El Espacio Exterior

Explore our solar system and Earth's place in it as readers flip through the pages of this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Featuring vibrant images in conjunction with accessible charts and diagrams, readers will be fascinated from cover to cover!

For most of history, women have been confined to their households, and to lives without equal rights or equal opportunities. This volume introduces readers to the women of the suffrage movement, the defining movement for women’s rights, especially the right to vote. Primary sources and photographs will show readers firsthand how the challenges and successes of this movement shaped the lives of women across the United States. Readers will also learn about the inequality that still exists for women, and how they can change this injustice in the future.

Examines the nature of inclined planes and wedges, how they can reduce the amount of force necessary to perform work, and ways in which they are used.

For many years, people believed there were nine planets that orbited the sun. Now we say there are eight. What happened to the ninth planet, Pluto? What are the different planets like? What exactly makes a planet a planet? These are the many intriguing questions answered with this high-interest book, crafted to be accessible for readers of all levels. Young astronomers will be especially fascinated by the stunning photographs and the "Make the Grade" fact boxes.

A lo largo de su vida, Eugenio d’Ors, también conocido como Xenius, fue nacionalista catalán, sindicalista, monárquico y, finalmente, falangista. También fue un intelectual extraordinario, crítico de arte, escritor paciente deun dilatado Glosario en catalán y en castellano y, en definitiva, uno de los autores más interesantes de la España de la primera mitad del siglo xx. Una figura tan relevante, compleja y llena de contrastes necesitaba una biografía queexaminara de forma unitaria todas sus facetas. De un modo exhaustivo y nada complaciente, Eugenio d’Ors (1881-1953) saca a la...