Junípero Serra: A Spanish Missionary

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...

Love story set in Madrid during the last days of the reign of Alfonso XIII. Isabel, an educated young woman from a pro-monarchy family meets Joaquín, whose background is very different. The author means to offer a complete and accurate picture of the ten turbulent years that determined the history of Spain in the twentieth century.

Todo el mundo lo sabe: en el mundo de Minecraft, los creeper explotan. Pero para Mervyn es más que eso. Lo único que quiere es ganar la prestigiosa competición anual de explosiones de creepers para que su padre esté orgulloso de él. Las presiones familiares y los rivales harán que las cosas no salgan exactamente tal como lo quiere este pequeño monstruo. En este divertido y único diario seréis testigos del intenso entrenamiento para convertirse en el mejor de todos.

Una guía para comprender mejor el misterio de la Eucaristía, que es el misterio del amor de Jesús por nosotros, hasta quedarse bajo la apariencia de pan. El misterio de la Eucaristía es algo muy grande y maravilloso que es necesario comprender bien. Con este libro podrás entender mejor y maravillarte del gran amor de Jesús, que quiso quedarse con nosotros bajo la apariencia de pan. También podrás leer algunos milagros eucarísticos que nos ayudan a creer en este hecho tan especial.

Christopher Columbus most likely wasn’t the person to discover the Americas. He wasn’t even the first European to do so! Despite that, his three trips to the Western Hemisphere led to many more European explorers heading in that direction. In this volume, readers familiar with Columbus’s travels on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria can learn who Columbus was beyond his travels. Supported by full-color and historic images, interesting main content turns what readers think they know about the life of Columbus on its head while expounding on an important period in the history of the world.