Quiero Ser Granjero

The I Want to Be... series gives young children a realistic insight into the working day of adults. Easy-to-read captions and color photographs of women and men from different cultures help children understand what's involved in each occupation. Young readers learn to respect the importance of doing a job well and appreciate the contributions these workers make to our life and the world around us. These books are perfect for reading alone or in group story times. They are certain to spark questions and encourage dialogue and prompt children to learn more about these occupations. Quiero ser...

No longer famous, journalist Cannie Shapiro writes science fiction under a pen name while raising her teenage daughter, and considers her husband Peter's request to have Cannie's flamboyant sister provide surrogate services so that they can have a second child.

Edición crítica con estudio introductorio y guía de lectura. 1967 fue un año mágico para Mario Vargas Llosa. Además de la publicación de Los cachorros, el peruano recibió el Premio Rómulo Gallegos, asistió en directo a la eclosión del boom junto con su nuevo amigo Gabriel García Márquez, participó en el XIII Congreso del Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana en Caracas, mantuvo en agosto encuentros multitudinarios con escritores y numeroso público general que abarrotaba grandes salas, y en septiembre, para terminar el ciclo, su periplo culminó en varias...

Students will gain a deeper understanding of the Cold War by delving into major social studies topics in this project-based examination. The volume presents a series of broad questions touching on major themes in the social studies curriculum. Each question is accompanied by several paragraphs examining that question in the context of the Cold War, as well as a detailed project that prompts readers to think critically and present their findings or opinions in a particular format, such as a poster with side-by-side comparisons, a persuasive essay, or a class presentation.

Ground s’enfronta al xoc de l’art contemporani plantejant, a manera de reflexió filosòfica, aquelles preguntes «grolleres» que semblaven confinades en la resposta de l’home del carrer o del crític reaccionari: no és una xorrada aquesta pila de rajoles al museu? No obstant això, la seua intenció no és fer-nos prendre partit a favor o en contra de determinades obres d’art del Minimal o del Conceptual. El que batega al fons del llibre de Ground és una defensa de l’art contemporani quan reivindica la seua intel·ligibilitat com un tret centralment constitutiu d’aquest. Una...