El arte como vivencia de ocio

Humanismo para el siglo XXI es fruto de un esfuerzo interdisciplinar en el que han intervenido más de cincuenta autores. Sus propuestas han sido el punto de partida del Congreso Internacional que la Universidad de Deusto ha organizado, en marzo de 2003, para tratar el tema del humanismo en los inicios del nuevo milenio.

¿Sabías que los dragones de Komodo son los lagartos más grandes del mundo? Usan la lengua para oler a otros animales. Aprende estos y otros sorprendentes datos en Yo soy el dragón de Komodo. Did you know that Komodo dragons are the largest lizards in the world? They use their tongues to smell other animals. Learn these and other impressive facts in I Am a Komodo Dragon.

"Contiene 34 reproducciones de obras de arte muy famosas, de la Galería de Kunsthalle de Hamburgo, el Musée d'Orsay de París, el Museum of Fine Arts de Boston y el Museo del Prado de Madrid"--Cover.

Learn about the amazing world of bugs in this gorgeously illustrated book packed with insect facts. Enter the kingdom of bugs and their close relatives for a magical journey through the forest floor, down into the deepest caves, and even across the open ocean. Insects, arachnids, worms, and mollusks are crawling across the pages of this colorful bug book, which combines gorgeous illustrations and photos to help young animal enthusiasts spot and learn all the main bug groups. From dancing bees to cartwheeling spiders, from butterfly athletes to the beetles that eat poo, they'll learn all about ...

As they say, necessity is the mother of invention, and this book introduces readers to 14 women who invented very useful, helpful items. They include Chicago native Margaret Wilcox who invented the car heater, Indiana native Marion O'Brien Donovan who invented disposable diapers, Pennsylvania native Stephanie Kwolek who invented Kevlar, and Austria-born actress Hedy Lamar whose secret communications systems led to the creation of WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS.