La Gente y la Cultura (the People and Culture of Latin America)

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.

It was known as the age of the dinosaurs, but other fascinating creatures roamed the Earth at the same time. Learn about lesser-known animals from the prehistoric era that are no less fascinating! Students will be engaged in reading about ancient animals like Gigantopithecus, Titanoboa, Megalodon, and more as they develop their skills at reading and writing numbers. This nonfiction math book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, intriguing sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make...

De la mano de María no sólo viajaremos hasta Valencia de Alcántara y la frontera con Portugal, sino también a una época de la historia de nuestro país donde el contrabando era la única forma de supervivencia para muchas familias. En esos años en los que las mujeres no tenían ni voz ni voto, donde sus vidas estaban sujetas a las decisiones de sus padres o a la de sus maridos, María, una mujer de espíritu libre luchará por la supervivencia de su familia cruzando sin descanso la frontera por sus veredas y trochas, y esquivando a los guardias civiles para vivir del mercado negro y el...

The era of Anglo-American colonization, while brief, had a great impact on the development of Texas and the United States. Readers will discover what drew Anglo-American settlers to Texas, and what caused hostilities to rise between them and the Mexican Government. Frequent sidebars introduce readers to the key figures of this era.