La tumba tenebrosa

Manifest Destiny the name given in the 1840s to a belief that the coast-to-coast expansion of the United States was both inevitable and justified, regardless of the means. Standing in the way were not only the native populations, but also the descendants of Spanish settlers who had lived in the Southwest for centuries. The racist belief that white men rightfully should expand their institutions into the area brought the United States into conflict with Mexico. War was declared in 1846, and by the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, ending the war, the US had gained...

The reflection that is presented in this book is born of direct contact with schools that have a multicultural public, its dialogue with the faculty and pupils of these schools, and of the queries raised by its research in intercultural education.

Viaja por el espacio con la ayuda de este espectacular libro que contiene: un Sistema Solar en tres dimensiones; mapas del espacio que muestran dónde está cada planeta, con muchos datos sobre cada uno de ellos; páginas deslizables y mucha información sobre cada planeta del Sistema Solar, la Luna, el Sol, la Vía Láctea y el universo...

Leonard B. Meyer explica en este libro como funcionan los mecanismos de la mente para percibir y entender la musica. Sus paginas constituyen un lucido estudio de la psicologia de la percepcion musical que ha sido profusamente citado por musicologos, compositores y filosofos desde su primera edicion de 1956. Entre sus admiradores figuran Umberto Eco y Enrico Fubini, cuyos comentarios aparecen recogidos en el amplio prologo escrito por el prestigioso compositor Jose Luis Turina, autor tambien de la traduccion. &la" El objeto principal de este ensayo --senala Turina-- es doble: de un lado,...