Recetas y confidencias

This book is composed of poems-tribute to some bars (and, by extension, to their owners or regents, some of those bars have already disappeared, others have changed owners or regents and others remain) that they have supported for 29 years with their obols.

It was September 14, 1814, and America and Great Britain were at war. Frances Scott Key watched from the deck of a British ship, where he was being held captive, as cannons exploded around them. After 25 hours, the fighting ceased and Key peered through the clearing smoke, looking for some sign as to the outcome of the battle. Was the American flag still flying? His wartime experience inspired Key to write a poem, which was later set to music and became America’s national anthem. This book tells the story of the inspiration behind our national anthem, which helped transform the flag into a...

California became a territory in the United States when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848. That treaty ended the Mexican War. Several days before its signing, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in what is now Sacramento. The non-Native population of the territory was less than one thousand in 1848, but the gold rush increased that number to one hundred thousand by the end of 1849. The gold rush not only made many people wealthy, it brought ecologic devastation while speeding up California’s statehood. This book richly explores this interesting history.

¡Las ballenas azules son los animales ma ́s grandes que jama ́s hayan vivido en la Tierra! Pero no es fa ́cil verlas porque esta ́n escondidas en las profundidades del mar. Descubre fascinantes secretos y datos sobre estos majestuosos mami ́feros acua ́ticos.