El mundo de la pintura

La religión ha acompañado la evolución del hombre desde las etapas más remotas de la Prehistoria. Sin embargo, existen grandes diferencias de concepción y de ritual entre unas y otras (religiones teístas y ateas, individuales y colectivas, oscurantistas y lógicas). Algunas son patrimonio de un pueblo o de una etnia. La religión ha utilizado el poder político y éste, a su vez, se ha valido de ella. En este primer volumen se analiza el origen y el desarrollo de las grandes religiones desde los orígenes del hombre hasta el fin del imperio romano, en el contexto de la evolución...

Three Quarters Of Our Earth Is Blanketed By Water. How This Water Is Used, From Bathing To Irrigating Crops Is Addressed. That Water Travels In A Never-Ending Pattern Called The Water Cycle. Tips On How To Conserve Our Most Important Natural Resource Are Included.

Love story set in Madrid during the last days of the reign of Alfonso XIII. Isabel, an educated young woman from a pro-monarchy family meets Joaquín, whose background is very different. The author means to offer a complete and accurate picture of the ten turbulent years that determined the history of Spain in the twentieth century.

"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children's books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these feathered dinosaurs face to face: The Caudipteryx had feathered arms and a tail that looked like a pom-pom! The Sinovenator may have used colorful feathers to attract a mate! The Microraptor may have used its feathers to glide...