El Sueño de Oro is a day-by-day account of an expedition for gold in Alaska from August of 1897 to August of 1899. The "log" was created by the leader of the expedition, William Mills Coffee, then of Santa Cruz, California. The log entries create a flowing story of the El Sueño expedition from San Francisco to the Bering Sea and up the Yukon River in Alaska. The El Sueño party searched for gold by dog sled, boat and on foot during the harsh winters of Alaska, where the temperatures were recorded as low as -80 degrees. During the two years there were mutinies, deaths, marriages, amputations, shipwrecks and various accounts of the Alaskan wilderness. The book is an historical account of one man's search for gold, very well documented with photos, maps of probable gold locations and claims, and financial records of the expedition. The Master Carpenter Certificates of the two ships involved with the expedition, "Bessie K" and "El Sueño", are included.

Immigration has been one of the basic realities of life for Latino communities in the United States since the nineteenth century. It is one of the most important themes in Hispanic literature, and it has given rise to a specific type of literature while also defining what it means to be Hispanic in the United States. Immigrant literature uses predominantly the language of the homeland; it serves a population united by that language, irrespective of national origin; and it solidifies and furthers national identity. The literature of immigration reflects the reasons for emigrating, records—both orally and in writing—the trials and tribulations of immigration, and facilitates adjustment to the new society while maintaining links with the old society. Based on an archive assembled over the past two decades by author Nicolás Kanellos's Recovering the U. S. Hispanic Literary Heritage project, this comprehensive study is one of the first to define this body of work. Written and recorded by people from Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America, the texts presented here reflect the dualities that have characterized the Hispanic immigrant experience in the United States since the mid-nineteenth century, set always against a longing for homeland.

Planned by her parents, a young girl is born in the United States of America in early 1974 to help her parents gain permanent residency in the United States through a law that allows Mexican natives to apply for permanent residency if a child is born in America. Although it takes a few years to gain permanent residency, her parents do not give up on their dream for a better life for their children. Facing hardship in Mexico and a father who leaves the family to work in the US illegally to make ends meet, some discouragement lingers, but the family receives new from the American Council of their acceptance for permanent residency. Parents move into the States with their dream. They soon discover that it is hard to make it in America. Not only to survive but to keep their culture alive. When the young girl begins school, she is challenged by a language that is unknown and difficult to learn. The young girl begs mother not to send her to school and is granted that request for a short time. However, her mothers dream for her young daughter to become something in the land of opportunity is pressed, and the young girl has to conform to the American way even though she is a minority and customs and traditions are threatened by a new culture.

Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah's inspiring true story—which was turned into a film, Emmanuel's Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey—is nothing short of remarkable. Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people—but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled. Thompson's lyrical prose and Qualls's bold collage illustrations offer a powerful celebration of triumphing over adversity. Includes an author's note with more information about Emmanuel's charity.

Accompanying CD-ROM contains: contents of book; continuous updates; slide image library; references linked to MEDLINE; pediatric guidelines; case studies; review questions.

Science Fusion draws on new materialist theory to analyze the relationship between science and literature in contemporary works of fiction, poetry, and theater from Mexico. In this deft new study, Brian Chandler examines how a range of contemporary Mexican writers “fuse” science and literature in their work to rethink what it means to be human in an age of climate change, mass extinctions, interpersonal violence, femicide, and social injustice. The authors under consideration here—including Alberto Blanco, Jorge Volpi, Ignacio Padilla, Sabina Berman, Maricela Guerrero, and Elisa Díaz Castelo—challenge traditional divisions that separate human from nonhuman, subject from object, culture from nature. Using science and literature to engage topics in biopolitics, historiography, metaphysics, ethics, and ecological crisis in the age of the Anthropocene, works of science fusion offer fresh perspectives to address present-day sociocultural and environmental issues.

Even though he knows his best friend Artie is a liar, when the coincidences start to add up, seventh-grader Joshua starts to believe that there might be merit to his friend's idea of a body buried in the neighbor's yard.

En "Los imperios del mundo y el ultimo reino", vas a encontrar los tesoros escondidos y los secretos ocultos que operaron a lo largo de la historia antigua, en cada uno de los personajes de los grandes imperios del mundo.Este libro es un regalo de amor para tu vida en estos tiempos y en los venideros, de tal modo que desde el primer momento en que empieces la lectura, emprenderas un viaje de transformacion al mundo antiguo, y veras como el Creador ha estado vigente y presente en la vida de todos esos grandes personajes de la historia, hasta ser impulsados a la gobernabilidad; de igual manera, te sorprenderas como El va a estar presente en tu vida, para que puedas comprender el proposito especial para el que fuiste creado.Preparate a emprender el viaje a traves del tiempo, porque el pasado, el presente y el futuro estan en las manos de tu Creador, y tu puedes acceder a El, de modo que puedas comprender acerca del tiempo que estamos viviendo, y de todo lo que viene.De tal modo que este libro, sera para cada uno de ustedes un proceso de vida, por el que sus corazones llegaran a ser transformados, tal y como lo hizo con todas las personas a quienes El llamo y preparo en los tiempos antiguos, para que estuvieran capacitados de cumplir sus disenos.Esta obra es una verdadera oportunidad para tu vida y todos los que estan alrededor de ti, sin importar la condicion personal que tengas. !Recuerda que es un regalo de amor!