Mujeres en las ciencias (Women in Science)

For thousands of years, militaries around the world were limited to male soldiers. However, throughout history, brave women have stepped out of the background and onto the battlefield. This biographical text covers the important women who’ve broken ground in the military. Famous historical figures such as Joan of Arc, Clara Barton, and Florence Nightingale are covered in depth, while the stories of modern-day heroes are presented to show how women are still affecting change on the front lines. A comprehensive timeline, fact boxes, and historical and modern images complete this...

Nature is amazing and filled with different shapes. Learn about the different shapes found in nature. Paired to the fiction title What Can I Make?.

Martina sufre un embarazo psicológico y, como consecuencia de ello, su prometido Ginés cancela su boda. Su madre, preocupada por la opinión de los otros, le recomienda que se vaya durante unos meses al extranjero para alejarla de su entorno y fingir un aborto natural. En Luxemburgo, Martina inicia una nueva vida. Fiel y enardecida amante de la nostalgia se dejará seducir por la irresistible voluptuosidad de la tristeza. Tras semanas de inactividad, Martina encuentra trabajo en una empresa que gestiona la venta de productos esotéricos y la atención al cliente de varias videntes, lo que...

Mike Wingate ha tenido una infancia difícil. Lo abandonaron en un parque cuando tenía cuatro años y creció en un orfanato. Nadie volvió a por él y solo tiene unos cuantos recuerdos dispersos de sus padres. Ahora que ya es adulto, Mike está viviendo la vid

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...