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.

Muddy Creek in Edgewater, Maryland is the site of a major makeover. The land around the stream has worn down. Find out what caused Muddy Creek to erode, and the many steps involved in saving it. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process and is perfect for makerspace activities. It makes STEAM career connections by...

Álvaro de Jovellar vive escondido tras una identidad falsa. La Guerra ha terminado pero su incierto destino le hará verse involucrado en un misterioso encargo: el robo de la Santísima Faz por orden de un viejo general del Ejército Nacional. El extraño atraco provocará una espiral de muertes que bañarán de sangre la ciudad de Alicante; una amenaza que solo un doctor venido a menos y el propio Jovellar podrán detener. La novela negra y de aventuras se mezclan en este trepidante thriller donde el mito de la Santa Faz y la Imagen impresa en el Lienzo Sagrado le llevarán a través de los ...

¡A los niños pequeños les encanta recibir y dar abrazos! Los abrazos engendran calor, cariño y una sensación de aceptación. Demuestre a sus pequeños cuánto los ama al enseñarles acerca del amor incondicional de Dios y lo que dice la Biblia. Este libro contiene 75 historias sencillas de la Biblia con encantadoras ilustraciones, lecciones de cómo aplicar las historias a la vida cotidiana de su pequeño, versículos para memorizar de la Santa Biblia, Nueva Traducción Viviente, y un tiempo especial para compartir un abrazo grandísimo con su pequeño. Little children love getting—and ...

"This book is something I wish I could have read when I was younger." --Roxane Gay, from the foreword of Feminism Is... It didn't just start with #MeToo. Today's feminism is more diverse than ever before and asks all kinds of questions. Combining insightful text with graphic illustrations, Feminism Is...tackles topics including intersectionality, the gender pay gap, the male gaze, and mansplaining. Find out what equality for women really means, get a short history of feminism, and take a look at the concerns affecting women at work, in the home, and around sex and identity. Get answers to the ...