César

Born in 1927 in Yuma, Arizona, César Chavez lived the hard-scrabble life of a migrant worker during the Depression. Although his mother wanted him to get an education, César left school after eighth grade to work. He grew to be a charismatic leader and founded the National Farm Workers Association, an organization that fought for basic rights for farm workers. In powerful poems and dramatic stylized illustrations, Carmen T. Bernier-Grand and David Díaz pay tribute to Chavez's legacy helping migrant workers improve their lives by doing things by themselves for themselves.

The second edition of Cinema for Spanish Conversation includes the same stimulating exercises and conversation materials that have made the first edition a success among students and instructors alike. The text is designed to be used in courses in which outstanding films from the Spanish-speaking world are used as springboards for classroom Spanish-language discussion. Using high-interest feature films, students hear Spanish as it is spoken in different countries and in a wide variety of situations and are encouraged to listen to and converse about the social and cultural aspects of...

Una noche de febrero del año 1938, en Uruguay, Gabriela Mistral visitaba al escritor Emilio Oribe cuando su pequeña hija, Esther, irrumpió en la sala llevando en su mano un precioso pescadito que había encontrado junto a las rocas de una playa de Montevideo. Inspirada en lo ocurrido durante la velada de la noche anterior, la escritora entregó a Oribe este poema siendo el único que Gabriela Mistral escribiera en ese país. El 5 de febrero del año 1967, 29 años después de este viaje a Uruguay y a 10 años de la muerte de la escritora, “La niña del pescadito” fue publicado en el...

An elegantly illustrated collection of ten favourite Bible stories with an interesting twist. Margaret McAllister imaginatively retells these tales from the point of view of the women involved: Noah's wife, Miriam, Ruth, Mary mother of Jesus, Pilate's wife, Mary Magdalene are among some of the women who put their side of the story forward. A stylish compilation of Bible stories with a difference, this is a perfect gift for girls.

DISCOVER WHO LIVED IN CASTLES, WHAT THEY ATE, WHERE THEY SLEPT AND WHAT THEY DID FOR FUN. PHOTOGRAPHS COMBINED WITH COMPUTER GRAPHICS TAKE YOU INSIDE THE WORLD OF CASTLES AS NEVER BEFORE.