Canta, toca, brinca y danza

El exitoso libro La medida de un hombre sigue impactando a millones de hombres en todo el mundo, pero durante mucho tiempo el sueño del autor, Gene Getz, ha sido el de llevar ese mensaje a los muchachos que todavía están buscando su propia identidad. Cuando su hijo, Kenton, estaba en la escuela secundaria, Gene le escribió una serie de cartas basadas en 1 Timoteo 4:12: "No permitas que nadie te subestime por ser joven. Sé un ejemplo para todos los creyentes en lo que dices, en la forma en que vives, en tu amor, tu fe y tu pureza". De ese versículo, Gene obtuvo siete principios para...

A collection of poems evoking the lullabies sung by mothers to their children. Also includes three prose sections in which Federica Garcia Lorca, Gabriel Celaya, and Gabriela Mistral write about children's poety and lullabies.

Manifest Destiny the name given in the 1840s to a belief that the coast-to-coast expansion of the United States was both inevitable and justified, regardless of the means. Standing in the way were not only the native populations, but also the descendants of Spanish settlers who had lived in the Southwest for centuries. The racist belief that white men rightfully should expand their institutions into the area brought the United States into conflict with Mexico. War was declared in 1846, and by the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, ending the war, the US had gained...

Explores Chinese culture from ancient times to the present, providing information about food, fashion, law, art, and religion.