La gente y la cultura de Cuba (The People and Culture of Cuba)

★“Fascinating...An appealing resource sure to spark an interest in biomimicry, from casual readers to budding scientists. Recommended for all libraries.”—School Library Journal, starred review Did you know that lamps can be powered by glowing bacteria instead of electricity? That gloves designed like gecko feet let people climb straight up glass walls? Or that kids are finding ways to make compostable plastic out of banana peels? Biomimicry, the scientific term for when we learn from and copy nature, is a revolutionary way to look to nature for answers to environmental problems such...

Ésta es la historia de Abul Qasim, el médico del califa Abderrahmán III. Abul operaba cataratas, hernias y bocios; hacía traqueotomías, trepanaciones, amputaciones y, incluso, intervenía cólicos misereres.

Este libro es una gran ayuda para que los niños quieran más y traten mejor a su Ángel de la Guarda, al Custodio que Dios nos ha puesto a cada uno para llevarnos al Cielo.

We are a nation of immigrants. Even many of the faces we see on TV and in the news are recent immigrants. Meet these new Americans and learn their stories, whether they are athletes, musicians, artists, politicians, or businesspeople. Discover how all immigrants, along with natural-born American citizens, form a mosaic of different cultures and traditions. Written in standard Latin American Spanish.