Francisca Alvarez

Cynthia Ann Parkers family moved to Central Texas when she was about nine years old. A year later, a large force of Comanche warriors attacked Fort Parker and seized Cynthia Ann and four other captives. The other four were eventually released, but she lived among the Indians for 25 years, immersed in the Comanche way of life. Though given a number of opportunities to go back to her white family, she always chose her life with the Comanche, choosing instead to stay with her husband and children. She eventually returned to white society as an adult.

Es el verano de 1990 y Lucas Sastre, recién acabada la carrera de Arqueología y con pocas perspectivas laborales, recibe una misteriosa oferta de empleo. Supera pruebas psicológicas, de agudeza visual... Pronto descubre quién está detrás: el CESID, que quiere reclutarlo para su delegación en El Cairo. Una vez allí, bajo las órdenes de Julio Flores-Westenfarg, un agente bregado en mil batallas, Lucas se ve involucrado, casi a su pesar, en una operación secreta del gobierno español que tiene como objetivo conseguir acceso sin límites a los pozos de petróleo de un pequeño país...

Un completísimo álbum ilustrado sobre la vida y obra del escritor búlgaro Elias Canetti, premio Nobel de Literatura en 1981.

Go for the goal with this text, which examines fascinating female sports heroes who’ve proved to the world that gender is no barrier to athletic success. Readers will delight in learning about the lives of Mia Hamm, Wilma Rudolph, and the Williams sisters, as well as other important women who’ve broken barriers in sports. Readers will be inspired to pursue a career in athletics after learning about how others have achieved success in spite of great obstacles. The biographical nature of the text supports social studies curricula, and fact boxes and a comprehensive timeline provide...

A collection of words that turn into phrases, phrases that form verses, verses that make songs and songs that tell of adventures, jokes and mischief.