Huracanes

Hurricanes takes you inside one of nature's most powerful events! Warm water and wind can quickly spin into a deadly storm. Dramatic photos show the damage huge hurricanes leave behind, and safety tips help you protect yourself from danger. Spanish Edition

This book describes a snowstorm, including how it forms, what damage it can cause, and how we can protect ourselves from it.

Forces and motion are key concepts in the elementary science curriculum. This Spanish edition of How Simple Machines Work uses simple text and full-color photographs to help ELL students understand the principles behind simple machines. Each volume includes three diagrams to enhance comprehension. The text uses authentic language and is designed to build reading skills as well as knowledge of basic science concepts.

Christopher Columbus most likely wasn’t the person to discover the Americas. He wasn’t even the first European to do so! Despite that, his three trips to the Western Hemisphere led to many more European explorers heading in that direction. In this volume, readers familiar with Columbus’s travels on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria can learn who Columbus was beyond his travels. Supported by full-color and historic images, interesting main content turns what readers think they know about the life of Columbus on its head while expounding on an important period in the history of the world.

Martín De León was the only Mexican empresario to found a colony in Texas. This book also details De León’s integral role in the development of the cattle industry, along with other accomplishments that have made him a compelling figure in Texas history.

El presente trabajo indaga sobre la posibilidad que tienen los colombianos en Madrid, particularmente migrantes originarios de Pereira, departamento de Risalda, de plantear proyectos que aporten al desarrollo de sus zonas de origen. El colectivo colombiano epresenta uno de los más numerosos de entre los latinoamericanos en Madrid, únicamente superado por el ecuatoriano y, en últimas fechas, por el boliviano. (2) Aunado a ello, entre los andinos, los colombianos son los que comparten menos características en cuanto a su perfil sociodemográfico, y estrategias de salida —puntualmente en...

El polémico libro que desvela al verdadero J.D. Salinger Joyce Maynard vivió en la granja del escritor J.D. Salinger, entonces de 53 años, fue una convivencia demoledora que la marcaría para siempre. En este libro Joyce desgrana sus recuerdos con sinceridad y valentía.