Las estrellas (Stars)

What does the sun do for us other than give us light during the day? It gives us warmth, energy, and so much more! Learn all about the sun in this Spanish-translated book.

Imagine being lost and stranded in the desert. Would you know what to do to survive? This useful Spanish-translated nonfiction title explains the important skills needed to survive in the desert. With helpful diagrams and images, definitions, tips and instructions, informational text, a bibliography, and a list of other helpful websites, readers can be assured that they will learn about the dangers of heat exhaustion, desert plants that could aid in survival, and other helpful tips in order to survive in an emergency.

This nonfiction Spanish book teaches students about producers and consumers, and introduces them to important scientific concepts and vocabulary terms like nutrient cycle, food web and photosynthesis. The intriguing images, detailed diagrams, and stimulating sidebars will keep students connected to the text. The fun lab activity provides a real-world learning experience that supports STEM instruction. Aligned to state and national standards, the leveled text supports differentiation. Keep students reading with this fascinating Spanish book.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Jane Goodall had a passion to learn about animals. Readers will learn all about her adventurous life among chimpanzees and other primates in this inspiring, Spanish-translated nonfiction biographical title. Children will be fascinated by the vibrant images, stimulating facts, and accessible glossary that will assist in vocabulary improvement.

For ages, the idea of machines that think and act on their own has gripped scientists, thinkers, and the general public. This book explores the history of artificial intelligence (A.I.), and how science fiction is quickly becoming science fact. It examines the technologies involved in A.I. and its inevitable effects on work, life, health, and many other aspects of human society. Rooted in history and science, this book provides an inside look at a topic that captivates engineers, scientists, and dreamers, but also raises important ethical issues and challenges how we see ourselves and our...

Cuando Aicher antepone lo analogico y concreto a lo digital y abstracto, lo hace con intencion filosofica. Relativiza el papel de la razon pura y critica el racionalismo de la modernidad como fruto del predominio de un mero pensar abstracto. A juicio de Aicher, anteponer lo abstracto a lo concreto crea una falsa jerarquia, un orden, que es fatal para la cultura. Lo digital, abstracto, no es mas elevado, mayor o mas importante que lo analogico, concreto. Otl Aicher, co-fundador de la ya legendaria escuela de Ulm, es uno de los representantes sobresalientes del diseno moderno. Entre sus...

Con sus aproximadamente mil quinientas entradas, el presente Diccionario de términos literarios proporciona una información rigurosa y actualizada sobre los conceptos fundamentales de las diferentes disciplinas que integran la denominada ciencia de la literatura. El abundante uso de ejemplos, así como su lenguaje preciso y accesible, y la indicación de la bibliografía pertinente en cada caso, hacen de esta obra una herramienta indispensable para el estyudio de cualquier materia relacionada con el ámbito de las letras

«Tengo unos deseos enormes de vivir, de salir a la vida. Me siento como la llama de una lumbre, que me pasa el alma y la carne y me asoma a los ojos con un resplandor inextinguible. Soy yo mi fuego y mi exaltación y siento una apetencia del mundo y del amor que me haría abrazarlo hasta ser yo él, hasta enajenarme en su extravío. ¿Se perderá esta fuerza mía? ¿Se ha de salvar sólo para mi arte, para encender mi lengua de poesía? ¡Ah, no, no lo quisiera! Quiero vivir; quiero vivir en vida, no en letra, ni tan siquiera en poesía. La poesía como la más ardiente corona de la vida....