¿Cómo crece el pasto? (How Does Grass Grow?)

Kids often play with magnets, yet they don't learn how these playthings work for many years. Practical knowledge from their play can help them learn more about magnetism, and so can this book. Specially written for those with reading challenges or readers looking for a review, the main text covers important vocabulary, magnetic fields, and a discussion of why metals and magnets come together. Diagrams and succinct fact boxes offer additional ways to learn each concept and explain some ideas in greater detail.

Now in Spanish—Who makes sure my suitcase gets on the right plane? This book is full of fascinating facts about everything from Halloween to braille to fire trucks.

This New York Times bestseller, now available in Spanish, recounts the true story from Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah of the touching gift bestowed on the United States by a tribe of Maasai Warriors in the wake of the September 11 attacks. In June of 2002, a mere nine months since the September 11 attacks, a very unusual ceremony begins in a far-flung village in western Kenya. An American diplomat is surrounded by hundreds of Maasai people. A gift is about to be bestowed upon the American men, women, and children, and he is there to accept it. The gift is as unexpected as it is extraordinary. Hearts...

The ruthless explorer Cortés devastated an entire people in his search for fame and gold for himself and for his country. Witness the conquering of the Aztec Empire during the Age of Discovery.

El derecho a la pereza es la obra más célebre de Lafargue, y es el texto más difundido de la literatura socialista a nivel mundial, después de Manifiesto del Partido Comunista, de Karl Marx y Friedrich Engels. Una obra controvertida y revolucionaria tanto para la derecha como para la izquierda. En su libro Paul Lafargue plasma claramente sus reflexiones contra el fervor por el trabajo, la productividad, y el crecimiento económico fanático que mostraban tanto la derecha como la izquierda. Lafargue observo que cuanto más trabajaba un obrero más miserable se volvía su vida, y aun así...