Evolución y vida (Charles Darwin)

A human hand is found in the zoo's elephant enclosure. The rest of the teacher and ardent environmentalist turns up on the lawn. Although admired by his students, nearly everyone else seems to have a reason to want him dead.

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.

Los males menores, compuesto de treinta y ocho microrrelatos, es un ejemplo claro de la maestría literaria de Luis Mateo Díez. Dado que el género se presta, como ningún otro, a la experimentación, el autor se acerca en esta obra a los límites de la condensación, la intensidad, la expresividad y la imaginación para llamarnos la atención sobre la fragilidad de la vida humana, lo paradójico de la existencia y lo ambiguo de nuestra conducta, o mostrarnos los anhelos más recónditos, así como el lado oscuro de los sueños.

Climb aboard for a journey into the world of trains! In this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title, readers learn about the history of trains, the different uses for them, and the different types and parts including freight cars, box cars, passenger cars, and the caboose. With detailed photos, informative text, and intriguing facts, this book will have readers delighted from cover to cover! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.