Stephen F. Austin: El padre de Texas (Stephen F. Austin: The Father of Texas)

Stephen F. Austin grew up to become known as the Father of Texas. Readers can learn about his interesting and incredible life in this appealing biography that has been translated into Spanish and highlights both Austin's life and Texas history. Through vivid images and illustrations, supportive text, an accommodating glossary and index, and fascinating facts, readers will learn about Texas pioneers, the empresario system, Freemasons, and how Austin became such an important figure in Texas history.

Lyndon B. Johnson was born in Texas in the early 1900s. This appealing biography has been translated into Spanish and highlights Johnson's life as he represented Texas in the United States Congress for 24 years and became the 36th President of the United States. Through engaging images, intriguing sidebars and facts, easy to read text, and a supportive glossary and index, readers will learn about interesting topics such as the Higher Education Act, Voting Rights Act, Minority Whip, and the Vietnam War. Readers will be eager to learn more about Johnson's fascinating life as they move from...

Defender la Luz Mientras el mundo occidental caía en la oscuridad, ella se atrevió a defender la luz. Hipatia de Alejandría, nacida en el año 355, tras el reinado de Constantino, vivió en un Imperio Romano que se derrumbaba, un mundo en el que la obediencia a las autoridades religiosas triunfaba sobre la ciencia, en el que la razón y la lógica amenazaban el nuevo orden mundial. Era un mundo al borde de la Edad Media, un mundo que decidía la cuestión de la ciencia versus la religión, la libertad versus la ortodoxia, la tolerancia versus el odio. Durante más de 40 años, Hipatia se...

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¿Y si tu marido fuese tu peor enemigo? ¿Y si ni siquiera su muerte te librara de él? Cuando el barón Hamilton fallece de forma inesperada, su viuda, la joven Marian Fillmore, cree que por fin se verá libre de un esposo abusivo y maltratador. Sin embargo, las condiciones que establece en su testamento la obligan a permanecer atada a un lugar al que odia y a su cuñada, tan cruel y déspota como su hermano. La llegada del hijo del barón, procedente de América, será la única luz de esperanza en el porvenir de Marian. Solo él será capaz de cambiar su destino y el de las personas a las...

This Spanish language edition of Yuyi Morales's Pura Belpré Award winner and New York Times Bestseller Dreamers is now available in paperback! Caldecott Honor artist and six-time Pura Belpré winner Yuyi Morales's gorgeous book Dreamers, and its Spanish language version Soñadores, are about making a home in a new place. Yuyi and her son Kelly's passage was not easy, and Yuyi did not speak any English at the time. But together, they found an unexpected, unbelievable place: the public library. There, book by book, they untangled the language of this strange new land, and learned to make their ...