Alexander Hamilton

This unique collection of children's games and songs is an exuberant expression of Colombian culture. The author includes a musical score for each piece, and provides a brief description of its rhythmic and melodic elements. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

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...

Los problemas y retos del medio ambiente cada día están más presentes tanto en los medios de comunicación como en la agenda de los gobiernos. La ecología es una disciplina altamente compleja, porque en ella convergen ciencias como la biología, la meteorología o las políticas económicas e industriales. 105 ideas de ecología ha sido diseñado para acercar al lector de a pie a las cuestiones medioambientales que afectan al presente y al futuro de nuestro planeta. De la biodiversidad al efecto invernadero, pasando por conceptos como el nicho ecológico o el bioma, este pequeño gran...

For young people, it can be easy to confuse what one wants as opposed to what one actually needs. This thoughtful resource elucidates the basic concepts of wants and needs and how they fit into the economic landscape. Readers will be asked to consider the different priorities of cultures from around the world, offering a more global overview, as well as a perspective on what people needed in the past. The text nudges the idea of needs further with a discussion of emotional needs and what those might be.