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.

An ideal book for young Spanish students; proposes a new progression that promotes language acquisition and consolidation of contents, offers numerous grammatical and lexical and formal practice aid activities within the unit and contains a competency evaluation at the end of each chapter.

Una fiesta de disfraces acaba de madrugada en un camino solitario cuando Sofía y Lupe sufren una agresión sexual. Durante los días siguientes, las dos muchachas descubrirán que, como Medusa, muchos no se atreven a mirarlas a los ojos. ¿Tienen que avergonzarse de algo? ¿No hubiera ocurrido si no hubieran llevado una minifalda? ¿Es mejor no denunciar y olvidarlo todo? Inspirada en el mito de Medusa, cuyos cabellos se transformaron en serpientes como castigo tras ser forzada por Poseidón, ' La cabeza de Medusa ' aborda el trauma personal, familiar y social que supone una agresión de...

Estramboticas, locas, delirantes, extravagantes, insolitas...Cuantas preguntas raras que se nos ocurren!Un libro en el que encontraras muchas preguntas acompanadas por su correspondiente respuesta.

An incessant journey through the imagination that forms in the world of a child when immersed in letters, words and books. A small girl walks among the words that form the classic childhood stories to tag along with a boy, so he can enter into the woods of imagination and provoke the pleasure for reading. With a poetic and evocative language, the authors make a profound reflection on the importance of reading in the formation of an individual.