Crisis energética: El futuro de los combustibles fósiles (Energy Crisis: The Future of Fossil Fuels)

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

Correlated to the science curriculum, our Spanish-language series describes how the types of homes that different animals build reflect adaptations to their environments. Through simple, easy-to-follow text, each volume looks at each type of home as a shelter from predators and weather and a place to store food and raise young. Young readers also learn how animal homes and human homes fulfill similar needs and functions.

Students Will Learn The Election Process From Beginning To End With This Wonderful Title. From What A Candidate Is, To Where And When People Vote, And How And Why The Election Process Is So Important In Our Country.

It was September 14, 1814, and America and Great Britain were at war. Frances Scott Key watched from the deck of a British ship, where he was being held captive, as cannons exploded around them. After 25 hours, the fighting ceased and Key peered through the clearing smoke, looking for some sign as to the outcome of the battle. Was the American flag still flying? His wartime experience inspired Key to write a poem, which was later set to music and became America’s national anthem. This book tells the story of the inspiration behind our national anthem, which helped transform the flag into a...

Carlota decide empezar un diario sobre la violencia de género, un problema que hace siglos que existe pero que nunca ha sido tan visible como en los últimos años. A partir de testimonios que va recogiendo, algunos muy cercanos, y de información que recibe, como siempre, de parte de su madre, su abuela y su tía Octavia, Carlota escribe este diario azul que también habla de la violencia escolar y la violencia infantil. El diario azul de Carlota no es exactamente una novela ni tampoco un diario, sino un libro a caballo entre la ficción y la no-fi cción que trata todas estas formas de...