Como Se Hacen los Ninos / How Are Babies Made

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

¿Qué hay de real en las reliquias de Indiana Jones?, ¿existe el auténtico Santo Grial?, ¿estaban realmente los nazis vinculados al ocultismo?, ¿qué es el Ojo del Pavo Real?, ¿qué misterios entraña la Calavera de Cristal?, ¿los agentes soviéticos utilizaron la parapsicología?, ¿es la disciplina arqueológica tal y como se muestra en los filmes? Por fin, aquí tenemos las respuestas a éstas y otras muchas cuestiones sobre los artefactos de Indiana Jones. Este breve ensayo rastrea en todo lo que usted necesita saber sobre la verdad histórica, cultural y técnica que se esconde...

Oceans cover 70 percent of the Earth's surface, providing students with a variety of plant and animal life to learn about. An ocean biome includes the saltwater below the waves and everything on, above, and near the surface. Students will also learn about the beach, tides, cliffs, bays, coastlines, coral reefs, and tide pools in this Spanish-translated title.

Mnemonics is an age-old technique for remembering names, numbers, and many other things. In Spanish Memory Book, Junior Edition, William Harrison and Dorothy Welker offer onginal mnemonic rimes appropriate in subject matter and skill level for junior high and high school students to help them acquire and remember Spanish vocabulary. Included are mnemonic jingles for several hundred of the 2,000 most commonly used Spanish words. Each jingle contains both the sound of the Spanish word and its English meaning. The authors have also included a general pronunciation guide to Spanish vowels and...