Nuestro Planeta, la Tierra

Manifest Destiny the name given in the 1840s to a belief that the coast-to-coast expansion of the United States was both inevitable and justified, regardless of the means. Standing in the way were not only the native populations, but also the descendants of Spanish settlers who had lived in the Southwest for centuries. The racist belief that white men rightfully should expand their institutions into the area brought the United States into conflict with Mexico. War was declared in 1846, and by the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, ending the war, the US had gained...

Color, brillo, mística y a la vez sentimiento de raza y profundidad impenetrable. Darío, creador del Modernismo, no sólo renovó el idioma y las estructuras, sino que aportó una estética más universal. (Esta edición es Premio Banco del Libro de Venezuela 1990).

Durante décadas, los toques y chirridos de la guitarra eléctrica han sido algunos de los sonidos que definen la música popular. Pero tuvo que pasar más de un siglo de esfuerzo e innovación antes de que este instrumento fuera eléctrico. For decades, the blasts and howls of the electric guitar have been some of the defining sounds of popular music. But more than a century of effort and innovation had to happen before this instrument went electric. Learn about the master craftspeople who created the guitar as we know it, the inventors who figured out how to send guitar notes through...

Un periodista investiga unos extraños asesinatos y descubre que están ligados a una profecía antigua de la cábala judía.