Memento mori

Desde que era más pequeño tenía un sueño que se repetía casi todas las noches. Soñaba con dragones, con volar con los dragones, con aquella enorme puerta ricamente labrada y con las tres palabras mágicas que la abrían. Soñaba con un mundo mágico donde vivían todas esas criaturas tan fantásticas. Draconia es un mágico lugar protegido por montañas y tiene un lago tan cristalino que parece un espejo. En él habitan unas criaturas que lo diferencian de otros lugares: los dragones. Los hay de distintos tipos : los dragones rojos tienen cuatro garras en cada pata en lugar de cinco,...

Navigation instruments have changed over time. Lodestones, sunstones, and sextants helped early navigators find their way. Modern technology makes navigation more precise than it has ever been. But the roots of navigation still remain. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process and is perfect for makerspace activities. It ...

In a sea of future flows much poetic adventure of John Malpartida. It is not a summary but a high point of the spiral, in which gravitation of old and new issues is allied to a decanting of aesthetic expression unabated. This is a poem, as noted in its day Octavio Paz in relation to his first book, in which "the body thinks, thought embodies". On the other hand, it is difficult to separate this poetic work of fiction, and even some of his essays, because it involves the deepening of the same myth (or a set of images, feelings and thoughts) that draw a work: not the face of the author but a...

Meet six women who did great things. They were leaders in politics, civil rights, healthcare, science, and sports. They helped and inspired others. All of them followed their dreams. Discover the journeys they took. This inspiring Spanish book introduces second grade students to the lives of notable women including Marie Curie, Clara Barton, Wilma Rudolph, Rosa Parks, and more. Engaging images in conjunction with easy-to-read text and basic text features provide readers with an inviting reading and learning experience.

"La lengua sirve para hablar para comer helado para hacer muecas y, a veces, para lamer el plato" Así, con una exploración poética sobre el órgano de los sabores, comienza este libro híbrido entre lo literario y lo informativo, escrito a cuatro manos por una poeta y filósofa y un crítico culinario. A lo largo de sus páginas enumera los distintos sabores, se sorprende a cada paso, los encuentra en los lugares más inesperados da recetas cortitas para producirlos a partir de los ingredientes, investiga su relación con la textura, el olfato, la vista, el color y también los...