El sendero pacífico

Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian who has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the ruins and recall long-forgotten memories of her own youth. In each other, Ulysses and Evelyn find a kindred spirit amidst the rubble of war-torn Italy, and set off on a course of events that will shape Ulysses' life for the next four decades. As Ulysses returns home to London,...

Readers will be amazed to discover that every time they climb onto bicycles and ride like the wind, they are defying gravity! This book explains the physics and history behind bicycles, skateboards, and surfboards. Readers learn what happens from the simplest movement of rolling forward to more complex tricks and stunts of jumping and spinning. Readers will never look at bikes, skateboards or surfboards the same way again.

GRADES K–2: Bring Spanish into the classroom! Introduce early elementary students to the topic of sound waves with this science-themed Spanish title. FEATURES: Kids will learn about how we send and recieve sound waves and complete an activity that supports further comprehension. EARLY BILINGUAL LITERACY: Help young learners strengthen their bilingual skills—add the English version of this title into your collection, too. WHY MY PHYSICAL SCIENCE LIBRARY: This collection introduces a variety of science topics while presenting complicated information in easy-to-understand language and...

Los mundos de juego de la red se han fusionado, todos juegan en el mismo sitio a la vez, reina el caos absoluto y, aparentemente, el responsable es elrubius... El secreto parece estar en una torre misteriosa y alguien se empeña en que nuestro héroe llegue hasta ella. Puede ser una trampa... Virtual Hero, extraordinario éxito de ventas tanto en España como en Latinoamérica, fue el primero de la serie; La torre imposible es el siguiente título de una saga de cómics protagonizados por elrubius. Caracterizado como un héroe de videojuegos, le acompañarán en este nuevo episodio muchos de...