CTIM: Láseres: Medición de la longitud: Read-along ebook

Catorce relatos, instantáneas dolidas y concisas, buscan abrir atisbos hacia el fondo oscuro que comunica el mundo de la infancia con su apertura hacia el mundo adulto, entendiendo por tal el universo del dolor en la época de la guerra civil.

Lara Finch lives a lie. Everyone thinks she is happily married to the faithful Sam. She is actually super bored and misses working. Behind Sam's back, she takes a job in London. Twice a week she takes the sleeper train, where she meets Ellen and Guy. One Friday, Lara disappears from the train without a trace. Her friend Iris does not believe the official story she is told about the disappearance and decides to start her own investigation. Iris cannot believe what she finds out.

Un viejo submarino que prestó servicio durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial es reflotado para poder realizar su última singladura antes de ser desguazado. El capitán Pértil y su tripulación vuelven al escenario donde se produjo la batalla de Midway contra los japoneses. A través del periscopio descubren una isla que no existe en el mapa de navegación y deciden explorarla. Al desembarcar se dan cuenta de que los animales de la isla han sufrido una mutación. Lo que parece un misterio irá desvelándose poco a poco, hasta que encuentran unos personajes muy singulares.

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.