Todos Somos Diferentes (We Are All Different)

The Underground Railroad was the massive effort by slaves and free people to secretly bring thousands of blacks to freedom in the North during the 19th century. This thought-provoking book will capture readers’ imaginations and fill them with awe for the brave “conductors” and “passengers” on the Railroad. They’ll learn about the many safe havens, called “depots,” that housed fugitives and the secret passages within them that hid slaves from their pursuers. Information about the American Civil War and the Fugitive Slave Act, biographies of figures vital to the Underground Railroad,...

Un travesti ha sido asesinado y su cuerpo aparece con el rostro desfigurado. Quizá otra víctima anónima para el registro de crímenes sin resolver. Pero el comisario veneciano Guido Brunetti, obedeciendo a su infalible instinto, descubre que ese hombre vestido de mujer es Leonardo Mascari, director del Banco de Verona y respetable ciudadano en Venecia. Podría ser un simple caso de doble vida para uno que frecuentaba los circuitos de prostitutas y travestidos, pero los indicios delatan que hay algo más en esta nueva e intrigante historia de Donna Leon. Su personaje, el comisario Brunetti, ...

A 2014 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration showed that 8.7 million youths ages twelve to twenty reported drinking alcohol beyond “just a few sips” in the previous month. Those who start drinking before age fifteen are five times more likely to become dependent on alcohol than those who begin at twenty-one. This resource shows young people how to help a friend who is abusing alcohol. It arms them with facts about alcohol, how it affects the teen mind and body, how to look for signs of a problem, and how to bring others on board to help.

Ricardo the pack rat has collected so much stuff that his rat hole is full. Includes facts about pack rats.