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¿Quién iba a decir que importantes pasajes de la vida cultural y social del planeta entero serían estelarizados por los antes estigmatizados homosexuales? Moda, literatura, música, arquitectura, cine, son algunos ejemplos de áreas en las que han sobresalido varios de estos personajes.

Este libro es una obra fundamental para los lectores interesados en temas de ese país. Es un estudio colectivo que analiza los momentos claves de la historia de China.

Esta obra explica los procesos esenciales que han dado forma a la trayectoria histórica de Chile, acogiendo lo que la historiografía corrientemente ha estudiado y difundido como historia nacional, pero también ofreciendo interpretaciones que complementan, y en ocasiones cuestionan, las nociones más arraigadas sobre la historia de esta realidad natural y social nombrada Chile desde épocas inmemoriales. De este modo se asume que no existe una sola historia de Chile y que la heterogeneidad también es propia de esta comunidad.

Nació el 21 de octubre de 1925, en el barrio Santo Suárez de La Habana, Cuba. Fue una de los cuatro hijos que tuvieron sus padres, Catalina Alfonso y Simón Cruz. Conocida como La reina de la salsa y La guarachera de oriente comenzó su carrera artística en La Habana, luego de haber ganado un concurso para nuevos talentos conocido como La hora del té.

La cultura maya es una de las civilizaciones prehispánicas más importantes de América, ubicada en la parte sureste de México, Guatemala, Belice, Honduras y El Salvador. Restos de imponentes ciudades y centros ceremoniales, vestigios de sus leyendas, mitos, descubrimientos y observaciones, son la evidencia de una cultura evolucionada que buscaba una explicación de las cosas buenas y malas de la vida.

For two months out of the year, Daphne Noelle got to live her dream of owning a bakery. Her little pop-up bake shop—one that looked just like a gingerbread house—brought joy to every customer who stopped by to enjoy her sweet treats. She loved meeting people and making them smile, and being in such a festive setting every day was just the icing on the cake! For the last three years, everything had gone smoothly, but this year, there was one guy who was determined to ruin it all.

As a servant in a wealthy household, Emelia Brandon is subject to hard work, little food, and great hardship. She has no choice but to become a mail order bride, flee west to Arizona, and marry a man she’s never seen.

Maren Mercer does many things. She owns “The Lit Wick,” a successful book and candle shop in Seattle, she never misses a yoga class, and reads at least two books a week. Maren never thought, however, that she was capable of saving a life. But, that’s exactly what she does.

After winning the US Open, Greyson Jennings couldn't help but take playful jabs at the expense of his prime competition, Bryan Nelson. His snarky claims during the press junction may have burned off like fog on the green if a week later they hadn’t found themselves at the same golf resort.

Isabelle is haunted by remorse over a past mistake that drastically changed the lives of those closest to her. Apologizing would be a step in the right direction—if only she could muster the courage to say, "I'm sorry." Her world is turned upside down when her late husband's will stipulates that she transform their waterfront estate into a bed and breakfast. As the summer's first guests are due to arrive, Isabelle feels increasingly overwhelmed. Unexpected help arrives in the form of her twenty-four-year-old granddaughter.

Nova Scofield isn’t looking for anything serious. She’s not looking for anything at all, actually. Still recovering after walking away from her narcissistic fiancé weeks before their wedding, she is happily focused on her floral shop, Wild Flora. But then Jax Stratford walks into the shop and Nova suddenly remembers what it’s like to feel the gravitational pull of chemistry. For one night, she allows herself the freedom of letting her desire lead her.

Pinkerton agent, Dusty Sloan, isn’t just another cowboy who enjoys charming the ladies. He is dedicated to his job, especially when stolen diamonds and a stubborn woman are involved. Can he protect her and find the mystery of the stolen gems, or will his heart get involved?

When single mom Hope Reynolds returns to her small New Jersey hometown a decade after a rift with her father, there's only one thing she's looking forward to: seeing her beloved Christmas Star shining across the valley. For townspeople, its been a beacon of hope, a symbol of miracles. Though she long ago stopped believing, Hope needs a miracle now more than ever.

As Christmas nears, Louisa travels to South Dakota to meet the man she will marry: widowed rancher Matthew. With no family of her own, she looks forward to becoming a wife and mother to Matthew's two young daughters. But Louisa's journey does not go as planned. While the girls are happy to see her and are happy their Christmas wish to have a mother comes true, Matthew doesn't want anything to do with her. Forced with facing lies and deceit, Louisa's happy Christmas suddenly turns dire.

Esta edición ampliada y actualizada de 1968, Estado y Universidad—una obra ya clásica—nos recuerda el verdadero valor de un movimiento que fue el germen de la "sociedad civil", de las ideas modernas de oposición y conciencia universitaria, de algunas de las libertades que hoy gozamos y de nuestra percepción de la tolerancia y respeto a la diversidad.

Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years ago. That is, until the day Ani’s stiffness and swollen joints mean she can no longer get out of bed, and Ani is forced to reveal just how important swimming is to her. Mami forbids her from returning to the water but Ani and her doctor believe that swimming along with medication will help Ani manage her disease.

Avery Booker is beautiful, successful, and ready to pledge forever to Lloyd, starting with the elaborate wedding ceremony she’s wanted for so long. Avery’s happy, Lloyd’s happy, but the pregnant woman who objects is not. It seems Lloyd has some explaining to do, but explanations will have to wait. The baby is coming on the rose petals that were meant for Avery. The contractions are too close together to wait for an ambulance, so Avery springs into action. After all, she is an OB/GYN, and she’s about to deliver her fiancé’s baby on what was supposed to be their wedding day.

Mike Black and his wife, Shy, are trying, again, to put that life behind them, raise their children, and spend the rest of their lives loving one another in peace. That peace is shattered when Elias Colton, a prominent member of the Black Business Association and close associate of New York City gangster Mike Black, is murdered. The detectives assigned to the case believe that they have a suspect, and the motive is sex, money, or both.

"No es cuento, es historia" es producto de la inteligencia de la historiadora Inés Quintero, que creó en las ondas hertzianas micros sobre el pasado de Venezuela. Ahora, Inés Quintero, fiel su público, ha recopilado en un segundo volumen, "No es cuento, es historia II". Como ocurre con el primer tomo, aquí también se disfrutan momentos divertidos y asombrosos de nuestra historia, con la frescura, inteligencia y sentido del humor de esta académica tan prestigiosa y tan hábil para comunicarse con el gran público.

¿De qué manera una mujer llega a puestos de responsabilidad y poder que parecían reservados sólo a los hombres? ¿Cómo se toman las grandes decisiones en las empresas líderes de mercado, en la conducción del Estado y en la cima de las Naciones Unidas? ¿Qué podemos aprender de esas experiencias para nuestra vida profesional y afectiva? Susana Malcorra responde esas preguntas a partir de su admirable carrera.