Jaguar in the Library: The Story of the First Chicana Librarian, Paperback - Elizabeth Irene Martinez

Reducere. It is heart-felt cogitation of a sincere Latina library administrator who dedicated her professional life to providing services to the Hispanic pop...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Opal Irene SevreyIllustrator: Mildred WaltripA republication of the 1958 book by Irene Sevrey with illustrations by Mildred...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Elizabeth "betita" MartinezNamed the 2009 AAUP Best of the Best - Outstanding Book Distinction The history of Mexican Ameri...

The story of the rise of the Inkas and the building of the great city of Machu Picchu is described in this book. The city is as astonishing as were...

Reducere. In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war"...

Reducere. In 1620 an English ship called the Mayflower landed on the shores inhabited by the Pokanoket, and it was Squanto who welcomed the newcomers and tau...

Based on AASL/AECT standards and McREL benchmarks, each lesson plan includes standards, learning objectives, teaching directions, reproducible work...

Reducere. In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir became America's most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and ma...

Reducere. Compelling reading for anyone seeking the courage to make more conscious choices and live fully awake, The Necktie and The Jaguar is a memoir with ...

The unique relationship between dogs and humans has had huge evolutionary consequences, changing the physical, behavioral, genetic, and emotional c...

Synopsis: The United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) entrusted author James Robinson with tracking down the place where the ...

Reducere. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas was nineteen when her father took his family to live among the Bushmen of the Kalahari. Fifty years later, after a life o...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ruth HenningEpilogue by: Carol HenningA warm and funny memoir written from a Midwestern perspective, Ruth Henning shares th...

The definitive history of the Young British Artists movement, featuring extensive interviews with its key players.Illustrations: 29 Illustrations, ...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Publisher: Capstone Global Library LtdAuthor(s): Saadia FaruqiNumber of pages: 32Collection: YasminPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 149 x 228 x 12...

Reducere. DescriptionDid you know...The Chinese were the first civilization to introduce the concept of exams?The Indus Valley Civilization was perhaps the c...

The library saved her. Now she wants to save the library. The library is a sanctuary for some, a place for warmth for others and, on many occassion...

A short, compelling history of Black Britons during the First World War, for readers aged 8 to 12Publisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Stephen...

Reducere. Baseball has been called America's true melting pot, a game that unites us as a people. Issei Baseball is the story of the pioneers of Japanese Ame...

"Mark Miller's absurdist adventure, The Librarian at the End of the World is a satirical romp across America. Tracked by the NSA, Ramdas Bingaman a...

Reducere. Although bad eyesight kept him from receiving a commission in the U.S. Navy when he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933, Draper Kauffman becam...

Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Ho...

Reducere. Birthplace of the state's canned salmon industry and the cooperative extension movement, Wahkiakum County has a historic significance extending bey...

Reducere. Lillian Smith Book AwardsNorthern sympathizer in the Confederate capital, daring spymaster, postwar politician: Elizabeth Van Lew was one of the mo...

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Reducere. DescriptionAfter the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado Mission in the Navajo co...

The history of Jaguar, a rousing British success story!

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Reducere. Tootie Nienow's There Goes Patti McGee is an uplifting picture book biography of the first-ever professional female skateboarder and winner of the ...

The life and times of Hipparchia, one of the first female philosophersPublisher: SelfMadeHeroAuthor(s): Barbara StokIllustration(s): 4col illustrat...

On her centennial, a contemporary of Flannery O'Connor and Harper Lee joins the Library of America with a volume that restores to print her searing...

Reducere. On the cold, dark night of March 9, 1916, Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa-el jaguar-and his band of marauders crossed the border and raided the ...

DescriptionThe Jaguar D-type helped to establish the Coventry marque's place in Le Mans 24 Hours folklore, thanks to three successive victories bet...

Reducere. Elizabeth Blackwell's autobiographic history of the brave accomplishments of those who made the USA's medical profession accessible to women is ill...

Reducere. DescriptionA triumph of historical detective work, Crossing the Continent is the remarkable, never-before-told story of the first black explorer an...

Wife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII.

The strangely named First Aid Nursing Yeomanry traces its origins to the Great War.

Reducere. Ato hasn't visited his grandmother's house since he was seven. He's heard the rumors that she's a witch, and his mother has told him he must never ...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this landmark investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race.Pub...

Reducere. The first book-length study of women's involvement in the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, Chicana Power tells the powerful story of t...

Reducere. Here's the story of the Great Pyramid and the people who built it. In the author's telling, the Old Kingdom comes alive: a nation of farmers living...

In Pursuit of Jubilee is about a businessman who rose to the challenge and initiated an effort that would result in one of the largest discoveries ...

Reducere. As the popularity of women's basketball burgeons, Karra Porter reminds us in Mad Seasons that today's Women's National Basketball Association, or W...

Publisher: Lexington BooksAuthor(s): Anna KoustinoudiNumber of pages: 178Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 161 x 236 x 19Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

As the lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Quetzal and a scholar of Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, Martha Gonzalez is uniquely posit...

Publisher: Skyhorse PublishingAuthor(s): Jonathan H. WardIllustration(s): 2 16-page color insertsNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Reducere. Tilar J. Mazzeo, autora bestseller de The New York Times, nos presenta una historia inspiradora sobre la extraordinaria y apasionante vida de Irena...

An illustrated account of the historical city of Granada for the Anglophone world.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Elizabeth DraysonIllustration(s...