Siglo XXI: Misterios del espacio sideral

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.

Spanish speakers can now learn the truly inspiring story of the first Latin Supreme Court Justice. Los hispanohablantes pueden ahora conocer la historia verdaderamente inspiradora de la primera jueza latina del Tribunal Supremo. Outspoken, energetic, and fun, Sonia Sotomayor has managed to turn every struggle in life into a triumph. Born in the Bronx to immigrant parents from Puerto Rico, Sonia found out at age nine that she had diabetes, a serious illness now but an even more dangerous one fifty years ago. How did young Sonia handle the devastating news? She learned to give herself her daily ...

¿Sabías que los insectos palo se llaman ninfas cuando son jóvenes? Las ninfas cambian la piel cuando crecen. Aprende más datos fascinantes en Los insectos palo, uno de los libros de Insectos Fascinantes. Did you know that stick insects are called nymphs when they are young? Nymphs shed their skin as they grow. Learn more fascinating facts in Stick Insects, a Fascinating Insects book.

* ¿En qué punto nos encontraríamos si no existiesen la rueda o el vidrio? Imagine la vida sin el cemento o los ordenadores. * Piense durante un momento cómo mejoran nuestra salud y nuestro bienestar las vacunas y el marcapasos. * La sofisticación de la medicina contemporánea es una proeza excepcional que permite a muchas personas vivir con unos niveles de atención sin precedentes. * Pero el progreso médico tiene un precio que también forma parte del paisaje médico actual: resistencia a los antibióticos, bacterias multirresistentes que mutan constantemente y las consecuencias...

As day passes into night, travellers discover an abundance of Amazonian wildlife in a rain forest adventure full of colorful foliage and unusual creatures.