Lo que va y lo que viene

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 elegancia y el lujo discretos, los tejidos innovadores y la sublime originalidad en el diseño son las señas de identidad de la casa Prada. En esta monografía bellamente ilustrada, Laia Farran Graves documenta la historia y el legado de la marca, desde los orígenes de la empresa como fabricante de marroquinería en Milán hasta el imperio mundial de la moda creado y dirigido por Miuccia Prada. Un análisis de las evoluciones e innovaciones de la marca, así como un espíritu de una identidad basada en el interés por el minimalismo y el arte contemporáneo. Con imágenes de prendas...

How does a frog grow? Beginning as a tiny egg and then a tadpole, a frog stays mostly in the water until it is fully grown.

"Brief text introduces the concepts of long and short, comparing some of the world's longest animals with animals that are short -- in both English and Spanish"--Provided by publisher.