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Christopher Columbus most likely wasn’t the person to discover the Americas. He wasn’t even the first European to do so! Despite that, his three trips to the Western Hemisphere led to many more European explorers heading in that direction. In this volume, readers familiar with Columbus’s travels on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria can learn who Columbus was beyond his travels. Supported by full-color and historic images, interesting main content turns what readers think they know about the life of Columbus on its head while expounding on an important period in the history of the world.

MODELS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN SOCIAL EDUCATION AND SOCIO CULTURAL ANIMATION - Practical applications - This book tries to combine the reflection on a concrete methodology, and its practical application to the ambience of the social field. The author wants to harmonize in this way, “knowledge” with “the knowledge to do” and invites us and to involve the heart as well as our intelligence in the work that we carry out. The book offers valuable guides and it provides hints to carry out quality research.

Some civil rights figures are household names, while others struggle to get their stories told. This biography details the life and activism of Sylvia Mendez, who helped desegregate California schools in the 1940s in the landmark federal case, Mendez v. Westminster. Latino students, scholars of social justice, and anyone who is inspired by underdog stories will find this highly engaging account of change compelling and informative, including its helpful timeline and historical imagery. Students will be engaged and inspired by a story that has gotten its due as more than a mere historical...

Para celebrar el 20o aniversario de la publicación de Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal, este libro, que cubre miles de años de historia de la magia, invita a los lectores a emprender un viaje hechizante por el plan de estudios de Hogwarts.Desde Cuidado de Criaturas Mágicas hasta Herbología, pasando por Defensa Contra las Artes Oscuras, Astronomía, Adivinación y muchas asignaturas más. Prepárate para maravillarte con piezas formidables procedentes de los archivos de la Biblioteca Británica, así como bocetos y páginas manuscritas de J.K. Rowling e increíbles...