Ser un buen ciudadano (Being a Good Citizen)

An introduction to taipans, snakes from Australia and New Guinea, describes the three different kinds of taipan, physical characteristics, life cycle, habitat, and predatory behavior.

Despues de ocho anos de su ultima obra, y siete anos despues de la publicacion de su poesia reunida, Andres Sanchez Robayna ofrece a sus lectores su nuevo y esperado libro. Como Morandi o los pintores esencialistas a la manera de Cezanne, Sanchez Robayna encuentra en los objetos, en su perfil y en la luz que proyectan, en los estimulos que configuran un momento irrepetible, ocasion para explorar los signos de la naturaleza, las claves de lo real. Sus poemas, en una lengua exacta, sin condescendencia o lo retorico, logran descigrar el mundo, elevarse sobre lo cotidiano y rozar la esencia, lo...

California became a territory in the United States when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848. That treaty ended the Mexican War. Several days before its signing, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in what is now Sacramento. The non-Native population of the territory was less than one thousand in 1848, but the gold rush increased that number to one hundred thousand by the end of 1849. The gold rush not only made many people wealthy, it brought ecologic devastation while speeding up California’s statehood. This book richly explores this interesting history.

Describes the life and work of the scientist who was persecuted by the Inquisition for his views of the universe.