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Eighty of the world's greatest myths and characters, from the gods of Greek mythology to the Norse heroes, retold and explained with engaging text and bold graphics. From early creation stories to classical hero narratives and the recurring theme of the afterlife, experience each myth and unravel the meanings behind the stories, getting to the heart of the importance of mythology to different cultures worldwide. More than just stories, myths are a testament to the amazing creativity of humans striving to explain and make sense of the world around them. Here you will discover Zeus, god of the...

Dados los problemas medioambientales y económicos anejos al uso de combustibles fósiles, crece cada día el interés de formar a nuestros estudiantes en las energías renovables. Ahora bien, por experiencia sabemos que, cuando un alumno empieza a adentrarse en tales energías, se topa con ciertas dificultades sobre todo en el caso de la energía solar fotovoltaica. Ello se debe en ocasiones al desconocimiento de los fundamentos físicos de la célula solar fotovoltaica, o de las leyes que rigen la radiación solar, o de ciertas nociones básicas de electricidad... Esta obra trata justamente ...

Think you'd like to be a fire fighter? Learn about the special equipment fire fighters use, their role in community safety, and their lives at the station. This book features a comprehensive timeline of the history of firefighting from its origins in ancient Rome through firefighting practices of today plus vocabulary related to fire fighters and fire safety.

In June of 1870, Charles Dickens died before finishing his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The ending of that novel would become one of the great literary enigmas of all time. In 2018 the filmmaker Hugo Almagro agrees to write a script about The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

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.