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

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.

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.

Discusses the various features of Australia, including its climate, mountains, rivers, lakes, animals, vegetation, coral reefs, flightless birds, population, and cities, and history of the Aborigines.

Learn the secrets to artful cupcakes, oven-fresh bread, and other delicious baked goods in this delightful nonfiction title. Readers will learn how mathematics helps bakers measure their ingredients to make tasteful treats. Featuring vibrant images and charts, informative text, and fun, intriguing facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book will leave children fascinated by all the details that go into baking their favorite treats--like doughnuts and cookies! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

SOBRE LA OBRA “Metafísica de la Misa”, del barón don Rubén Cedeño, es una obra mística, devocional, con visos de orden ceremonial, que explica puntos relevantes de la Misa desde el punto vista metafísico y, sin ser un tratado de historia del cristianismo, en algunas partes se ocupa de ello. Los datos aquí expuestos no tienen el rigor de la teológica católica ni han sido extraídos de otros libros; son informaciones, investigaciones y observaciones hechas por el autor en los lugares de los hechos; algo subjetivo, con acotaciones sobre santos, iglesias, arquitectura, música y...

Bruno Munari reflexiona en este libro sobre el diseño como culminación de procesos. El recorrido que efectúa el diseñador desde que se enfrenta con un problema funcional hasta la proyectación y configuración de su solución material, se analiza de una manera sistemática, discutiendo y clarificando cada paso, hasta el punto de que los así enlazados se convierten en el claro camino que conduce hacia la comprensión de lo que es el diseño en su esencia. .