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Author
Publisher
Editorial Siete Cuentos/Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"As everyday white supremacy becomes increasingly vocalized with no clear answers at hand, how best might we approach one another? Claudia Rankine, without telling us what to do, urges us to begin the discussions that might open pathways through this divisive and stuck moment in American history. Just Us is an invitation to discover what it takes to stay in the room together, even and especially in breaching the silence, guilt, and violence that follow...
2) Cuba libre
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A novel on the Spanish-American War featuring adventurer Ben Tyler, an Arizona horse dealer. Just as he arrives in Cuba with a shipment of guns and horses, war breaks out. To get his money, he is sucked into fighting between Spain, the U.S. and Cuban revolutionaries seeking independence from both.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a planeload of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when the FBI's John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Rosie Perez explores the complex history between Puerto Rico and the United States. [It] begins with the vibrant celebration of the Puerto Rican Day Parade and lingers with Perez's deeply personal perspective ... the themes of family, language, and racism are put into historical perspective as [the film] uncover[s] the side of Puerto Rico absent from U.S. history books" -- Container.
Author
Publisher
Beascoa
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
¡Hola! ¿Os acordáis de nosotros? Somos Juan y Abi, y esta es la historia de nuestra hermana Pepita.Tiene ya 4 años, va al cole, tiene un montón de amigos y le encanta el helado, las patatas fritas, la música y bailar. ¿Quieres conocerla mejor? Te invitamos a hacerlo con nosotros para que veas por qué Pepita es muy muy especial.
Being different is special! "Pepita is special. Mom and dad have always explained it to us. But what I really think...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents and brother were arrested and deported to Colombia while she was at school. Born in the U.S., Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without...
Author
Publisher
Vida
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Español
Description
What can the Bible's most flawed men and women reveal about who God is and how he reaches out to less-than-perfect people' In Less Than Perfect, bestselling author Ann Spangler takes us beyond cardboard cutouts of 38 biblical characters to show us how these were real individuals who had dreams, temptations, and weaknesses just like us. Whether considering the murderous Herodias, the scheming Jacob, or the doubting Sarah, Spangler approaches both familiar...
Author
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Español
Description
"Zahra, aged 3, and Hawra, just a few months old were the only survivors of a missile strike in Baghdad in 2003. Their parents and their five siblings all died. Unable to have children herself, Hala Jaber, an award-winning foreign correspondent, was determined to do all she could to help them. Sent to Iraq by the Sunday Times to cover the war, the last thing she expected was to find herself trying to save two little girls who had lost everything....
Author
Language
Español
Description
Este libro recoge la visión del papa Francisco sobre la Iglesia católica tal y como la ha presentado él mismo en las homilías, discursos y ensayos realizados durante su primer año como Pontífice. Se trata de la primera publicación autorizada del Vaticano sobre las ideas del primer papa latinoamericano respecto a la misión de los católicos en el mundo actual. Su profunda reflexión nos recuerda que la Iglesia debe salir de su encierro para...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa. A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while.
En este nuevo poema cocinar, Jorge Argueta nos trae una receta fácil y divertida para una deliciosa salsa. Un niño y su hermana se reúnen los ingredientes y se muelen en un molcajete, al igual que sus...
Author
Publisher
GEU
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
Español
Description
A story full of tenderness, designed for children to understand and feel empathy towards those other beings, with their view of reality, do not provide a more interesting, curious and rich perspective. Maria's life experience, in her slow learning to ride a bike, is the picture of all that, more or less slowly, falls and headwinds, with or without Down syndrome, but with dedication, affection and appropriate smiles, just reaching the goal. Knowledge,...
Author
Publisher
Urano
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Si alguna vez te has preguntado por qué te gusta la música triste...Si encuentras consuelo o inspiración en un día lluvioso...Si reaccionas intensamente a la música, el arte, la naturaleza y la belleza...Entonces, probablemente, te identifiques con el sentimiento agridulce. En esta inspiradora obra maestra, la escritora Susan Cain muestra el poder del sentimiento agridulce: una tendencia hacia la tristeza y el anhelo, una aguda conciencia del...
14) The coffee table
Publisher
Cinephobia Releasing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
Jesús and Maria love each other, endlessly, magnificently, even though they sometimes just don't notice. But hey, now that their little lump of love is born, everything's going to work out. Sure, Maria still has a bit of a North Korean streak in handling the household, calling all the shots when it comes to the color of their apartment walls, the name of the baby, the food they eat, the TV shows they watch, the thickness of the toilet paper and their...
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Esta edición bilingue español-inglés es la primera selección completamente ilustrada del "Libro de las Preguntas". Compuesto por 70 preguntas de las 320 originales, estos poemas, cuidadosamente entretejidos por tema e ilustraciones a toda página, nos invitan a maravillarnos con el mundo natural y los innumerables misterios que contiene. "El Libro de las Preguntas", escrito por el querido poeta chileno y ganador del Premio Nobel Neruda, se completó...
16) Red queen
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Introducing Antonia Scott-the most compelling and original detective since Lisbeth Salander-in Juan Gómez-Jurado's Red Queen, the #1 international award-winning bestseller thriller that has taken the world by storm. Antonia Scott-the daughter of a British diplomat and a Spanish mother-has a gifted forensic mind, whose ability to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling murders is legendary. But after a personal trauma, she's refused to continue her...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Michael Moore visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects. The creator of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine is back with this hilarious and eye-opening call to arms. Turns out the solutions to America's most entrenched problems already exist in the world. They're just waiting to be co-opted.
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Mientras los debates sobre inmigración hierven en todo el mundo, Theroux se dispuso a explorar un país clave para comprender nuestro discurso actual: México. Justo al sur de la frontera de Arizona, en la región desértica de Sonora, encuentra un lugar rebosante de vitalidad, pero visiblemente marcado tanto por la Patrulla Fronteriza de los EE. Pasó tiempo comunicándose con personas de todas las tendencias que permanecen al sur de la frontera...
20) Air Force One
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
An uncompromising U.S. President has just told the world he will not negotiate with terrorists. But when Russian terrorists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision-- give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.
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