Jackie Robinson

Describes the raid on an armory in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia by John Brown, an abolistionist, in 1859. In graphic novel format.

Healthy Habits is a collection of four stories featuring the Chiminis, fictitious characters that live in the forest and are as small as pine cones. In each story, one of the Chiminis has an adventure that highlights the importance of hygiene, a good diet, and exercise, and offers general health advice.

Written with sympathetic humor and compassion, this masterful portrait of upper-class decline made Ivan Goncharov famous throughout Russia on its publication in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russias dying aristocracya man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends, and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the activity necessary to participate in the real world, Oblomov manages to avoid...

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they're much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source biography focuses on the life and times of Junípero Serra, the Franciscan missionary who created missions that stretched from San Francisco to San Diego. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to ...

"Breve explicación del propósito y uso de este libro. Antes que nada, lo primero que debemos dejar bien claro es que este Libro no es, en modo alguno, un diccionario lingüístico. Esto, que a simple vista pareciera ser contradictorio, ciertamente no lo es, ya que ni por su forma ni por su contenido ha pretendido regirse por las normas o modelos tradicionales de los diccionarios que todos conocemos y usamos; y porque además, siendo radicalmente honestos, no ha sido escrito por alguien que pretenda asumirse como lingüista (por lo menos, no un lingüista como algunos que conocemos ), ni...