All the Colors We are

La expedición de Richard Francis Burton a Harar, ciudad de Etiopía a la que ningún europeo había tenido acceso, marca un hito fundamental en el conocimiento del interior de África, al abrir una vía de penetración que en pocos años había de llevar al descubrimiento de los Grandes Lagos, las fuentes del Nilo, y las complejas y fascinantes culturas de los pueblos que habitaban en el corazón del continente africano. Burton, explorador audaz e imaginativo, orientalista de vastos conocimientos y escritor de primer orden, logra que su libro pueda leerse al mismo tiempo como el apasionante...

Following the stock market crash of 1929, the United States plummeted into the Great Depression and unemployment soared. But when Franklin D. Roosevelt took office the following year, he enacted federal programs, financial regulations, and public works projects to boost the economy and put America back together. In this instructive volume, students will discover fascinating facts and little-known details about this series of reforms, called the New Deal. They'll also be able to choose from a variety of hands-on projects, from map-making to writing and performing a speech to designing and...

Pupi, el simpático extraterrestre, se ha quedado a dormir en casa de su amigo Nachete. Todo es muy divertido hasta que llegan unos sorprendentes invitados, y las antenas del extraterrestre empiezan a girar. ¿Qué peripecias correrán los dos amigos? Un libro con grandes dosis de humor y ternura.

Manifest Destiny the name given in the 1840s to a belief that the coast-to-coast expansion of the United States was both inevitable and justified, regardless of the means. Standing in the way were not only the native populations, but also the descendants of Spanish settlers who had lived in the Southwest for centuries. The racist belief that white men rightfully should expand their institutions into the area brought the United States into conflict with Mexico. War was declared in 1846, and by the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, ending the war, the US had gained...