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Segundo Villanueva was born in 1927 in a tiny farming village perched in the Andes; when he was seventeen, his father was murdered and Segundo was left with little more than a Bible as his inheritance. This Bible launched Segundo on a lifelong obsession to find the true message of God contained in its pages. He found himself looking for answers outside the Catholic Church, whose hierarchy and colonial roots embodied the gaping social and racial inequities of Peruvian society.

America has entered troubling times. The rule of law is crumbling. The massive expansion of Federal government power with its destructive laws and policies is of grave concern to many. But what can be done to quell the abuse of power by civil authority? Are unjust or immoral actions by the government simply to be accepted and their lawless commands obeyed? How do we know when the government has acted tyrannically? Which actions constitute proper and legitimate resistance?

In Nothing Like a Dame, theater journalist Eddie Shapiro opens a jewelry box full of glittering surprises, through in-depth conversations with twenty leading women of Broadway. He carefully selected Tony Award-winning stars who have spent the majority of their careers in theater, leaving aside those who have moved on or occasionally drop back in. The women he interviewed spent endless hours with him, discussing their careers, offering insights into the iconic shows, changes on Broadway over the last century, and the art (and thrill) of taking the stage night after night.

A sus cuarenta años, como un road trip, sin más referente que una fotografía vieja, una hija emprende la búsqueda de su padre. Mientras narra la decisión de ir a conocerlo y el viaje que la lleva de Ciudad de México a Michoacán, iremos construyendo, junto a ella, el pasado, los amores, las alegrías, los accidentes, las ausencias.

The Kavanaugh drama unfolded so fast in the summer of 2018 it seemed to come out of nowhere. With the power of the #MeToo movement behind her, a terrified but composed Christine Blasey Ford walked into a Senate hearing room to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual assault. This unleashed unprecedented fury from a Supreme Court nominee who accused Democrats of a “calculated and orchestrated political hit”. But behind this showdown was a much bigger one.

Tourism, fast becoming the largest global business, employs one out of 12 persons and produces $6.5 trillion of the world’s economy. In a groundbreaking book, Elizabeth Becker uncovers how what was once a hobby has become a colossal enterprise with profound impact on countries, the environment, and cultural heritage. This invisible industry exploded at the end of the Cold War. In 2012 the number of tourists traveling the world reached one billion. Now everything can be packaged as a tour....

Hugo Award winner Elizabeth Bear has won high praise for her thought-provoking science fiction. The second in Bear’s powerful Jacob’s Ladder series, Chill finds the generation starship Jacob’s Ladder with a new captain—Perceval. As Perceval struggles with the ship’s recent damage, remnants of the rebellion still linger and a threat to the crew grows.

Óscar, María y Román se conocen hacia sus diez años, en un internado que será para ellos campo de juegos y espacio sagrado, pero también un puente hacia la noche oscura del alma; ninguno de los tres protagonistas de esta novela puede evadir el dolor y todos comparten grandilocuentes fantasías. Tal vez sea eso lo que los une y los hace atravesar soledad, orfandad y la necesidad de tomar decisiones que involucran dos muertes y habrán de marcarlos por el resto de sus vidas. Luego, el destino los separa y sólo se reunirán veinte años más tarde.

"I am learning Kazakh": 300 essential words and phrases, 140 common expressions, the 100 most common verbs, the 1000 essential Kazakh words. Kazakh or Kazak belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages. Kazakh is the official language of the Republic of Kazakhstan and a minority language in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China. It is spoken by around 11 million people. How to learn a language differently? Today, language learning is revolutionized: you do not have to go to traditional language classes anymore.

Booklist calls the world of Hugo Award winner Elizabeth Bear’s spellbinding Jacob’s Ladder series “magnificently populated, well worth visiting.” Here the trilogy that began with Dust and Chill draws to its stunning conclusion. The passengers of the generation spaceship Jacob’s Ladder have found a new home at last. But the planet Grail is already inhabited - and its population of genetically engineered humans has no intention of sharing the world.

Dr. Arline T. Geronimus coined the term “weathering” to describe the effects of systemic oppression—including racism and classism—on the body. In Weathering, based on more than 30 years of research, she argues that health and aging have more to do with how society treats us than how well we take care of ourselves. She explains what happens to human bodies as they attempt to withstand and overcome the challenges and insults that society leverages at them, and details how this process ravages their health. And she proposes solutions.

El 1° de enero de 1994, el Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional se levantó en armas para exigir los derechos básicos que les garantizaran la subsistencia.

"Hay dos sensaciones que siempre se recuerdan a lo largo de la vida: la primera vez que la persona amada sostiene tu mano y la primera vez en que un bebé recién nacido te toma de un dedo. En esos precisos momentos quedas unido al otro por el resto de la eternidad". En la Praga de los años treinta, los sueños de Josef y Lenka se hacen añicos ante la inminente invasión nazi. Décadas más tarde, a miles de kilómetros de distancia, en Nueva York, dos extraños se reconocen a través de una mirada. El destino les otorga a los amantes una nueva oportunidad.

Pero te levantas, ves el montón de trastes sucios, recuerdas tu deuda con el banco y te angustias por lo mucho que has vivido y lo poco que has logrado. Se te apaga la chispa, esa gloria mañanera se desvanece frente al caos. Pero no, tu vida no es un gran desmadre; son muchos, pequeños y silenciosos desmadres que nunca terminas de resolver. Este es un manual para detener ese tren descarrilado.

Veinte relatos en torno a las peripecias posmodernas que, contados con humor negro, evidencian la inocencia con la que nos entregamos a un estilo de vida, sin comprender que ofrecemos el cuello como víctimas desde la comodidad del hogar y a un clic de distancia del posible asesino.

El highlander Duncan McRae, más conocido como el Halcón, es un hombre acostumbrado a liderar ejércitos, librar batallas y salir victorioso de todas ellas junto a su clan. Pero al llegar al castillo de Dunstaffnage para celebrar el enlace de su buen amigo Alex McDougall, se encuentra con el mayor reto de su vida, alguien con quien no está acostumbrado a lidiar: lady Megan Phillips, una morena que no le tiene miedo a nada.

Tercer volumen de la saga que consagró a Megan como la autora más querida del género. El laird Kieran O’Hara y sus guerreros son atacados por unos villanos mientras pernoctan en el bosque cercano al castillo de Caerlaveroch, pero una misteriosa banda de encapuchados, liderados por una mujer a la que los aldeanos llaman "Hada", consigue salvarlos. Angela es la menor de las hijas del laird Kubrat Ferguson. Todo el mundo cree que es una muchacha débil, temerosa de los caballos y que tiembla ante el acero.

La primera novela para adultos en casi 15 años de la autora internacionalmente superventas de "In the Time of the Butterflies" y "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents". Antonia Vega, la escritora inmigrante en el centro de "Afterlife", ha sacado la alfombra de debajo de ella. Acaba de retirarse de la universidad donde enseñó inglés cuando su amado esposo, Sam, muere repentinamente.

This beginner's guide offers a first glimpse into the natural world of fish. In this bilingual addition to the acclaimed About series, educator and author Cathryn Sill uses simple, easy-to-understand language to teach children the basic characteristics of what fish are, how they swim, breathe, and reproduce, and the different ways they protect themselves from predators. An afterword provides further details on the fish featured and inspires young listeners to learn more.

This beginner's guide offers a first glimpse into the natural world of amphibians. In this addition to the acclaimed About series, educator and author Cathryn Sill uses simple, easy-to-understand language to teach children what amphibians are, how they look, how they move, what they eat, and where they live.