Un mar de historias: Altamira

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.

Los pequeños «hacen»/«crean» arte para conocer, explorar, experimentar y, en definitiva, descubrir su mundo. El arte les permite descubrir el misterio, la creatividad, la alegría, la frustración. Lo que para ellos importa es el proceso del arte, no el resultado. El libro contiene más de 200 procesos completos de experiencia artística, ordenados por estaciones del año y divididos en meses. Las ideas plásticas son de dibujo, pintura, modelado de masa y arcilla, artesanía y construcción. Los trabajos, perfectamente descritos y secuenciados, pueden ser utilizados del modo más...

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.

Born in 1452, Leonardo da Vinci is still, today, considered one of the most talent people to have ever lived. From his world famous paintings and drawings, such as the Mona Lisa and the Vitruvian Man, to his ingenious inventions of the parachute, the helicopter, and the military tank, da Vince was always a step ahead of his time. Discover the origins of a man who refused to be defined by just one vocation. Whether science and engineering or architecture and art, Leonardo da Vinci was the ultimate Renaissance Man.