Me permite, por favor? / May I Please?

Our solar system is made up of the millions of objects in the sky above us, including the Sun, moon, stars, and planets. This book examines the four planets closest to the Sun, known as the rocky planets. All four planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are described with information about their atmosphere, landscape, orbits, and Fun Facts that give additional information about each of these rocky planets! This book will allow students to use observations of the Sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

A biography of the Austrian bodybuilder who became an international action film star, an American citizen, and the governor of California.

Al comenzar la carrera parecia obvio que Eric Liddell seria superado. La multitud en el estadio olimpico enmudecio cuando el corredor escoces rehuso ser sobrepasado al cruzar la linea de meta, el gentio irrumpio en un aplauso que se oyo en todo Paris. Eric Liddell habia hecho lo imposible, se habia batido un nuevo record munidal. Aquella misma semana Eric rehuso correr el domingo en la carrera de 100 metros que asombrara al mundo. Pero su increible victoria en la carrera de 400 metros fortalecio aun mas su fe en la promesa de Dios: "A aquel que me honra yo le honrare." Unos anos mas tarde...

La Guerra Civil cortó bruscamente la riqueza poética inmediatamente anterior a su estallido, y en los primeros años de la dictadura hubo que reconstruir no sólo un país en ruinas, sino también una poesía gravemente mutilada por las muertes (Unamuno, Lorca, A. Machado, Miguel Hernández…) y el exilio (casi todos los miembros del 27, Juan Ramón, León Felipe…). En ese contexto nace la poesía de posguerra, que si bien en un principio, como dice Emilio Alarcos, era natural que «después de las hostilidades, como reacción ante una realidad hosca, buscase la tranquilidad de ánimo,...

In an online world where the amount of information seems to increase exponentially even week to week, student researchers can find it an ever-greater challenge to distinguish credible, vetted content from hearsay and misinformation. This book on citing internet sources will help them determine which online sources are trustworthy and which are not. Its lively and engaging instructional tips will help readers successfully negotiate the vast landscape of information out there. They will produce quality research for papers now and beyond in their academic careers with skill and confidence.