by Derek Jeter
Amazon Recommended Grade Level:
3 – 7
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Imprint: Jeter Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1481423137
As a young boy, Derek Jeter dreams of being the shortstop for the New York Yankees. He even imagines himself in the World Series. So, when Derek is chosen for the Little League Tigers, he hopes to play shortstop. But on the day of the assignments, Derek starts at second base. Still, he tries his best while he wishes and dreams of that shortstop spot. And to help him stay focused on school, his parents make him a contract: keep up the grades or no baseball. Derek makes sure he always plays his best game—on and off the baseball field!
by Derek Jeter
Amazon Recommended Grade Level:
3 – 7
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Imprint: Jeter Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1481464468
Throughout the long Michigan winter, Derek thought that Opening Day might never come. As luck would have it, he’s on the Red Sox this year, his best friend is with him again, and Derek gets the same number—13!—that his father wore in college. But as Derek finds out, both baseball and life are hard. Before the season is over, he’ll break out of a slump, bring his teammates closer together, learn a new sport, solve the mystery of why his sister Sharlee seems so quiet, and suffer the consequences for violating “The Contract” he had signed with his parents.
by Derek Jeter
Amazon Recommended Grade Level:
3 – 7
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Imprint: Jeter Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1534409903
Derek goes to a Yankees game and meets some kids who are awesome at playing ball—especially Jumbo and Tiny. Derek can’t wait to introduce them to his best friend, Dave, but Grandma says if he wants to go to another Yankees game, he’ll have to earn some of the money for tickets. This means spending time with Grandpa and learning the meaning of hard work. Derek brings Dave to meet Tiny and Jumbo. But when Jumbo tries to convince Derek to do something he’s sure will get him in trouble, Derek has to rethink who his role models are.
by Derek Jeter
Amazon Recommended Grade Level:
3 – 7
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Imprint: Jeter Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1534454996
At the first practice of the season, Derek takes note of who is on the team. They have some good players, for sure—but also some weaker ones. There’s still one kid missing, and Derek hopes it’s a really good ballplayer to round out the roster. But when the kid arrives, everyone is shocked: she’s a girl! Can Derek’s team come together to have a winning season? Inspired by the life of iconic New York Yankee Derek Jeter, young Derek and his friends learn the true meaning of teamwork when they have to embrace the unexpected on their baseball team.
by Cristina Soriano
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN-13: 978-0826359865
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Spanish colonial governments tried to keep revolution out of their provinces. But hand-copied samizdat materials from the Caribbean flooded the cities and ports of Venezuela, hundreds of foreigners shared news of the French and Haitian revolutions with locals, and Venezuelans of diverse social backgrounds met to read hard-to-come-by texts and to discuss the ideas they expounded. As a result these networks efficiently spread antimonarchical propaganda and abolitionist and egalitarian ideas (and without using printing presses), allowing Venezuelans to participate in an incipient yet vibrant public sphere and to contemplate new political scenarios.
by Helene Carol Weldt-Basson
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN-13: 978-0826358158
Contemporary Latin American fiction establishes a unique connection between masquerade and social justice. Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines philosophy, history, psychology, literature, and social justice theory, this study delineates the synergistic connection between these two themes. Weldt-Basson examines fourteen novels by twelve different Latin American authors and elucidates the varieties of social justice operating in the plots of contemporary Latin American novels: distributive, postmodern/feminist, postcolonial, transitional, and historical justices. She further examines how masquerade and disguise aid in articulating the theme of social justice, why this is important, and how it relates to Latin American history and the historical novel.
by Mary J. Holbrock
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN-13: 978-0826357236
The Mayan writing system is one of the oldest in the world; its reinvention includes a new standardized alphabetic system for each of the 22 Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala, as well as the incorporation and continuation of some of its ancient elements. This book represents a case study conducted in two Mayan villages, and it investigates three main aspects of Mayan literacy: its availability in publications and media, its practice in the school system and its use among Maya people. The promises and pitfalls of a literacy-revitalization endeavor are detailed and our understanding of the concept of literacy is reexamined.
by Guiomar Dueñas-Vargas
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN-13: 978-0826355850
This book delves into the world of emotions among the bourgeois elite in Bogotá from the end of the colonial period to 1870. While most studies of the period focus solely on the country’s political activity, Guiomar Dueñas-Vargas shows how social, cultural and political changes transformed the meaning of love, which contributed to the evolution of new models of femininity and masculinity. By examining personal letters, diaries and other sources, he presents emotional profiles of families and couples, demonstrating how their conduct challenged the established order. As lovers insisted on choosing their own mates, they undermined the patriarchal structure of Colombian society.
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