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Un conmovedor libro biográfico sobre el chef José Andrés, quien, junto con su organización World Central Kitchen, seguramente inspirará a…
los niños a ayudar en sus propias comunidades.El amor de José Andrés por la cocina comenzó cuando era un niño en España, mientras recogía la leña para hacer el fuego que cocinaría la paella perfecta. A José le encantaba cada aspecto: el chisporroteo del aceite de oliva, los montones de vegetales frescos picados, y el olor del azafrán. Cuando se fue de casa, se dio cuenta de que quería contar historias con comida. Y lograría contarlas, creando magia con las semillas de tomates y granadas, con almendras y queso. Sus sueños crecieron hasta que eran tan grandes como las estrellas en el cielo. Pensó: nadie debería pasar hambre. Quiero ayudar a alimentar al mundo. Y así nació World Central Kitchen.Desde el terremoto en Haití hasta la guerra en Ucrania y la pandemia de Covid, José y su equipo en World Central Kitchen han estado en primera línea, sirviendo más de 200 millones de comidas y brindando consuelo y esperanza en los momentos más oscuros.Con un texto lírico e impresionantes ilustraciones, aquí hay una biografía ilustrada sobre un chef y humanitario de renombre mundial que seguramente inspirará a una nueva generación de ayudantes comunitarios.A moving picture book biography about chef José Andrés, who, along with his World Central Kitchen organization, is sure to inspire kids to help out in their own communities.José Andrés&’s love of cooking began as a young boy in Spain as he gathered the wood to make the fire that would cook the paella just right. José loved everything about it: the sizzling olive oil, the mounds of chopped vegetables, and the smell of saffron. When he left home, he realized he wanted to tell stories with food. And tell them he did, creating magic with the seeds of ripe tomatoes and pomegranates and cheese. His dreams grew until they were as big as the stars in the sky. He thought, No one should ever go hungry. I want to help feed the world-- and World Central Kitchen was born.From the earthquake in Haiti to the war in Ukraine and the Covid pandemic, José and his team at World Central Kitchen have been at the frontlines, serving more than 200 million meals and counting, and bringing comfort and hope in the darkest times.With a lyrical text and stunning illustrations, here is a picture book biography about a world-renowned humanitarian and chef that&’s sure to inspire a new generation of community helpers.No se requiere corbata: Tibu, segunda temporada
By Carlos Vázquez Moreno. 2022
"With the same frankness with which he spoke of the dark side of the music industry in "Memoirs of a…
manager'', the controversial Tibu returns to the fray. But this time to offer a much more personal account of his history: from the 1970s gangs of "quinquis" in the Carabanchel [district of Madrid] to the bass player who played with Jerry Lee Lewis and Scorpions, the movida madrileña, the experience of drugs and sex, or his trips to Mexico, Venezuela, Turkey... A B-side of his memoirs, which is also about the origins of Hispanic rock. The unsweetened testimony of someone who was there and won't shut up about anything." -- Translation provided by NLSSolito
By Javier Zamora. 2022
"Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago" one day, you'll take a trip to be with…
us. Like an adventure.' Javier Zamora's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a "coyote" hired to lead them to safety, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks. At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents' arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family. A memoir as gripping as it is moving, Solito provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora's story, but it's also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home." -- Provided by publisherWill
By Will Smith. 2021
"Smith tells his story of going from a West Philadelphia kid to one of the biggest rap stars of his…
era, and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood. But he also talks about the impact of fame on his family and how he gained balance and inner happiness." -- Provided by NLSLas genealogías
By Margo Glantz. 2019
"At the heart of this brilliant and colourful Mexican novel lies the search for a family history. Using ancestral recollections,…
flashbacks through history, and personal memory, the author traces her family roots from pre-Revolutionary Russia to contemporary Mexico. Margo Glantz's Mexico is a mysterious world--a cultural carnival where Flash Gordon crosses paths with Columbus: a Mexico of Diego Rivera, Leon Trotsky and Frida Kahlo, hijacked by Dracula and King Kong, filled with the aromas of a kosher bakery and the echoes of jokes, some corny, some not." -- GoodreadsUna vez fui tú: Cómo Encontré Mi Voz Y Hoy Paso El Micrófono
By Maria Hinojosa. 2023
"There is no such thing as an illegal human being or an illegal immigrant. Maria Hinojosa is an Emmy award-winning…
journalist and was the first Latina to found a national independent non-profit newsroom in the United States. But before all that, she was a girl with big hair and even bigger dreams. Born in Mexico and raised in the vibrant neighborhood of Hyde Park, Chicago, Maria was always looking for ways to better understand the world around her and where she fit into it. Here, she combines stories from her life, beginning with her family's indelible experience of immigration all the way through the first time she heard her own voice on national radio, with truths about the United States' long and complicated relationship with immigrants. Funny, frank, and wise, Maria's story is one you will want to read again and again, and her voice will inspire you to find your own." -- Provided by publisherEl imperio del dolor: la historia secreta de la dinastía que reinó en la industria farmacéutica
By Patrick Radden Keefe. 2021
"Author of Say Nothing examines the history of the Sackler family, who has donated money to many prominent cultural and…
educational institutions, but who have made their money off drugs like Valium and OxyContin. Discusses legal challenges the family and their companies have faced." -- Provided by NLSJulio Verne: una versión (Grandes biografías #1)
By David Mayor Orguillés. 2007
"The French novelist's life unfolded peacefully, punctuated with small maritime adventures only disturbed by the problems brought on by his…
son. Different mistresses have been attributed to Verne and he has even been accused of being a pedophile, but this does not seem to be based on very evident facts. The last third of the 19th century offered Europe a rapidly advancing industrial society. Verne observed this new panorama that was opening up to the real world and, also, to the literary world. A collector of scientific reviews, Verne patiently noted new technical theories. The success he achieved with his novel Five Weeks in a Balloon would not abandon him in successive publications, making him one of the most popular writers of his time. He was a forerunner of the science fantasy genre and foretold many scientific inventions and adventures." -- Translation provided by NLSLa caza del zorro: las memorias de un refugiado acerca de su llegada a America
By Mohammed Al Samawi. 2018
"The Fox Hunt tells one young man's unforgettable story of war, unlikely friendship, and his harrowing escape from Yemen's brutal…
civil war with the help of a daring plan engineered on social media by a small group of interfaith activists in the West." -- GoodreadsVHS: (unas memorias)
By Alberto Fuguet. 2017
"Alberto Fuguet returns to non-fiction in VHS to tell the story of his adolescence and youth in the 70s and…
80s, marked by his unleashed love for cinema, while discovering the city and living his sexual awakening and his professional beginnings in an intense way. Analyzing the films of his life and the career of some of his favorite filmmakers and actors, such as Matt Dillon and Jacqueline Bisset, commenting on the art of the poster and the tagline, recalling his trips to the old movie theaters or the video stores that invaded Santiago three decades ago, telling hot anecdotes of his time in the media and reflecting on the disco and pop wave, Fuguet manages to articulate a funny and at the same time emotional, fragmentary and coherent, cheeky and versatile book, which draws on verses, photos and personal archives." -- Translation provided by NLSSurrender: 40 canciones, una historia
By Bono. 2022
"Bono-artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2-has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound,…
Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. Narrated by the author, Surrender is an intimate, immersive listening experience, telling stories from Bono's early days in Dublin, to joining a band and playing sold out stadiums around the world with U2, plus his more than 20 years of activism. Throughout a remarkable life, music has always been a constant for Bono and in the audiobook, his distinctive voice is interwoven with a very personal soundtrack adding atmosphere and texture to each and every scene. From moments of classic U2 hits to snippets by The Clash, Patti Smith, Verdi, Johnny Cash and Mozart, Surrender also exclusively features clips of newly recorded reimagined versions of U2 songs including 'Sunday Bloody Sunday', 'With Or Without You', 'One', 'Beautiful Day' and more, glimpsed for the first time on Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story." -- Provided by publisherLa llama inmortal de Stephen Crane
By Paul Auster. 2021
"Booker Prize-shortlisted and New York Times bestselling author Paul Auster's comprehensive, landmark biography of the great American writer Stephen Crane.…
With Burning Boy, celebrated novelist Paul Auster tells the extraordinary story of Stephen Crane, best known as the author of The Red Badge of Courage, who transformed American literature through an avalanche of original short stories, novellas, poems, journalism, and war reportage before his life was cut short by tuberculosis at age twenty-eight. Auster's probing account of this singular life tracks Crane as he rebounds from one perilous situation to the next: A controversial article written at twenty disrupts the course of the 1892 presidential campaign, a public battle with the New York police department over the false arrest of a prostitute effectively exiles him from the city, a star-crossed love affair with an unhappily married uptown girl tortures him, a common-law marriage to the proprietress of Jacksonville's most elegant bawdyhouse endures, a shipwreck results in his near drowning, he withstands enemy fire to send dispatches from the Spanish-American War, and then he relocates to England, where Joseph Conrad becomes his closest friend and Henry James weeps over his tragic, early death." -- Provided by publisher. Some violence and some strong language. L.A. Times Book Prize for Biography. Spanish languageLlorando en el baño: memorias
By Erika L Sánchez. 2022
"Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the '90s, Erika Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit,…
and disappointment-a foul-mouthed, melancholic rabble-rouser who painted her nails black but also loved comedy, often laughing so hard with her friends that she had to leave her school classroom. Twenty-five years later, she's now an award-winning novelist, poet, and essayist, but she's still got an irrepressible laugh, acerbic wit, and singular powers of perception about the world around her. In these essays, Sánchez writes about everything from sex to white feminism to debilitating depression, revealing an interior life rich with ideas, self-awareness, and perception. Raunchy, insightful, unapologetic, and brutally honest, Crying in the Bathroom is Sánchez at her best-a book that will make you feel that post-confessional high that comes from talking for hours with your best friend." -- GoodreadsIluminando: al compás del silencio
By Luis Felipe Passalacqua. 2020
"A book that takes us beyond any paradigm, dogma or charismatic authority, directing us towards an understanding of the pure…
Self. Between stories, inspiring reflections and revelations, we are immersed in a sea of possibilities for our evolution and freedom as people, as Souls. This interesting and unique compilation of ideas, narratives and affirmations takes us down shadowy paths, where we are encouraged to confront the learned and the intuitive, to visit ourselves without being sly. Luis Felipe, anxious to "see" new seeds germinate on the fertile surface of the conscience of all those who are not afraid to evolve, offers us several paths. His firm, palpable push invites us to explore with curiosity an infinite and permanent reality. A provocative invitation to enjoy his astonishing worldview and life perspective." -- Translation provided by NLSStop-time (Libros del Asteroide #201)
By Frank Conroy. 2018
"First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one…
boy's passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Here is Frank Conroy's wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a father's early death and a son's exhilarating escape into manhood." -- GoodreadsFrancisco: el primer Papa latinoamericano
By Mario Escobar. 2013
"The recent resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took the world by surprise and for good reason. More than 600 years…
had passed since a pope last left his post. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, is a man of prayer, a man of action, and a humble man who has always promoted others over himself. In fact, it was Bergoglio who bowed out of the running in the papal election of 2005 to facilitate the rise of Benedict XVI. However, the new pope faces a Catholic Church in crisis-a church that has lost the media pull of John Paul II and is still hounded by pedophile scandals and the filtration of documents from former papal administrations. His first year may not be an easy one, but neither this man nor the church itself has ever shied away from the challenges thrust upon them. Pope Francis is austere and simple but has vast theological training. He is a man of his time but one who also travels by subway and bus just like any other citizen. Tirelessly fighting poverty and marginalization, he is a beacon of hope for the poor, persecuted sectors of the church. Has a Catholic spring finally arrived after a very long winter? Francis is the complete biography of a humble man who has suddenly become one of the most powerful and influential men on the planet." -- Amazon.comManos que bailan: cómo Teresa Carreño tocó el piano para el Presidente Lincoln
By Margarita Engle. 2021
"Award-winning author presents the life and accomplishments of Teresa Carren~o, one of the most famous pianists who, by age nine,…
performed for President Abraham Lincoln at the White House." -- Provided by NLSEl ojo en la mira (Lector&s #13)
By Diamela Eltit. 2021
"No makeup. A woman looks at the libraries of her life over time. A leftist woman who alters all the…
mandates, the absences of women writers in curricula or literary institutions. A woman who speaks out in favor of cultural minorities and recognizes herself in them, who investigates the mechanisms of domination and control, the cultural effects of dictatorships, on both sides of the Andes. She is a Chilean writer who bears the name of a dog or a flower: Diamela Eltit, the same one who in this book removes the deep layers of so many readings that constitute her. Without airs, without establishing hierarchies, until she penetrates the most real part of herself and of the times." -- Translation provided by NLSCarrero: 50 años de un magnicidio maldito
By Manuel Cerdán. 2023
¿Fue el asesinato de Carrero Blanco un magnicidio maldito? ¿Quiénes ganaron con la muerte del almirante y presidente del Gobierno?…
Cincuenta años después del atentado que hizo saltar por los aires el búnker franquista, seguimos sin conocer toda la verdad sobre la trama que arropó el magnicidio del presidente Carrero Blanco y que condicionó el devenir de la historia de España. La desaparición del delfín de Franco supuso un estoque inesperado para las aspiraciones de la facción inmovilista del régimen, al tiempo que impulsó los primeros pasos de la Transición, encarnada en las figuras de Juan Carlos I y Adolfo Suárez. Manuel Cerdán, periodista de investigación y autor de exitosos libros como Lobo, un topo en las entrañas de ETA o Paesa, el espía de las mil caras, ha tenido acceso en exclusiva a documentación inédita sobre el caso: desde el sumario completo, pasando por documentos de la CIA desclasificados por primera vez, así como entrevistas con los implicados en la organización terrorista. A través de sus testimonios, se adentra sin miedo, sin condicionantes, sin estereotipos y sin censura no sólo en el papel de ETA sino también en el de los servicios secretos españoles e internacionales. El resultado es una narración absorbente que revela una verdad incómoda: el episodio más oscuro de nuestra historia reciente se trató de una doble conspiración. La primera, para llevar a cabo el atentado; la segunda, para borrar el rastro de aquellos a quienes beneficiaba. Manuel Cerdán Alenda nació en Aspe, Alicante, ciudad en la que se inició en el reporterismo en 1975 desde las páginas del diario Informaciones. Ha vivido muy intensamente el tardofranquismo, el posfranquismo y la Transición, siempre desde la óptica del periodismo de investigación.Cuenta con una dilatada carrera que comprende los principales medios de comunicación de este país: desde la prensa escrita Interviú, Cambio 16, El Mundo u OkDiario; en la radio en programas como Buenos días, El Navegador e Informe Abierto, y también en la televisión al frente de El Objetivo en Telemadrid así como colaborador habitual en tertulias políticas de primer nivel.Sus trabajos de investigación han sacudido, en más de una ocasión, los cimientos del poder."For the first time, music legend Rudy Pérez shares his remarkable journey from a poor refugee kid in Miami to…
composing the greatest hit songs on the world stage. Named the most successful Latin songwriter in history, Rudy Pérez is the creator behind some of the bestselling records of Beyoncé, Julio Iglesias, Christina Aguilera, and IL Divo. In his one-of-a-kind memoir, Rudy tells about his childhood in Cuba and the heart-gripping visits to his father in prison during the height of the communist revolution. Tracing his family's perilous escape on one of the last Freedom Flights to America, Rudy opens up about the years of poverty and growing up in a crime-ridden neighborhood. These memories contrast with tender moments of dancing to the stereo with his siblings, nodding along to his mother's classical favorites, and swaying to blues melodies with his father. At a young age, Rudy tried his hand at recreating the music he loved, and his talent led him to an unprecedented career with over 300 hit songs. With years of hard work, ceaseless creativity, and a strong faith, Rudy was the first Latin music artist to win Billboard Producer of the Decade. Looking back over his five-time Grammy winning legacy, Rudy shares little-known stories of faith and behind-the-scenes details of working with stars like Fergie, Jaci Velasquez, Michael Bolton, Simon Cowell, and Sam Moore." -- Goodreads