¿Qué hacen los policías? (What Do Police Officers Do?)

The Industrial Revolution brought important changes to America. People began migrating to cities for work, and immigrants began to arrive in American in larger numbers than ever before as they looked for new employment opportunities. Readers explore the impact of the Industrial Revolution on U.S. migration and immigration patterns. As readers learn about essential social studies curriculum topics, engaging historical images and detailed primary sources hold their interest. This transformative period in American history comes alive for readers with each turn of the page.

Which animals and plants can survive in a dry desert environment? Readers learn about the living things that make up desert food chains, including cacti, snakes, and scorpions. Colorful photographs of desert life make readers feel like they’re exploring new parts of this habitat with each turn of the page. Fact boxes provide additional information about the creatures that make up desert food chains, and a detailed food web shows how these food chains all come together. The desert is an extreme habitat, and readers will enjoy learning about the extreme plants and animals that live there.

Cuano eran ni�os, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus y Dave Boyle eran amigos. Un d�a, un extra�o coche se detuvo en su calle. Uno de los chicos subi� al coche, pero los otros dos no lo hicieron. Y sucedi� algo terrible, algo que acab� con su amistad y que les cambi� a los tres para siempre.Veinticinco a�os m�s tarde, Devine trabaja de detective para el Departamento de Homicidios, Marcus es un ex convicto que tiene una tienda de barrio, y Boyle intenta salvar su matrimonio y mantener sus demonios a raya: demonios que le incitan a hacer cosas terribles.Mystic River ha sido llevada al...

Durante toda su existencia, CORPUS BARGA (1887-1975) mantuvo una activa atención hacia Madrid, su ciudad natal. Al cuidado de Arturo Ramoneda, esta recopilación reúne, en primer lugar, artículos periodísticos de los años en que residió en París (entre 1914 y 1930) y viajaba a la capital, en los que describe, desde perspectivas inéditas, calles y plazas tantas veces recorridas, y va dejando constancia de los cambios que observa, sin dejar de criticar aspectos de sorprendente perennidad («Madrid es un campo de batalla: por todas partes hay barricadas, obras, derribos»). En sus PASEOS ...

The American Southeast stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, including the states of Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Alabama as well as parts of Virginia and Maryland. But before that region was divided into states, native groups lived there. From how they found food to what their spiritual beliefs were, the book’s main content presents the traditional lifestyles of the Seminole, Choctaw, and Creek peoples, and the other groups that lived in the southeast. Readers learn even more from fun fact boxes and the historical images and full-color photographs that show what...