Salas: 98 books

This book is rooted in the conviction that human biology plays a critical role in understanding drug abuse and antisocial behavior. In the same breath, however, it fundamentally affirms the importance of the many social and environmental factors that influence our behavior across the life course....

Real sex isn’t as graceful and glamorous as romance novels and pornography often portray. Real sex is learning you have a latex allergy while you lose your virginity. The stories, essays, poems, and comics in CONDOMS AND HOT TUBS DON'T MIX offer realistic sex scenes to counter the overly...

La Casa de Medina Sidonia fue, durante los siglos XVI y XVII, sinónimo de poder e influencia. Tanto como para ser unánimemente considerada la más conspicua representante de la alta nobleza en la Corona de Castilla. Y así lo han reconocido, desde entonces, los historiadores del período. Sin embargo,...

La intención de este libro es explicar qué fue el franquismo; cómo nació, en medio de una guerra civil, para negar la reconciliación nacional y para llevar a cabo la represión de cuanto se oponía a su razón de ser; cómo se desarrolló navegando a través de la supervivencia internacional...

Jugando con la ilusoria literalidad del lenguaje filosófico, como si se tratara de plasticinas abstractas, todos fenómenos de la mente de su escritor, Lenguaje y trascendencia inicia sus páginas con una partida falsa, donde ensalza la capacidad que ofrece la poesía para el pensar sobre los grandes...

What kind of families do animal babies have? All different kinds! Charming text and sweet illustrations introduce a wolf pup cared for by the pack, a young orangutan snuggling with its mother high in a tree, a poison dart frog tadpole riding piggyback on its dad, and more. Featuring rhyming verse...

What would you do if you were the moon? Do you think you would rest quietly in the night sky? Oh, no. The moon does so much more than you might imagine! It spins like a twilight ballerina, plays tug-of-war with the ocean, and lights a pathway for baby sea turtles. Discover the many other roles the moon plays in this whimsical and lyrical picture book.

Poetry + Math + Science = A new way of looking at spring Math meets metaphor in this eye-opening exploration of spring. Each clever equation is a tiny, perfect poem that prompts readers to look at the ordinary and see the miraculous. Can you look at an egg in a nest and see a jewelry box? How...

What colors do animals use to give a warning? To hide themselves? To attract another animal? Explore the wide ranging use of color in the animal world. Vibrant photos pair with easy-reading text to support young readers. A back matter feature showcases the Crayola® colors that can be found in the animal imagery throughout the book.

Creating apps for Google Glass is more involved than simply learning how to navigate its hardware, APIs, and SDK. You also need the right mindset. While this practical book delivers the information and techniques you need to build and deploy Glass applications, it also helps you to think for Glass...

Daniel Ashcroft es el único hijo de lord Ashcroft, un respetado noble de la sociedad victoriana quien, como padre, ha fallado, motivo por el que Daniel ha desarrollado una personalidad cínica y destructiva que lo han llevado desde su juventud a involucrarse en escándalos y a forjar una reputación...

Many of the world’s population have no access to appropriate diagnostic, neurorehabilitative or support services following brain injury. Addressing Brain Injury in Under-Resourced Settings: A Practical Guide to Community-Centred Approaches tackles this unacceptable gap in service provision by empowering...

La riqueza del patrimonio cultural de México es muy extensa y, en el ámbito de los alimentos, el frijol ocupa un sitio privilegiado junto con otros productos emblemáticos como son el maíz y el chile. Constituyen además parte importantes de nuestra identidad. Los ensayos aquí reunidos abordan...

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Bench jewelers job, or to apply for a better job. What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures...