Dúo de Caras

A selection of dazzling, full-color graphic novels offer an appealing way to deliver social studies content, chronicling the lives of inspiring individuals, from important historical figures to famous musicians.

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.

In one of his works, Barthes wrote; "If I was a writer and I was dead, I would like that my life be reduced through the care of a friendly and confident biographer, to some details ... whose distinction and mobility could be translated out of any destiny."And Calvet has made it.

¿Que no te lo crees? Pregúntaselo a SErgio. Él te está esperando aquí mismo. Sí, aquí. Dentro de este libro. Juntos descubriréis que se puede viajar sin salir de casa. Sin coche, sin equipaje. Sólo con la imaginación. No estaréis solos. En vuestro viaje os guiarán Clío, la musa de la Historia, y seis grandes sabios. Y juntos veréis la vida del mundo desde que es mundo. ¿Te imaginas? Imagínatelo. Abre pues este libro. Es como una ventana mágina, abierta a la memoria de los siglos. ¿Sientes ya en tu cara el viento del tiempo? ADELANTE, VEN.