Francisca Alvarez

Cynthia Ann Parkers family moved to Central Texas when she was about nine years old. A year later, a large force of Comanche warriors attacked Fort Parker and seized Cynthia Ann and four other captives. The other four were eventually released, but she lived among the Indians for 25 years, immersed in the Comanche way of life. Though given a number of opportunities to go back to her white family, she always chose her life with the Comanche, choosing instead to stay with her husband and children. She eventually returned to white society as an adult.

El autor de este ensayo ha experimentado con el Teatro Nō. El libro supone un acercamiento apasionado a un género exótico y también como manual de aproximación a uno de los valores artísticos del acervo cultural de Japón. A ser el Teatro Nō un arte clásico del Japón que basa sus temas en leyendas e historias más antiguas que él, algunas de procedencia china, puede parecernos un arte exótico o poco familiar si lo comparamos con nuestra tradicional forma de escenificar. Introducido a modo de breves narraciones puede sernos más fácil adentrarnos en su mundo profundo, acervo...

Have you ever wondered what Space Camp is like? Join Isabella as she moon walks through the Moon Room, takes a ride in a Multi-Axis Trainer, tackles the Mars Climbing Wall, and takes the helm at Mission Control. Along the way, you'll practice measuring time. This fiction math book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math concepts. Text features include images, a glossary, an index, captions, and a table of contents to build students' vocabulary and reading comprehension skills as they interact with the text. The rigorous practice...

Javier de Montcada hubiera muerto en la batalla de Brunete si Soledad, duquesa de Simancas, no le hubiera donado su sangre en el mismo campo de batalla. Tras reponerse de sus heridas, Soledad, casada con el representante del bando nacional en el Vaticano, lo seduce en su dehesa. Pero la guerra no ha terminado y Javier debe volver al frente. Una novela apasionante. Un gran fresco histórico.

The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated to the US Supreme Court. Before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx. Justice Sotomayor didn't have a lot growing up, but she had what she needed -- her mother's love, a will to learn, and her own determination. With bravery she became the person she wanted to be. With hard work she succeeded. With little sunlight and only a modest plot from which to grow,...