¿Qué Son Los Proveedores y Consumidores? (What Are Producers and Consumers?)

Having a job and earning money are a part of everyday life for most people, especially adults. The concept seems fairly straightforward: one works to earn. This volume discerns the difference between a job and a career, as well as how a job can develop into a career. Readers will learn why a community's economy needs jobs, how paying someone to do a job helps the person who is paying them, and even about job loss and its consequences. The text also explains different jobs and their effects on the economy, such as those of professional, production, arts, and government and military jobs.

Un reconocido escritor de fama mundial descubre un día que su mujer, corresponsal de guerra, ha desaparecido sin dejar rastro. ¿Ha sido secuestrada, víctima de un atentado o simplemente se sentía insatisfecha con su matrimonio? Cuando su ausencia se convierte en una obsesión que no deja espacio para nada más, el narrador se propone encontrar las respuestas a todas las preguntas que se le han planteado y, abandonando la seguridad de su mundo de privilegios, inicia el camino hacia un destino desconocido.De Francia a España, Croacia y a las hermosas llanuras del Asia Central, El Zahir es...

Spanish Language Discover Series Books for Babies & Toddlers: Pets Who wants a pet? Just because you know you'll be the one to take care of your child's pet, doesn't mean you have to stop them from dreaming. Cats, dogs, hamsters and horses--there's a pet for everyone in this book. Each page features a beautiful photo of a pet with a simple title beneath. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce farm animals, their sounds and colors to kids. In this Xist Kids Spanish Edition, Spanish text brings the story to new audiences. This book is in...

Learn how to help others in your community. This exciting Spanish nonfiction book describes the many ways that volunteers make a difference, from cleaning up parks to helping in food banks. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a short fiction stor

Humphrey Carpenter, autor entre otros libros de una biografia del poeta W.H. Auden, narra en esta obra la larga carrera de J.R.R. Tolkien desde las vicisitudes de una infancia dificil a los trabajos y obligaciones de la vida academica, como profesor en la Universidad de Oxford. Carpenter ha escrito esta primera biografia del creador de la Tierra Media, consultando documentos ineditos, y entrevistando a parientes y amigos.