Stephen F. Austin: El padre de Texas (The Father of Texas)

Stephen F. Austin grew up to become known as the Father of Texas. Readers can learn about his interesting and incredible life in this appealing biography that has been translated into Spanish and highlights both Austin's life and Texas history. Through vivid images and illustrations, supportive text, an accommodating glossary and index, and fascinating facts, readers will learn about Texas pioneers, the empresario system, Freemasons, and how Austin became such an important figure in Texas history.

In the 1500s, European explorers arrived in Texas in search of gold and glory. The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive. Readers get to discover early Texas history in this fascinating nonfiction book that uses colorful images, intriguing facts, supportive text, and an accommodating glossary, index, and table of contents to introduce readers to various explorers such as Christopher Columbus, Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, and La Salle. Children will be excited and engaged as they read through to also learn about the many American Indian tribes of the past, including the...

Una novela histórica para entender las causas y las consecuencias de la Revolución francesa. María Antonieta, princesa de Austria, llega al palacio de Versalles con tan solo catorce años para casarse con el futuro rey de Francia. Esta unión servirá para que Francia y Austria neutralicen el ascenso de la vecina Prusia y la expansión de Inglaterra. Mientras tanto, Batián y Lucile, de clase social baja, luchan cada día para sobrevivir con escasos recursos en el París del siglo XVIII de grandes desigualdades sociales. La Revolución francesa se está fraguando y el Antiguo Régimen...

A charming picture book features a busy little bird flying back and forth, carrying twigs to the cherry tree.

Recounts the life of the Puerto Rican baseball star from his childhood poverty to his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and discusses his humanitarian efforts, his untimely death, and his contributions to the sport.

El Tarot del Inconsciente Anónimo es el último libro de Leopoldo María Panero, una visión profunda y tenebrosamente poética del mundo de los Arcanos y los símbolos del inconsciente. Cada Arcano -reproducido a todo color en el interior del libro y editado también aparte como baraja- va acompañado de un Poema, de una Descripción y una Interpretación. Se trata, pues, de un trabajo poético y una guía donde afloran los temas herméticos recurrentes en la obra de Panero: la alquimia, la magia, el psicoanálisis, la homosexualidad, la locura, la muerte...