The New York Times Guide for Immigrants to New York City


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Introducing a vital resource to help with the sometimes bewildering experience of settling in America's biggest city: The New York Times Guide for Immigrants in New York City. Filled with insights and advice from experts as well as inspirational stories from earlier immigrants, it answers common questions about health care, housing, employment and education, providing helpful referrals to the city's leading immigration support groups. Produced in collaboration with the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, The New York Times Guide for Immigrants in New York City has advice for English, Spanish and Chinese-speaking people, all in one street-savvy, user-friendly volume.




Memorias de Un Inmigrante


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Es, sencillamente la historia de mi vida, trascurrida desde los años 50'con una niñes llena de travesuras, alegria y extrabagancias de la época, y con una adolecencia truncada por querer entrar al mundo de los mayores, y pretender ser" Grande"etapa vivida con el machismo y la injusticia de la Sociedad de la época, a pesar de los ostaculos que la vida da, haber podido absorber los buenos consejos de esa Abuela cascarrabia, y los buenos momentos con el cura de mi Iglesia de origen, y con todo lo bueno qué este lindo pais tiene. Principalmente por el amor de mi esposa, hemos podido formar una familia, con amor, respeto y dignidad de ser Latino. Tratamos de pasar a nuestros descendientes la felicidad de la Vida qué es simplemente El Amor, sin el nunca hubieramos logrado la familia que hoy tenemos y de nuestro dia Miercoles "Dia de Familia". Angelo Alfaro Sr.




¿UNA GUÍA ESPIRITUAL RESPETA LOS PRECEPTOS BIBLICOS?


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Desde mi conversión al cristianismo, hace ya más de 30 años, he sido testigo de la confusión que existe entre los miembros de las iglesias pentecostales que, a pesar de compartir una misma denominación, siguen presentando marcadas diferencias en lo que predican y en la forma en que guían a sus miembros. Al ser muchas de ellas organizaciones religiosas independientes, es decir, que no tienen afiliación a una organización global que los dirija, regule y/o supervise; cada líder religioso maneja su iglesia a su manera, aparentemente, sin una guía de ética cristiana que permita asesorar a sus congregados en base al pensamiento de Dios.




Guía para padres y maestros de niños bilingües


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This is a practical introduction to bilingualism answering the questions most frequently asked by parents and teachers on raising and educating bilingual children. Both authors draw on their academic expertise and ample field experience to provide straightforward answers, which contemplate multiple types of bilingual families and diverse societal conditions.




Handbook of Easy Languages in Europe


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The Handbook of Easy Languages in Europe describes what Easy Language is and how it is used in European countries. It demonstrates the great diversity of actors, instruments and outcomes related to Easy Language throughout Europe. All people, despite their limitations, have an equal right to information, inclusion, and social participation. This results in requirements for understandable language. The notion of Easy Language refers to modified forms of standard languages that aim to facilitate reading and language comprehension. This handbook describes the historical background, the principles and the practices of Easy Language in 21 European countries. Its topics include terminological definitions, legal status, stakeholders, target groups, guidelines, practical outcomes, education, research, and a reflection on future perspectives related to Easy Language in each country. Written in an academic yet interesting and understandable style, this Handbook of Easy Languages in Europe aims to find a wide audience.




The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Frases Inglesas


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English phrases for Spanish speakers, pronto! A handy reference of common English words and phrases, this is a must-have for Spanish-speaking U.S. residents and visitors alike. Perfect for traveling, shopping, seeking medical attention, filling out forms, sports and entertainment, reading signs, visiting employment, social security, immigration, and post offices, meeting Americans, renting an apartment, getting a driver's license, finding a job, buying groceries, and so much more that new English speakers can find overwhelming.







Border Transgression


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This volume addresses processes of human mobility in times of crisis from different scientific perspectives and at a global and trans-regional level. The first part sets out to discuss established paradigms in migration studies and politics in order to suggest new approaches to analyse mobility, migration and to challenge boundary making approaches. The second part presents empirical cases from Latin America and Spain to demonstrate how migrants challenge, negotiate and mobilize citizenship and belonging. The third part deals with the question how belonging is produced and identity is constructed at a transnational level. New information and communication technologies, human mobility but also the mobility of concepts, ideas and values foster these collectivization processes across and within physical and symbolic borders.




Feeding Ground (Spanish)


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A new nightmare plagues the Mexico-Arizona border. A famine caused by Blackwell Industries drives Diego Busqueda, a noble coyote, to lead a band of Mexican border crossers across the unforgiving Devil's Highway, a desert cursed with blistering days and deadly nights. Back home, Diego's daughter, Flaca, discovers that something hungrier prowls the factory fields. Stalked and persecuted, can the Busqueda family maintain their dreams of immigration or will the unspeakable horrors of the desert tear them apart? On the Feeding Ground, there is no freedom without sacrifice. Available in English and Spanish editions.




The Only Road


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PURA BELPRÉ HONOR BOOK ALA NOTABLE BOOK “An important, must-have addition to the growing body of literature with immigrant themes.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous and life-changing journey from his home in Guatemala to live with his older brother in the United States in this “powerful and timely” (Booklist, starred review) middle grade novel. Jaime is sitting on his bed drawing when he hears a scream. Instantly, he knows: Miguel, his cousin and best friend, is dead. Everyone in Jaime’s small town in Guatemala knows someone who has been killed by the Alphas, a powerful gang that’s known for violence and drug trafficking. Anyone who refuses to work for them is hurt or killed—like Miguel. With Miguel gone, Jaime fears that he is next. There’s only one choice: accompanied by his cousin Ángela, Jaime must flee his home to live with his older brother in New Mexico. Inspired by true events, The Only Road is an individual story of a boy who feels that leaving his home and risking everything is his only chance for a better life. The story is “told with heartbreaking honesty,” Booklist raved, and “will bring readers face to face with the harsh realities immigrants go through in the hope of finding a better, safer life, and it will likely cause them to reflect on what it means to be human.”