Mesopotamia

Cuando Aicher antepone lo analogico y concreto a lo digital y abstracto, lo hace con intencion filosofica. Relativiza el papel de la razon pura y critica el racionalismo de la modernidad como fruto del predominio de un mero pensar abstracto. A juicio de Aicher, anteponer lo abstracto a lo concreto crea una falsa jerarquia, un orden, que es fatal para la cultura. Lo digital, abstracto, no es mas elevado, mayor o mas importante que lo analogico, concreto. Otl Aicher, co-fundador de la ya legendaria escuela de Ulm, es uno de los representantes sobresalientes del diseno moderno. Entre sus...

Are you ready to embark on a wild counting caper? Imagine... eleven oysters at the opera, eighteen dalmatians dressed in diamonds, and twelve ladybugs shopping in the market! Meet an unforgettable host of zany creatures in this delightful bilingual counting book. Readers will encounter concepts such as color, time, size, shapes, and more as they answer questions relating to colorful cut-paper illustrations. Nancy María Grande Tabor's concise and direct questions encourage thinking while her charming characters entertain. In both Spanish and English, this unique counting book challenges...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Las ambulancias son importantes porque ayudan a la gente. ¿Cómo trabajan? Aprenda acerca de las ambulancias y los EMT que trabajan en ellos en esta introducción a la no ficción para los lectores jóvenes. Las fotografías de color añaden interés visual, mientras que los diagramas señalan las diferentes partes de una ambulancia. Un glosario de fotos ayuda a los lectores jóvenes a navegar esta introducción a la no ficción. Ambulances are important because they help...

As a young boy, Jos Marti he traveled to the countryside of Cuba and fell in love with the natural beauty of the land. During this trip he also witnessed the cruelties of slavery on sugar plantations. From that moment, Mart began to fight for the abolishment of slavery and for Cuban independence from Spain through his writing. By age seventeen, he was declared an enemy of Spain and was forced to leave his beloved island. Marti traveled the world and eventually settled in New York City. But the longer he stayed away from his homeland, the sicker and weaker he became. On doctor's orders he...