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Mis Primeros 4540 Millones de Años/ My First 4.54 Billion Years by Stacy McAnulty Mis primeros 4540 millones de años La Tierra es un planeta que sustenta la vida y el hogar de más de 7000 millones de seres humanos. Tiene 5 océanos con nombre, varias placas tectónicas e innumerables especies de plantas y animales. La Tierra agradece a Stacy McAnulty y David Litchfield su pequeña participación en la creación de su libro. La Tierra vive y trabaja con su Luna en la Vía Láctea. Earth is a … [Read more...] about ¡Tierra!

The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World by Porter Fox As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of spring snowpack and in the US alone, snow cover has been reduced by 15-30%. On average, winter has shrunk by a month in most northern latitudes. In this deeply researched, beautifully written, and adventure-filled book, journalist Porter Fox travels along the edge of the … [Read more...] about The Last Winter

Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn't make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history's unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories … [Read more...] about The Small and the Mighty

A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools by Mary Annette Pember From the mid-nineteenth century to the late 1930s, tens of thousands of Native children were pulled from their tribal communities to attend boarding schools whose stated aim was to "save the Indian" by way of assimilation. In reality, these boarding schools--sponsored by the U.S. government, but often run by various religious orders with little to no regulation--were a calculated attempt to dismantle … [Read more...] about Medicine River

by Martin Luther King A remarkable compilation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s reflections on love and its transformative power--a stellar addition to Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. "I have also decided to stick with love for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems."--Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King, one of the greatest civil rights leaders in history, wrote and reflected frequently about love. He understood its transformative … [Read more...] about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sobre el Amor