Thomas Edison

The Industrial Revolution was one of the most dramatic eras of all time, filled with fascinating people, strange events, and incredible stories. This period of great change comes into sharp focus through each spread with detailed, accessible language. Each fact is complemented with vivid, carefully-chosen historical images and illustrations, and a caption that adds just a touch more history. Readers are drawn deep into the facts not covered in history textbooks, like working conditions, inventions, failures, and characters, to make this important history lesson fun and engaging.

Depression is an unfortunately common mental health issue that many people don’t know how to address. In this straightforward, practical guide, readers will learn how they can identify and help a friend who is suffering from depression. Written in a compassionate tone, this guide separates out fact from fiction, providing an informative list of myths and facts to dispel common incorrect notions about depression as well as a thoughtful list of questions readers can ask their guidance counselor about a friend’s depression and seeking help. The result? Empowered readers who can lend a hand...

El siglo XVII constituye un periodo clave en la historia de España, de Europa y del mundo. El monarca Felipe IV se inclina con mayor facilidad a los juegos y entretenimientos de toda ralea, mientras que el reino desfallece en malogradas batallas contra los ingleses y los franceses en lidia para arrebatar las riquezas del Nuevo Mundo. La historia de España se nos desvela bajo un prisma original, que gira alrededor de los personajes retratados por el gran pintor don DiegoVelázquez. En medio de la vida disoluta del Alcázar, la infantita Margarita recorre salas y corredores protegida con el...

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

A Spanish edition of a popular look-for book is filled with translated rhyming riddles in which readers are invited to find hidden objects in a complicated arrangement of colorful objects.