Fidel Castro's Cuba. 2nd Edition (Dictatorships)
by Rita J Markel
Leading Lives Che Guevara (Leading Lives)
"Leading Lives" covers key leaders in history and explores their lives and achievements. Each book examines the person's early years, studies and interests, professional life, low points, and considers the links between that individual and the history and events of the time. An underlying teme is whether an individual can change the course of history.
Exploring the Life, Myth, and Art of South America (Civilizations of the World)
by Tony Allan
Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
by MS Margarita Engle
Augusto Pinochet's Chile, 2nd Edition (Dictatorships)
by Diana Childress
Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask
by Anton Treuer
From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young readers alike. Ranging from "Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?" to "Why is it called a 'traditional Indian fry bread taco'?" to "What's it like for natives who don't look native?" to "Why are Indians so often imagined rather than understood?", and beyond, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But We...
Ezequiel Mora y sus andanzas, continua el camino (Aventuras Y Riesgo, #2)
by Xyan Xoce
In 1914, the world celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, which connected the world's two largest oceans and signaled America's emergence as a global superpower. It was a miracle, this path of water where a mountain had stood--and creating a miracle is no easy thing. Thousands lost their lives, and those who survived worked under the harshest conditions for only a few silver coins a day. From the young "silver people" whose back-breaking labor built the Canal to the denizens of the endange...
Fourteen-year-old Mateo and other Caribbean islanders face discrimination, segregation, and harsh working conditions when American recruiters lure them to the Panamanian rain forest in 1906 to build the great canal.
The Pirates of the West Indies in 17th Century
by Clarence Henry Haring
Hurricane Dancers (Pura Belpre Honor Books - Author (Narrative))
by MS Margarita Engle
The Spanish Conquest of Mexico, 2nd Edition (Pivotal Moments in History)
by Sylvia A. Johnson