La rana que no sabía que estaba hervida...

"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...

Estoy aquí. Y lo siento por todos aquellos que nunca me quisieron ver brillar. Pero he llegado hasta aquí y no tengo ninguna intención de abandonar. Aunque la vida me ha dado la espalda, he cambiado de dirección para no andar tras ella, y me va mucho mejor.Estoy aquí, y he venido para hacer ruido. Para gritar. Para volver a llorar. Para hablar de todo aquello que me dijeron que debía callar. He venido para marcar un antes y un después, para marcar un punto y coma y no un punto y final.He venido porque he decido que a mi nadie me va a callar.(Des)prendiendo fuego es todo aquello que...

The turbulent atmosphere of suburban Barcelona hides the social isolation of a juvenile misfit. A young man fascinated by private detectives becomes entangled in a strange and dangerous case of academic dishonesty.

People have been sending mail for a long time. But how they do it has changed a lot! Read about the history of mail as you learn to collect data. This Spanish math book combines math and reading skills and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning data measurement easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and captions to build vocabulary and increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section...