Crayolas

Describes How Animals Camouflage And Disguise Themselves In Order To Survive, Hunt, And Mimic Other Animals.

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

Antología compuesta por veintitrés relatos que, aunque con argumentos muy diferentes y únicos, comparten algunos denominadores comunes que les confieren la calidad de unidad. Entre ellos, el estar ambientados en dicha ciudad, en el periodo en que O'Henry la conoció, es decir, en la primera década del siglo XX, y el tener como protagonistas a personas comunes. Los equívocos, las circunstancias irónicas, las relaciones insólitas, los desenlaces sorprendentes de cuentos tan paradigmáticos como El regalo de los Reyes Magos y Los pasajeros en Arcadia, le convierten en el gran maestro del...

From Basic Information About Air Pressure To Cloud Formations, This Book Goes On To Explain Violent Weather Conditions And How To Prepare For Them. Also Talks About The Earth's Changing Weather Patterns And Climates And What Role We Play In Those Changes.