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Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
"Uses the framework of the alphabet to present information about plants and animals of the cloud forest on the western slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes and the 2013 discovery of the olinguito. Includes additional information about the cloud forest and the discovery of the olinguito, a map, a glossary, an author's note, and author's sources"--
Utiliza el marco del alfabeto para presentar la información sobre las plantas y los animales del bosque nuboso...
42) Virus Tropical
Publisher
Stray Dogs
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Born in a not-so-conventional family, Paoloa grows up between Ecuador and Colombia and finds herself unable to fit in any mold. With a unique feminine vision of the world, she will have to fight against prejudice and struggle for her independance while universe is struck by a series of crisis. Nominated for a Crystal Bear at the **Berlin International Film Festival**, Winner of an Audience Award at **SXSW Film Festival**. *"This light reflection on...
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In 1988, when director María Fernanda Restrepo was only 10 years old, her life changed in the cruelest of ways: her two brothers—then 14 and 17—vanished without a trace. Only later did the family learn that the boys had been illegally detained, tortured, and murdered by the Ecuadorean police.. Now, decades later, with her brothers’ remains still missing, Restrepo embarks on the painful journey of recounting her family’s story. In the process,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This episode of The Green Interview features Osprey Orielle Lake, an artist, activist, and advocate for social and environmental justice. Lake is the founder and president of the Women's Earth and Climate Caucus, and co-chair of International Advocacy with the Global Alliance for The Rights of Nature. She is also the author of Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature, which has been described as, "a frank inquiry into a varitey of...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From Patricia Engel, whose novel Infinite Country was a New York Times bestseller and a Reese's Book Club pick, comes an exquisite collection of ten haunting, award-winning short stories set across the Americas and linked by themes of migration, sacrifice, and moral compromise. Two Colombian expats meet as strangers on the rainy streets of New York City, both burdened with traumatic pasts. In Cuba, a woman discovers her deceased brother's bones have...
Publisher
Canyon Cinema Foundation
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Immigrant residents of a “shift-bed” apartment in the heart of New York City’s Chinatown share their stories of personal and political upheaval. As the bed transforms into a stage, the film reveals the collective history of the Chinese in the United States through conversations, autobiographical monologues, and theatrical movement pieces. Shot in the kitchens, bedrooms, wedding halls, cafes, and mahjong parlors of Chinatown, this provocative...
Publisher
The Green Interview
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This episode of the Green Interview features Thomas Linzey and Mari Margil of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), a non-profit, public interest law firm providing free and affordable legal services for communities facing threats to their local environment. CELDF has assisted more than 110 local governments, as well as the governments of Nepal, India, and Ecuador. It was a founding member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of...
48) Rebel voices
Author
Publisher
Crocodile Books, USA, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A beautifully illustrated celebration of the brave campaigners who fought for women's right to vote. Discover that it was never illegal for women to vote in Ecuador, or how 40,000 Russian women marched through St Petersburg demanding their rights. Find out how one Canadian woman changed opinions with a play, and Kuwaiti women protested via text message. And learn that women climbed mountains, walked a lion through the streets of Paris, and starved...
49) Found Necklace
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This workshop will open your eyes to the possibilities of finding necklace materials beyond the bead store. Lisa's philosophy of creating bright, accessible jewelry shines through as she teaches you how to creatively repurpose existing necklaces along with tricks for simple strung necklaces.
Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Lace up your hiking boots for the next in Lonely Planet's highly successful Epic Hikes series, this time exploring 50 of the Americas' most rewarding treks and trails. From Canada's longest hut-to-hut hike, the Sunshine Coast Trail, to a descent through Havasu Canyon in the USA, and the Santa Cruz Trail of northern Peru, we cover a huge variety of themes and experiences across routes that range from one-day walks to multi-day treks. Each of the featured...
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Go on a field trip with Lisa as she sources vintage beads in her favorite bead shop. This simple necklace combines an unusual variety of beads, from brass to coconut to plastic. No jewelry tools required, just a love of exploring color and trust that working without a plan can lead to exciting color and texture combinations.
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Music, the universal language, is learned in the earliest years of life and remains vital thereafter. This rich collection invites listeners of all ages to revel and participate in the colorful world of Smithsonian Folkways' children's music collection, with both music created 'for children, ' showcasing the most celebrated storytellers and songwriters, and 'by children, ' featuring the unique ways children express and understand themselves and the...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A generational saga that mixes historical fiction with the romance and intrigue of a Latin soap opera. When Malena Sevilla's tidy, carefully planned world collapses following her father's mysterious suicide, she finds a letter-signed with an "A"--Which reveals that her mother is very much alive and living in San Isidro, a quaint town tucked in the Andes Mountains. Intent on meeting her, Malena arrives at Alameda Street and meets four sisters who...
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In 1930s Bolivia, self-described Anarchist Cholas form a libertarian trade union. In the Northern Highlands of Vietnam, the songs of one girl's youth lead her to a life of activism. In the Philippines, female elders from Kalinga blaze a trail when pushed into an impromptu protest. Equally striking accounts from, Chile, Ecuador, India, Nepal, and Peru weave a tapestry of trauma and triumph, shedding light on not-too-distant histories otherwise overlooked....
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This book for middle-grade readers gives 15 real-life examples of people and communities from all over the world that established secret schools or learning circles because of their thirst for knowledge and to ensure their basic rights.
"SECRET SCHOOLS is about the power of education and how far some have had to go to offer it and to access it. This highly readable and inspiring book introduces middle-grade readers to 15 real-life examples of people...
Publisher
Valancourt Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"What if there were a whole world of great horror fiction out there you didn't know anything about, written by authors in distant lands and in foreign languages, outstanding horror stories you had no access to, written in languages you couldn't read? For an avid horror fan, what could be more horrifying than that? For this groundbreaking volume, the first of its kind, the editors of Valancourt Books have scoured the world, reading horror stories from...
Author
Publisher
ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Turkey vultures, the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, are found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina, and nearly everywhere in between. In the United States we sometimes call them buzzards; in parts of Mexico the name is aura cabecirroja, in Uruguay jote cabeza colorada, and in Ecuador gallinazo aura. A huge bird, the turkey vulture is a familiar sight from culture to culture, in both hemispheres....
Author
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Eli Knapp takes readers from a leaky dugout canoe in Tanzania and the mating grounds of Ecuador's cock-of-the-rock to a juniper titmouse's perch at the Grand Canyon and the migration of hooded mergansers in a New York swamp, exploring life's deepest questions all along the way. In this collection of essays, Knapp intentionally flies away from the flock, reveling in insights gleaned from birds, his students, and the wide-eyed wonder his children's...
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