Jane Addams

The Uses Of Wind Energy Is The Topic Of This Book. Explains The Positive And Negative Impact This Form Of Energy Can Have On Our World.

A simple biography of the naturalist who founded the Sierra Club and was influential in establishing the national park system.

Follows the life and career of the French scientist who proved the existence of germs and their connection with diseases.

Beirut es una novela que se ha metido en mí, que me ha absorbido y me ha convertido en uno de sus muchos personajes -secundarios para la ciudad: sin embargo, resulta imposible concebirla sin nosotros, sus criaturas de ficción verdadera-, obligándome a merodear entre sus cubiertas, a deslizarme entre sus páginas ya escritas, aventurándome hacia las que aún permanecen sin escribir, acompañada conforme avanzo hacia el final por la misma gente que me incita a vivir.

The American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s marked a shift in how African Americans were treated in the United States. This volume highlights the important events and figures that made this movement successful. The book introduces readers to important activists who fought for civil rights by raising their voices and refusing to accept unfair laws. Photographs and primary sources provide readers with a firsthand look at the history of the movement. Finally, readers will learn what can still be done to further equality for African Americans in the United States and how they can be ...

Aunque hoy en día el efecto invernadero aparece en la prensa con frecuencia, se le conoce desde mediados del siglo XIX y siempre se ha sospechado de la influencia de la actividad humana en él. Sin embargo, para constatar el efecto de calentamiento global actual y aceptar la responsabilidad del hombre en su rápido crecimiento, hubo que luchar contra intereses ligados al desarrollo industrial que supuestamente está sustentado por el conocimiento científico. "Esta historia empieza a principios del siglo XIX, cuando unos científicos descubrieron que nuestro planeta no siempre tuvo el mismo...

The objective of this work consists on clarifying what the sociocultural animation is, its epistemological perspective, is as well as its scientific construction. It pursues, also, to train the professionals and volunteers linked to the social field of the education and the sociocultural animation for, this way, to improve their daily practice. The purpose of the authors is that the readers know in the different conceptions of the sociocultural animation, analyze its character and achieve a clearer vision of what it is and what it means. They are also presented the anthropological,...