People And Places category: 11583 books

Cover of Confetti Girl
by Diana Lopez
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009

Apolonia "Lina" Flores is a sock enthusiast, a volleyball player, a science lover, and a girl who's just looking for answers. Even though her house is crammed full of books (her dad's a bibliophile), she's having trouble figuring out some very big questions, like why her dad seems to care...
Cover of Il libro della giungla
by Rudyard Kipling
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 22, 2017

Le infinite notizie che un lavoro di questo genere richiede costringono il compilatore a ricorrere alla generosità di specialisti, e gli mancherebbe qualsiasi titolo a tale loro generosità se non fosse disposto al riconoscimento più ampio possibile di quanto a loro egli deve. I suoi ringraziamenti...
Cover of Il gatto non fa miao
by Federico Bini
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 8, 2011

Duecento fatti per stupire, incuriosire, incantare, pensare e, perché no?, dubitare. Da qualunque parti lo si guardi, il mondo non è mai banale. Infatti... La neve non è bianca, un ragno può trascinare un aereo, le banane non nascono sugli alberi, è possibile vivere al tempo dei dinosauri,...
Cover of El valor de ser mujer

El valor de ser mujer

Testimonios de amores y desamores

by María Emilia Arciniegas, Carlos Alberto Garavito
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 1, 2014

El valor de ser mujer contiene los relatos de dieciséis mujeres que, a partir de sus experiencias, resuelven sus vidas de maneras increíblemente diferentes y con gran respeto hacia ellas mismas. Mujeres de todos los estratos y distintas edades, profesionales o sin educación, amadas o maltratadas,...
Cover of La tienda de los sueños

La tienda de los sueños

Un siglo de cuento fantástico mexicano

by Alberto Chimal, Amado Nervo, Elena Garro
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 15, 2016

La literatura vuelve realidad todo. Y así lo ha demostrado una innumerable cantidad de autores desde hace cientos de años. Aquí no encontrarás elfos, dragones ni niños magos con lentes y varitas, sino que te enfrentarás a encuentros con el Diablo, desapariciones inexplicables, personas duplicadas,...
Cover of Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

A Hero for Everyone

by Gary Soto
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2008

¡Viva la causa! ¡Viva César Chávez! Up and down the San Joaquin Valley of California, and across the country, people chanted these words. Cesar Chavez, a migrant worker himself, was helping Mexican Americans work together for better wages, for better working conditions, for better lives. No one...
Cover of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Young Black Poet

by Montrew Dunham
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008

Focuses on the early years of the well-known poet, Langston Hughes, whose writings reflect the everyday experiences of African Americans.
Cover of La Guerra Civil contada a los jóvenes
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 5, 2015

La Guerra Civil española contada de forma escueta, objetiva y rigurosa, sin clichés partidarios ni etiquetas fáciles, en textos de Arturo Pérez-Reverte e ilustrada de forma espléndida por Fernando Vicente. «Hace casi ochenta años, entre 1936 y 1939, en tiempos de nuestros abuelos y bisabuelos,...
Cover of Había una vez mexicanas que hicieron historia
by Pedro J. Fernández
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 8, 2019

Aguza el oído y sabrás los secretos de las mujeres más talentosas y temerarias, curiosas, rebeldes y emprendedoras de México, que se atrevieron a romper el molde. Desobedecer puede ser una buena idea. Ser ordenada siempre es lindo y poderoso, claro, pero salirse del huacal vuelve interesantes...
Cover of Who Was Amelia Earhart?
by Kate Boehm Jerome, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2002

Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific. From her early years to her mysterious 1937 disappearance while attempting a flight around the world, readers will find Amelia Earhart's life a fascinating story.
Cover of Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans
by Terry Deary
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012

Ruthless Romans reveals the grim goings-on of the greatest empire ever, from the terrible twins who founded Rome to the evil emperors who made murder into a sport. Read on for gory details about the cruel Colosseum and the people and animals who were massacred there... and find out how, if you upset them enough, the ruthless Romans would CRUCIFY you. Eeek!
Cover of Horrible Histories: Slimy Stuarts
by Terry Deary
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011

I bet you've never even heard of the Stuarts. They don't sound very terrible, do they? But you'll soon change your mind once you hear the sickening story which started when gibbering James I took the throne!
Cover of La historia del mundo en 25 historias
by Javier Alonso López
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 21, 2013

Veinticinco relatos cortos para revisitar de forma amena y divertida la historia universal. Descubre 25 emocionantes y divertidos relatos con los que te transportarás a los acontecimientos más importantes de la Historia Universal, desde el Paleolítico hasta la Edad Contemporánea. Empieza un emocionante viaje a través del tiempo. ¡No te lo pierdas!
Cover of Olivia, el bosque y las estrellas
by Nuria Santiago
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 20, 2015

La paz se fue del pueblo de Olivia cuando llegaron al bosque los hombres armados. El papá de Olivia quiso alzar la voz contra ellos y ahora no aparece. Será necesaria la cooperación de todos para detener a aquellos hombres. Esta novela cuenta cómo los más terribles problemas pueden tener solución si queda espacio para la esperanza y la solidaridad.
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