El ferrocarril transcontinental (The Transcontinental Railroad)

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.

A young boy tries to help his younger brother, whose mind and body has become occupied by another boy, a young soldier in Saddam Hussein's army during the Persian Gulf War.

This book introduces children to fascinating figures throughout history. They include Ramses II, Moctezuma, Nostradamus, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking.

A partir de la aparición de Pedro Páramo , en marzo de 1955, Rulfo escribe su segunda novela, El gallo de oro. Ambientada en el mundo de las peleas de gallos y concebida como proyecto cinematográfico, probablemente se trate de la obra menos conocida del autor mexicano. No obstante ese desconocimiento, la valoración literaria está al mismo nivel que Pedro Páramo y Llano en Llamas .RM publica esta edición especial de El gallo de oro con dos textos críticos de José Carlos González Boixo y Douglas J. Weatherford, sobre la naturaleza literaria de esta narración, a la que se incorporan...

Por qué hay día y noche? Porque la Tierra gira sobre sí misma en 24 horas y porque el Sol no puede iluminar más que un lado a la vez.El cielo, las estrellas y la noche ilustrado por Christian Broutin, Henri Galeron y Pierre-Marie Valat, es un libro de la colección Altea Benjamín, la enciclopedia para responder a las preguntas de los niños que ya leen solos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Why is there day and night? Why does the Earth rotate on its axis and comes full circle in 24 hours? Why does the Sun only illuminate one side of the Earth at a time? Fascinating information about space and...