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"Conoce de dónde vienen los anfibios y los reptiles; cómo han sobrevivido desde hace tantos, tantos años; cuáles son sus estrategias de adaptación; qué los hace especiales; y porqué son importantes para el planeta."-- various websites

"¿Te gustaría ser medico? ¿Quizá microbiólogo? Si te intriga el misterioso funcionamiento del cerebro, que es el ADN, cómo eres capaz de mover unos 600 músculos y unos 200 huesos, cómo pueden engañarnos nuestros sentidos, que son esos diminutos seres vivos que se ven al microscopio o que pasa en tu estómago cuando comes" -- CasaDelLibro.com.

Bring your eyes and taste buds to life with this step-by-step guide to decadent cupcakes.

Visto a través del ojo humano, el papel de la seta en la naturaleza ha sido más bien discreto. Tan poca atención solía dársele, que «seta» es una manera de referirse a las personas que pasan desapercibidas. Claro que siempre se han estudiado, y admirado sus muchas propiedades: gastronómicas y terapéuticas, psicodélicas e incluso letales. La seta históricamente ha sido asunto de conocedores. Ahora, convertida en tendencia por la cultura popular, la seta oficialmente es bella, aparece en series de televisión e incluso las protagoniza. La raíz del hongo se utiliza en la producción de bolsos de diseño, y varios ensayos de inopinado éxito editorial se han dedicado a la variedad que cura, a la que se encuentra en el fin del mundo, al reino oculto de las setas y al ciclo ejemplar que cumplen en la naturaleza. Este libro recoge más de doscientas ilustraciones realizadas por naturalistas europeos y japoneses de los siglos xviii y xix, con meticulosa atención al detalle y en el mejor estilo directo de la historia natural, cuya propia belleza no necesita. [Resumen del editor].

"Prepara las recetas del canal de Cocina Mexicana más querido de YouTube."--Page [4] of cover.

Esta colección apuesta por un aprendizaje temprano, compartido entre padres y niños, como estímulo para la curiosidad y el deseo de conocer. Para aprender en familia.

"¿Por qué es importante hacer deporte? ¿Qué e jercicios me joran tu resistencia? ¿Por qué necesitan oxígeno los músculos de tu cuerpo? Encuentra respuesta a estas y a muchas otras preguntas en este interesante libro que te ayudará a conocer mejor el cuerpo humano."

"Pepa es una niña que no presta sus juguetes, no deja sus lápices de colores ni reparte sus galletas a sus amigos ... hasta que aparece en su vida un enanito morado, gruñón y un poquito desagradable que le enseñará a compartir todas sus cosas con los demás."--Back cover

Los doctores Abrahamson y Chopra son reconocidos maestros clínicos y profesores de la escuela de medicina de harvard, con décadas de amplia experiencia clínica. La epidemia mundial de diabetes y prediabetes afecta a más de mil millones de personas. Lamentablemente, más del 50% de las personas con diabetes no logran el control de glucosa deseado. Además, menos del 25% alcanza sus objetivos de presión arterial, colesterol y glucosa

"Courtney Crumrin se queja de todo, pero ahora de verdad tiene algo de qué quejarse. Tras saturar sus tarjetas de crédito, sus padres se mudan al lujoso suburbio de Hillsborough, para vivir sin pagar renta con el aterrador tío Aloysius. Ahora Courtney es una marginada entre sus compañeros de clase, ricos y pedantes. Y por si eso no fuera suficientemente malo, la mohosa y decrépita mansión que hoy llama hogar, está habitada por criaturas más extrañas que sus padres o su tío Aloysius." -- back cover

"Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was...CARMILLA. At the height of the Lunar New Year in 1990s New York City, an idealistic social worker turns detective when she discovers young, homeless LGBTQ+ women are being murdered and no one, especially the police, seems to care. A series of clues points her to Carmilla's, a mysterious nightclub in the heart of her neighborhood, Chinatown. There she falls for the next likely target, landing her at the center of a real-life horror story-and face-to-face with illusions about herself, her life, and her hidden past. Inspired by the gothic novel that started a genre and layered with dark Chinese folklore, this queer, feminist murder mystery is a tale of identity, obsession and fateful family secrets"-- Provided by publisher.

Chloe Alvarez has never been to the reading of a last will and testament before, but she hopes it is just like the movies. Lies! Intrigue! The reading of her Uncle Will's will is standard, until he announces his gift for Chloe: his African grey parrot, Charlie. Uncle Will was Chloe's best friend. Without him, she's left with only her memories of them together--which come to her in snapshots--and her new friend, Charlie. The parrot has a vast vocabulary, and soon Chloe hears her say something odd: 'It was murder,' followed by 'homicide' and 'cyanide.' Chloe becomes convinced her uncle Will's death was foul play. Why else wouldn't he have told anyone in the family--especially Chloe--that he was sick? With the help of her family, Chloe begins the investigation to uncover Uncle Will's murderer. The suspects: His nosy neighbor. An ex-girlfriend. A rude landlord. A loan shark. But it all leads to more questions than answers. Did someone really kill Uncle Will? Or could this journey help reunite Chloe's grieving family?

"This honest and accessible guide provides parents with practical advice on the common issues that impact children's mental health-such as anxiety, low mood, and difficult behaviors-and empowers them to make simple changes that can lead to dramatic improvements in their child"-- Provided by publisher.

"Use your LEGO collection to bring your Minecraft builds to life. Inspire budding builders to design a diamond sword, build a busy biome, make a micro mob, create a creeper house, and much more"-- Amazon.

"Confucius Was A Foodie Season 1 will take you on a voyage of discovery with celebrity chef Christine Cushing. Her motivation is fueled by the discovery that she has much in common with 2,500-year-old Chinese philosopher Confucius. To her surprise, it turned out the ancient Chinese scholar was actually a foodie. From exploring Chinese cuisines in North America to the culinary politics of Taiwan, Chef Christine finds connections to the foodie precepts of the great philosopher. Whether she is in San Francisco discovering that fortune cookies are not Chinese, or in the markets of Paris questioning the Chinese roots of crepes -- the learning curve has never been more fun. Join Christine as she follows the taste of Chinese immigration across North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia, discovering how Chinese cuisines are evolving and impacting cuisines around the globe." -- Summary from artwork.

Sam Peckinpah's cycle of genre-redefining westerns ended with this blood- and dust-caked elegy for the American West, which marries his renegade style with a fatalistic sense of finality. As newly minted lawman Pat Garrett stalks the outlaw Billy the Kid across the plains, their old friendship is twisted into rivalry, and mythic ideals of freedom come up against an emerging ruling-class order all to the strains of a haunting soundtrack by Bob Dylan (who also appears as the mercurial Alias). Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid stands as perhaps the maverick auteur's richest, most mature work, a world-weary ballad that bears the solemn weight of history passing into legend.

As the heroes of multiple universes find themselves helpless to stop a wave of destruction destined to wipe out EVERYTHING, they must make a terrible choice: which Earth, if any, will be saved?

Sent to protect a US outpost on the desolate frontier, Lt. John Dunbar finds himself alone in the vast wilderness. Befriending the very people he's sent to protect the outpost from, the Sioux Indians, Dunbar slowly comes to revere those he once feared. But when the encroaching US Army threatens to overrun the Sioux, he is forced to make a choice, one that will forever change his destiny and that of a proud and defiant nation. Extended Cut. Special features included.

Shy outcast Kokoro has been avoiding school for weeks when she discovers a portal in her bedroom mirror. She reaches through and finds herself transported to an enchanted castle where she is joined by six other students. When a girl in a wolf mask explains that they have been invited to play a game, the teens must work together to uncover the mysterious connection that unites them. However, anyone who breaks the rules will be eaten by a wolf.

The 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann, a principal architect of the Holocaust, is revisited in a gripping and surprising new vision from American filmmaker Jake Paltrow. Based on true accounts, June Zero is told from the unique perspectives of three distinct figures: Eichmann's Jewish Moroccan prison guard; an Israeli police investigator who also happens to be a Holocaust survivor and a precocious and clever 13-year-old Libyan immigrant. Entirely shot on 16mm film, Paltrow's vividly textured work brings to life the varied experiences of these characters, emphasizing that the same historical events are often perceived differently by people around the world. June Zero underscores the notion that shared traumas have the power to forge the strongest bonds and give rise to unexpected moments of triumph and connection. As the film delves into the complexities of the human experience during this pivotal trial, it serves as a poignant reminder that history's impact can be both diverse and unifying.

The Furian renegade Riddick has another bounty on his head, but when he escapes from his mercenary captors, he's plunged into an epic-scale war waged by the Necromongers. A fascist master race led by Lord Marshal becomes determined to conquer all enemies in their quest for the Underverse and its up to Riddick to stop him from taking over the universe, but things don't go according to his plans and soon mayhem ensues.

Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a young Frenchman in Medieval Jerusalem during the Crusades, who, having lost everything, finds redemption in a heroic fight against overwhelming forces to save his people and fulfill his destiny as a knight.

Investigating a classmate's claim that he saw a ghost backstage while rehearsing for the school play, Kaz and Claire, harboring suspicions that the ghost may be Kaz's mom, discover compelling evidence of otherworldly activities.

Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to the English village of her childhood after living abroad for six decades. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. Helen retreats into her home on Westminster Crescent, becoming a creature of routine and habit. Then, one cold autumn night, a chance encounter with an abandoned pet mouse on the street outside her house sets Helen on a surprising journey of friendship.

In 2020, thirtysomething Tracy O'Neill was just out of a ten-year relationship, and she was driven by an acute awareness that the mysterious mother she'd never met might be dying somewhere in South Korea. In this memoir, O'Neill bends the detective genre to her own will as a writer, stepping out of the shadows of her own self-conception to illuminate the hopes of the woman of interest she is both chasing and becoming.

A few years after quitting his job to follow an ill-advised dream of becoming a guide on the Colorado River, Kevin Fedarko was approached by his best friend, the National Geographic photographer Pete McBride, with a vision as bold as it was harebrained. Together, they would embark on an end-to-end traverse of the Grand Canyon, a journey that, McBride promised, would be "a walk in the park." Against his better judgment, Fedarko agreed to the scheme, unaware that the small cluster of experts who had completed the crossing billed it as "the toughest hike in the world." The ensuing ordeal, which lasted more than a year, revealed a place that was deeper, richer, and far more complex than anything the two men had imagined, and came within a hair's breadth of killing them both. They struggled to make their way through the all but impenetrable reaches of its truest wilderness, a vertical labyrinth of thousand-foot cliffs and crumbling ledges where water is measured out by the teaspoon and every step is fraught with peril, and where, even today, there is still no trail along the length of the country's best-known and most iconic park. Along the way, veteran long-distance hikers ushered them into secret pockets, invisible to the millions of tourists gathered on the rim, where only a handful of humans have ever laid eyes. Members of the canyon's eleven Native American tribes brought them face-to-face with layers of history that forced them to reconsider myths at the center of our national parks, and exposed them to the impinging threats of commercial tourism. Even Fedarko's dying father, who had first pointed him toward the canyon more than forty years earlier but had never set foot there himself, opened him to a new way of seeing the landscape. And always, there was the great gorge itself: austere and unforgiving but suffused with magic, drenched in wonder, and redeemed by its own transcendent beauty.

"When Jack's P.E. coach pairs him up with Jay Perkins for the cross-country team, neither of them is happy about it. Jack is grieving the loss of Joseph, his foster brother, and adjusting to his role as big brother to Jupiter, Joseph's orphaned daughter. Dealing with Jay Perkins--who'd once ganged up with his buddies to jump Joseph in the locker room--is the last thing he wants to do. But then Jack realizes that Jay is grieving too--the loss of his cousin Maddie, Jupiter's mom. As Jack's relationships with both Jay and Jupiter grow and his running improves, he starts to feel more like himself than he has since Joseph died. He's finding his stride . . . until Maddie's parents, who have never shown interest in their granddaughter before, decide to claim Jupiter as their own, blocking Jack's family from adopting her. And suddenly Jack's past and present smash together, threatening to dissolve both his newfound confidence and his friendships"--Amazon.com.

When anyone invites Pedro to play, he replies he is already playing because he always has his cell phone in his hands or he is logged into his gaming system. He ends up missing out on all kinds of fun.

Diego es un niño que vive en un barrio normal, donde hay árboles normales, semáforos normales y calles normales. Es un lugar donde nunca pasa algo diferente, hasta que una mañana aparece en la plaza una enorme caja de regalo, con su envoltura de caja y su moño de caja, pero sin destinatario ni remitente. Algo nada normal después de todo. ¿A quién se le puede dar un regalo tan grande que no se sabe lo que contiene?

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"Once, Celeste Artois had dreams of being an artist. But when the creative elite of Paris dashed those plans, she turned her talents to forgery and cons. She and the Enchantresses-her two fellow thieves and best friends-see Paris as a rich hunting ground for marks. Yet even though their hideout in Pere Lachaise cemetery is bursting with francs, Celeste cannot rest. There is always more to take. And the blood she has begun to cough into her handkerchief means her time is running out. But everything changes when she encounters Rafe, a mysterious and beautiful stranger who leads her to an enchanted salon-a place where artists can bring wondrous imaginations to life. Celeste is captivated by this establishment, and learns of the existence of magical Paris, hidden in the pockets and alleys of the ordinary world, if one only knows where to look. Rafe offers Celeste an irresistible deal: the gift of time in exchange for lending him and his benefactor her forging talents. But one must be careful making deals with devils, and there's more to this hidden world than meets the eye. Shadows have begun to circle Paris. And soon, the Enchantresses will find that true magic is far more powerful, and deadly, than they ever imagined"-- Provided by publisher.

The daughter of a professional robber, Ronja realizes the complicated nature of her father's profession when she befriends Birk, the child of a rival tribe. She struggles to balance this friendship with her family relationship but comes to understand; differences can be overcome with the help of love and understanding.

The power of three is tested as Clawdeen, Draculaura, and Frankie face new challenges at Monster High. New students, new powers, evolving friendships and a threat that could tear their friendship apart, changing the world forever.

"After struggling for years to work a raw-patch ranch in the arid flatlands of Texas, young Mitchell Newland learns that his herd of scrubby range cattle will fetch ten times their local price if they're driven to Montana. He strikes a one-sided deal with the devil, neighbouring rancher Corliss Bilks, to back his play with cattle, men, and horses. The trail brims with hellish hardship: prairie fire, stampede, flooded rivers, hailstorms, rattlers, sickness, long, broiling days and frigid nights. Halfway to Montana, range pirates and a rogue Apache war party close in. Mitch and the boys fight, grim and helpless, watching as their herd is driven westward in a cloud of dust and cackling laughter. Cut down to two bloodied men, Mitch collapses, far too late, and admits the old man has won the bet. But salvation in the form of a Basque sheepherder revives Mitch and his pal, Drover Joe, and Mitch realises he isn't done. Not by a long shot. And now he has nothing to lose"-- Provided by publisher

"El reciclaje es muy importante, ya que ayuda a mejorar la calidad de vida del planeta. Con este libro de manualidades aprenderás a confeccionar tus propios juguetes y pasarás muy buenos momentos. Además, ayudarás a conservar el medio ambiente. Recuerda que eres un artista y que cada pieza que crees será una obra única. Cuanto más variados sean los materiales, más originales serán las piezas. ¿Jugamos a crear?"--Page 4 of cover.

"¿Eres un amante de la naturaleza? Quizá llevas un biólogo dentro de ti y aún no lo sabes. Por eso necesitas un libro como este. Atrévete a investigar las nubes, los ríos, mares y glaciares, a aprender de una vez por todas cómo funciona una brújula gracias al magnetismo del centro de la Tierra, por qué un volcán escupe fuego, cómo se forma un arcoíris o una estalactita, qué es el efecto invernadero o cómo respiran las plantas."-- Amazon.com.

Instrucciones para diseñar adornos navideños, figuras para los nascimientos, canastitas para la colación, máscaras para las pastorelas y muchos otros objetos fáciles de realizar con papel, tijeras y pegamento.

"Mandrágora de Santiago Moyao es el libro ganador del Premio Nacional de Novela Gráfica Joven 2021. La novela cuenta la historia de una buscadora con un hijo desaparecido que articula nuevos lazos comunitarios. Se trata de una novela gráfica ilustrada con un trazo original y elegante. La historia, de altísimo interés político y social, es desplegada con maestría."-- fondodecultureaeconomica.com.

Sixteen-year-old Niarah's perspective on life changes when she joins a hiking/camping club and befriends Mac Torres and his wanderlust-driven friends, but as summer draws to a close and her new friends leave, existential dread challenges her new outlook.