Cómo promover el bien común (How to Promote the Common Good)

In the United States, the ability to take informed action is becoming increasingly necessary, and difficult. This book delves into the importance of being informed and explains how not all sources of information are equal. Readers are introduced to the scientific method as a way of testing information for credibility. Students will also learn how to turn credible information into action by forming groups, protesting, contacting elected representatives, and possibly even running for office themselves someday.

In order for any democracy to function well, understanding how and when to compromise is a necessity. This book introduces students to how compromise makes governing possible. Using examples of how compromise works in their own lives, students will gain a better understanding of how compromise work on a larger level. Conversely, readers will also learn that compromise may be the wrong course of action in some situations and that some issues are of such critical importance or high moral worth that standing firm is appropriate.

Equality is a contentious issue in our society today. This is why it's important for students to be given information related to equality so they can come to reasonable conclusions of their own. Using age-appropriate language, this book discusses equality in a number of different forms and touches upon why equality is so important in a democracy. The text also explores how extreme equality, like most extremes, could be a bad and unrealistic idea. Readers will gain enough information to understand and think about this complex idea for themselves.

Esta es la primera parte de una historia de dos. No contada de una forma narrativa con orden cronológico, sino contada desde momentos clave, de sentimientos guardados y expulsados en papel. Las mejores historias siempre te obligan a hacer algo al respecto. Este libro es la parte oculta de la química, el dolor, el éxtasis, el miedo y la soledad que uno siente en la vida.

A stinky look at the history of personal hygiene reveals fascinating facts, such as the invention of the toilet, how many times Queen Elizabeth I had a bath, how the first sewers were built, and much more.

En 1985, Sebald publica una recopilación de escritos sobre literatura austríaca con el título de 'La búsqueda de la infelicidad'. Su propuesta es que esa literatura se caracteriza por 'la infelicidad del que escribe', una infelicidad que no tiene que ver con el deseo de morir sino que es una forma de resistencia. Entre los ensayos aquí recogidos destacan los que dedica a Schnitzler y Kafka. Canetti y la paranoia del poder, Bernhard y la sátira, y Handke y la esquizofrenia literaria redondean la selección. En cuanto a los escritos recogidos en 1995 con el título de Pútrida patria, las ...

Mi Biblia Pijama es un libro de cuentos de la Biblia, perfecto para niños de 0-3 años de edad. Los padres y los abuelos estarán encantados de compartir una de las 30 historias de la Biblia cada noche antes de dormir. Las rítmicas líneas de la historia calmarán a los cansados pequeños y los prepararán para dormir. Al mismo tiempo estarán aprendiendo sobre los interesantes personajes de la Biblia y descubrirán que ¡la Biblia es un libro divertido! My Pajama Bible is the perfect Bible-story book for kids aged 0-3. Parents and Grandparents will love sharing one of the 30 Bible-stories...