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Paesa: El espía de las mil caras
By Manuel Cerdán. 2016
La apasionante y enigmática vida de Francisco Paesa, uno de los espías más legendarios de las últimas décadas, escrita por…
el periodista que le cazó en París. Cuando el 2 de julio de 1998 salió publicada en la prensa la esquela de Francisco Paesa, fallecido en Tailandia, muchos respiraron. Por fin desaparecía del mapa el espía que, entre otras cosas, había negociado la entrega de Luis Roldán al gobierno español en el famoso caso de los papeles de Laos. Sin embargo, aquel muerto estaba vivo. Aquella esquela no era más que la penúltima jugada del espía español más importante de las últimas décadas. No tenía licencia para matar como James Bond, pero vivió con la opulencia de 007: bebiendo champán Dom Perignon y acompañado de hermosas mujeres. No era un personaje de ficción, pero se comportaba como los héroes de las novelas de John Le Carré. Siempre con una causa judicial pendiente, siempre con la policía pisándole los talones, Paesa ha vivido al filo de la legalidad una existencia trepidante: estafador del presidente ecuatoguineano en 1968, traficante de armas internacional, vendedor de misiles a ETA -que culmina con la célebre Operación Sokoa-, mediador en el caso GAL intercediendo a una testigo protegida por Garzón, agente secreto del Ministerio del Interior en los años más oscuro del felipismo. Una historia trepidante que ha inspirado la última película de Alberto Rodríguez, director de La isla mínima.Más allá de las palabras: Mi épica vida con un perro de setenta kilos
By Lauren Watt. 2017
Más allá de las palabras transmite la conmovedora y divertida lección de un mastín: aprovecha la aventura, ama incondicionalmente y…
conviértete en la persona que quieres ser de verdad. Lauren se llevó a su mastín a la universidad y después se mudaron juntas al apartamento de Nueva York porque Gizelle no era solo una perra de gran tamaño, era su compañera, su hermana y su confidente. Juntas compartieron todo tipo de aventuras y emociones, pero, cuando Gizelle enfermó y Lauren se dio cuenta de que su mejor amiga pronto ya no estaría, decidió hacer una lista de deseos y llevarla a la práctica para aprovechar al máximo el tiempo que les quedaba juntas. Una lección conmovedora y divertida de un mastín: aprovecha la aventura, ama incondicionalmente y conviértete en la persona que quieres de verdad ser. Reseña:«Una historia emotiva y entrañable que te llegará al corazón porque un perro es mucho más que un compañero fiel.»Emilio Ortiz, autor de A través de mis pequeños ojosA Season on the Brink: Rafael Benitez, Liverpool and the Path to European Glory
By Guillem Balague. 2011
Biographical Portrait of Liverpool's Spanish football manager Rafael Benitez and an extraordinary season for the club. When Rafael Benitez was…
appointed manager of under-achieving Liverpool at the start of the 2004-2005 season, the reaction of many fans was 'Who the **** is Rafael Benitez?'. The Liverpool fans had grown used to French manager Gerard Houllier but he had been a fan of the club himself since his days as a teacher on Merseyside. A Spaniard with admittedly a wonderful record at Valencia was going to take over management of Liverpool's famous Boot Room and try and win over a disillusioned Kop. But in one season, Benitez's importation of Spanish players, coaching methods and diet has led to a revolution, even usurping Jose Mourinho's Chelsea, whereby the team has ended the season winning the ultimate trophy for any European club - the European Champions League. No fan will ever forget the comeback from a 3-0 deficit to a 3-3 scoreline, then dramatic success in the penalty shoot-out. This is the story of Rafa's remarkable success.Heroes for My Son
By Brad Meltzer. 2010
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer brings together a remarkable group of heroes with one thing in common:…
they were ordinary people who became extraordinary.Brad was inspired by the birth of his first son to curate this collection, but you don't need to be a parent to treasure it--Heroes for My Son is perfect for children, parents, teachers, and anyone looking for inspiration. The fifty-two featured figures represent the spectacular potential we all have within us to change the world. The format allows for reading straight through or at your own pace, and includes photos, quotes, brief biographies, and vignettes that highlight the single moment that made each person great. The wonderfully diverse heroes included in the book are men, women, historical, contemporary, athletes, actors, inventors, politicians, and so many more. Heroes for My Son is a book to be read again and again, as the simple question of what makes a hero remains a vital part of today's conversation.Love Life
By Rob Lowe. 2014
ROB LOWE IS BACK WITH STORIES HE ONLY TELLS HIS BEST FRIENDS. When Rob Lowe's first book was published in…
2011, he received the kind of rapturous reviews that writers dream of and rocketed to the top of the bestseller list. Now, in Love Life, he expands his scope, using stories and observations from his life in a poignant and humorous series of true tales about men and women, art and commerce, fathers and sons, addiction and recovery, and sex and love. In Love Life, you will find stories about: * KISSING UNEXPECTEDLY * THE SECRETS THEY DON'T TEACH YOU IN ACTING SCHOOL * HIS GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER'S ROLE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION * PARKS AND RECREATION, BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, AND CALIFORNICATION * TRYING TO COACH A KIDS' BASKETBALL TEAM DOMINATED BY HELICOPTER PARENTS * THE HOT TUB AT THE PLAYBOY MANSION * STARRING IN AND PRODUCING A FLOP TV SERIES * CAMPING AT SEA WORLD * PLAYING SAXOPHONE FOR PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON * THE FIRST JOURNEY TO COLLEGE WITH HIS SON * WARREN BEATTY * THE BENEFITS OF MARRIAGE Throughout this entertaining book, you will find yourself in the presence of a master raconteur, a multi-talented performer whose love for life is as intriguing as his love life.The Denison Family of Toronto: 1792-1925
By David Gagan. 1973
The Denisons were an unusual and colourful family. For over a century – from the War of 1812 to the…
eve of the Depression – they were in the forefront of political, military, social, and intellectual life in Toronto. They took their duties to king and country seriously, serving in public and military office, and established family colonies on their estates in Toronto. As the story of the family unfolds, it reveals the story of Toronto – the spirit of the times, the turbulence of politics, and the exciting growth of a new city. The Denison Family of Toronto focuses on George Denison III (1839-1925), military historian, senior police magistrate, and supporter of the Canada First and Imperial Federation movements. His story proves that Canada has produced some memorable individuals whose activities have for too long been obscured by historians' preoccupation with grander themes. But more than that, the history of the Denisons' quarrel with the United States and their flamboyant nationalism challenges the reader to examine his own assumptions about the Canadian identity.Heroes for My Daughter
By Brad Meltzer. 2012
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer brings together a remarkable group of heroes with one thing in common:…
they were ordinary people who became extraordinary. Brad was inspired by the birth of his daughter to curate this collection, but you don't need to be a parent to treasure it--Heroes for My Daughter is perfect for children, parents, teachers, and anyone looking for inspiration. The sixty featured figures represent the spectacular potential we all have within us to change the world. The format allows for reading straight through or at your own pace, and includes photos, quotes, brief biographies, and vignettes that highlight the single moment that made each person great. The wonderfully diverse heroes included in the book are women, men, historical, contemporary, athletes, actors, inventors, politicians, and so many more. Heroes for My Daughter is a book to be read again and again, as the simple question of what makes a hero remains a vital part of today's conversation.Old Man Ontario: Leslie M. Frost
By Roger Graham. 1990
For most of the twentieth century, Progressive Conservatives have governed Ontario. One of the great consolidators of the Ontario Tory…
dynasty was Leslie Frost, premier from 1949 to 1961. This biography explores the life and career of one of the province's most successful politicians. Frost was born in Orillia, in central Ontario, in 1895. He served in the First World War, was severely wounded, and underwent a lengthy convalescence. In 1921 he graduated from Osgoode Hall and established a law practice in Lindsay with his brother. He became an active member of the Conservative party and was elected to the provincial legislature in 1937, during the years of Liberal government under Mitchell Hepburn. When the Conservatives came into power in 1943, Premier George Drew appointed Frost provincial treasurer and minister of mines. Six years later, when Drew stepped down as party leader, Frost succeeded him. Personally genial and politically pragmatic, Frost consciously exemplified the values of small-town Ontario. He led his party through three elections and swept to victory each time. During his term in office Ontario underwent enormous economic development. His government initiated progressive legislation in health, education, and human rights, and encouraged growth in the private sector through fiscal policy and public investment. Ironically, the burgeoning economy that was fuelled by Frost's programs led to a dramatic increase in urbanization and a substantial erosion of the small-town values on which his political image was built. But that small irony did no political harm to him or to the Tories. When he stepped down as party leader and premier in 1961 he handed over to John Robarts the reins of a party that was not to be shaken from power for another quarter of a century.Half-Hours with Great Scientists: The Story of Physics
By Charles G. Fraser. 1948
The present age is sometimes called the Scientific Age. This does not imply that every member of the community is…
an expert scientist—far from it. It does mean, however, that the labours of the scientists have given the age certain features which influence the life of every citizen to some degree. Accordingly it is desirable that as many as possible should have some understanding of the scientists' work, of their aims, their point of view, and their methods. If we had a wishing-rug or some sort of spare-time car that could transport us at will to any place and time, we might visit the scientists of every age, see them at work, listen to their discussions, and even take a hand in the proceedings. The wishing-rug is not available but the literature of science will serve the purpose for anyone who will do the necessary searching, reading, and thinking. Unfortunately, some of that literature is decidedly inaccessible. To meet the difficulty this book has been written in the hope of bringing some of the most important passages of the literature of science within the reach of everyone. Every past of the vast edifice of science is necessarily the work of some human being, and most of us become more interested in the building, and are able to understand and appreciate it better when we know who were the architects and builders and when, how, and why they did their work. The story of science is a noble epic of the struggle of man from ignorance toward knowledge and wisdom and toward the mastery of nature and of himself. One purpose of science is to systematize experience, and a knowledge of the story of science has helped many in that process of organization. This book, therefore, offers the reader a cordial invitation to embark on a tour of visits with great scientists to learn from them the parts they played in the advancement of science and of the human race. Here is a treasure-house of fascinating information for all who are interested in the world around us, and the history of man's understanding of it.Xwelíqwiya: The Life of a Stó:lō Matriarch
By Richard Daly, Rena Point Bolton. 2013
Xwelíqwiya is the life story of Rena Point Bolton, a Stó:lō matriarch, artist, and craftswoman. Proceeding by way of conversational…
vignettes, the beginning chapters recount Point Bolton's early years on the banks of the Fraser River during the Depression. While at the time the Stó:lō, or Xwélmexw, as they call themselves today, kept secret their ways of life to avoid persecution by the Canadian government, Point Bolton’s mother and grandmother schooled her in the skills needed for living from what the land provides, as well as in the craftwork and songs of her people, passing on a duty to keep these practices alive. Point Bolton was taken to a residential school for the next several years and would go on to marry and raise ten children, but her childhood training ultimately set the stage for her roles as a teacher and activist. Recognizing the urgent need to forge a sense of cultural continuity among the younger members of her community, Point Bolton visited many communities and worked with federal, provincial, and First Nations politicians to help break the intercultural silence by reviving knowledge of and interest in Aboriginal art. She did so with the deft and heartfelt use of both her voice and her hands. Over the course of many years, Daly collaborated with Point Bolton to pen her story. At once a memoir, an oral history, and an “insider” ethnography directed and presented by the subject herself, the result attests both to Daly’s relationship with the family and to Point Bolton’s desire to inspire others to use traditional knowledge and experience to build their own distinctive, successful, and creative lives.The Beaver Hills Country
By Graham A. Macdonald. 2009
How Canadians Communicate III
By Bart Beaty, Derek Briton, Gloria Filax. 2009
The Year’s Work in the Punk Bookshelf, Or, Lusty Scripts
By Brian James Schill. 2017
This is the story of the books punks read and why they read them. The Year’s Work in the Punk…
Bookshelf challenges the stereotype that punk rock is a bastion of violent, drug-addicted, uneducated drop outs. Brian James Schill explores how, for decades, punk and postpunk subculture has absorbed, debated, and reintroduced into popular culture, philosophy, classic literature, poetry, and avant-garde theatre. Connecting punk to not only Hegel, Nietzsche, and Freud, but Dostoevsky, Rimbaud, Henry Miller, Kafka, and Philip K. Dick, this work documents and interprets the subculture’s literary history. In detailing the punk bookshelf, Schill contends that punk’s literary and intellectual interests can be traced to the sense of shame (whether physical, socioeconomic, cultural, or sexual) its advocates feel in the face of a shameless market economy that not only preoccupied many of punks’ favorite writers but generated the entire punk polemic.Informe contra mí mismo
By Eliseo Alberto. 1997
Informe contra mí mismo es un libro a favor de lo que amo: mi familia, los amigos, la isla entera.…
No me propuse una memoria de la historia sino una primera historia de mi memoria. Preciso: la emocionante memoria de los míos. Sobre la experiencia de la Revolución cubana se ha debatido casi siempre en defensa de posiciones extremas. A quemarropa. La razón dicta. La pasión ciega. Sólo la emoción conmueve, porque la emoción es, a fin de cuentas, la única razón de la pasión. ¿Será cierto que la mejor defensa es el ataque? Lo dudo. José Martí nos llamó a una guerra necesaria, sin odios, para alcanzar la independencia pienso que ahora los cubanos debemos convocarnos a una «paz necesaria», también sin odios, para lograr la concordia nacional. Sé que la publicación de este libro puede molestar a muchos en la isla o en el exilio, las dos orillas del conflicto. En todo caso, pienso que tendrán la opción de no leerlo. Yo tuve la necesidad de escribirlo. Si algún compatriota, en cualquier agujero del mundo, se reconoce en una de estas paginas y se recuerda en mis recuerdos, me sentiré acompañado. Lo único imperdonable es el olvido. Tarde o temprano, los cubanos nos volveremos a encontrar, bajo la sombra isleña de una nube. Hay que estar atentos: el toque de una clave se escucha desde lejos. (Eliseo Alberto, Lichi)Atravesando Fronteras
By Jorge Ramos. 2002
Relato autobiográfico. Revela toda clase de detalles sobre la vida del famoso periodista Jorge Ramos. Por primera vez, este prestigiado…
presentador de noticias en Español comparte anécdotas conocidas y ocultas de su existencia con los lectores, televidentes y radioescuchas que han seguido atentos su despuntante carrera profesional. Descubrimos aquí al hombre cuya atracción por las emociones fuertes lo ha puesto reiteradamente en peligro, y cuyo sentido del humor lo ha salvado de las situaciones más incómodas. Padre, reportero, esposo e hijo; todas sus facetas se describen aquí, sin escatimar recursos. El sentido aventurero y práctico del protagonista nos brindará con la lectura, además, una excelente lección de vida. Los pasajes intensamente contados en el libro nos permitirán viajar de la mano de una persona que se confiesa itinerante; ofreciendo, por lo tanto, un amplio archivo emocional de vivencias recogidas de múltiples lugares y encuentros con los más variados y controversiales personajes del planeta.Trece Sentidos
By Victor Villaseñor. 2001
Trece Sentidos, de Victor Villaseñor, continúa la estimulante epopeya familiar que empezó con el ampliamente reconocido bestseller Lluvia de Oro-en…
un deslumbrante relato de pasión, familia y los olvidados sentidos místicos que revolotean en el interior de cada uno de nosotros -- con una atrevida memoria de amor, magia, milagros y crimen. Trece Sentidos abre con las bodas de orb del ya mayor y antiguo fabricante de whiskey clandestino Salvador y su elegante esposa, Lupe. Cuando un joven sacerdote le pide a Lupe que repita la sagrada frase ceremonial 'respetar y obedecer', Lupe se sorprende a sí misma al contestar -- ¡No, no voy a decir obedecer! ¡Cómo se atreve! ¡Ah, no! ¡Usted no me va a hablar así después de cincuenta años de matrimonio y sabiendo lo que sé! --. Después de la comiquísima sacudida del rechazo de Lupe, la familia Villaseñor se ve forzada a examinar el amor que Lupe y Salvador han compartido por tantos años: un amor universal, entrañable y sincero, que eventualmente dará energía e inspiración a la pareja en su vejez. En Trece Sentidos, Victor Villaseñor introduce a sus lectores al mundo pintoresco de su familia inmigrante, el cual evoca al de Bonnie y Clyde: un mundo que se desarrolla durante la época de la Depresión en el sur de California. Un mundo cruel donde sólo sobreviven los fuertes y los mañosos, y donde el amor, la pasión y el compromiso a la familia son las únicas fuerzas que alientan las vidas de Salvador y Lupe. A través de la narración vemos a Lupe librarse de sus jóvenes e inocentes convenciones de la feminidad y convertirse en un acorazado de poder, fuerza, valor, e inteligencia. A su vez, Salvador se ve obligado a ampliar su imagen de patriarca macho, y a convertirse en un ser más pleno al aprender aescuchar la sabia intuición de su joven esposa. Al final de cuentas, Trece Sentidos es una representación delirante del amor entre todo hombre y toda mujer. Al escribir esta memoria parteaguas del atrevido deseo de Lupe y Salvador. Villaseñor descubre una senda hacia la iluminación y nos ayuda a darnos cuenta que un alma que ha despertado no se restringe por el uso de los cinco sentidos, sino que es capaz de usar la fuerza de todos los trece sagrados sentidos.Burro Genio
By Victor Villaseñor. 2004
De pie frente al pÚblico, Victor VillaseÑor mirÓ al grupo de maestros sentados frente a Él, y su mente se…
llenÓ de recuerdos de infancia llenos de humillaciÓn y abuso por parte de sus profesores. Se sintiÓ enfurecer. Con el corazÓn en la mano, comenzÓ a hablar de esos abusos. Y cuando terminÓ, para su gran sorpresa, encontrÓ a todos los profesores de pie aplau-diÉndolo enfÁticamente. Muchas de las personas en el pÚblico no lograban contener sus lÁgrimas. AsÍ comienzan las conmovedoras y apasionadas memorias de Victor VillaseÑor. A pesar de ser muy talentoso e imaginativo desde muy niÑo, tuvo que vivir con una dificultad de aprendizaje (no fue sino hasta los 44 aÑos de edad que fue diagnosticado con un caso grave de dislexia), y la frustraciÓn de ser latino en una escuela americana en la que sÓlo se hablaba inglÉs. A pesar de los profesores que lo maltrataban porque no podÍa hablar inglÉs, VillaseÑor se aferrÓ a su sueÑo de un dÍa convertirse en escritor. Hoy en dÍa, es considerado uno de los autores mÁs importantes de nuestra era.Kris Jenner . . . And All Things Kardashian
By Kris Jenner. 2011
You think you know her . . . The Kardashians are famous for letting it all hang out. Whether they're…
moving cross-country, settling a family feud, dealing with heartbreak, or just having fun with one another, their lives are utterly relatable. No wonder America can't get enough. But what have Kourtney, Kim, KhloÉ, and the rest of the Kardashian clan got that we haven't got? Off-the-charts beauty, millions of dollars, and Kris Jenner--the superstar mom and manager who made them into the family we can't resist. On Keeping Up with the Kardashians, we watch Kris do it all. She runs a household, manages her children's successful careers, produces four television shows featuring her larger-than-life family, and still finds time to tweet to her fans. How does she manage to maintain her composure, enviable elegance, and unflappable sense of humor? After raising six children of her own, in addition to being a stepmother to four and a grandmother, multitasking is Kris's way of life. But she would have never made it without her unwavering belief in God. In this thoughtful, candid, and no-nonsense memoir, Kris Jenner is an open book about the good times and the rough patches. She shares the reality of living her hectic life in the celebrity spotlight, touching on topics that will resonate with women everywhere--love, loss, marriage, divorce, motherhood, and faith. Kris talks about her marriages to Olympic champion Bruce Jenner and Robert Kardashian, the late father of her four oldest children--and how it was Bruce who finally helped end the Kardashians' messy divorce so they could all move forward as a family. She writes with candor and vivid insider detail about her close friendships with Nicole Brown Simpson and O.J. Simpson, as well as Nicole's murder, its aftermath, and the infamous trial. She also puts her oftencontroversial parenting style under the microscope as she relates the details of her decision to make her charming family into an international brand with a blockbuster reality television franchise. If you think your life is chaotic, try keeping up with Kris Jenner.In the Province of the Gods
By Kenny Fries. 2017
Kenny Fries embarks on a journey of profound self-discovery as a disabled foreigner in Japan, a society historically hostile to…
difference. As he visits gardens, experiences Noh and butoh, and meets artists and scholars, he also discovers disabled gods, one-eyed samurai, blind chanting priests, and A-bomb survivors. When he is diagnosed as HIV positive, all his assumptions about Japan, the body, and mortality are shaken, and he must find a way to reenter life on new terms.