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Pasando páginas: la historia de mi vida
Par Lulu Delacre, Sonia Sotomayor. 2018
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 2-4Inmigración: las nuevas reglas : lo que debes saber para vivir y permanecer legalmente en Estados Unidos : una guía informativa de Univision
Par Univision, Armando A. Olmedo. 2017
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. 2017Pablo Escobar, mi padre: las historias que no deberíamos saber
Par Juan Pablo Escobar, Sebastián Marroquín. 2014
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. 2014La cacería: una historia de inmigración y violencia en Estados Unidos
Par Mirta Ojito. 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. 2014Breve historia de la Guerra Civil de los Estados Unidos (Breve historia)
Par Montserrat Huguet Santos. 2015
A succinct exploration of a seminal event in the history of the United States: the Civil War, which was fought…
from 1861 to 1865 and which defined the character of the young nation. Violence. Spanish language. 2015Details the life of Louis Zamperini (1917-2014), an Olympic athlete and World War II bombardier, who survived a plane crash…
and forty-seven days adrift at sea only to become a POW in Japan. Relates Zamperini's later religious awakening under Billy Graham's ministry. Violence. Spanish language. 2011A chronological and thematic exploration of influential military strategists and warfare, from the battle of Marathon in 490 AD to…
the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Includes profiles of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Frederick the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, Sim´on Bol´ivar, Mao Tse-tung, and Adolf Hitler. Spanish language. 2002Breve historia de la Primera Guerra Mundial, 1914-1918 (Colección Breve historia)
Par Álvaro Lozano, Varo Lozano, ÁLvaro Lozano Cutanda. 2011
Spanish historian provides an overview of the "Great War"--the first mechanized military conflict which resulted in the deaths of more…
than nine million soldiers and which produced widespread economic imbalances, social unrest, and increased ideological militancy at the outset of the twentieth century. Violence. Spanish language. 2011Mi mundo adorado
Par Sonia Sotomayor. 2013
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. 2013El arte de la guerra
Par Sun Tzu, Thomas Cleary, Sun-Tzu, Sunzi. 2012
Tratado clásico de dos mil años de edad recopilado por un filósofo guerrero chino que ofrece un análisis de la…
estrategia y la táctica, intercalado con comentarios. Traducido al español a partir de la versión en inglés por Thomas ClearyBreve historia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Par Jesús Hernández Martínez. 2009
Esta breve introducción a la Segunda Guerra Mundial destaca los principales acontecimientos y batallas que tuvieron lugar entre 1939 y…
1945. Incluye apéndices con los principales protagonistas de la guerra así como lugares de interés para visitar alrededor del mundo. Prólogo de Juan Antonio Cebrián. ViolenciaEl Arte de la estrategia
Par Carl Von Clausewitz. 2011
Tratado por el general prusiano del siglo diecinueve y renombrado teórico militar Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), extraída de su libro…
inacabado Sobre la guerra . Describe la esencia de la táctica y la estrategiaEl libro de los cinco anillos
Par Musashi Miyamoto. 2006
Tratado escrito por un duelista invicto y guerrero samurai de Japón del siglo diecisiete. Musashi expone sobre arte de la…
espada y la estrategia, describiendo la disciplina mental y física necesaria para derrotar a un adversario y hacer frente a múltiples desafíos con éxitoEn tiempos de guerra: la historia de un soldado
Par Ricardo S Sanchez. 2008
Sánchez, a United States Army lieutenant general and former commander of coalition forces in Iraq, provides a first-hand account of…
the conditions on the ground during the invasion of Iraq, as well as his assessment of America's global war on terror. Some violence and some strong language. Spanish language. 2008Querida dra. Polo: las cartas secretas de Caso Cerrado
Par Ana María Polo, Ana Maria Dra. Polo. 2010
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. 2010Alfombra voladora sobre Bagdad
Par Roser Berdagué, Hala Jaber. 2009
Jaber, a British Lebanese journalist covering the second Persian Gulf War in 2003, relates meeting two orphan girls and other…
wounded children whose experiences compel her to aid young victims of war. Translated from English. Some violence. Spanish language. 2009No hay silencio que no termine
Par Ingrid Betancourt. 2010
La política franco-colombiana Ingrid Betancourt recuerda su encarcelamiento brutal por las FARC desde 2002, cuando fue secuestrada mientras hacía campaña…
para la presidencia, hasta 2008, cuando el ejército engañó a sus captores. Describe su determinación de conservar su dignidad en circunstancias terribles. Lenguaje injurioso y descripciones de violenciaCautiva: testimonio de un secuestro (Atria Espanol Ser.)
Par Clara Rojas. 2009
Autobiographical account of Rojas's six years held captive by FARC rebels in Colombia's jungles. Describes her kidnapping with Ingrid Betancourt,…
the despair and anxiety of life on the run, relationships with other prisoners, her faith, and giving birth to her son while a hostage. Some violence. Spanish language. 2009Napoleón (Grandes biografías Series)
Par Manuel Giménez Saurina, Manuel Mas Franch, Manuel Gimenez Saurina. 2008
Life and times of the French emperor from his birth in 1768 to his death in exile in 1821. The…
author points out that although Napoleon has been characterized by historians as dictatorial and bellicose, he used his military genius to fight for the greatness of France. Spanish language. 2005Explains 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