Los asteroides y los cometas (Asteroids and Comets) (Spanish Version)

Death Valley is one of the hottest and driest deserts of the world! Readers are taken on an adventure through Death Valley to learn about the plants and animals that survive in this dry, hot desert landscape in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Featuring vivid photographs, informational text, and riveting facts about desert ecology, readers will be fascinated from beginning to end!

What do you do if you find yourself stranded at sea? This useful Spanish-translated nonfiction book gives readers the information they need in order to survive at sea. With essential tips and instructions, helpful diagrams and images, a bibliography, and a list of other useful websites, readers will learn everything they need in order to survive--from the dangers of hypothermia, what to do if there's only saltwater available, and other useful survival skills.

Most of the Earth's changes happen over millions of years, but earthquakes can force significant changes to the land in just a few moments. Readers will learn the science of plate tectonics and its role in the development of earthquakes around the globe. They will also learn that not all rocks are created equal. In fact, rocks are all different ages! This Spanish-translated book concludes with images of the damage and destruction that earthquakes can cause.

Do you know the important skills it takes to survive in the jungle? Learn about them in this useful, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. With helpful diagrams, vital tips and instructions, vivid images, and a glossary of useful terms, this title will have readers feeling aware and prepared!

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...

Un hombre en conflicto con los objetos que toca, un tipo en permanente diálogo con su pene, al que trata como un hermano pequeño, un inspector de policía... Los personajes de los relatos de Querida Olga son soñadores con importantes problemas para afrontar la realidad. Estos cuentos de Ramón Luque no se andan por las ramas y pican un poco de todo. Son relatos experimentales, breves, sencillos, directos, divertidos, fáciles de leer y tienen mucho de nosotros;

Acuciosa biografía de Jules Verne, el autor de los Viajes Extraordinarios, enriquecida con textos e información novedosa. Constituye un mágico paseo por los sinuosos y complejos acontecimientos vitales que propiciaron la creación de su obra.

Exactly 100 facts accompanied by colorful illustrations and maps reveal fascinating information about the life of pirates.