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Author of La vida secreta de los árboles (DB 84982) provides his observations of animal behavior. Examines the emotions perceived…
in mammals, birds, insects, and other creatures. Translated from the original 2016 German-language edition. Spanish language. 2017
La primera latina en la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor recuerda la influencia formativa de los libros…
en su vida. Ella explora cómo su amor por la literatura le proporcionó la inspiración para realizar sus sueños. Para grados 2-4
El chef hispano-estadounidense José Andrés reflexiona sobre sus esfuerzos de socorro en Puerto Rico después del huracán María en 2017.…
Acreditado con la mitigación de una crisis humanitaria, Andrés y su organización benéfica supervisaron la preparación de 100,000 comidas diarias para el pueblo puertorriqueño. Prólogo por Lin-Manuel Miranda y Luis A. Miranda, Jr. Traducido del inglés
A concise guide by an attorney and a journalist that clearly explains various topics related to legal immigration to the…
United States--including citizenship, residency, and the responsibilities and rights of immigrants. Spanish language. 2017
Forester shares his observations as well as research by others into the networked nature of trees and forests. Discusses communication…
between trees, the life cycle of an organic forest versus one planted, and the interaction of trees with their greater environment. Translated from the original German edition. Spanish language. 2016
An intimate portrait of the Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar Gaviria (1949-1993), written by his son, revealing the side that…
his father presented to his family, while exploring the violence that he engendered in his country and the world. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2014
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explores the 2008 murder of thirty-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue, New York. Killed by a…
group of teenagers, Lucero became a symbol of a broken immigration system, intolerance, and bigotry focused on foreigners in the United States. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2014
Memoir of United States Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954). Recalls growing up with her Puerto Rican family in…
the Bronx and being diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. Discusses her family life, education at Princeton and Yale, and becoming a district court judge in 1992. Spanish language. 2013
Letters sent to attorney and famed Latin American television judge Ana María Polo that were deemed too explicit or controversial…
to air on her show "Caso Cerrado." Includes Polo's advice on relationship and legal issues. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2010
Conservationist presents evidence that humans are responsible for climate change through increasing fossil-fuel use and other environmentally unsound activities. Flannery…
points to phenomena such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and frequent extremes of weather, and predicts their future effects on global climate. Spanish language. 2006
Explains how laws are made in the United States, the difference between federal and state laws, the difference between civil…
and criminal law, how the judicial system works, how contracts are made, and how the legal system affects all areas of daily life. Spanish language. 2006
Explains what a child-support order is and discusses measures that can be taken to collect child support. Includes information on…
how to establish paternity, calculate payments, maintain or change child-support orders, and deal with enforcement agencies. Spanish language. 2007
Dos abogados de inmigración enseñan las maneras de obtener visas para entrar en Estados Unidos. Describen visas de inmigrante y…
no inmigrante, visas para visitantes, visas de estudiante, visas de trabajo, y visas por vínculos familiares. También presenta información sobre formularios de visas y dónde conseguirlos
Explains the Chinese art of living in harmony with the earth. Describes activating the energies of the chi to improve…
one's environment and gain success and happiness in life. Discusses the application of feng shui in ordering personal lives and structuring living spaces. Spanish language. 2000
Immigration lawyer provides updated information for legal immigration to the United States. Includes instructions for obtaining visas, green cards, and…
citizenship. Explains what helps and hinders the process, when a lawyer is needed, how interviews are conducted, and where to get more information. Spanish language. 2005
Author recalls an encounter from her teenage years when a baby gray whale followed her during a long-distance training swim…
along the California coast. Describes communicating with the calf she called Grayson and battling fatigue, fifty-five-degree water, and dehydration to protect him until he was reunited with his mother. Spanish language. 2007
A Hispanic lawyer reviews and explains the most important aspects of immigration to the United States, ranging from simple tourist…
visas to the detailed requirements of residence, citizenship, and procedures to bring relatives into the U.S. Includes information on the most recent laws and lists agencies administering immigration. Spanish language
Advice on how noncitizens can legally enter or stay in the United States. Covers immigration categories, application for visas, quotas,…
family members of immigrants, legal recourses, and other relevant topics. Spanish language
Presents in Spanish the requirements for U.S. citizenship and offers, in Spanish and English, summaries on the history and government…
of the United States, including samples of questions that are asked in citizenship examinations. Also includes bilingual texts of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States. Spanish language
The British naturalist undertook an eight-month-long expedition to Argentina to search out rare animal species. He describes with humor and…
insight the curious animals and interesting people he encountered along the way. Spanish language