Ser Buenos Ciudadanos

Mnemonics is an age-old technique for remembering names, numbers, and many other things. In Spanish Memory Book, Junior Edition, William Harrison and Dorothy Welker offer onginal mnemonic rimes appropriate in subject matter and skill level for junior high and high school students to help them acquire and remember Spanish vocabulary. Included are mnemonic jingles for several hundred of the 2,000 most commonly used Spanish words. Each jingle contains both the sound of the Spanish word and its English meaning. The authors have also included a general pronunciation guide to Spanish vowels and...

It is the third Monday in January and school is closed. But do you know why? It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Turn the pages of this book to find out what dream Dr. King shared with the world, who Mohandas Gandhi was, how one brave woman helped Martin Luther King Jr. change history. Each book in the Holiday Histories series describes one of America's holidays or special days. Explore the history of each day and learn the real reason why it is important. Discover what special meaning each day might have for you.

La disputa entre los animales y el hombre es una pequeña obra maestra de la literatura árabe recogida en la Enciclopedia de los Ijwân al-Safâ; («Hermanos de la Pureza», secta filosófica del mundo islámico del siglo X que supo aunar la sabiduría persa y el legado de Grecia con el espíritu religioso del Islam). La disputa es un apólogo de grandes pretensiones en el que se pone en tela de juicio la superioridad del hombre sobre los animales. Con un lenguaje vivo y lleno de colorido muestra las observaciones zoológicas de la época a la vez que critica la sociedad de aquel momento e...

Readers are given helpful information about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, including narcotics, hallucinogens, and prescription medications in this informative nonfiction reader. Through detailed images, diagrams, Spanish-translated informational text, an index, a glossary of terms, and a list of websites that provide additional information, readers are given the tools and information they need to educate themselves about addiction, drug abuse, the health and social issues that drugs and alcohol can cause, and how to say no to peer pressure.