Amelia Earhart

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

In this biographical book, young readers will learn about the brave life of Harriet Tubman. Readers will discover how Tubman bravely escaped from her life as a slave to cross the Mason-Dixon line into freedom and how she helped hundreds of other slaves into freedom through the Underground Railroad with the help of abolitionists. The vivid images, stunning facts, and supportive text work in conjunction with the helpful glossary, index, and timeline of Tubman's life to give readers an engaging experience as they move from cover to cover. This book has been translated into Spanish.

Toda antología comienza presentando un cúmulo de explicaciones y de justificaciones que pretenden dar debida cuenta no sólo de su intención, sino que también expone un razonamiento argumentado y lógico -aunque a veces esta lógica se fundamenta, en parte, en criterios que poseen un carácter inevitablemente subjetivo- que intenta cubrirse las espaldas ante ese posible tirón de orejas que suele aparecer tras su publicación. Sin ánimo de crear malentendidos ni de suscitar equívocos, Lunas de la voz ausente persigue ser ante todo, y antes que nada, una antología poética que muestre...

The American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s marked a shift in how African Americans were treated in the United States. This volume highlights the important events and figures that made this movement successful. The book introduces readers to important activists who fought for civil rights by raising their voices and refusing to accept unfair laws. Photographs and primary sources provide readers with a firsthand look at the history of the movement. Finally, readers will learn what can still be done to further equality for African Americans in the United States and how they can be ...

Este volumen reúne los textos de las conferencias y comunicaciones presentadas en el “Grand Séminaire de Neuchâtel. Coloquio Internacional Álvaro Pombo”, celebrado en la Universidad de Neuchâtel durante los días 1, 2 y 3 de noviembre de 2004.El libro se abre con un poema que Juan Antonio Masoliver Ródenas escribió para la ocasión y que dedica a su amigo y cómplice Álvaro Pombo. Sigue la reflexión de este autor acerca de “la figuración y la desfiguración autobiográfica” como vértices de su obra narrativa y poética. Desde esta perspectiva, el escritor y académico trata ...