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Tomatoes have long been a staple of Latin American cuisine. This fascinating book traces the history of the tomato, from its domestication in pre-Columbian Latin America through the present day. The book also discusses how tomatoes are grown, how they are cooked throughout Latin America, and how they have spread around the world. -
Los derrames de petróleo tienen un grave impacto en el medio ambiente, matando innumerables especies silvestres, destruyendo hábitats importantes y contaminando nuestras aguas. Los lectores siguen a un grupo de voluntarios mientras aprenden sobre lo que los derrames de petróleo le hacen a nuestro medio ambiente, qué medidas se pueden tomar para limpiar después de los derrames de petróleo y las formas de evitar que ocurran futuros derrames. -
Groenlandia tiene más de 840,000 millas cuadradas. La isla más grande del mundo también tiene muchas otras cualidades extraordinarias que hacen que aprender sobre esta isla sea divertido y emocionante. La forma de vida única en Groenlandia, así como la variedad de animales en la isla fascinarán a los jóvenes lectores. -
In 1878 in Denison, Texas, a man named John Martin looked up into the sky and saw something he could not explain. Americans have been hooked on the possibility of beings from space visiting Earth ever since. A sense of wonder, and reality, are brought to some popular legends of alien encounters and sightings in this volume. The final chapter explores how these legends have become even more popular thanks to movies, television, and literature. -
The detailed illustrations and photographs in this fascinating book take us into the complicated, hectic world of the beehive, where we observe the rigidly structured "class system" of the honeybee, with its worker bees, drones, and queen. The complex body and internal systems of the bee are examined, as the history, honey production, construction of the honeycomb, reproduction, and colony building are discussed.