A new and modern translation of the entire collection of folk and fairy tales written by the Brothers Grimm.

"...Daniel Anderson...visita un orfanato para dejar un donativo y los niños le piden que les cuente un cuento. Daniel les cuenta la historia de Billy Stone...y Allie..., dos amigos de 13 años que encuentran un medallón que había estado perdido por cientos de años y accidentalmente los transporta al pasado a una isla remota. Para salvar la vida de Allie, Billy le entrega el medallón a Cobra..., un guerrero del mal que gobierna la isla. Para recuperar...

Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas: Madea gets coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what they'll find when they arrive. As the small, rural town prepares for its annual Christmas Carnival, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested while Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas Spirit to all. Christmas with the Kranks: "When their only daughter Blair leaves...

"Popular culture teaches young men to enjoy war, to act it out as play and then don a uniform as a rite of passage into manhood. This warrior myth has long held a powerful place in our society. In My River Home, Marcus Eriksen, a former marine, tells his own story as a way of articulating the danger of this myth. It took ten years and an adventure down the Mississippi River to help him come to terms with his experience of war." "Eriksen grew up,...

This volume presents current controversial issues surrounding crime and criminology in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society. This topic is framed with a general summary and introduction, and a postscript or challenge questions. This work features an annotated...

Between 1996 and 2017, the number of families on welfare declined to less than a quarter of its former rate of coverage, yet nearly twice as many households live in extreme poverty and nearly 25 percent of American children live in poverty. What can be done to help these children and families escape poverty? Are government programs like welfare the best solution, or are there other ways to pull families out of poverty? This volume looks at the issue...

This compilation of articles written by the editors of Scientific American explores the complicated subject of identity from a scientific perspective. What determines which traits, qualities, and beliefs a person will possess or be drawn to in other people? Researchers have examined genetic makeup, brain activity, emotional responses, and social structures to find patterns that can help explain how identity is formed. Science can be used to explain...