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Cristiano y Leo: la carrera por ser el mejor jugador de todos los tiempos
By Jimmy Burns. 2018
Four: 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. 2018La 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. 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 injuriosoEl 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 injuriosoTalentos 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. 2017Messi: su asombrosa historia (Leyendas del fútbol)
By Michael Part. 2014
An exploration of the career of Lionel Messi, the international football star who gained fame playing for FC Barcelona. Diagnosed…
with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) as a child in Argentina, Messi has become what many consider to be the greatest player of all time. For grades 6-9 and older readers. Spanish language. 2014Sapiens 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
Forester 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. 2016Nacidos para correr: una tribu oculta, superatletas y la carrera más grande que el mundo nunca ha visto
By Christopher McDougall. 2011
El autor relata su visita con los tarahumaras--un pueblo nativo de las Barrancas del Cobre de México--conocidos por su capacidad…
para correr distancias extremas descalzos y sin lesiones. Incorpora la historia y la fisiología de correr así como la forma correcta de correr sin dolor. Traducido del inglésPablo Escobar, mi padre: las historias que no deberíamos saber
By Juan Pablo Escobar, Sebastián Marroquín. 2014
An intimate portrait of the Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar Gaviria (1949-1993), written by his son, revealing the side that…
his father presented to his family, while exploring the violence that he engendered in his country and the world. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2014A guide to juices and juicing by Univision nutrition and exercise expert Claudia Molina. Molina shares her favorite juice recipes,…
the nutrition habits she has followed since her teens, and the exercises that she practices frequently to promote health, wellness, and natural beauty. Spanish langage. 2016La cacería: una historia de inmigración y violencia en Estados Unidos
By Mirta Ojito. 2014
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explores the 2008 murder of thirty-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue, New York. Killed by a…
group of teenagers, Lucero became a symbol of a broken immigration system, intolerance, and bigotry focused on foreigners in the United States. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2014El arte de la quietud: la aventura de no ir a ninguna parte (Ted books)
By Pico Iyer. 2015
El periodista y cronista de viajes Pico Iyer explora los beneficios de la desconexión, de apreciar dónde estas, y de…
ser tranquilo. Analizando las vidas de personalidades tan disímiles como Gandhi, Proust, y Leonard Cohen, Iyer revela cómo la quietud puede despertar la creatividad y aliviar el estrésEl cerrador: Mi vida
By Wayne Coffey, Mariano Rivera. 2014
La memoria del jugador de béisbol panameño Mariano Rivera (nacido en 1969), quien comenzó a jugar para los Yankees de…
Nueva York en 1995 y se desempeñó como uno de los lanzadores cerradores de más éxito del equipo hasta su retirada en 2013. Habla sobre sus años con el equipo, la rivalidad con los Red Sox de Boston, y su fe cristiana. BFCarta encíclica sobre el cambio climático y la desigualdad: Laudato Si' : sobre el cuidado de la casa común
By Papa Francisco, Papa Papa Francisco, Catholic Church. 2015
In his role as the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis offers his views on climate change, human stewardship…
of the environment, and social responsibility, including the need to curb the destructive tendencies of consumerism. Spanish language. 2005El camino a casa: mi vida con los Yankees
By Jorge Posada. 2015
El ex receptor puertorriqueño reflexiona sobre su vida como jugador de béisbol en los Grandes Ligas, incluyendo sus diecisiete temporadas--de…
1995 a 2011--como un miembro clave de los Yankees de Nueva York, participando en cuatro equipos de campeonatoJoaquín El Chapo Guzmán: el varón de la droga
By Andrés López López, Andres Lopez Lopez. 2015
Biography of notorious Mexican drug trafficker and fugitive who heads the Sinaloa Cartel, named by Forbes Magazine one of the…
most powerful people in the world. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2015Physicist discusses research by more than three hundred scientists that is leading to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, computers, nanotechnology, space…
travel, medicine, energy, and more. Predicts the impact these advances will have on day-to-day life during the next century. Spanish language. 2011