¿Surgió algo bueno tras la Gran Depresión? (Did Anything Good Come Out of the Great Depression?)

Little readers will learn the essentials of the United States Marine Corps (how the Marine Corps keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text. Readers will love the exciting full-bleed photographs, bolded glossary terms, and More Facts section. Translated by native Spanish speakers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Discover the beauty of the four seasons! These leveled nonfiction titles present the complicated concept of seasons-including how the position of the Sun and Earth change them-and makes it easy for emergent readers to understand.

Politicians today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt came from. Not from an orgy of government spending, but as the direct result of bailing out, recapitalizing, and adding liquidity to the broken banking system. Through these actions private...

Primer volumen de la compilación de la correspondencia del autor de Rayuela . Unas cartas que pueden leerse como diario personal, autobiografía o cuaderno de bitácora de sus libros. «Odio las cartas literarias , cuidadosamente preparadas, copiadas y vueltas a copiar; yo me siento a la máquina y dejo correr el vasto río de los pensamientos y los afectos», escribió Julio Cortázar en 1942: una declaración de principios que mantuvo siempre. Con curiosidad permanente, Cortázar da cuenta de todos los aspectos de su actividad como escritor, de sus desvelos políticos y sus vaivenes...