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.

¿Quién dijo que las mujeres no eran exploradoras? Todos conocemos el nombre de algún pirata famoso, o de un astronauta que haya llegado al espacio, pero...¿y las mujeres? Muchas lo petaron en sus viajes o inventaron máquinas con las que alcanzaron nuevos hitos. Aquí podrás encontrar a 25 superaventureras que cambiaron el mundo y demostraron su poder. Muchas de ellas han tenido un papel decisivo en nuestra historia y nunca lo hemos sabido, pero ahora ha llegado el momento de homenajearlas y decir en voz alta que¡las chicas van donde quieren! ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Whoever said that women...

Award-winning author Jorge Argueta treats young readers to a bilingual recipe/poem for the classic Latin American version of rice pudding with cinnamon. From sprinkling the rice into the pot to adding a waterfall of white milk followed by cinnamon sticks, salt stars, and sugar snow, Argueta’s recipe is both easy to follow and poetic. Lively illustrations by highly acclaimed Brazilian artist Fernando Vilela feature an enthusiastic young cook who finds no end of joy in making and then slurping up the rice pudding with his family. In Argueta’s world, cooking not only satisfies hunger with...

From Basic Information About Air Pressure To Cloud Formations, This Book Goes On To Explain Violent Weather Conditions And How To Prepare For Them. Also Talks About The Earth's Changing Weather Patterns And Climates And What Role We Play In Those Changes.

Concebido y desarrollado por el filósofo y psicoterapeuta Umberto Galimberti, y escrito por Anna Vivarelli, el objetivo de este libro es que los chicos y chicas aprendan a conocer y manejar sus emociones, de forma que estas no les sobrepasen ni les arrastren sin darse cuenta a situaciones en las que no se reconocen a sí mismos.