¡En peligro! (At Risk!) (Spanish Version)

Combine valuable fifth grade math and literacy skills in a purposeful way with the Spanish-translated math reader El regalo de cumpleaños del abuelo (Grandpa's Birthday Present). Focusing on the critical skills that 5th graders need to know to advance to the next level, this book incorporates key concepts into an engaging text that showcases math skills needed to create a budget and calculate sale prices. This high-interest nonfiction reader introduces how to convert percentages, decimals, and fractions. Filled with mathematical charts, diagrams, and practice problems, the text features in...

Wildlife scientists study animals and plants, and they learn about endangered animals and how to help save them. Many times animals are tagged to study them and track them. Dr. Ian Stirling studies polar bears and retrieves data by observing them throughout the year. Dr. Jane Goodall studied chimpanzees all her life and learned many interesting things about the way they live, which is much like humans. She believes that we can help animals and promote peace in the world.

Texas has had some extraordinary people. This book covers some of them, such as Melinda Gates, astronaut Shannon Walker, and Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot. Age-appropriate text teaches readers about Texas's most important movers and shakers, while historical and contemporary images reinforce the book's key concepts.

The Industrial Revolution brought important changes to America. People began migrating to cities for work, and immigrants began to arrive in American in larger numbers than ever before as they looked for new employment opportunities. Readers explore the impact of the Industrial Revolution on U.S. migration and immigration patterns. As readers learn about essential social studies curriculum topics, engaging historical images and detailed primary sources hold their interest. This transformative period in American history comes alive for readers with each turn of the page.

¿Hay vida en otros lugares del Sistema Solar? ¿Cuántas civilizaciones pueden existir en la galaxia? ¿Nos conoceremos algún día? Desde pequeños, nos fascinan las estrellas y los planetas. En seguida nos preguntamos si en su superficie podría haber criaturas, como tú y como yo, preguntándose si en otros lugares de la galaxia habrá seres como ellos... La avalancha de preguntas es imparable: el ser humano es curioso por naturaleza. Si alguna vez te has hecho alguna de estas preguntas, este libro es para ti. De la mano de Alex Riveiro, autor de Hacia las estrellas. Una breve guía del...

En 1985, Sebald publica una recopilación de escritos sobre literatura austríaca con el título de 'La búsqueda de la infelicidad'. Su propuesta es que esa literatura se caracteriza por 'la infelicidad del que escribe', una infelicidad que no tiene que ver con el deseo de morir sino que es una forma de resistencia. Entre los ensayos aquí recogidos destacan los que dedica a Schnitzler y Kafka. Canetti y la paranoia del poder, Bernhard y la sátira, y Handke y la esquizofrenia literaria redondean la selección. En cuanto a los escritos recogidos en 1995 con el título de Pútrida patria, las ...