A brief biography of professional baseball player Albert Pujols that profiles his childhood and successful career. Includes batting statistics, a chronology, resources, and a glossary.
A novel based on the life of Profesora Camila Henr?quez-Ure?a, a teacher whose mother was Salom? Ure?a, famous nineteenth-century political poet from the Dominican Republic.
A collection of poems written in English by a Hispanic American woman, reflecting her experiences as a young girl and as a middle-aged woman. The collection includes the twenty-one-part title poem El Otro Lado which deals with the poet's return to her native Dominican Republic.
Discusses how modern events in the Dominican Republic led some of the country's citizens to emigrate to the United States. Describes the process of becoming a citizen and the challenges of adjusting to American culture.
The superstar shortstop for the Seattle Mariners discusses how education, hard work, and doing the right thing helped him become a Major League All-Star and the American League's leading hitter in 1996.
