TACITAS MILAGROSAS

"El señor Patissot, memorable protagonista de esta historia, es, valga el juego de palabras, todo un personaje. Preocupado por su salud después de un ligero malestar, y siguiendo las recomendaciones de su médico, se propone recobrarla organizando cada domingo, metódica y minuciosamente, grandes y «deportivos» paseos por los alrededores de París. Cada uno de ellos dará pretexto a situaciones tan ridículas como desternillantes. Figura caricaturesca del perfecto burócrata, funcionario amante del gobierno, camaleón político y «amical» cuando hace falta, Patissot tiene, sin embargo,...

Take a virtual tour of the Smithsonian! With this Spanish book, you’ll spend a day in the life of a bird keeper and learn how they are “hatching” new plans to help endangered birds. English language learners will read about how an egg hatches, the incubation period, and bird species such as the Kiwi, the emperor penguin, and the Guam rail. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this STEAM book will ignite a curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for makerspaces and that guides students...

A biography of the Chicago Cubs outfielder who in 1998, along with Mark McGuire, broke the home run record previously set by Roger Maris.

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...