Author : Margarita Del Mazo
Publisher : Cuento de Luz
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 36,52 MB
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8416147019
Winner at the 2016 Gellet Burgess Award - Society & Culture This is a tale all about how important it is to shine as brightly as you can, with the light that we all carry within us and makes us unique. Guided Reading Level: L, Lexile Level: 640L
Author : Duncan Tonatiuh
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 20,3 MB
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1683356195
The incredible story of one man’s fight for Mexican-American civil rights, from award-winning picture book creator Duncan Tonatiuh A 2020 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book! José de la Luz Sáenz (Luz) believed in fighting for what was right. Though born in the United States, Luz often faced prejudice because of his Mexican heritage. Determined to help his community, even in the face of discrimination, he taught school—children during the day and adults in the evenings. When World War I broke out, Luz joined the army, as did many others. His ability to quickly learn languages made him an invaluable member of the Intelligence Office in Europe. However, Luz found that prejudice followed him even to war, and despite his efforts, he often didn’t receive credit for his contributions. Upon returning home to Texas, he joined with other Mexican American veterans to create the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), which today is the largest and oldest Latinx civil rights organization. Using his signature illustration style and Luz’s diary entries from the war, award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh tells the story of a Mexican American war hero and his fight for equality.
Author : J. Luz Sáenz
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 21,78 MB
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1623491134
“I am home, safe and sound, and reviewing all these memories as if in a dream. All of this pleases me. I have been faithful to my duty.” Thus José de la Luz Sáenz ends his account of his military service in France and Germany in 1918. Published in Spanish in 1933, his annotated book of diary entries and letters recounts not only his own war experiences but also those of his fellow Mexican Americans. A skilled and dedicated teacher in South Texas before and after the war, Sáenz’s patriotism, his keen observation of the discrimination he and his friends faced both at home and in the field, and his unwavering dedication to the cause of equality have for years made this book a valuable resource for scholars, though only ten copies are known to exist and it has never before been available in English. Equally clear in these pages are the astute reflections and fierce pride that spurred Sáenz and others to pursue the postwar organization of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). This English edition of one of only two known war diaries of a Mexican American in the Great War is translated with an introduction and annotation by noted Mexican American historian Emilio Zamora.
Author : Rios de la Luz
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 18,62 MB
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781940885414
In her debut novella, Rios de la Luz examines the lives of a small family of water witches living near the US-Mexico border. Exploring issues of race and trauma along with beauty and magic, Itza is a powerful reclamation of body and identity.
Author : Juan Francisco Martínez
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 31,13 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Mexican American Protestants
ISBN : 1574412221
"Mexican Protestantism was born in the encounter between Mexican Catholics and Anglo American Protestants, after the United States ventured into the Southwest and wrested territory from Mexico in the early nineteenth century. In Sea la Luz, Juan Francisco Martinez traces the birth and initial development of this ethno-religious community brought through the westward expansion of the United States. Using the records of Protestant missionaries, he uncovers the story of Mexican converts and the churches they developed. Those same records reveal Protestant attitudes toward the war with Mexico, the conquest of the Southwest, and the Mexican population that became U.S. citizens with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848)."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Ben Kissel
Publisher : Dey Street Books
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 41,16 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1328566315
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An equal parts haunting and hilarious deep-dive review of history's most notorious and cold-blooded serial killers, from the creators of the award-winning Last Podcast on the Left Since its first show in 2010, The Last Podcast on the Left has barreled headlong into all things horror, as hosts Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel, and Marcus Parks cover subjects spanning Jeffrey Dahmer, werewolves, Jonestown, and supernatural phenomena. Deeply researched but with a morbidly humorous bent, the podcast has earned a dedicated and aptly cultlike following for its unique take on all things macabre. In their first book, the guys take a deep dive into history's most infamous serial killers, from Ted Bundy to John Wayne Gacy, exploring their origin stories, haunting habits, and perverse predilections. Featuring newly developed content alongside updated fan favorites, each profile is an exhaustive examination of the darker side of human existence. With appropriately creepy four-color illustrations throughout and a gift-worthy paper over board format, The Last Book on the Left will satisfy the bloodlust of readers everywhere.
Author : Sven Kirsten
Publisher : Luz de Jesus
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,82 MB
Release : 2022-10-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781732669741
The Art of Tiki is a passionate study of the Tiki idol as an art form. For the first time, contemporary Tiki art is united and presented equally with what inspired it, original mid-century Polynesian pop. Author Sven Kirsten combines his first-hand experiences in exploring the birth of Tiki style with his intimate knowledge of the Tiki Revival, painting a vivid, visually arresting portrait of a unique, always new art genre.
Author : Javier Cercas
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 23,81 MB
Release : 2009-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1408807181
_______________ 'Cercas's writing has echoes of Scott Fitzgerald in the intense, shining clarity of its emotion, and of Faulkner' - Independent 'A deeply affecting novel. A reflection on war, friendship, success and failure ... Cercas's novel carries a powerful warning for the war-hungry modern world' - Scotland on Sunday 'Presents his narrator's foibles in a lucid, supple prose, well-matched to the novel's darker elements' - Financial Times _______________ A sweeping story of youth and age, war and peace, love, friendship and the quest for meaning An aspiring young writer from Spain begins work as a teaching assistant on a Midwestern campus and finds himself sharing an office with Rodney Falk, a taciturn Vietnam veteran of strange ways and few friends. But when Rodney suddenly disappears the narrator becomes obsessed with discovering the secrets of his past. Why do people fear Rodney? What traumatic event happened at My Khe during the war? And, when the narrator's life takes a terrible twist, is Rodney the only person in the world who can save him?
Author : Vanessa Aguilera B.
Publisher : Palibrio
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 21,76 MB
Release : 2011-04
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1617648787
"La Evolución de la Luz" es un libro sobre espiritualidad, presentado con el lenguaje más coloquial de modo que cualquier tipo de lector, ya sea que tenga información previa o no sobre el tema, lo entienda perfectamente y logre identificarse con la autora. "La Evolución de la Luz" está escrito en primera persona, logrando una profunda conexión con la autora. Al leer este libro, el lector siente como si estuviera platicando con una buena amiga. Vanessa revela secretos inquietantes de su niñez haciendo que el lector tome su poder y reconozca el Plan Divino. Cualquiera que haya pasado por momentos difíciles se identifica con ella, dándole sentido a su vida y sus experiencias.
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Page : 52 pages
File Size : 31,95 MB
Release : 1979
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