Poema de la Almohada: Por Utamaro, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi y Otros Artistas del Mundo Flotante (Poem of the Pillow) (Spanish Edition)

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

La decisión de narrar el pasado se impuso después de vencer la duda de si el esfuerzo merecería la pena. La superé al darme cuenta de que muchas personas valoran la recuperación de la memoria reciente, pues la aceleración del tiempo hace que hechos relativamente próximos parezcan lejanos. Siento que la vida pasa deprisa y quiero que la memoria de las ilusiones y de los esfuerzos de mi generación no desaparezca a medida que la jubilación nos vaya separando de los más jóvenes. Al narrar el pasado intento vencer al olvido, para que las cosas que he visto «no se pierdan como lágrimas ...

A lot of what many people know about the native groups in the northeastern part of North America comes from colonial history. The Wampanoag met the Puritans as they made their home at Plymouth. The Powhatan group of the Algonquin people had a large role in the history of the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia. However, the history of the native groups living in modern New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine, and northern Virginia began long before European settlement! Readers meet several individual groups of native peoples and explore the distinguishing features of northeastern...

"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...