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"Despega hacia el espacio en esta aventura interactiva basada en los alunizajes del Apollo. Desde el despegue del cohete hasta el regreso a la Tierra, este libro de no ficción con solapas y lengüetas despertará la curiosidad de los más intrépidos. ¡Un gran mundo puede ser pequenño!"--Casadellibro

En la novela “Tiznados”, el autor presenta a Tomás de Renovales y a Mariano de Renovales como protagonistas clave en la trama que torna alrededor del atentado contra la vida del Libertador, Simón Bolívar, que tuvo lugar en el Rincón de los Toros. Inseparables desde que partieron de la casa solariega familiar en Artzentales, Vizcaya, destacaron gloriosamente y sobrevivieron hartas penurias en la guerra de independencia española. Al terminar la contienda partieron caminos. Tomás continuó al servicio del rey de España y se embarcó voluntario en la expedición de Morillo con...

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...

When election season starts, the race is on! But what do campaigns, candidates, polls, and the Electoral College have to do with voting for our nation's leaders? Using engaging, age-appropriate language and colorful photos, readers decipher the complex electoral process and learn how to get involved in the next election. Fully translated Spanish text.