Atlas de los indios norteamericanos

INCLUYE RECETARIO CON VARIAS RECETAS Aprenderás a elaborar auténticos jabones naturales mediante el llamado “proceso de saponificación en frío”. Este tipo de jabones artesanos limpian en profundidad todo tipo de pieles, especialmente las pieles delicadas y sensibles. No contienen ningún tipo de detergente y son ecológicos y biodegradables. Aprenderás a personalizarlos con diferentes propiedades para cada tipo de piel. Hacer jabones en casa es barato. Los ingredientes necesarios para hacer jabón son económicos y fáciles de conseguir. Además, puedes hacer los jabones para tu...

The story of Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca brims with his adventures and misadventures throughout the North American Southwest. As of the sixteenth century, no European had journeyed over such a large extension of territory, from the Florida Peninsula to northern Mexico, and survived. This lively and informative volume goes on to examine his eight years of wandering in this unknown land, during which he learned natural medicine from the American natives and became a curandero, learned their languages, and served as a trader and peacemaker among different tribes. Vibrant...

The Underground Railroad was the massive effort by slaves and free people to secretly bring thousands of blacks to freedom in the North during the 19th century. This thought-provoking book will capture readers’ imaginations and fill them with awe for the brave “conductors” and “passengers” on the Railroad. They’ll learn about the many safe havens, called “depots,” that housed fugitives and the secret passages within them that hid slaves from their pursuers. Information about the American Civil War and the Fugitive Slave Act, biographies of figures vital to the Underground Railroad,...

Filled with tricks and treats, fun and food, Halloween is a day that children look forward to. At one time two separate festivals, the traditions of each gradually blended into the holiday we now celebrate on October 31.