Nathan Hale

Christopher Columbus most likely wasn’t the person to discover the Americas. He wasn’t even the first European to do so! Despite that, his three trips to the Western Hemisphere led to many more European explorers heading in that direction. In this volume, readers familiar with Columbus’s travels on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria can learn who Columbus was beyond his travels. Supported by full-color and historic images, interesting main content turns what readers think they know about the life of Columbus on its head while expounding on an important period in the history of the world.

Learn about the rich history of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia: how it started, the people who ran it, the indigenous population, and its legacy today.

"Estos crímenes se ilustran con una serie de imágenes y alcanzan la categoría de ilustrados porque nos remiten al tejido social de donde proceden. En "Fraternidad", un joven asesino a sueldo bucea en una saga familiar; en "Un tigre al acecho", el amigo fiel aborda el fracaso de una pareja de triunfadores como una sucesión de episodios de película; "Traviata" establece un inesperado paralelismo entre la protagonista de la ópera de Verdi y la soprano que representa el papel; y en "Viaje de inspección por la zona norte", un personaje salda cuentas con quienes lo han convertido en un...

Rhyming verse describes the good food, decorations, and stories when grandmother arrives for the annual celebration of the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead.