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Cynthia Ann Parkers family moved to Central Texas when she was about nine years old. A year later, a large force of Comanche warriors attacked Fort Parker and seized Cynthia Ann and four other captives. The other four were eventually released, but she lived among the Indians for 25 years, immersed in the Comanche way of life. Though given a number of opportunities to go back to her white family, she always chose her life with the Comanche, choosing instead to stay with her husband and children. She eventually returned to white society as an adult.

Nueva York, 1915. El arquitecto italiano Silvio Balestri llega a Manhattan con el sueño de trabajar en la construcción de rascacielos y dar una respuesta arquitectónica al mito de la torre de Babel con una construcción de apariencia truncada situada en la ciudad donde se cruzan todas las lenguas. Pero el proyecto de su vida, Zigurat, choca con los planes del Club de las Seis Lámparas, una secta que impone las reglas que rigen las alturas de la ciudad de los rascacielos. Entretanto, en la vieja Europa, con el auge de los regímenes totalitarios triunfa la arquitectura del significado y...

The Industrial Revolution was one of the most dramatic eras of all time, filled with fascinating people, strange events, and incredible stories. This period of great change comes into sharp focus through each spread with detailed, accessible language. Each fact is complemented with vivid, carefully-chosen historical images and illustrations, and a caption that adds just a touch more history. Readers are drawn deep into the facts not covered in history textbooks, like working conditions, inventions, failures, and characters, to make this important history lesson fun and engaging.

Automobiles are an essential part of life for many, but few really understand how that car arrives in their garage in the first place. This book takes an exciting look at just how interesting that process is, from the design phase in an engineer’s office to the floor of a factory where it is assembled piece by piece by both people and machines. Full-color photographs bring the process to life in vivid detail, and a step-by-step how-to guide explains how readers can even build their very own model car.