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.

This unique collection of children's games and songs is an exuberant expression of Colombian culture. The author includes a musical score for each piece, and provides a brief description of its rhythmic and melodic elements. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

The underlying theme of Three Centuries of Greek Culture under the Roman Empire is the idea that, under Roman rule, Greek culture was still alive and dynamic and continued to exert a degree of cultural domination, either real or apparent. So, we hope to analyse the meanings of concepts such as “Greek” or “Greece” in the Empire. Are we right to assume that there was a clear opposition between Greek and Roman? Or would it be more accurate to speak of a “Graeco-Roman world”? It would certainly be possible to make a list of “elements of identity”, on both sides —Greek and...

An elementary introduction to the workings of the human body, the skeleton, skin, circulation, and nervous system.

Una mañana, muy temprano, el cartero dejó en el buzón de la granja un paquete. Será comida? Será un tocadiscos? Cuidado, puede ser una bomba! Ojo, que va a explotar ...! Y se armó la revolución en la granja ... Pero no era una bomba, era algo muy distinto; algo que iba a llenar de emoción, suspende y aventura la vida rutinaria de la granja.