cometido de hacerse con la vacante de sirvienta de Lady Tansor, pero sin ningún conocimiento de su objetivo...

El actual movimiento centrífugo de la globalización económica y cultural lleva en su seno factores que, desarrollados, pueden contrapesarla. Al polo de la hegemonía USA se opone el del surgir potencias regionales nuevas e incluso el afianzamiento de nacionalismos antes atenuados. En el universo estético, los “géneros” y las tendencias artísticas dominantes en diferentes épocas y lugares, puesto que irradian a otros desde su espacio de origen, vienen operando desde antiguo como procesos de alguna manera unificadores y, por ello, en cierto modo globalizadores también. Pero los...