Teatro, memoria e historia

In AD 79, the residents of the booming Roman city of Pompeii were shocked when a nearby mountain exploded, releasing superhot ash, rock, and gas on the surrounding areas. What happens next is the extraordinary account of a volcano in action. Though the people who didn't flee Pompeii were doomed, the volcano preserved their remains, allowing us to better understand a fascinating time in the Roman Empire. Astonishing photographs of Pompeii, primary source records of the occurrence, and riveting text are just some highlights of this high-interest volume.

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.

"Nueva York, Berlín, París, Moscú, San Petersburgo y México son algunos de los escenarios de esta apasionante novela que se adentra en la vida del poeta vanguardista ruso Vladimir Maiakovski. Un hombre extremo, arrogante, un narcisista que no soportaba que no lo quisieran, un soñador que creía en el futuro y que vivió con una intensidad desbordante su relación amorosa con Lily Brik, permitida y alentada por su marido Osip, en uno de los triángulos más famosos de la literatura mundial. Contagiado por la personalidad de su protagonista, éste es un libro provocador, radical, regido...

Mediante explicaciones, mapas, fotografías, y enlaces a sitios de Internet, los lectores de este libro pueden llegar a conocer la geografía del mundo y las costumbres de las gentes que lo habitan.