Alexander Hamilton

Bloomsbury Scientists is the story of the network of scientists and artists living in a square mile of London before and after the First World War. This inspired group of men and women viewed creativity and freedom as the driving force behind nature, and each strove to understand this in their own inventive way. Their collective energy changed the social mood of the era and brought a new synthesis of knowledge to ideas in science and art. Class barriers were threatened as power shifted from the landed oligarchy to those with talent and the will to make a difference.

This Spanish-language series presents the complete range of math concepts and skills students are expected to master during the first grade. The series moves sequentially, from easiest to hardest concepts, with each book covering a different math topic. The first volume reviews the math concepts students learned in kindergarten. The next six books cover counting, adding and subtracting, tables and graphs, money, patterns, and measuring. The eighth volume is a summary of the math concepts students have studied throughout the year. Each book presents situations that show the relevance of math...

La astucia de John Chatterton es indiscutible. Después de haber resuelto dos de los más difíciles casos policiales: el de la niña vestida de rojo y el de la misteriosa desaparición de la hijastra, ahora se le presenta un nuevo reto.

Esta novela que comienza en la Gran Plaza de El Cairo a principios del siglo XX y que cuenta una doble historia de amor señala en la obra de Amin Maalouf la incorporación a su obra de un nuevo elemento de reflexión, como es la preocupación por la "falla horizontal" que divide el mundo en un Norte de población estable, cada vez más enriquecida, y un Sur de población creciente que se empobrece progresivamente. Si bien acaba confiando en "la feminidad del mundo" y en la inagotable capacidad de supervivencia que caracteriza al ser humano, "El primer siglo después de Béatrice", pese a su...