The story of a young man's adventure through South America which culminated in a year spent living and working in the mountains in northern Peru. An insight into the culture, history and geography of the continent as seen through the eyes of a lone gringo, travelling for experience.
This book discusses library services to Hispanic/Latino teens, highlighting best practices, examining relevant and responsive services and programs, and reframing existing approaches to serving this segment of the population. Latino teens within Generation Y or Generation Z are bilingual and bicultural. As such, these teenagers have varied characteristics that present unique conditions and challenges for librarians. Serving Latino Teens not only explains why providing targeted services to Latino teens is so critical, but it also shows librarians and teen providers exactly how to best reach this demographic. Author Salvador Avila, a noted expert and popular lecturer on providing library services to Latino and Spanish speaking-communities, offers ideas and strategies that can be easily duplicated. Grounded in empirical evidence, this book presents what research has indicated is important to teens, Latinos in particular; demonstrates how to incorporate relevant literature into your services; and describes the cultural, social, economic, psychological, technological, and sexual characteristics of this emerging population. This title will be immensely helpful to public and school librarians as well as social services providers who work with Latino teens and soon-to-be teens ages 11 through 18.
(abridged and revised) This reference grammar offers intermediate and advanced students a reason ably comprehensive guide to the morphology and syntax of educated speech and plain prose in Spain and Latin America at the end of the twentieth century. Spanish is the main, usually the sole official language of twenty-one countries,} and it is set fair to overtake English by the year 2000 in numbers 2 of native speakers. This vast geographical and political diversity ensures that Spanish is a good deal less unified than French, German or even English, the latter more or less internationally standardized according to either American or British norms. Until the 1960s, the criteria of internationally correct Spanish were dictated by the Real Academia Espanola, but the prestige of this institution has now sunk so low that its most solemn decrees are hardly taken seriously - witness the fate of the spelling reforms listed in the Nuevas normas de prosodia y ortograjia, which were supposed to come into force in all Spanish-speaking countries in 1959 and, nearly forty years later, are still selectively ignored by publishers and literate persons everywhere. The fact is that in Spanish 'correctness' is nowadays decided, as it is in all living languages, by the consensus of native speakers; but consensus about linguistic usage is obviously difficult to achieve between more than twenty independent, widely scattered and sometimes mutually hostile countries. Peninsular Spanish is itself in flux.
Claudette, es una chica del área de Burdeos que estudia en París. Conoce a Rubén, un joven cadete mexicano de la academia de la Asociación Internacional de Policía en Francia, AIPOL. Le cuenta la historia de la granja vitivinícola de su familia. Como su bisabuelo tiene que luchar contra los alemanes durante la Primera Guerra Mundial y su abuelo hace lo mismo 20 años después, en la Segunda Guerra Mundial contra la Alemania nazi de Hitler. Para después sucumbir durante la crisis del petróleo en 1973. Rubén sabe de una organización criminal internacional a gran escala que se dedica al robo, falsificación y venta fraudulenta de obras de arte desaparecidas. La historia, la ficción, el romance y la aventura, se funden en esta novela llena de intrigas y emoción, donde el lector se siente aprisionado desde la primera página.
Like most parents, Amy and Jeffrey Olrick left the hospital with their first child desperate to know, "What do we do?" But years of parenting three kids and Jeffrey's work as a child psychologist convinced them to ask a better question: "How shall I be with this new person?" In a culture obsessed with parenting formulas, it's easy to miss the fact that science and lived experience have proven that human development and thriving are a matter of relationship. Drawing on decades of psychological research, neuroscience, and their own experience as parents and people of faith, the Olricks present six relational needs for human growth that will transform the way you think about your child--and yourself. Together, the needs form a trustworthy compass to guide you and your child to a path of purpose and relational wholeness. For parents who feel pulled in a hundred directions, dizzied by the volume of clashing strategies, and jaded by the parenting programs that complicated their own childhoods, The 6 Needs of Every Child is a groundbreaking roadmap integrating the science of connection with practical tools. You'll be equipped with: An in-depth look at the six essentials your child needs to thrive Tools to use when you feel stuck The secret to secure connection with your child Self-assessment tools to discern your unique parenting style More than a parenting guide, this book is your invitation to break free from the myth of perfect parenting and embrace your child's long journey of growth. With insight, humor, and compassion, it calls parents to discover the power of being imperfectly present with their children, developing mental, emotional, and spiritual resilience that will sustain them for a lifetime.
Entre versos y vivencias, La Hija de Fela y Aladino relata la historia de una mujer puertorriqueña como tantas que nacieron y se criaron humildemente, bajo la pobreza. Cada palabra en ésta historia es la realidad de una mujer sin maldad. La Hija de Fela y Aladino pone al desnudo sus vivencias, sin parábolas, y de una manera poética, demostrando un infinito atractivo por la poesía y la literatura. Esta historia es la autobiografía de una mujer, su familia, y su pueblo, su pobreza, sus logros y sus desventuras.