La Gente y la Cultura (the People and Culture of Latin America)

The values and traditions of Mexicans at home, school, and work are explored as well as how life differs in urban and rural settings.

Presents the life story of the Mexican-American labor leader who helped achieve justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.

Mientras haya hombres y mujeres dispuestos a entregar la vida por amor al evangelio, ninguna nacion sera inaccesible. Adoniram Judson - primer misionero estadounidense en el extranjero - anhelaba llevar las Buenas Nuevas de salvacion a la sombria tierra de Birmania. Su anhelo se vio cumplido, pero a que precio. Adoniram sobrevivio a la inanicion, al encarcelamiento y a la tortura - tanto en tierra firme como en alta mar - para acabar siendo testigo de la muerte de sus seres queridos. A pesar de la afliccion y la depresion, Adoniram Judson completo la que hasta el dia de hoy continua siendo la ...

When we look up at the night sky you can see millions of stars, but what do you think we could see in space if we left Earth? If we could hop into a special ship and blast off, traveling billions of miles away from Earth, we’d see the Milky Way galaxy. In this book, readers take an incredible journey through that galaxy, exploring the universe and learning how it was formed and what will one day happen to these enormous groups of stars. From mysterious dark matter to the black holes at the center of galaxies, readers will also dive into the mysteries of the universe scientists have spent...