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What did people use to buy things before money was invented? Where is money made? Find out in this inviting book that informs readers about coins, paper money, the Federal Reserve, exchange rates, and checking accounts. Featuring a timeline of money's history, detailed photos, stimulating facts, clear, informational text, and a glossary that will assist in improving vocabulary, this Spanish-translated nonfiction title will keep readers engaged from...
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Meet six women who did great things. They were leaders in politics, civil rights, healthcare, science, and sports. They helped and inspired others. All of them followed their dreams. Discover the journeys they took. This inspiring Spanish book introduces second grade students to the lives of notable women including Marie Curie, Clara Barton, Wilma Rudolph, Rosa Parks, and more. Engaging images in conjunction with easy-to-read text and basic text features...
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Criterion collection volume 838
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A dark fable set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War. Eleven-year-old Ofelia comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather, a sadistic captain in General Franco's army, hunts down Republican guerrillas who refuse to give up the fight. The violent reality in which she lives merges seamlessly with a fantastical interior world when Ofelia meets a...
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Ellas eran las cuatro hermanas Mirabal-simbolos de una esperanza desafiante en un pais ensombrecido por la dictadura y la desesperacion. Sacrificaron sus vidas, seguras, y confortables, en nombre de la libertad. Ellas eran "las Mariposas," y en esta novela extraordinaria, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, y Dede nos cuentan, a traves de las decadas, sus propias historias. Desde anecdotas sobre lazos para el pelo y secretos enamoramientos al contrabando...
6) El ruiseñor
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Bestseller) volume 1192/1
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"Viann and Isabelle have always been close despite their differences. Younger, bolder sister Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann lives a quiet and content life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their daughter. When World War II strikes and Antoine is sent off to fight, Viann and Isabelle's father sends Isabelle to help her older sister cope. As the war progresses, it's not only the sisters' relationship that is tested, but also...
7) Mujercitas
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El señor March se ha marchado a la guerra y sus cuatro hijas deben quedarse en casa con su madre, su tiacutea y sus amigos, en medio del bullicio de la vida burguesa de Nueva Inglaterra.
Chronicles the joys and sorrow of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.
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Cuando Messala, el amigo de la infancia de Ben-Hur, regresa a Judea adoctrinado por las enseñanzas romanas, se burla cruelmente de las creencias judías de Ben-Hur. Messala está trabajando para Gratus, el nuevo gobernador romano, quien ha planeado un desfile inaugural por las calles de la ciudad. A medida que Ben-Hur observa el desarrollo de la escena desde el techo de su palacio, accidentalmente desaloja una baldosa suelta de su casa, que cae y...
9) Fearless
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A group of relatives of people who disappeared during the Guatemalan military dictatorship requested and obtained, among many other measures of compensation, the production of a documentary film describing the events by the State. It was in 2012 when the Inter-American Court for Human Rights condemned for the first time the State of Guatemala for the disappearances (more than 45,000 civilians) during the years of the civil war (1960-1996). FEARLESS...
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If you lived long ago, how different would life be from how it is today? Many things are different, but many things are the same! Introduce students to the concept of change as they compare homes, schools, jobs, technology, and transportation from the past and present. This primary source book uses dynamic primary source images and supportive text to integrate social studies content and language arts instruction. The accessible table of contents,...
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"En la Habana del siglo XIX, una mujer decide tomar las riendas de su vida y forjar su propio destino. En 1858, cuando Valentina partió desde España hacia la colonia de Cuba en pasaje de tercera clase, tenía un joven marido a su lado y el corazón repleto de ilusiones. A su llegada a la isla, sin embargo, sus sueños se resquebrajan: su esposo ha muerto durante la agotadora travesía y el lugar, de pronto, se revela como un entorno hostil. Sólo...
12) Taj Mahal
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"Built in 1632 by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his beloved wife, the Taj Mahal still stands today as a symbol of India's artistic and cultural heritage. Young readers will learn about who built it, when it was built, and why it was built. This title is complete with impressive historical and current photographs and simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by publisher.
13) Invasion
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The invasion of Panama by the U.S in 1989, when American troops deposed dictator Manuel Noriega, killing an unknown number of civilians in the process - serves as an excuse to explore how a people remember, transform, and often forget their past in order re-define their identity and become who they are today. INVASION documents the collective memory utilizing a combination of reenactments and interviews. The people's lives were deeply shaken by the...
14) Una y otra vez
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En una noche fría y con nieve en 1910, Ursula Todd nace, el tercer hijo de un banquero acaudalado Inglés y su esposa. Ella muere antes de que pueda sacar su primer aliento. En esa misma noche fría y con nieve, Ursula Todd nace, deja escapar un gemido lujurioso, y se embarca en una vida que será, por decir lo menos, inusual. Porque como ella crece, ella también muere, en repetidas ocasiones, en cualquier número de maneras. El mundo de Ursula...
15) Machu Picchu
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Built by the Inca people thousands of years ago, Machu Picchu still stands today after it was mysteriously abandoned by those who inhabited it. Young readers will learn about who built it, when it was built, and why it was built. This title is complete with impressive historical and current photographs and images, and simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division...
16) Violeta
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La pica y emocionante historia de una mujer cuya vida abarca los momentos histricos ms relevantes del siglo XX.Desde 1920 -con la llamada gripe espaola- hasta la pandemia de 2020, la vida de Violeta ser mucho ms que la historia de un siglo.Violeta viene al mundo un tormentoso da de 1920, siendo la primera nia de una familia de cinco bulliciosos hermanos. Desde el principio su vida estar marcada por acontecimientos extraordinarios, pues todava se sienten...
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Integrating impressive archive material, THE GERMAN NEIGHBOR follows the steps of Adolf Eichmann’s unusual life in Argentina and his remarkable defense at the trial in Jerusalem. Roberto Klement was a gentle and respectful neighbor in Buenos Aires. But Klement was actually Adolf Eichmann, the executioner of “The Final Solution to the Jewish Question” in WWII. In 1960, Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped and taken to Jerusalem for the Nuremberg trial....
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What do soccer, steam trains, and the gramophone have in common? They're all innovations of the Victorian Age! This intriguing Spanish title teaches readers about England during the reign of Queen Victoria, and the new inventions and new ways of thinking that emerged. Students will build literacy and math content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled math readers featuring problem solving and real-world connections. This full-color book...
19) Gabo & Cinema
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It is said that Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez never allowed for a film adaptation of his singular masterpiece *One Hundred Years of Solitude*, arguably the most influential novel in any language of the second half of the twentieth century, to be produced. However, the prolific Colombian writer had strong ties to the movies. GABO & CINEMA is a commendable and well documented contribution to the general study of Gabriel García Márquez’s...
20) Elena
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In 1937, tens of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent were exterminated by the Dominican army, on the basis of anti-Black racism. Fast-forward to 2013, the Dominican Republic’s Supreme Court stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, retroactive to 1929, rendering more than 200,000 people stateless. Because of this ruling, Elena has lost her citizenship, and her family stands to lose their rightful access to legal...
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