Germs Are Not for Sharing / Los gérmenes no son para compartir

Basado en los estudios musicológicos más recientes y completamente actualizado, el DICCIONARIO HARVARD DE MÚSICA contiene extensos artículos sobre la música de este siglo, incluyendo el jazz y el rock, así como la música dodecafónica, serial y aleatoria; entradas exhaustivas sobre la música de África, Asia, América Latina y Oriente Próximo, y sobre todos los estilos y formas de la música occidental, además de descripciones de los instrumentos musicales y su evolución histórica. Los artículos enciclopédicos alternan con entradas más breves de referencia rápida, concisas y...

One dog in a teacup, two caterpillars on a leaf, three horses having a conversation... Fun photographs and simple text help introduce young readers to counting numbers from zero to ten. A fish-counting activity encourages young readers to practice their counting skills.

Manifest Destiny the name given in the 1840s to a belief that the coast-to-coast expansion of the United States was both inevitable and justified, regardless of the means. Standing in the way were not only the native populations, but also the descendants of Spanish settlers who had lived in the Southwest for centuries. The racist belief that white men rightfully should expand their institutions into the area brought the United States into conflict with Mexico. War was declared in 1846, and by the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, ending the war, the US had gained...

Lentas aguas estivales pasan ante los ojos de quien la tímida orilla pasea. Entretanto, barcas, hojas tiernas, alguna flor, la mano abandonada de un navegante, surcan el río. Efímeras ondas aparecen. Y así, el Támesis, en la plácida tarde, sostiene sin descanso la esperanza.