Las religiones del mundo

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

This work goes to the interested ones for the Social Pedagogy and the Social Education as much from the reflection as from the wide field of the social action, approaching its historical evolution, concept, methods and different intervention areas.

It was September 14, 1814, and America and Great Britain were at war. Frances Scott Key watched from the deck of a British ship, where he was being held captive, as cannons exploded around them. After 25 hours, the fighting ceased and Key peered through the clearing smoke, looking for some sign as to the outcome of the battle. Was the American flag still flying? His wartime experience inspired Key to write a poem, which was later set to music and became America’s national anthem. This book tells the story of the inspiration behind our national anthem, which helped transform the flag into a...

Siglo I. Juan nace en Betsaida, cerca del río Jordán. Pertenece a una familia de pescadores. Como discípulo de Juan el Bautista conoce a Jesús y le sigue toda la jornada junto a su hermano Santiago. Este primer encuentro queda grabado en su corazón: allí, en las riberas del río, comienza su gran amistad con Jesús, que no terminará jamás. Poco después, el Señor le llama a formar parte del grupo de los doce Apóstoles. Juan, que le profesa un enorme respeto, es el único apóstol que le acompaña hasta el Calvario y el primero en reconocerle después de haber resucitado.