Pristi

Año 449, el futuro del mundo pende de un hilo. El otrora poderoso Imperio romano yace vulnerable. El enorme ejército de los hunos se encuentra reunido a un tiro de piedra, al otro lado del Danubio, preparado para atacar. El general romano Cayo Flavio Aecio sabe que Atila está sediento de la sangre de sus antiguos captores y sueña con su destrucción. Pero no recibe la ayuda necesaria y la horda arrasa la débil frontera, masacrando todas las guarniciones que encuentra a su paso. Atila planea una estrategia que le llevará a las mismísimas puertas de Roma. Pero antes deberá valorar si el ...

"Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North? With black-and-white illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, this turning point in history is brought vividly to life.

Algorithms might sound like a complicated tech term, but don't be intimidated, people actually use them every day. Using accessible language and full-color photographs, this book simplifies algorithms in an easy-to-understand way. Readers will be amazed to learn that an algorithm is just a set of steps for computers to follow to get things done. STEM topics from the Next Generation Science Standards are emphasized throughout the text. Sidebars featuring key terms help readers grow their tech vocabulary, and fact boxes provide additional opportunities to learn.

These poems speak about the nature of the Chilean countryside, of its animals, its aromas, and its stars. These are verses that invite us to direct our gaze from the Earth to the sky, from the smallest things to the most magnificent. The rhymes and poems compiled in this anthology introduce children to the works of Gabriela Mistral, and allow them to enjoy this poetry that is "infused with heart" by the only female Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Poemas que hablan de la naturaleza propia del paisaje chileno, de sus animales, de sus aromas y de sus astros. Versos...