Maria Lopez: 25 books

Milly and Tom are bird watching on the sunny beach in Guanacaste, Costa Rica when they noticed a commotion in the big tree on the edge of the forest.----Magpie Jay is planning to have a big birthday celebration with many of her feathered friends but her unsociable neighbor, Miss Green Iguana, doesnt...

This book is based on a phenomenological study on undocumented Mexican immigrant mothers of high school students who have lived in the U.S. for at least five years and received social services. Most of these mothers have emigrated from rural areas of the central and southern Mexican States of Guanajuato,...

As globalization expands, more than goods and information are traded between the countries of the world. Hattery, Embrick, and Smith present a collection of essays that explore the ways in which issues of human rights and social inequality are shared globally. The editors focus on the United States'...

The rapid development of efficient computational tools has allowed researchers to tackle biological problems and to predict, analyse and monitor, at an atomic level, molecular recognition processes. This book offers a fresh perspective on how computational tools can aid the chemical biology research...

Originating in South America, cassava is now grown in over 100 countries around the world. It is the third most important source of calories in the tropics after rice and maize. Its caloric value, as well as its ability to tolerate dry conditions and poor soils, makes it a key food security crop in...

After decades of stagnation, the size of Latin America's middle class recently expanded to the point where, for the first time ever, the number of people in poverty is equal to the size of the middle class. This volume investigates the nature, determinants and possible consequences of this remarkable...

Las antiguas escrituras refieren hechos sobrenaturales que nos han maravillado generación tras generación. Entre estos sucesos se relata cómo descendieron a este mundo seres luminosos que establecieron comunicación con los humanos, a su vez facultados para absorber la sabiduría de aquellos personajes...

Sempre maestoso nell’aspetto, sia che mormori dolcemente lungo le spiagge, sia che balzi irato contro gli scogli, il mare fu guardato dagli esseri umani, fin dai primi secoli, con riverenza o con paura inenarrabile; e quando, nel formare i primi miti, l’uomo, dimentico del vero Dio, disse nel...

Una conferenza fatta dietro invito del Comitato per l'Esposizione Beatrice in Firenze.

Un libro para la familia ¿Sabías que dentro de ti cuentas con un GPS? Esta herramienta te permite descubrir quién eres, a dónde quieres ir, cómo encontrar las rutas para lograr lo que te propones y con qué cuentas para andar tu camino. Además, te muestra cómo vas cambiando a medida que...

Sempre maestoso nell’aspetto, sia che mormori dolcemente lungo le spiagge, sia che balzi irato contro gli scogli, il mare fu guardato dagli esseri umani, fin dai primi secoli, con riverenza o con paura inenarrabile. Altre volte fu creduto il regno sterminato di qualche potente divinità, che possedeva...