Amelia Earhart

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong made history by becoming the first man to ever walk on the moon! Readers will be engaged from cover to cover as they learn about Armstrong's inspirational career as an astronaut in this biography that features additional information on gravity, NASA, and the moon landing. The vivid images work in conjunction with the supportive text, timeline, glossary, and index to allow for better understanding of the content. This book has been translated into Spanish.

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

Anne Frank's diary has become one of the most widely read books in the world. Readers will learn about Anne's life as she went into hiding from the Nazi Party in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through vibrant images, informational text, timelines, and a glossary of terms, readers will discover the hardships Anne and her family went through in order to avoid being sent to a concentration camp. This inspiring biography enables children to look up to Anne and find hope in every situation, just as she did. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Simple text and full-color photos illustrate facts about the rules, equipment, and records of basketball.

Pese al alto valor de la poesía de Antonio Machado (1875-1939) reflejado en «Campos de Castilla» (BA 0405), «Soledades. Galerías. Otros poemas» (BA 0406) y en «Poesía» (BA 0408), publicadas en esta biblioteca de autor , su obra no se agota en el campo de la lírica, sino que se extiende al terreno de la especulación filosófica, la indagación moral, las valoraciones estéticas y la reflexión política. JUAN DE MAIRENA (1936) representa, en este sentido, la cristalización de uno de los idearios más ricos, profundos y ambiciosos de nuestras letras. La presente edición, preparada...

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.

Muchos de los conflictos que se presentan actualmente a propósito de actividades mineras, petroleras e incluso de conservación se producen por los efectos sociales y culturales, siempre complejos y muchas veces inesperados, de estas iniciativas de desarrollo.