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En este cuaderno de viaje, el reconocido novelista británico relata su viaje a los Estados Unidos en 1842 y ofrece…
observaciones sobre la sociedad norteamericana. Incluye la visita célebre de Dickens con Laura Bridgman en el Instituto Perkins y Asilo para Ciegos de Massachusetts. Traducido del inglés
El novelista ofrece una reminiscencia y guía descriptiva de San Juan, Puerto Rico. A través de la historia personal, la…
arquitectura, y la cultura popular, evoca la capital de "la isla del encanto." Prólogo de Antonio Skármeta
Chronicles the rise of Javier "Chicharito" Hernández, international soccer superstar. Discusses his original dismissal for being too diminutive physically and…
covers his meteoric rise in the sport as a part of the Mexican national team in the 2010 World Cup and as a forward for Manchester United. Spanish language. 2012
This collection of letters from a young Mexican girl to her aunt was originally published in 1918 in a Mexican…
newspaper. Young Olga's observations on her family's trip from Mexico City to Texas are revealing and amusing and present an outsider's view of American cities, technology, race relations, and linguistic change. Bilingual book in English and Spanish
1962. When Francisco becomes a freshman at California's Santa Clara University, he enters a world entirely different from the Mexican…
migrant community his family inhabits. Continues fictionalized autobiographies Senderos Fronterizos (DB 54980) and Cajas de Cartón (DB 54979). For junior and senior high readers. Belpré Honor Book. Spanish language. 2009
Dos abogados de inmigración enseñan las maneras de obtener visas para entrar en Estados Unidos. Describen visas de inmigrante y…
no inmigrante, visas para visitantes, visas de estudiante, visas de trabajo, y visas por vínculos familiares. También presenta información sobre formularios de visas y dónde conseguirlos
Beginning with New Year's Day, presents holidays of the United States in chronological order with corresponding Mexican festivals mentioned by…
date. Discusses differences and similarities in celebrations and includes facts about cultural and political history. Bilingual English and Spanish language edition. For grades K-3. 2004
Presentan doce cuentos adaptados del folklore indígena de América Latina. Incluyen cuentos que remontan a los Tainos del Caribe, los…
Zapotecas de México, los Muiscas de Colombia, y los Incas del Per ̇y de Bolivia. Para grados 4 a 7 y lectores mayores
The Uruguayan author presents a collection of anecdotes and vignettes about life in his native Canelones, a once isolated, picturesque…
village that has grown up over the years to become a suburb of Montevideo. Perazza describes with humor and affection the local color, the cafes, the social clubs, the inhabitants, and the events that have shaped his hometown in the twentieth century. Spanish language
The author describes his 1955 expedition to the Southeast Pacific, where he sought the origins of the enormous stone statues…
of Easter Island, including a discussion of the findings. Spanish language
Poetic recollections of the author's life in Puerto Rico that express a profound love of her homeland and the desire…
to discover the essential and permanent qualities of the island. The book contains the following essays: Day of My Island; Time Gaps; Stormy Season; From Beach to Canebrake to Beach; The People; The Road and the Mountain; and Dreams of Love and Death. Spanish language
Examines the mysteries of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, and the efforts to explore the pyramid over the centuries. Presents…
knowledge gained about the pyramid, and theories to explain the purpose of the pyramid. Spanish language
A detailed account of what happened aboard the "Titanic" when it struck an iceberg and began to sink in the…
North Atlantic on April 14, 1912. Based on accounts of the survivors, from first class passengers to steerage and crew. Spanish language
Six hardy young Norwegians make a perilous but successful voyage from Peru to Tahiti on a raft of balsa logs.…
This venture tested the author's theory that the original settlers of Polynesia might have followed the ocean currents from South America. Spanish language
In this expanded edition, the author describes her visits to 24 cemeteries around the world, including Montparnasse in Paris, Highgate…
in London, and the Jewish Cemetery in Prague, along with some famous graves such as those of Elvis Presley in Memphis and Karl Marx in London. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2021
The author shares his experiences on a trip through his grandmother's native land--the Yucatan region of Mexico. He encounters heat,…
Mayan ruins, mosquitoes, cenotes, spicy food, storms, and other unique features of this area. Some violence. Spanish language. 1989
"For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Raised amid the political violence of 1980s and '90s Colombia, in…
a house bustling with her mother's fortune-telling clients, she was a hard child to surprise. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with what the family called "the secrets": the power to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick, and move the clouds. And as the first woman to inherit "the secrets," Rojas Contreras' mother was just as powerful. Mami delighted in her ability to appear in two places at once, and she could cast out even the most persistent spirits with nothing more than a glass of water. This legacy had always felt like it belonged to her mother and grandfather, until, while living in the U.S. in her twenties, Rojas Contreras suffered a head injury that left her with amnesia. As she regained partial memory, her family was excited to tell her that this had happened before: Decades ago Mami had taken a fall that left her with amnesia, too. And when she recovered, she had gained access to "the secrets." In 2012, spurred by a shared dream among Mami and her sisters, and her own powerful urge to relearn her family history in the aftermath of her memory loss, Rojas Contreras joins her mother on a journey to Colombia to disinter Nono's remains. With Mami as her unpredictable, stubborn, and often amusing guide, Rojas Contreras traces her lineage back to her Indigenous and Spanish roots, uncovering the violent and rigid colonial narrative that would eventually break her mestizo family into two camps: those who believe "the secrets" are a gift, and those who are convinced they are a curse." -- Amazon.com
"Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today! In this collection of short biographies from all over…
Latin America and across the United States, Juliet Menéndez explores the first small steps that set the Latinitas off on their journeys. With gorgeous, hand-painted illustrations, Menéndez shines a spotlight on the power of childhood dreams. From Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to singer Selena Quintanilla to NASA's first virtual reality engineer, Evelyn Miralles, this is a book for aspiring artists, scientists, activists, and more. These women followed their dreams-and they just might encourage you to follow yours!" -- Goodreads