Our Little Heroes / Nuestros pequeños héroes

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther. This 6-Pack includes six...

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...

Shaban, hijo del Mago de Esmirna, emprende su viaje iniciático para convertirse en mago: comienza así su ascensión a la Gran Montaña, donde ha de pasar su primer día solo. Allí, en donde todo es posible, tendrá experiencias insólitas porque el tiempo y el espacio exteriores pierden su valor.

El arte como vivencia de ocio es una experiencia de nuestra vida cotidiana. ¿En qué consiste esta experiencia? ¿Qué nos aporta para nuestra vida personal? Este libro afronta estos interrogantes y centra la atención en las experiencias artísticas que nos proporcionan emoción y disfrute; experiencias gozosas que tienen en sí mismas el beneficio de su propia vivencia. Ahora bien, ¿traen consigo además otros beneficios? La obra es una reflexión sobre cómo el arte enriquece nuestra existencia y nos da cauces específicos para nuestra formación.