El Largo Camino A Casa

In the 2015 spring semester, the Patrick/Hernandez Sophomore class embarked upon a journey. A journey to discover what drives people to move. Focusing on U.S./Latin-American immigration during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, students were exposed to an array of perspectives and policies. Combining Spanish and Humanities, language and culture; preconceptions were challenged and minds opened. Forming groups, students selected a Latin-American country and attempted to get inside the mind of those affected by immigration. Often victims of more powerful forces, the immigrant's story is rarely told. Through works of fiction, students revealed why immigrants leave their homeland, what they experience on their journey, and how their life is altered once in the U.S. A fourth group member operated as a wildcard, selecting a perspective that fascinated them.

* WINNER of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work * Alice Walker, author of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple—“an American novel of permanent importance” (San Francisco Chronicle)—crafts a bilingual collection that is both playfully imaginative and intensely moving. Presented in both English and Spanish, Alice Walker shares a timely collection of nearly seventy works of passionate and powerful poetry that bears witness to our troubled times, while also chronicling a life well-lived. From poems of painful self-inquiry, to celebrating the simple beauty of baking frittatas, Walker offers us a window into her magical, at times difficult, and liberating world of activism, love, hope and, above all, gratitude. Whether she’s urging us to preserve an urban paradise or behold the delicate necessity of beauty to the spirit, Walker encourages us to honor the divine that lives inside all of us and brings her legendary free verse to the page once again, demonstrating that she remains a revolutionary poet and an inspiration to generations of fans.

«El comandante Amberson había hecho una fortuna en 1873, cuando otra gente estaba perdiendo la suya, y ahí empezó la magnificencia de los Amberson». Así empieza Los magníficos Amberson, la obra maestra y segunda entrega de su aclamada trilogía Growth, que ha sido llevada al cine y a la televisión en numerosas ocasiones. La familia Amberson es la más poderosas y rica del lugar y el joven George Amberson Minafer, nieto del patriarca, es terriblemente consentido por su madre Isabel. Arrogante hasta la indecencia, seguro de su posición y valor y totalmente ignorante de los sentimientos de los demás, George se enamora en un baile de Lucy Morgan, una joven hermosa, pero también sensible e inteligente. A medida que el pueblo se convierte en una ciudad industrial, la riqueza de los Amberson mengua y crece la de los Morgan gracias al ingenio del padre de Lucy, George se enterará inevitablemente de la vieja historia de amor entre su madre y el padre de ella. Para salvar el buen nombre de su familia George decide interponerse entre ellos. Su ataque a Morgan significará renunciar a Lucy para siempre y, lo que es aún peor, la destrucción de su mundo. La historia tiene lugar en un ficticio Indianapolis y describe el crecimiento de los Estados Unidos a través del ascenso y declive de la familia Amberson durante tres generaciones, entre el final de la Guerra Civil y la primera parte del siglo XX, un período de industrialización creciente que produjo numerosos cambios en la sociedad y economía americana. El declive de los Ambersons contrasta con las nuevas fortunas de los grandes industriales y otras familias acaudaladas, cuyo poder no surge de su apellido sino de su actividad.

Balance is lost throughout the kingdom when the whimsical King, overcome by impatience, decides to plant the wrong type of tree in the Royal Gardens, ignoring the cautious advice of his wisest counsellors. As havoc spreads across the land an absurd, and at times comical, battle unfolds where nature plays its part alongside humans and other beings. This deeply symbolic tale, to be enjoyed by children and adults alike, provides an allegory on the inner struggle of humankind. It is a reflection on how our lack of internal clarity has generated much of the chaos and environmental degradation we see in the world today. Based on an original story published in South America in 1998, this new bilingual edition presents some minor corrections to the Spanish version along with an excellent translation to English. Students will also find in it a valuable tool, alternating between both languages by simply flipping the book over.

Children's Storybook Features: • 32 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches • Ages 4-8, PreK-Grade 3 Level Readers, Lexile 570L • Simple, easy-to-read pages with vibrant illustrations • Features side-by-side bilingual text to develop vocabulary • Includes after-reading crafts, writing prompts, and comprehension questions The Magic Of Reading: Introduce your child to the world of literature with this inspiring folktale, Day It Rained Buñelos. This 32-page book features striking illustrations and bilingual text to create a love for reading in two languages. Hands On Learning: A poor man comes across a treasure of lost thieves’ gold. FInd out how his clever wife outwits him to give the two of them a better life in this tale of teaching morals! Bilingual Learning: More than just an enticing folktale, this children’s book features side-by-side bilingual text in English and Spanish, as well as many before and after-reading activities like crafts, comprehension questions, and writing prompts. Leveled Reading: This early reading book engages preschoolers to third graders with leveled reading text, while telling an enlightening story that fosters reading comprehension and teaches new vocabulary in two languages. Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.

"The first extensive monograph for Brazilian artist and activist Maria Thereza Alves, and the subject of her solo show at the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporneo in Seville (2015), The Long Road to Xico gathers more than 20 projects made between 1991 and 2015. The publication includes several rare works in the United States and Brazil and an early participant in discourses around post-colonialism and ecology. Includes essays by the editor, Pedro de Llano, and TJ Demos, internationally recognized professor of art and visual culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of Decolonizing Nature: Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology (2016)."--Amazon.