El enigma Tunguska

"Take a trip to Mexico and find out what makes this country special. Now in Spanish, this carefully leveled text features full-color photographs and critical thinking questions to help readers learn about the food, animals, and culture of Mexico."

La catedral de Toledo vivió un periodo de gran actividad con la elevación del claustro y las edificaciones que lo rodeaban. Esta investigación propone una nueva lectura sobre su historia constructiva y la organización de los talleres de pedreros que trabajaron en la gran cantería castellana. ¿Quiénes eran estos maestros y de dónde venían? ¿Cómo se formaban? ¿Con qué materiales y medios trabajaban? ¿Cuándo y en qué condiciones lo hacían? ¿Qué «señales» dejaron en las piedras del claustro? Para responder a estas preguntas se ha contrastado lo edificado con la...

When looking at historical photographs of Guadalupe residents, one sees the faces that represent the area s unique and diverse past. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Chumash and mapped by Spanish explorers, Guadalupe was first named in the 1840s Mexican land grant honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title given to the Virgin Mary. Through the years, waves of immigrants made their way to Guadalupe to take advantage of the fertile soil and unique geographic features, the most prominent of which are the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, which contain some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth and have...

Located halfway between Los Angeles and Yuma, Arizona, Indio came into being as a railroad town in 1876 when the Southern Pacific Railroad completed this last link in its southern transcontinental route. Settling this arid land took ingenuity and courage, and Indio's early residents had both. In the 1930s, Indio became a mining town when 92 miles of tunnel were dug through its eastern mountains for the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the largest construction project in the United States during the Depression. World War II brought Gen. George Patton's Desert Tank Corps to train nearby and crowd into...