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Learn about the different places that people call home--from apartments to cottages and castles to farmhouses. With bright, vivid photos and easy-to-read informational text, this Spanish-translated nonfiction title introduces readers to different cultures' definitions of "home."

Imagine traveling at half the speed of a jet plane without ever leaving the ground! Students will discover the technology that makes such speeds possible, from special tracks and safety precautions to aerodynamically designed trains. What are the limits to the speed of trains? What imposes those limits? Students also will read about the future of passenger train travel, from flying trains to trains that use huge magnets to levitate inches or centimeters off the track. Some trains safely reach speeds of more than 200 mph!

It s fiesta time! Cinco de Mayo is a fiesta day in Mexico and the United States. It s celebrated on the fifth of May. This colorful holiday honors Mexico s victory over the French army at the Battle of Pueblo in 1862. People march in parades, dance, and set off fireworks. Families enjoy traditional Mexican food and drink. Then they watch people act out the famous battle. Find out more about this joyful celebration of Mexican culture.

Este libro es el producto de una investigación que apuesta por una nueva visión del viaje romántico. En el diálogo que el orientalismo propuesto por Edward Said establece con las manifestaciones culturales existen lugares oscuros para los que su teoría no tiene respuesta. No todo viajero justifica la ideología de dominio de occidente sobre Oriente: ¿Por qué Gérad de Nerval se identifica con los otros durante su viaje cuando relata su historia matrimonial con la hija de un cheick druso en Líbano?¿Por qué Eugène Delacroix anula su pensamiento y captura las sensaciones y...