How Do You Measure Time?

What Could I Be? Spanish Edition. What work would you like to do when you grow up? You could learn how to be a firefighter or a diver. You might like to be a vet or an acrobat. What else would you like to be?

¿Sabías que en el mundo aún existen lugares donde se piensa que la mujer es inferior al hombre? En las páginas de este libro conocerás a siete mujeres admirables que, en épocas en las que no tenían derecho a casi nada, se atrevieron a luchar por sus sueños y llegaron, incluso, a cambiar la historia.

Posing questions which range from the most unusual matters to the most elementary ones, Questions that make your hair stand on end 2 focuses on the Earth and the Sun. Readers will be able to entertain themselves with very illustrative experiments and will also get to know what is so special about the Eiffel Tower, who Diogenes was, why Magellan lost a day on his way, why we get goose bumps, how can temperature be measured with a cricket, among other curious facts. In addition to the recognition of critics and readers, Questions that Make Your Hair Stand on End 2 was awarded the Premio...

As a young boy, Jos Marti he traveled to the countryside of Cuba and fell in love with the natural beauty of the land. During this trip he also witnessed the cruelties of slavery on sugar plantations. From that moment, Mart began to fight for the abolishment of slavery and for Cuban independence from Spain through his writing. By age seventeen, he was declared an enemy of Spain and was forced to leave his beloved island. Marti traveled the world and eventually settled in New York City. But the longer he stayed away from his homeland, the sicker and weaker he became. On doctor's orders he...