Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus)

Spanish edition of the popular Team Spirit series featuring the history, accomplishments, and key personalities of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. Includes timelines, quotes, maps, glossary and websites.

Pepe and the Parker family are going to spend a day at the beach. Pepe can't believe his eyes—the Parkers go swimming despite the freezing cold and then drink tea from a thermos to warm-up. Luckily, they soon go to an amusement park instead and then to the pier to go fishing. There, Pepe has a great adventure as he cleverly stops a thief. Pepe y la familia Parker van a pasar el día en la playa. Pepe no sale de su asombro—los Parker se bañan aunque hace un frío que pela y luego beben de un termo de té para calentarse. Por suerte, pronto se van a un parque de atracciones y luego al...

John Wayne Cleaver tiene 15 años y sabe que es diferente. Pero no porque sólo tenga un amigo ni porque ayude a su madre en el depósito de cadáveres. John es un sociópata que reconoce en sí mismo los clásicos signos de ser un incipiente asesino en serie. Para no hacer daño a nadie, John se ha creado un conjunto rígido de reglas para controlar su naturaleza más oscura y tener una vida normal. Pero cuando empiezan a haber una cadena de horripilantes asesinatos en su ciudad, John utilizará sus conocimientos sobre los asesinos en serie para investigar quién tiene aterrorizado el...

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.