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Let's spend a day in Brazil! Ride the ônibus to the beach, drink sugar cane juice at the feira and play capoeira. Brazilian author Ana Siquiera and illustrator Ana Matsusaki draw on their personal experiences living in Brazil to create this appealing board book as part of the Our World Series for very young readers.

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Songs + fun and games = little language learners!What better way to capture children's attention and open their minds to a new language than with catchy tunes, giggle-inducing games, and beloved fairy tales? Award-winning author Ana Lomba presents Hop, Skip, and Sing Spanish for Kids, an interactive program that will help you teach Spanish to children ages two though seven.Based on the author's proven "Easy Immersion" methodology, this audio package offers 25 songs and games that use repetition and active participation to make language learning a snap while encouraging children to sing, play, and act silly for maximum fun.

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The fifth charming historical romance in bestselling author Ana Leigh’s Frasers series set in the Old West "filled with biting repartee, charming characters, and the love of family" (Romantic Times). After his mother is brutally attacked, Rico Fraser seeks vengeance. In hot pursuit of Ben Slatter and his gang, he heads to Arizona, where he learns that Slatter has raided a ranch and kidnapped the owner’s daughter, Jennifer. Rico follows a trail deep into the mountains, finds Slatter’s camp, and rescues Jennifer. When Slatter escapes in the confusion, Rico accepts a job protecting Jennifer. But instead of drawing Slatter out of hiding, Rico finds himself unexpectedly drawn to Jennifer, putting his mission of revenge—as well as his own heart—in jeopardy

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The Frasers are back! Bestselling author Ana Leigh continues her stirring series with brother Jed -- who's been taming the high seas aboard a China clipper. Briefly ashore in San Francisco to visit his family, Jed meets Caroline Collins and her eight-year-old son. Beautiful Caroline doesn't have a husband in sight and she seems surprisingly hostile toward Jed, who is used to being though of as quite a catch. But there's something intriguing about her and the boy, something that convinces Jed he should stay awhile. Caroline has never revealed the identity of her son's father, not even to her own family. As independent in spirit as she is beautiful, all she wants is to continue running the family's lumber mill and raising her son herself. But if handsome, devil-may-care Jed Fraser ever takes a good hard look at her son, everything she's struggled for could be ruined. She's convinced that the best thing she could do is stay far, far away from the sexy Jed -- but her body is singing a different song...

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Crafting author Ana Araujo shows all of the wonderful things that customers can do with a mason jar besides canning food. The mason jar crafting craze is a huge trend. Homemakers love using these iconic jars to create vintage charm. This book shows them how. It offers step-by-step guidance on easy-to-learn craft techniques. Readers learn to transform their jars with decoupage, stencil, glitter, paint, embellishments, and more. A treasure trove of fresh, original projects provides plenty of inspiration. Add a new twist to everyones favorite jar! Whether planning a wedding, decorating a home, or looking for the perfect present, this book is a must-have for every creative canner.

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In Creative Watercolor and Mixed Media, popular watercolor artist, instructor, and author Ana Victoria Calderon shares her simple step-by-step techniques for painting exciting and colorful motifs by combining watercolor with a variety of other user-friendly materials. Start with the essentials—paint, paper, and brushes—then learn about the featured mediums for mixing, including masking fluid, gold leaf, bleach, salt, and alcohol Take a step-by-step look at fundamental watercolor techniques Learn to paint a variety of striking organic motifs and surface effects, including stirring skies and clouds, sparkling galaxies, flowing oceans, and dazzling crystals Find great project ideas for stylish gifts and stationery Whether you're new to the medium or are looking to add new techniques to your watercolor practice, go grab a brush, paints, and some easy-to-use materials and take a beautiful creative journey with watercolor! Perfect for all skill levels, the books in the Art for Modern Makers series take a fun, practical approach to learning about and working with paints and other art mediums to create beautiful DIY projects and crafts.

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Author Ana Ellickson’s The Vanishing Station is a lyrical and bold YA debut about an underground magic system in San Francisco—and the lengths one girl is willing to go to protect the ones she loves.   Eighteen-year-old Filipino American Ruby Santos has been unmoored since her mother’s death. She can’t apply to art school like she’s always dreamed, and she and her father have had to move into the basement of their home and rent out the top floor while they work to pay back her mother’s hospital bills.   Then Ruby finds out her father has been living a secret life as a delivery person for a magical underworld—he “jumps” train lines to help deliver packages for a powerful family. Recently, he’s fallen behind on deliveries (and deeper into alcoholism), and if his debts aren’t satisfied, they’re going to take her mother’s house. In an effort to protect her father an

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Learn simple step-by-step techniques for drawing and embellishing the exciting, inspiring, and beautiful motifs of sacred geometry. In Creative Drawing: Symbols and Sacred Geometry, artist, instructor, and author Ana Victoria Calderon takes you on an inner voyage of creative discovery. Learn how sacred geometry has been practiced and celebrated by cultures all over the world and influenced artists throughout history, including Leonardo da Vinci Start with the essentials—compass drawing with graphite pencils on paper—then explore the featured mediums for embellishing, including colored pencils, watercolor, inks, and other easy-to-use mediums Take a step-by-step look at fundamental drawing techniques for a variety of universal motifs, starting with the simple circle and building to more complex motifs, including the Yin Yang symbol, the Tree of Life, the Torus, and the Vortex Learn to paint a variety of stunning effects and find great project ideas for creating amazing images The study and creation of sacred geometry inspires the imagination and provokes reflection. So grab your pencils and take a beautiful creative journey with drawing! Perfect for creative beginners, the books in the Art for Modern Makers series take a fun, practical approach to learning about and working with paints and other art mediums to create beautiful DIY projects and crafts.

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Many researchers believe that GSK-3 and its inhibitors could lead to effective treatments for neurogenerative disorders, type II diabetes, depression and bipolar disorder, and some forms of cancer. This book provides a thorough introduction to GSK-3, presents up-to-date information, and mentions the birth of several chemical families of GSK-3 inhibitors with varying selectivity. It’s a great reference for researchers in drug design and development.

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Fables of Development: Capitalism and Social Imaginaries in Spain (1950-1967) focuses on a basic paradox: why is it that the so-called “Spanish economic miracle” —a purportedly secular, rational, and technocratic process— was fictionally portrayed through providential narratives in which supernatural and extraordinary elements were often involved? In order to answer this question, this book examines cultural fictions and social life at the time when Spain turned from autarchy to the project of industrial and tourist development. Beyond the narratives about progress, modernity, and consumer satisfaction on a global and national level, the cultural archives of the period offer intellectual findings about the expectations of a social majority who lived in the precariousness and who did not have sufficient income to acquire the consumer goods that were advertised. Through the scrutiny of interdisciplinary archives (literary texts, cinema, newsreels, comics, and journalistic sources, among other cultural artifacts), each chapter offers an analysis of the social imaginaries about the circulation and distribution of capital and resources in the period from 1950, when General Franco’s government began to integrate into international markets and institutions following its agreements with the United States, to 1967, when the implementation of the First Development Plan (1964-1967) was completed.

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ContenidoI. Recordar los años de juventud.1. Los contextos y los modelos.2. El recuerdo de la primera vez.II. Cómo era la vida de adulto.3. Afrontar la vida: repercusiones.4. Recordar la sexualidad de cuando se era adulto.5. Golpes, penas y desengaños. Aquello que llamamos la salud.III. Una edad nueva: la persona mayor.6. Tener un tiempo de regalo.7. Para las personas mayores la sexualidad se integra en la vida misma.

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Cómo una niña sobrevive al infierno, sólo ella lo sabe. En este libro se cuenta la historia de una mujer que padeció una infancia llena de violencia en El Salvador, lejos de su madre. Seguir viviendo es tanto la narración de una vida que podría haberse truncado en la primera infancia, como la historia de superación de una persona que ha logrado sobreponerse a tanto dolor gracias a la poesía, a la resiliencia, a la fortaleza personal y a sus estudios. Víctima de un pedófilo durante trece años, Sandra Pulido ha decidido romper el silencio para poder seguir viviendo y denunciar esta lacra que afecta a tantas criaturas. La pedofilia es uno de los grandes tabúes de nuestra sociedad, aunque el número de casos sea apabullante. Girar la cara ante esta nefanda realidad no sólo es una forma de propiciar que se sigan perpetuando esos crímenes, sino también una forma de dejar muy solas con su verdad a las víctimas más vulnerables de nuestra sociedad: niñas y niños que han tenido la mala fortuna de

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Lía tiene fama de chica problemática y conflictiva. Este verano participa en un campamento de desintoxicación para adolescentes enganchados a las nuevas tecnologías. El campamento se encuentra en un entorno muy especial en Menorca, aunque es percibido como un lugar hostil por la mayoría de los participantes.La primera noche, Raquel, la monitora principal, despierta a los doce participantes. Por lo visto, un pájaro muerto ha aparecido en su cama. Todos los dedos señalan a Lía como la culpable. El día anterior se había quejado de que no le gustaban los pájaros ni la naturaleza. Lía intenta defenderse, pero no le será fácil encontrar argumentos.

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Antiguo Egipto, período intermedio. Neferad llora la muerte de su abuelo en una de las guerras del faraón, pero su duelo será corto. En breve tendrá que marcharse de su casa para convertirse en sacerdotisa de Isis. Algo que no desea, pues preferiría quedarse junto a su madre y sus hermanas y esperar a su padre, también en el frente. Todo se complicará aún más cuando comprende que siente algo por su esclavo Serq.En la actualidad, el abuelo de Carlos ha fallecido; a la pena por su desaparición se une la tensa relación entre la esposa del difunto y la madre de Carlos, que nunca aceptó ese nuevo matrimonio. Cuando la anciana se presenta en casa de Carlos con lo que parece ser una antigüedad egipcia de origen desconocido, la figura de su abuelo se cubrirá de sombras. Menos mal que en breve llegará Elena, su novia, que, tras lesionarse durante su formación en una compañía de ballet holandesa, va a pasar la convalecencia en Zaragoza.

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El hada de la calma (Sssu...) nos muestra en este cuento fantástico, a través de las libélulas protagonistas y sus simpáticos amigos, el secreto para convertir el tiempo en calma y bienestar familiar. Incluye variadas actividades de Mindfulness para disfrutar con los niños en casa, en la escuela... y siempre que se necesite un momento de calma interior.

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Utiliza las plantillas de este libro para crear los diseños más modernos y originales. Coloca las plantillas encima de cada modelo, coge tus lápices de colores y deja volar tu imaginación.

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Andrei es un conocido juguetero ruso que, un día, fabrica la muñeca más perfecta que ha hecho nunca. La llama Matrioska. Es tan especial que hasta puede hablar y sentir. Juntos comprenderán lo importante que es buscar aquello que nos hace felices y el valor de la familia.

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Premio Nadal 2020.Valeria, una joven maestra de escuela que tiene una relación secreta con Tom, que le lleva treinta años, se enfrenta al dilema de los sentimientos y quiere entender el significado del amor. En el pueblo donde enseña, Lilian desaparece sin motivo aparente mientras su marido está en la otra punta del mundo. Greg, un hombre a quien le pierden las mujeres, frecuenta un club de alterne de los alrededores para ahuyentar su descontento, hasta que un día se ve descubierto de la peor manera posible.A partir de momentos como estos en el transcurrir de una pequeña comunidad rural, nos adentramos en los misterios cotidianos de sus habitantes. Las vidas de todos ellos no solamente se irán cruzando a lo largo de más de dos décadas, sino que estarán condicionadas por la fuerza magnética de los afectos, la aleatoriedad del azar o por la justicia poética que a veces nos traen los acontecimientos más inesperados.El mapa de los afectos persigue el rastro de la

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A beautiful read full of symbolism that invites us to open our gaze to the present moment, conveying a powerful message: life is here and now.An enigmatic young woman roams the streets of Paris on her bicycle every day. Immersed in her work, she goes to her studio relentlessly. Only the meows of her beloved Max can bring a smile to her face every evening. A very special narrator has taken notice of her, unable to resist following her footsteps and noticing what unfolds until one day, something will happen that changes everything.This beautifully illustrated album reminds us that what truly matters is the present moment, as life happens here and now, and to enjoy it, we need to pause, open our eyes, and pay attention to our surroundings. A delicate, exquisite, and poetic text guides us through a powerful story wrapped in extraordinary illustrations reminiscent of art nouveau, ultimately captivating its readers. In the end, an incredible

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Este volumen reúne dos cuentos sobre la magia de los pensamientos. Gracias a ellos, podemos comprender y transformar la realidad Pero, a veces, confundimos los pensamientos con la vida, y entonces empiezan los problemas.Te atreves a pensar sobre lo que significa pensar?

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Esta amena y original colección de minibiografías ilustradas nos revela los momentos más significativos de la infancia de diecisiete grandes artistas.Atrapará a lectores de todas las edades!Olvida los premios, las grandes exposiciones y las obras maestras. Cuando los artistas más famosos del mundo estaban creciendo tenían los problemas típicos de cualquier niño. La familia de Jackson Pollock no dejaba de mudarse: vivió en ocho ciudades distintas antes de cumplir los dieciséis años. Georgia O;Keeffe estuvo siempre a la sombra de su perfecto hermano mayor. Y Jean-Michel Basquiat logró dejar atrás la pobreza para convertirse en uno de los artistas más influyentes del mundo.Niños artistas cuenta estas y otras historias acompañadas de vibrantes y coloridas ilustraciones que animan la lectura.

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Él tiene el corazón de hielo. Pero por ella, quemará el mundo. Aunque Ava Chen y Alex Volkov se conocen desde hace años, él siempre se ha mostrado distante y frío. Pero ahora que el hermano de Ava se ha ido y lo ha dejado encargado de la protección de ella, Alex parece algo menos indiferente.? Y su relación, poco a poco, se va haciendo más estrecha, hasta que llegan a confiarse sus secretos y traumas más profundos? A ella, su madre intentó ahogarla en un arrebato de locura; mientras que Alex presenció el brutal asesinato de toda su familia.Tras compartir sus más íntimos pensamientos, su relación dará un giro. No pueden negar que existe una fuerte atracción entre ellos, pero ninguno de los dos se atreve a dar un paso adelante. Finalmente, Ava admite la pasión que está surgiendo, y, aunque Alex intenta resistirse tanto como puede, las chispas acaban saltando... y prenden un fuego ardiente. Sin embargo, cuando todo empezaba a funcionar entre ellos, unas sorprendentes revelaci

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Take the lid off your creativity with dazzling projects for mason jar crafts! This book is packed with madly inspired ideas for repurposing the iconic glass jar into modern gifts, decorations, storage and party trimmings. Let crafting expert Ana Araujo show you all of the wonderful things you can do with a mason jar besides canning food. Ana offers step-by-step guidance on easy-to-learn craft techniques. You'll find out how to transform the humble jar with decoupage, stencil, glitter, paint, light, embellishments and more. Then go on to apply what you've learned in a treasure trove of fresh, original projects. Mason Jar Madness even shows how to use classic milk bottles to craft vintage charm. Whether you're planning a wedding, decorating your home, or looking for the perfect present, this book will get you started with whimsical fancies and creative fun.

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