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Dunkerque: la historia que inspiró la película
By Joshua Levine. 2017
An account of the 1940 rescue of over 300,000 Allied troops trapped at the French port of Dunkirk through a…
seaborne evacuation. Includes interviews with veterans and survivors, and is told from the viewpoints of land, sea, and air. Violence. Spanish language. 2017La historia de la república
By Chumel Torres. 2017
Últimos testigos: los niños de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
By Svetlana Alexievich, Svetlana Alexiévich, Svetlana Aleksievich. 2017
Belarusian investigative journalist and Nobel Prize-winning author Svetlana Alexiévich presents first-hand accounts of children during the German invasion of Russia…
in the Second World War. Translated from the Russian. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2013La llamada de la tribu
By Mario Vargas Llosa. 2018
El autor peruano--ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura-- presenta una autobiografía intelectual que explora las influencias seminales en su pensamiento.…
Incluye a Adam Smith, José Ortega y Gasset, Karl Popper, Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, y Jean-François RevelFour: el ADN secreto de Amazon, Apple, Facebook y Google
By Scott Galloway. 2018
New York University professor profiles four leading technology businesses: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. Examines their business models, reach into…
people's everyday lives, ability to weather setbacks that cause other companies to fail, and upcoming challengers. Discusses lessons to be learned. Spanish language. 2018Yo seré la última: historia de mi cautiverio y mi lucha contra el Estado Islámico
By Amal Clooney, Nadia Murad. 2017
A former captive of the Islamic State--and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018--recounts her experiences as her family…
was killed and she was forced, along with many other Yazidi girls, into the ISIS slave trade. Prologue by Amal Clooney. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 20172018 La salida
By Andrés Manuel López Obrador. 2017
El político y autor mexicano--conocido comúnmente como AMLO-- postula una serie de medidas que México puede tomar para combatir la…
corrupción y adoptar principios básicos de honestidad para transformar la sociedad. Él explora cómo se vería México en 2024 como resultado. (En 2018, AMLO fue elegido presidente de México.)La línea se convierte en río: una crónica de la frontera
By Francisco Cantú. 2018
After being stationed at the remote crossroads of a drug route and a smuggling corridor, the Mexican-American author abandons the…
Border Patrol for civilian life. Then a friend of Cantú travels back to Mexico to visit his dying mother and doesn't return. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 201821 lecciones para el siglo XXI
By Yuval Noah Harari. 2018
Author of Sapiens (DB 84962) and Homo Deus (DB 84963) presents advice on navigating life in the twenty-first century and…
dealing with the rapid changes technology offers human civilization. Topics include disillusionment, work, community, nationalism, religion, war, secularism, ignorance, science fiction, education, and meditation. Spanish language. 2018El asesinato de García Lorca
By Ian Gibson. 2018
Describe las circunstancias y el impacto del asesinato del célebre poeta y dramaturgo español Federico García Lorca por las fuerzas…
nacionalistas en 1936. Edición original publicada en 1971; revisado con nuevo prólogo por el autor. Traducido del inglés. Violencia y lenguaje injuriosoSinceramente
By Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. 2019
La abogada, política, y ex presidenta de Argentina (2007-2015) reflexiona sobre el pasado reciente de su país, especialmente sus años…
en la presidencia, así como lo que ella considera los desafíos que enfrentan América Latina y el mundoEl juicio del hombre más buscado por la policía estadounidense: Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Un repaso de sus actividades en…
el narcotráfico, sus venganzas, y los nexos con políticos y delincuentes en Mexico. Violencia y lenguaje injuriosoUna historia de España
By Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Arturo Perez-Reverte. 2019
A history of the main events that have occurred since Spain's origins and up through the end of the Transition,…
with a subjective view. Originally written over the course of more than four years in the "Patente de corso" column for XL Semanal. Spanish language. 2019Talentos ocultos: basada en la historia real Jamás Contada
By Margot Lee Shetterly. 2017
The daughter of a NASA research scientist and a university professor profiles the African-American women who worked for NASA and…
its predecessor NACA as human computers. Discusses their lives prior to joining NACA/NASA, the challenges they faced due to gender and race discrimination, and their impact on the space program. Basis for the 2016 movie. Spanish language. 2017En 1942, una joven trabajadora social, Irena Sendler, tuvo acceso al gueto de Varsovia como especialista en salud pública. Mientras…
que ella estaba allí, comenzó a entender el destino que esperaba a las familias judías y salvó a miles de niños de la muerte. Traducido del inglés. ViolenciaSapiens de animales a dioses: breve historia de la humanidad
By Yuval Noah Harari. 2014
A discussion of the development of human culture and history, from the emergence of the first species of the genus…
Homo over two million years ago to the twenty-first century. Examines progress from the standpoints of biology, anthropology, paleontology, and economics. Originally published in Hebrew in 2011. Spanish language. 2014Homo Deus: breve historia del mañ̃ana
By Yuval Noah Harari. 2016
Noviembre
By Jorge Galán. 2015
San Salvador, 1989. A group of armed men enters the Central American University and murders two women and six priests…
in cold blood. Father José María Tojeira is tasked with discovering the truth behind the massacre and identifying the guilty. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2015Forester shares his observations as well as research by others into the networked nature of trees and forests. Discusses communication…
between trees, the life cycle of an organic forest versus one planted, and the interaction of trees with their greater environment. Translated from the original German edition. Spanish language. 2016La guerra no tiene rostro de mujer
By Svetlana Alexievich, Svetlana Aleksievich. 2015
La ganadora del Premio Nobel en 2015 presenta una historia oral de las mujeres rusas en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.…
Alexiévich explora el papel de las mujeres en batallas y en el frente interno, detallando su coraje y valentía, y la brutalidad de la guerra. Traducido del ruso. Violencia, lenguaje injurioso, y descripciones de índole sexual