Resultados para "A" en América

Enjoy stories about knits, nets, ropes, spooky stories northern Labrador and more in this edition of Them Days magazine, recorded for a modern audiobook audience...

Los dos grandes imperios precolombinos del Nuevo Mundo, el azteca en México y el Inca en Perú, han caídos en manos hispanas, América ha dejado de ser una tierra de promesas. España ya es dueña y señora de enormes extensiones de tierra, de millones de súbditos indígenas y de inmensas remesas de oro y plata que regularmente llegan a sus costas desde el otro lado del océano. El sueño de Colón se ha cumplido espléndidamente.

It is time to focus on what the United States has gotten right in the pursuit of liberty in the last 250 years since the nation’s founding. Two beliefs undergird America’s experiment in liberty, and they are articulated in the Declaration of Independence. The book “We Hold These Truths”...

La obra de España en el Nuevo Mundo es aún muy desconocida, pese a que el sorprendente descubrimiento de un continente hasta entonces ignoto revolucionó la realidad geográfica y el orden vigente del mundo medieval. El fruto más relevante de esa obra es el nacimiento de un nuevo espacio cultural, la Civilización Hispánica, 600 millones de personas que comparten una misma sangre mestiza, así como unas comunes lengua, religión, cultura y costumbres, y que se extiende sobre España, Iberoamérica y los Estados Unidos.

Sydstaternes historie af Jeppe Wedel Nielsen er det første gennemførte værk på dansk om Amerikas sydstaters historie. Del 1 dækker fra de første mennesker kom til området 15.000 f.kr. og frem til den amerikanske revolution år 1783. I Sydstaternes historie gennemgås områdets...

Voimaa ja viisautta pohjoisen luonnon eläinmyyteistä. Millaisia tarinoita esivanhempamme kertoivat karhusta, sudesta, ketusta ja linnuista? Miksi saukkoa pidettiin noidan ja tietäjän apulaisena? Myyttiset eläimet -kirja kertoo 40 Suomen luonnossa esiintyvästä eläinlajista ja niihin...

A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Southwestern ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world. Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened—and still do happen—in the collective back yard of the...

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty-eight creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Pennsylvania. Set in the Keystone State’s big cites, rural communities, rugged mountains, and vast woodlands, the stories in this...

Pull up a chair or gather 'round the campfire and get ready for thirty-four creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past! Virginia folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S.E. Schlosser and through...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In 1893, a New York lawyer named Ingersoll Lockwood published a children's adventure novel about a wealthy, precocious boy who lived in a place called Castle Trump and was guided by a mentor known only as "Don." It sold modestly and was forgotten for...

大国の野望と戦火に翻弄されたバルト海の小さな港町が、いかにして灰燼の中から立ち上がり、世界最高峰の北欧デザインと高福祉を誇る美しい首都へと変貌を遂げたのか、息を呑むような都市史のドラマが展開します。...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY THE GLOBE AND MAIL CBC CHATELAINE QUILL & QUIRE THE HILL TIMES POP MATTERS A bold and profound meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and...

A searing and revelatory account of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls of Highway 16, and an indictment of the society that failed them. For decades, Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been found murdered along an isolated stretch of highway in northwestern British...

En enero de cierto año, el historiador colombiano Roberto Alvarado llega al Archivo General de Indias de Sevilla respondiendo a una llamada de una colega: entre papeles sin catalogar de una donación de Extremadura, hay un manuscrito encuadernado en cuero con daños de humedad, sin autor en la primera página, sin número de acceso. Pero en las primeras líneas el autor se identifica con la brevedad del hombre que no espera necesitar presentación: yo, fray Bartolomé, obispo que fue de Chiapa. Bartolomé de las Casas tenía ochenta años cuando comenzó a escribir lo que pudo haber sido su obra final.

What is honor? How does someone show resourcefulness? What does it mean to be patient, forgiving, or brave? When it comes to understanding and developing character traits, biographical stories are a powerful tool. Powerful not only because they so effectively illustrate virtues but also because your young reader doesn't feel preached at. These 10 stories are engrossing! - Instead of being told, "You should be dependable," they will read about medic Cecil Breeden who unflinchingly administered medical care to wounded soldiers on Omaha Beach amidst heavy German fire on D-Day.

Murder on the Inside tells the harrowing story of a prison in crisis against the backdrop of a pivotal moment in the history of human rights. Occurring just months before the uprising at Attica Prison, the Kingston riot has remained largely undocumented, and few have known the details—yet the tense drama chronicled here is more relevant today than ever. A gripping account of the standoff and the efforts for justice and reform it inspired, Murder on the Inside is essential listening for our times.

Ante la dimisión del gobernador Francisco García, el realista Mateo de Toro y Zambrano tomó interinamente el mando. Su gobierno, que llegó en el clímax de las ideas de libertad producto de la Ilustración, tuvo que enfrentar a la dura divergencia política que se vivía en la metrópoli, Presionado, Toro y Zambrano hubo de acceder en septiembre de 1810 a convocar un cabildo abierto para decidir sobre el futuro político del país. Nadie imaginaba que ese sería el comienzo de la independencia del país.

Niagara is rich with fascinating stories, from daredevils to heroics. From the horrors during the War of 1812, to murder, to technological innovation and the birth of the modern tourist industry, Niagara has seen it all.

The Four Heavens brings to life the cultural and visual splendor of the ancient Maya, drawing on the oldest indigenous texts of the Americas and the latest archaeological discoveries to present an entirely new history of this spectacular civilization. Renowned historian and archaeologist David Stuart, who has made groundbreaking contributions to the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphics, shows how there was no single rise and fall of the Maya but a series of births and collapses over a breathtaking span of nearly three millennia.

Tales of hauntings, strange happenings and other local lore throughout the Palmetto state!...