Luz Y Sombra

Written with sympathetic humor and compassion, this masterful portrait of upper-class decline made Ivan Goncharov famous throughout Russia on its publication in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russias dying aristocracya man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends, and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the activity necessary to participate in the real world, Oblomov manages to avoid...

In this stimulating, Spanish-translated nonfiction book, readers will discover the various types of friction--including rolling friction, sliding friction, fluid friction, and static friction--and the huge impacts it has on nature, machines, and our lives. In addition, readers are encouraged to perform basic experiments to assist in the understanding of friction, kinetic energy, and water resistance. With real-life examples, colorful images, accommodating graphs and charts, and informational text, children will be inspired and engaged as they read through this book. This 6-Pack includes six...

Featuring Time For Kids content, Siempre crece: La fruta (Always Growing: Fruit) will engage students in learning. Discover what happens when an apple seed is planted in the ground. Based on NGSS standards, this Spanish book teaches children about growth, and encourages young learners to use their own words to describe what is happening in the pictures.

Más de 70.000 mujeres cada año son engañadas y sometidas a esclavitud sexual sólo en Europa. Este es un dato extraído de los periódicos, pero en esta novela todas esas mujeres se resumen en Polina, una adolescente nacida en Moldavia cuyas ilusiones comienzan a desmoronarse en un tétrico sótano de Estambul. Muy lejos de los sollozos de la pequeña, la historia comienza con la desaparición de los cinco gatos de la viuda Hergueta en un barrio residencial de la periferia de Madrid. Los vecinos rusos resultan los primeros sospechosos, ya que su actitud es huraña y misteriosa. Gracias a...