Thomas Edison

The Industrial Revolution was one of the most dramatic eras of all time, filled with fascinating people, strange events, and incredible stories. This period of great change comes into sharp focus through each spread with detailed, accessible language. Each fact is complemented with vivid, carefully-chosen historical images and illustrations, and a caption that adds just a touch more history. Readers are drawn deep into the facts not covered in history textbooks, like working conditions, inventions, failures, and characters, to make this important history lesson fun and engaging.

Los seis poetas Sant antologados en este libro, cuya obra se enmarca en un periodo histórico complejo donde coinciden en el Punjah indio las culturas musulmana e hindú. La poesía Sant consiguió no sólo expresar las aspiraciones La poesía sant consiguió no solo expresar las aspiraciones de las castas sometidas de la India en los siglos XV y XVI, sino alcanzar una dimensión superior como en el caso de Guru Nânak, fundador de la comunidad sikh, del místico Kabir o de la princesa Mirabai, única mujer entre los poetas Sant, que junto a Ravidâs, Tulsidâs y Surdâs, constituyen un hito...

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As a successful former slave, Clara Brown used her money to help other freed slaves get a new start in life. In 1859 Clara bought her own freedom and headed west to Colorado to find her daughter, who was sold when she was just a little girl. Clara didn't find her daughter there, but she did get rich. The people she helped became her family, and she became known as "Aunt" Clara Brown.

Puentes de palabras: 25 autores iberoamericanos de narrativa para jóvenes supone la tercera parte de un ilusionante proyecto que de la mano de Pedro C. Cerrillo (CEPLI), Sergio Andricaín y Antonio Orlando Rodríguez (Fundación Cuatro Gatos), comenzaba en 2015 con la publicación de "Dos orillas y un océano: 25 autores iberoamericanos de poesía para niños y jóvenes" y continuaba en 2017 con "Historias de acá y de allá: 25 autores iberoamericanos de narrativa para niños". A esa idea de dar a conocer una selección de poetas y narradores infantiles y juveniles de ambos lados del...