El Marques de Lafayette (The Marquis de Lafayette)

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source biography focuses on the life and times of Junípero Serra, the Franciscan missionary who created missions that stretched from San Francisco to San Diego. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need...

While the Great Depression was indisputably a difficult period in American history, it did lead to certain developments that we still benefit from today. One for the most significant examples of this is Social Security, which helps a whole generation of retired Americans. The book offers a concise description of the Great Depression, including analysis of its causes and its effects. Chapters focus on different aspects of the period, including culture, the arts, and science and technology. The dynamic design displays images of posters and experiences from the Depression era. This informative,...

Kids love to cook, and the rise of celebrity chefs has made them even more interested in the culinary arts. This fun book explains how master chefs are made and offers advice for young cooks.

"In search of "Don Quixote" from other side of the estimate that there are no gaps between the various fields of knowledge and literary productions that are specific manifestations of a global representation system historically determined. So, it seemed necessary to put Don Quixote in its various circumstances, linking it to the contexts under which it has set, especially regarding attitudes and references involved, not to mention the cultural particularities that arise in him, both scholarly and popular. Hence, the approaches used, of a historical, anthropological and literary, to go for the ...