La Misión de Santa Bárbara (Discovering Mission Santa Bárbara)

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 temas del libro responden a la programación de la Conferencia Episcopal Española para el curso 1o de la DECA, título necesario para dar las clases de religión católica en la enseñanza primaria y secundaria.

During the American Civil War, the United States was on the brink of falling apart irrevocably. As states seceded and brother turned against brother, hope for reconciliation was dim. This conflict, an essential topic of the social studies curriculum, is skillfully presented from its origins in the Southern slave-trade economy to bloody battles and, later, Reconstruction. Striking photographs and artwork of integral events and people will resonate with readers, while interesting sidebar information gives them more to reflect on about this terrible war and the lessons it taught us.

El muchacho listucu que en los años cincuenta pastoreaba ovejas en las laderas de Peña Labra se convertiría en 2003 en presidente de Cantabria. Esta es su historia. Y nos la cuenta con ese estilo único que lo ha hecho popular y querido, con sentido del humor y naturalidad.Miguel Ángel Revilla nos dibuja una España de penuria y esfuerzo que ya no existe. Y relata con viveza cómo, con tesón, animado por el amor a la tierra que lo vio nacer, consiguió alcanzar las más altas responsabilidades. La semblanza que traza en estas páginas de personalidades como el rey Juan Carlos, José...