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Profiles a Mexican woman who saved more than twenty Texan rebels taken prisoner during the Texas Revolution from being shot under General Santa Anna's orders.

"With vivid photographs and simple text, books in this series introduce children to the concepts of currency, exchange, and global diversity. In this book, children learn how people spend money on goods and services around the world."

Anthony Cade, que ejerce de guía turístico en África del sur, recibe de un buen amigo una extraña misión que le devuelve a Inglaterra. A su llegada, se ve envuelto en una telaraña de asesinatos, chantaje y traición, relacionados con las luchas políticas internas de Herzoslovaquia, y en una romántica y misteriosa historia de amor. Todo eso complica la vida de Anthony... pero, ¿quién es en realidad Anthony Cade?

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.