Enseñar una lengua extranjera es siempre un desafío. Es mucho más fácil cuando a los estudiantes les encantan los materiales que se utilizan para enseñarles. No muchos libros están escritos por lectores jóvenes de secundaria. Esperamos que a sus estudiantes les guste aprender con estos libros bilingües.
Three young men grew up together surrounded by poverty, gang pressure, and a drug infested environment. They are encouraged to dare to dream big dreams; two become successful and one ends up in prison. En la familia de Roy hay un misterio que lo intriga. Su padre, Nelson, y el mejor amigo de su padre, Jesse, son exitosos profesionales; pero su tío ha estado en la cárcel desde que él puede recordar. Los tres jóvenes crecieron juntos. ¿Cómo terminaron en lugares tan diferentes? Viaja con Nelson hacia su infancia. Allí los niños, rodeados por la pobreza, presiones de pandillas y un entorno plagado de drogas, son alentados a soñar grandes sueños. Nelson encuentra inspiración en las historias de algunos de los más grandes soñadores del mundo. ¿Descubrirá que su propio padre fue uno de esos grandes soñadores?
The day that Gillese Blondet turned 50, she vowed to herself that not only will she confess her age, but she would share all her secrets that confirm the following: YES, 50 is the new 30. I am 50... So What? Is the manual to get you to your mid-life feeling successful, made, beautiful in control and, above all, enjoy what you are and not grieve over what has not been. The day that Gillese Blondet turned 50, she vowed to herself that not only will she confess her age, but she would share all her secrets that confirm the following: YES, 50 is the new 30. This book is a friendly reminder that no botox will fix the wrinkles of the soul. Giselle, one of the most beloved women in the Hispanic market, takes us through the highlights of her life and the lives of powerful Latinas in their fifties who have not only achieved success in that dreaded age, but even have the luxury of having known the true love at 50. Because in this book, Blondet also shows us that in the game of love, the champion doesn't come first, but last. Funny, human, inspiring and full of anecdotes, I am 50 ... so what? Is an injection of energy for girls who want to reach that age as Giselle Blondet, and a foothold for ...
This is a story of three visits, which is remote back in the year 80 and 90, in the center of the cold war in El Salvador. A teenager is dragged by his dreams, his ambition to get to know the city; for love is involved on the front of the guerillas, making travels from the city to his town, ending with the reunion of his blood that he did not know existed and next to it says goodbye to his big love.
En este libro, yo, Rosa, te llevo a través de mi vida, desde la niñez hasta la actualidad. Recuerdo personas, abusos y buenos momentos. Este libro comenzó como un diario. Yo anoté pensamientos que vinieron a mi mente. No todas las piezas están en orden secuencial y los nombres de personas han sido cambiados, pero la historia es la misma. Mi esperanza es que mi historia toque el corazón de personas y paren la violencia doméstica, y los abusos de niños y animales. Así Fue Nuestra Niñez Extraordinary, Riveting, Inspirational... In this book, I, Rosa, take you through my life, from childhood to the present. I recall times of struggle, abuse, and good memories. This book began as a journal, and because I wrote thoughts down as they came to me, not all parts are in sequential order. Names of people have been changed, but the story remains the same. My hope is that my story will touch someone’s heart and bring attention to issues of child, domestic, and animal abuse. This Was Our Childhood
After years of traveling the world, searching for all life has to offer, Toni Martí realizes that his youthful curiosity has soured into stagnation, depression, and drug addiction. While stumbling through what remains of his life, he commits a crime and is sentenced to community service at a nursing home. Forced to comply, he forms a grudging relationship with Juan, an octogenarian whose family long ago abandoned him, and whose day-to-day life seems undisturbed by change. He also encounters Lucía, who runs the nursing home, but not her life; too fearful to follow the lure of her dreams or rebel against her parents, she has grown dull and unhappy. “Beyond Intensity” captures the story of three characters trapped in lives that bring them only loneliness and despair. Soon, they will be forced to discover what is beyond the pursuit of momentary pleasure, beyond routine, beyond conformity. Against the backdrop of a dehumanized society, these three characters’ lives give us the opportunity to reflect on the culture of immediacy and the search for instant gratification—to ask ourselves, what lies beyond intensity?
After two years of physical absence, four childhood friends decide to organize a trip to an unknown destination, on the pretext of meeting again and catching up with each other’s lives.
Starboy just graduated high school and was on his way to college with his best friend, Moonkid. That’s until a tragic car crash and a head injury sent Starboy to a coma and then permanent brain damage. His personality changed, slowly regressing to babyhood. He begins writing letters to Moonkid telling him how he’s regressing every day. Suddenly college and grown-up’s life are out the window with his developing infantile behavior. His life now revolves around diaper changes, baby bottles, toys, cartoons, and spoon-feeding as every day he acts more like an infant. Those letters and his new relationship with his family and friends help him realize that being a baby might not be the worst thing ever. Maybe it can be a blessing in disguise.
Portrays experiences during the development of New Mexico
John Oswald 70-year-old Argentine writer, based in California since 2016, owner of di erent lines of business and companies, pursued a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration at UADE (Universidad Argentina de la Empresa), and later continued his professional development at di erent training entities in Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico and the United States. He actively participated in multinational meetings on past life memories, rebirth and spiritism. He wrote two books on the subject, and this is the third that he decided to publish at this stage of his life, now retired from business management. He currently gives lectures to a group of followers on how to "save your current memories for your next life", a topic openly discussed in this book. All his research and stories are endorsed at the bottom of each article by professionals who, like him, support this trend worldwide. Over 10,000 cases have been documented by professionals in the eld, which is hardly something that can be ignored. Through these narratives, the reader will be left to decide whether to explore the knowledge about "returning to a next life with all the current memory". As one of the few pioneers in this...
My dad envies me. I've been an orphan since I was eight months old. Unfortunately, I was mistreated by a bad and envious father, and my whole life has been a torment with him. I will describe, in this book, my father as the person who has done the most harm to me throughout my life, for I have never encountered another person like him. Throughout my life, he has sabotaged my achievements, put me wrong with all the family and friends, and never wanted me to get ahead because he feels less than me. Of course, I have forgiven him for all the evil he has done to me, and I ask God to give him good things despite all the damage he has done to me and even though he has never asked me for an apology. I hope that no one will suffer what I have suffered and that there are no more other fathers like him.
DREAMer: a young visionary, an undocumented immigrant, who wants to achieve the American Dream. As of August 2016 it was estimated that some 35 million Mexicans were living in the United States, 23.5 million of whom were born in the United States and 11.5 million in Mexico. Of the latter, only 5 million are undocumented and of them, 1.3 million are considered DREAMers: young people who were taken to the United States by their parents when they were children, who grew up and were educated in this country, and who -because of their illegal status- face daunting obstacles to develop professionally. This, however, does not prevent them from dreaming. In We the DREAMers, Josefina Vázquez Mota explores the laws and statistics, and above all highlights the narratives and emotions behind the life stories of these DREAMers whose only objectiveis to fulfill their dreams. Their testimonies offer a kaleidoscope of viewpoints, pinpointing many obstacles. Nevertheless, they are voices of young people who have not given up; instead they have created or joined activist groups alongside many other people who, like them, just want to be heard and acknowledged. This volume introduces you to some of ...
La duda es una cualidad humana en la que poco reparamos, y que muchas veces ni siquiera consideramos en la asuncin y percepcin de lo que nos rodea. Lo tangible simplemente existe, aunque slo sea aparentemente. Lo intangible, nuestros sueos, nuestros sentimientos, aparecen como sumergidos, distantes, borrosos, irreales. La Dudosa Certidumbre rompe con esta engaosa rutina. A travs de las diferentes historias que componen esta obra, el lector se sentir atrapado en un mundo que considera imaginado y cuya existencia se le manifestar sorpresivamente bajo un concepto diferente al que ste haba pensado. La existencia de la verdad es remplazada por la certeza de lo incierto. La autora nos enfrenta a esta paradoja que unifica la estructura de cada una de estas breves y fuertemente introspectivas ancdotas.
This book talks about the reasons why many people from Central America emigrate to the United States. This is also about how it was my journey and how I crossed the desert of the United States. In reality, most of us as immigrants have a past that has marked our lives, and I dare to talk about this so that all the people of the world see the cruel reality that we have to pass to arrive in United States.
The Silenced Dead is an invaluable contribution to filling a substantial gap in the memory picture of our recent past and to putting an end to the conversion of crime into an archetype of good.
La Universidad, como el dios Jano, presenta dos caras de un único rostro: una mira hacia la investigación e innovación (sean de naturaleza formal, de contenidos o ambos) y la otra hacia los discentes a quienes transmite los logros hallados en unas aulas cada vez más tecnologizadas. Queda claro, por tanto, que la investigación y la docencia son nucleares en la misión de la Academia y en su visión destaca la mejora de la sociedad de la que se nutre y a la que sirve. En esta ecuación binómica tenemos que añadir indefectiblemente el elemento de la divulgación de estos nuevos contenidos y estructuras, de manera que libros como el presente, junto con los demás que conforman la colección Estudios Aranzadi especializada en Ciencias Sociales y Ates y Humanidades así como de su Docencia, suponen el último jalón en el que la Universidad muestra ante todos, expertos y público general, su labor especializada. Los capítulos que conforman el presente título, incluidos en la colección Estudios Aranzadi, han superado el imprescindible requisito que certifica la calidad científica de los resultados plasmados: el de la doble revisión por pares ciegos (peer review) lo que...
In a post-apocalyptic earth, a group of teenagers are forced to embark on a dangerous quest, upon witnessing a world-changing event in their first mission outside the kingdom Olympus. They quickly learn that this occurrence is capable of ending The Age of Zombies, however, their oppressors soon obtain news of this incident as well. These teens must combat the undead army, the world government's elite enforcers, bandits searching for easy targets, and most deadly of all, each other in their perilous adventure for safety and answers around The New World!
En un mundo cada vez más globalizado y de cambios constantes, requiere unas herramientas adecuadas para abordar los desafíos a los que la comunidad académica, sanitaria, educativa e institucional han de hacer frente. El libro nace de la necesidad de dar respuesta a la diversidad existente en el ámbito de salud. Se busca ofrecer nuevas vías de teorización e intervención sobre cómo la educación y la salud, desde una perspectiva global y transcultural, pueden contribuir a disminuir las desigualdades sociales, los procesos de exclusión, fomentar la interculturalidad y la salud transcultural.
En este volumen presentamos la primera edición crítica de Las memorias de mamá Blanca, novela escrita por la venezolana Teresa de la Parra. La obra es coordinada por Velia Bosch, quién también escribe una historia de la autora en su momento histórico-político. Nélida Norris analiza la novela desde un punto de vista lingüístico y formal, José Carlos González Boixó escribe sobre feminismo e ideología conservadora y Nelson Osorio realiza una lectura crítica de la obra. Complementan este libro los ensayos de Sylvia Molloy, Doris Summer, Elizabeth Garrels y la bibliografía comentada de Gladys García Riera.
Esta nina fue muy querida por toda su familia, ella es carinosa, muy alegre y entusiasta. Le gustaba el deporte, cantar y hacer actividades. Pobre, pero contenta, se crio con su madre y sus abuelos maternos. Para ella su familia era, como una barrera que la protegia, pero fue la vida la que la enseno a ser mas fuerte y luchadora. Amo con pasion y obtuvo lo que queria, pero sufrio cada golpe que le dio la vida. Fue una madre adorada y amo a sus hijos con todo su corazon al igual que a su familia. Esta historia es dura, pero se aprende de ella. This little girl was very loved by all her family; she was affectionate, very cheerful and enthusiastic. She loved sports, singing and activities. Poor, but happy, she grew up with her mother and her maternal grandparents. For her, her family was like a barrier that protected her, but it was life that taught her to be a strong fighter. She loved with passion and always got what she wanted, although she endured every blow that life threw at her. She was an adored mother and loved her children with all her heart. This will be a hard story to read, but you will sure learn from it.
This handbook and accompanying CD have been designed to help dentists, dental hygienists, and other dental personnel communicate with Spanish-speaking patients. Intended for novice learners as well as those who need to polish their rusty high school Spanish,Paso a Pasocan be used in emergency situations or as a source of phrases to make routine visits more comfortable for patients--or anywhere between those extremes. The book includes aspects of Latino culture vital for any dental professional as well as key dental health phrases and useful grammar.Paso a Pasofocuses on learning, practicing, and speaking both standard and colloquial Spanish for an office setting. The accompanying CD presents dialogues in which Latino patients interact with health professionals using a variety of accents and levels of fluency. Like the book, the CD will be useful in workshops, work-site training, and individual learning. The chapter structure permits work-site training of an hour a day for six weeks. The CD will not be sold separately. FromPaso a Paso/Step by Step, Chapter Two "In Latin America, more than one last name is used to describe family relationships. Latino names consist of a first and...
Daniel Rivera is stunned to discover that the scientist whom he is supposed to guide on a solo field expedition is the sultry Patricia Martinez, the once naive teenager whom he had once loved and who had abandoned him without an explanation, in a bilingual romance featuring consecutive texts in English and Spanish. Original.
The Apocalypse has been unleashed and it’s ravenous… Welcome to the world of Homo mortem. The Hour of the Dead is the first book in “The Chronicles of Homo Mortem” series, a trilogy that takes readers through an apocalyptic pandemic that threatens the destiny of humanity. A journey to the dark side of human beings through the experiences of five survivors who must unite their paths in order to face the end of the world.
Faith and love in Tibet is a novel of moral defiance, three Tibetan Buddhist monks face the pain of seeing their millennial culture fall, the Dalai Lama's escape and the prohibition of their religion by the Chinese communists. Samye, Shakya y Dusum have to choose between fulfilling his faith or to live the passions of his youth. “When I converted to Buddhism, I made many Tibetan friendship, some children who left Tibet with the Dalai, Lama; others, just a few years ago managed to evade the snipers of Lhasa City, they have some extraordinary experiences to tell, I decided to start with this one, said the author”.
Jaycee Dugard’s New York Times bestselling memoir chronicles her raw and powerful story of being kidnapped in 1991 and held captive for more than eighteen years—and offers an extraordinary account of courage and resilience. En el verano de 1991, yo era una niña normal. Hacía cosas normales. Tenía amigos y una madre que me amaba. Era como tú. Hasta el día en que me robaron la vida. Durante dieciocho años fui una prisionera. Era un objeto que alguien usaba y abusaba. Durante dieciocho años no me permitieron decir mi propio nombre. Me hice madre y fui forzada a ser una hermana. Durante dieciocho años sobreviví una situación imposible. El 26 de agosto de 2009 reclamé mi nombre. Me llamo Jaycee Lee Dugard. No me veo como una víctima. Sobreviví. Una vida robada es mi historia, en mis propias palabras, de mi propia manera, tal y como la recuerdo. La piña es un símbolo que representa la semilla de un comienzo nuevo para mí. Para ayudar a facilitar comienzos nuevos, con el apoyo de la terapia asistida por animales, la J A Y C Foundation brinda apoyo y servicios para el tratamiento oportuno de familias recuperándose de un secuestro y las secuelas que dejan esas...
Ages 2 to 12 years. Book & CD. Includes a 45-minute CD and 24-page colouring book that includes all lyrics and translations.
Inform readers of the dangers of smoking with this fact-filled, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through helpful diagrams, detailed images, and truthful facts, readers are given the tools and information to educate themselves about smoking, tobacco, addiction, and the health problems that smoking can cause. With informational text, an index, glossary of terms, and list of websites, children are encouraged to say no to smoking, to peer pressure, and learn what steps they can take to help prevent others from starting. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
“It is an honor and a privilege to share with the whole world my life story of adversities, happiness, and accomplishments. Despite all the challenges and tribulations I have had in my life, I have discovered the true meaning of hope, faith, perseverance, love, strength, passion, and confidence. I believe in myself. I have also learned never to give up and to pursue my goals and dreams regardless of my circumstances. I believe that there are millions of people who are going through challenges similar to or worse than mine right now. I cannot keep my life a secret inside my heart. I know that by sharing the trials I have had, my journey can have an impact on others’ lives. I believe that reading about my struggles may help others to become stronger.”
Este libro, el tercero de la serie Jazz en Dominicana: Las Entrevistas (2019, 2020 y ahora 2021), contiene 11 conversaciones sostenidas con músicos en el año 2021. Las preguntas fueron articuladas con un esquema simple y orgánico, que logró llevar a respuestas concretas, resaltando la diversidad de criterios y dando particularidad a cada diálogo; estos, una vez más, abren una ventana que permite asomarse a la escena jazzística actual de República Dominicana. El libro se publica en español e inglés, y está integrado con Códigos QR (Quick Response), que los lectores pueden escanear y escuchar la música de cada músico entrevistado. This book, the third in the Jazz en Dominicana: The Interviews series (2019, 2020 and now 2021), contains 11 conversations held with musicians in the year 2021. The questions were articulated with a simple and organic scheme, which managed to lead to concrete answers, bringing out the diversity of criteria and giving particularity to each dialogue; these, once again, open a window that allows a look into the current jazz scene of the Dominican Republic. The book is published in Spanish and English, and is integrated with QR Codes (Quick...
When there is money, everything can be done and bought. However, certain things cannot be bought because their value is not material. In life, there are sometimes many situations that hurt and are easy to heal since they take a long time to accept them as they are. Because I think they are never forgotten since they are very deep and indelible scars.
Mr. Lonely again Adventures of philosophic reflection Mr. Lonely is a series of vignettes, which recount the experiences of Mr. Lonely. Designed to nudge the reader to think in diverse and innovative ways while remaining true to the self, Mr. Lonely recounts his experiences and muses on the importance of liberty, friendship, family, and happiness in peoples lives. In addition, Mr. Plazola insightful chronicle of Mr. Lonely personal journey coupled with the many vibrant images in Mr. Lonely again coalesce to create a text that is intend to be both introspective and enlightening. Mr. Lonely has a philosophical message in every one of its chapters, humility and simplicity jumps out at you. Values which now these days are not easy to find but remembered by the characters in Mr. Lonely, is an excellent means of reflection. Don Triste es una serie de vietas que son el recuento de las experiencias de Don Triste, diseadas para empujar al lector a pensar de manera diferente permaneciendo siempre la verdad del ser mismo. Don Triste narra experiencias y reflexiones destacando la importancia de los valores; libertad, amistad, familia y felicidad que afectan la vida de las personas. Adems Don...