Cumplir con la ley: Si...Entonces (Following the Law: If...Then)

Color, brillo, mística y a la vez sentimiento de raza y profundidad impenetrable. Darío, creador del Modernismo, no sólo renovó el idioma y las estructuras, sino que aportó una estética más universal. (Esta edición es Premio Banco del Libro de Venezuela 1990).

Life on Earth depends on carbon. In fact, about 18.5 percent of a human body's mass is carbon. How carbon is taking in and given off through animals' breathing, the burning of fossil fuels, and more can be shown in the model known as the carbon cycle. Though this concept can be confusing, all readers have a chance to understand this concept through the text and simple diagrams in this book. Both struggling readers and those looking for review can find the most important components and vocabulary of the carbon cycle in low-level, accessible text.

In the United States, the ability to take informed action is becoming increasingly necessary, and difficult. This book delves into the importance of being informed and explains how not all sources of information are equal. Readers are introduced to the scientific method as a way of testing information for credibility. Students will also learn how to turn credible information into action by forming groups, protesting, contacting elected representatives, and possibly even running for office themselves someday.

Carme Manuel es profesora de la Universitat de València y directora de la colección Biblioteca Javier Coy d’estu-dis nord-americans (PUV). Es autora de numerosas traducciones al castellano y catalán de distintos escritores estadounidenses, de ensayos sobre metodología de la en-señanza del inglés y sobre literatura norteamericana, entre ellos, La literatura de Estados Unidos desde sus orígenes hasta la Primera Guerra Mundial (Síntesis, 2006). Con Josep-Vicent Garcia i Raffi es responsable de la biografía Esyllt T. Lawrence: una gal·lesa entre dracs (2007) y de l’antología Poesia ...