social life and customs

A children's cookbook for Chinese cooking, also providing information on customs in China.

Text and photographs look at how kids lived in Ancient Greece.

A personal account of the author's journey as a boy from his Mexican mountain village to Sacramento and of his acculturation through education and experience in the United States.

A graphic novel adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenston's classic story about Dr. Henry Jekyll, a physician who develops a formula that changes him into the evil Edward Hyde.

A Spanish translation of Jane Austen's tale set in early nineteenth-century England, in which a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters.

A collection of short stories giving voice to the vigorous and varied life on both sides of the United States-Mexican border.

Social comedy, with an enchanting heroine, this novel embodies Austen's belief that the truly civilized maintain a balance between energy and reason.

Embittered by a false accusation and disappointed in friendship and love, the weaver Silas Marner retreats into a life alone with his loom and his gold. Fate steals his gold and replaces it with a golden-haired foundling child.

A spirited young woman in early nineteenth-century England must cope with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman, as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters. Includes background information, an outline of key themes and plot points, notes, and other study aids.

Presents Victor Hugo's classic novel about convict Jean-Valjean who struggles to escape his past in a world of poverty and ignorance during the French Revolution; and includes explanatory notes, chronology of the author's life and work, critical analysis, timeline of important events, and an outline of key themes and plots.