En una síntesis lograda y transparente, Historia de las ideas en la Argentina recorre las creencias y los discursos que permiten entender de qué manera los argentinos han pensado su identidad, su pasado, sus opciones políticas y su porvenir como sociedad, desde 1810 hasta 1980. Así, describe los climas de cada época y los temores o las esperanzas que animaban a sus hombres: los sueños de la Generación del 37, la democratización de la mano...

This history of our world is created from the witnessing accounts given to us by the Holy Writings inspired by God. A history that will explain in the right light the ancient history given to us by believers in a creator. This is a history that explains for us the beginnings of mankind from the time he was taken out of the Garden of Eden to the birth of Christ. This first volume explains the firsts 1,656 years from Adam to the Flood. The history...

According to the Long Count Calendar used by the Maya, the current Great Cycle, which has lasted 5,125 years, is to end in 2012. What will happen when this occurs has been a hot topic for many years, literally decades, since the mid-1980s. Based loosely on Maya cosmology and mythology describing the death and rebirth of humankind, many observers have speculated on the events preceding and subsequent to the changing of the Great Cycles. These speculations...

Muhammad: a frank look at his influential (and violent) life and teachings! In The Truth about Muhammad, New York Times bestselling author and Islam expert Robert Spencer offers an honest and telling portrait of the founder of Islam-perhaps the first such portrait in half a century-unbounded by fear and political correctness, unflinching, and willing to face the hard facts about Muhammad's life that continue to affect our world today. From Muhammad's...

In Japanese, the word for "foreign country" means "outnation." But to many Americans and Japanese, it is Japan itself, despite its increasing influence in world affairs, that is the outsider-the outnation: a country, as some have said, in the world but not of it. How different is this industrial superpower? Why did its fast climb to the pinnacle of the global economy also contain the causes of its subsequent fall? And what can we all-Americans and...

Sarah's cat Rotten Ralph tries to help her create a school project based on ancient Egypt, but he is more of a hindrance than a help.

Traces the decisive military confrontation between Greek and Persian forces that led to an unexpected victory for the Greeks and the establishment of Greek cultural practices that became the basis for much of Western civilization.

If it takes four days to go halfway across the Soviet Union by train, imagine how long it would take on two snowshoes! In this fascinating look at Russian culture, Jim Haskins introduces young readers to the Russian numbers from one to ten. The clear text and bold, full-color illustrations by Vera Mednikov will give children a glimpse of the wonderful diversity of this vast country and its people.

La historia de la humanidad es el conjunto de hechos y procesos que se han desarrollado en torno al ser humano, desde su aparición hasta la actualidad. La historia escrita de la humanidad fue precedida por su prehistoria, comenzando hace unos 2,59 millones de años (en África) con el Paleolítico («piedra antigua»), seguida por el Neolítico («piedra nueva»). El Neolítico vio la revolución agrícola suceder desde 8000 a. C., en varios procesos...

Presents nine projects with step-by-step instructions for creating objects inspired by Japanese art, including a windsock kite, a sandal case, a block print, and a bento box.