Exploremos el ciclo de la roca (Exploring the Rock Cycle)

"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...

Esta obra, que supuso una auténtica renovación de los estudios bíblicos, es considerada actualmente todo un clásico de su especialidad. Constituye un excelente compendio de la orientación hermenéutica seguida por Othmar Keel desde sus primeros trabajos: el estudio del Antiguo Testamento a partir de la comparación del texto con la iconografía del Próximo Oriente antiguo. La aproximación iconográfica desarrolla la vinculación de los sistemas ortográficos del Próximo Oriente con sus respectivas artes pictóricas y explora el carácter de representación evocadora tanto de la...

Este libro te enseña sobre cómo las presiones de la escuela y las amistades contribuyen a una imagen corporal negativa, especialmente entre los adolescentes. Aprenderás acerca de los trastornos alimenticios más comunes y cómo se tratan.

The American Revolution was one piece of a global struggle for power. Great Britain, France, Spain, and the colonists under each empire's rule fought for control of the world's vast lands and resources. On the American battlefront, Bernardo de Galvez, a Spanish general, would survive battle wounds and hurricanes to lead a diverse force to victory. His leadership changed the course of history, and contributed to the American patriot's success. In this enlightening and engrossing book, students will think critically about the global nature of the era as they study a new perspective and powerful ...