Estadounidenses asombrosos: Abraham Lincoln (Amazing Americans: Abraham Lincoln) (Spanish Version)

During the American Civil War, the United States was on the brink of falling apart irrevocably. As states seceded and brother turned against brother, hope for reconciliation was dim. This conflict, an essential topic of the social studies curriculum, is skillfully presented from its origins in the Southern slave-trade economy to bloody battles and, later, Reconstruction. Striking photographs and artwork of integral events and people will resonate with readers, while interesting sidebar information gives them more to reflect on about this terrible war and the lessons it taught us.

Los cuentos que componen este ejemplar son –tal como anuncia el título– casos 100% reales. No vamos a repetir la trillada frase que reza que "La realidad supera a la ficción", aunque como se habrán dado cuenta, eso es justamente lo que acabo de hacer. Pero es que verdaderamente, de no anunciar de antemano que estos relatos son hechos verídicos, cualquiera diría que son fruto de la más retorcida imaginación. Por supuesto que algunos de ellos están adornados con una cuota de grandilocuencia para amalgamar cuestiones literarias, estructurales y argumentativas que aporten al lector la ...

Una nueva y deslumbrante enciclopedia sobre el increíble mundo de los dinosaurios. --Page 4 of cover.

The reflection that is presented in this book is born of direct contact with schools that have a multicultural public, its dialogue with the faculty and pupils of these schools, and of the queries raised by its research in intercultural education.