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Pobreza : un rayo de luz / by Roman, Annette.(CARDINAL)537984; Ng, Leandro.(CARDINAL)549468; Wong, Walden.(CARDINAL)355054;
Coming-of-age tale about the orphaned teenager Rei, who dreams of becoming the greatest fighter in the world. Rei's trainer takes the form of various animals and, much to Rei's disappointment, strives to develop his student's mind, heart, and spirit more than his fighting technique.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Martial arts; Poverty; Martial arts; Poverty; Artes marciales; Pobreza;
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De la pobreza a la riqueza / by Dugan, Christine,author.(CARDINAL)565881;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Describes how people get rich through hard work and making good business decisions, and discusses savings, investments, and the riches that do not come from monetary wealth. In this inspiring and informative Spanish-translated nonfiction title, readers will learn the ways that people who started from almost nothing became millionaires and billionaires. Through examples of hard work and smart financial decisions, readers gain an understanding of how to invest money responsibly in stocks, commodities, bonds, and mutual funds while also learning the various ways that people have been successful in entrepreneurships. Informational text, fascinating facts, and a glossary of useful terms work in conjunction with vibrant images and inspirational examples to engage readers from cover to cover.
Subjects: Spanish language materials.; Wealth; Finance, Personal; Saving and investment;
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Por qué fracasan los países : los orígenes del poder, las prosperidad y la pobreza / by Acemoglu, Daron,author.(CARDINAL)530380; Robinson, James A.,1960-author.(CARDINAL)268475; García Madera, Marta,translator.(CARDINAL)787764;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-589)."¿Qué determina que un país sea rico o pobre? ¿Cómo se explica que, en condiciones similares, en algunos países haya hambrunas y en otros no? ¿Qué papel tiene la política en estas cuestiones? Que algunas naciones sean más prósperas que otras, ¿se debe a cuestiones culturales?, ¿a los efectos de la climatología?, ¿a su ubicación geográfica? No, en absoluto. Ninguna cuestión relativa a la prosperidad de un país está relacionada con estos factores, sino que proviene de otro mucho más tangible: la política económica que dictaminan sus dirigentes. Son los líderes de cada país, afirman los reconocidos profesores Daron Acemoglu y James A. Robinson en este libro, quienes determinan con sus políticas la prosperidad de su territorio, y así ha ocurrido en todos los períodos de la historia, como demuestran en este apasionante estudio." --
Subjects: Colección Las Revoluciones; Economics; Economic history; Poverty; Economic development; Revolutions; Economía; Historia económica; Pobreza; Desarrollo económico; Países en desarrollo; Países en desarrollo;
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Fantasy island : colonialism, exploitation, and the betrayal of Puerto Rico / by Morales, Ed,1956-author.(CARDINAL)664168;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-322) and index.A brief history of US colonialism in Puerto Rico -- Clear and present danger: prelude to the crisis -- The diablo in derivatives: borrowing to meet basic needs -- Bond emissions, corruption, and betrayal: how two governments failed Puerto Rico -- PROMESA = pobreza -- Status update? -- Hurricane María destroys the commonwealth fantasy -- The Trump factor: vultures, lobbyists, and disaster capitalism -- The art of resistance -- Fantasy's end."Since its acquisition by the US in 1898, Puerto Rico has served as a testing ground for the most aggressive and exploitative US economic, political, and social policies. The devastation that ensued finally grew impossible to ignore in 2017, in the wake of Hurricane María, as the physical destruction compounded the infrastructure collapse and trauma inflicted by the debt crisis. In Fantasy Island, Ed Morales traces how, over the years, Puerto Rico has served as a colonial satellite, a Cold War Caribbean showcase, a dumping ground for US manufactured goods, and a corporate tax shelter. He also shows how it has become a blank canvas for mercenary experiments in disaster capitalism on the frontlines of climate change, hamstrung by internal political corruption and the US federal government's prioritization of outside financial interests. Taking readers from San Juan to New York City and back to his family's home in the Luquillo Mountains, Morales shows us the machinations of financial and political interests in both the US and Puerto Rico, and the resistance efforts of Puerto Rican artists and activists. Through it all, he emphasizes that the only way to stop Puerto Rico from being bled is to let Puerto Ricans take control of their own destiny, going beyond the statehood-commonwealth-independence debate to complete decolonization."--Page [2] of cover.
Subjects: Puerto Ricans; Hurricane Maria, 2017.; Capitalism;
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Casas de madera [sound recording] / by Ramon Ayala y sus bravos del norte,performer.;
Ramon Ayala and Freddie Martinez, producers.Ramon Ayala y sus bravos del norte, performers.Ramon Ayala y sus Bravos del Norte exemplify the genre of Mexican music from Northern Mexico, and are recognized as one of the best-selling artists of this genre.
Subjects: Music.; Music;
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La soga. [videorecording] / by Fernandez, Juan,1956-actor.; McGarry, Chris,1966-actor.; Pérez, Manny,1969-actor,screenwriter,film director.(CARDINAL)849181; Vanessa, Hada,actor.; Screen Media Films (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)784912;
Manny Pérez, Chris McGarry, Juan Fernandez, Hada Vanessa.Cuenta la historia de Luisito, quien de niño tuvo una infancia repleta de violencia, pobreza y situaciones difíciles, y de adulto se convirtió en alguien con una doble moral, que por un lado no sería capaz de comer un animal, ya que para eso deben matarle primero, pero por otro mata en nombre de lo que considera justicia.Years after his final job as a highly sought-after hitman, Luisito has settled down with his girlfriend Lia in a quiet seaside town. Unfortunately, they do not enjoy peace for long as Lia is kidnapped by someone who wants Luisito to use his skills on last time. With Lia's life hanging in the balance, Luisito takes on a crew of dangerous killers, including a particularly mysterious assassin who has long awaited the chance to even the score with her rival, La Soga.Rating: R.DVD, wide screen.
Subjects: Crime films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Assassins; Criminals; Kidnapping; Man-woman relationships; Asesinos; Criminales;
For private home use only.
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The captain's verses = (Los versos del capitán) / by Neruda, Pablo,1904-1973.(CARDINAL)140874; Neruda, Pablo,1904-1973.Versos del capitán.Spanish.; Neruda, Pablo,1904-1973.Versos del capitán.English.(CARDINAL)335606; Walsh, Donald Devenish,1903-1980.(CARDINAL)335605;
Subjects: Spanish language materials;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Sonia Sotomayor : a judge grows in the Bronx = la juez que crecio en el Bronx / by Winter, Jonah,1962-(CARDINAL)346243; Rodriguez, Edel.(CARDINAL)540444;
La inspiradora y oportuna historia de Sonia Sotomayor, quien se levanto de una infancia de pobreza y prejuicios para convertirse en la primera latina en ser nominada a la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos. Antes de que la jueza de la Corte Suprema, Sonia Sotomayor, ocupara su asiento en la corte mas alta de nuestra nacion, era solo una nina en el sur del Bronx. La jueza Sotomayor no tuvo mucho al crecer, pero tenia lo que necesitaba: el amor de su madre, la voluntad de aprender y su propia determinacion. Con valentia se convirtio en la persona que queria ser. Con mucho trabajo lo logro. Con poca luz solar y solo una parcela modesta desde la que crecer, el juez Sotomayor florecio para que todo el mundo lo viera.The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated to the US Supreme Court. Before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx. Justice Sotomayor didn't have a lot growing up, but she had what she needed - her mother's love, a will to learn, and her own determination. With bravery she became the person she wanted to be. With hard work she succeeded. With little sunlight and only a modest plot from which to grow, Justice Sotomayor bloomed for the whole world to see.NC840LAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Materiales en español.; Biographies.; Fiction.; Picture books.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-; United States. Supreme Court; Bilingual books.; Bilingual children's books, Spanish and English.; Biography; Biography; Biography; Diabetes in children.; Diabetes in children; Diabetes.; Diabetes; Diabetics; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic Americans; Immigrants; Immigrants; Judges; Judges; Lawyers; Lawyers; Prejudices; Puerto Ricans; Racism; Spanish language materials.; Spanish language materials; Spanish language materials; Women judges.; Women; Racism.; Women.; Womyn.;
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Aquí era el paraíso : selección de poemas de Humberto Ak'abal / by Ak'abal, Humberto,1952-2019,author.; Aldana, Patricia,1946-editor.(CARDINAL)360630; Carling, Amelia Lau,illustrator.(CARDINAL)641918; Hazelton, Hugh,1946-translator.(CARDINAL)761170; container of (expression)Ak'abal, Humberto,1952-2019.Poems.Selections (2021).English.; container of (work)Ak'abal, Humberto,1952-2019.Poems.Selections (2021);
Includes bibliographical references."A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood -- that of the Maya K'iche'. Aquí era el paraíso / Here Was Paradise is a selection of poems written by the great Maya poet Humberto Ak'abal. They evoke his childhood in and around the Maya K'iche' village of Momostenango, Guatemala, and also describe his own role as a poet of the place. Ak'abal writes about children, and grandfathers, and mothers, and animals, and ghosts, and thwarted love, and fields, and rains, and poetry, and poverty, and death. The poetry was written for adults but can also be read and loved by young people, especially in this collection, beautifully illustrated by award-winning Guatemalan-American illustrator Amelia Lau Carling. Ak'abal is famous worldwide as one of the great contemporary poets in the Spanish language, and one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas. Ak'abal created and wrote his poems first in K'iche', then translated them into Spanish."--"Aquí era el paraíso / Here was paradise es una selección de poemas escritos por el gran poeta maya Humberto Ak'abal. Creados primero en k'ické, estos poemas evocan su infancia en y alrededor de la aldea maya k'iché de Momostenango, Guatemala. Ak'abal es reconocido mundiamente como uno de los grades poetas contemporaneous de la lengua hispana y uno de los más grandes poetas indígenas de América. Escribió sobre niños, abuelos, madres, animales, fantasmas, amores frustrados, sembradíos, lluvias, poesía, pobreza y muerte. Aunque Ak'abal escribió para adultos, esta colección bilingüe en español e inglés es también accessible para jóvenes, acompañada por la Hermosa obra de la ilustrdora guatemalteca Amelia Lau Carling y por un prólogo de la editor Patricia Aldana."--Inside cover.630L
Subjects: Poetry.; Children's poetry, Guatemalan.; Quiché Indians;
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El Cucuy : en la cumbre de la pobreza / by Almendárez Coello, Renán.(CARDINAL)542325; Sciantarelli, Fernando.;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Almendárez Coello, Renán.; Radio broadcasters; Honduran Americans; Hispanic Americans in mass media.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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