Ganado y petróleo (Cattle and Oil)

Estoy aquí. Y lo siento por todos aquellos que nunca me quisieron ver brillar. Pero he llegado hasta aquí y no tengo ninguna intención de abandonar. Aunque la vida me ha dado la espalda, he cambiado de dirección para no andar tras ella, y me va mucho mejor.Estoy aquí, y he venido para hacer ruido. Para gritar. Para volver a llorar. Para hablar de todo aquello que me dijeron que debía callar. He venido para marcar un antes y un después, para marcar un punto y coma y no un punto y final.He venido porque he decido que a mi nadie me va a callar.(Des)prendiendo fuego es todo aquello que...

Traces the troubled life of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, from his spoiled, yet insecure childhood through his difficult marriage and writing career to his early death.

In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.

Imagine traveling at half the speed of a jet plane without ever leaving the ground! Students will discover the technology that makes such speeds possible, from special tracks and safety precautions to aerodynamically designed trains. What are the limits to the speed of trains? What imposes those limits? Students also will read about the future of passenger train travel, from flying trains to trains that use huge magnets to levitate inches or centimeters off the track. Some trains safely reach speeds of more than 200 mph!