Los planetas (The Planets)

Measuring cups are essential in the kitchen, but they’re also crucial in the science lab. Scientists need to be precise in their experiments to test their hypotheses, and science tools such as cylinders for measuring volume aid them in their important research. This appealing book shows that young scientists, too, can use measuring containers for their own science experiments. Important STEM concepts such as volume and units of measurement are explained in a comprehensible manner.

Tras la muerte de una entrañable amiga, Carlos Alberto sufre una depresión. Su madre lo lleva a un psiquiatra, que le confía a un colega paralítico cerebral. Carlos se enfrentará a los prejuicios de su madre y aprenderá nuevos valores y el verdadero sentido de la responsabilidad.

When President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from cash-strapped France in 1803, he doubled the size of the United States without really knowing what he was getting. He dispatched Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery to explore a territory that would include part or all of fifteen future states and to seek a water route to the West Coast. Westward expansion began immediately, all for the bargain price of 15 million dollars. This book richly explores this fascinating part of history.

En estos tiempos tan convulsos en los que la humanidad se encuentra afectada por una pandemia que va aniquilando gran parte de los habitantes del planeta, el doctor Roberto Gutiérrez Laboy reflexiona cuidadosamente, desde la perspectiva de la bioética, sobre cómo enfrentar situaciones tan trágicas como las que se están viviendo. Su finalidad es que se comprenda que las tragedias humanas son parte consustancial de nuestra existencia radicalmente problemática.