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By Jorge Ramos. 2018
El periodista latino analiza sus experiencias y las de otros inmigrantes en los Estados Unidos a principios del siglo veintiuno,…
particularmente desde la elección de Donald Trump. Examina por qué él y muchos otros se sienten como extraños a pesar de décadas de vivir en Estados UnidosIn her 2008 commencement speech at Harvard University, author J. K. Rowling Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal (DB 50988)…
explores the issues of failure and imagination. Rowling posits that failing can be a good thing and that those without imagination are incapable of empathy. Spanish language. 2018By Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson. 2018
A clinical professor of psychiatry and a pediatrician/psychotherapist present skills and activities to bring children of all ages into what…
they consider a beneficial, affirmative mental state. They provide examples to help parents navigate away from negative emotions to help expand their children's capacity for positivity. Spanish language. 2018By Ramón Torres, Ramon Torres. 2018
By Luz María Doria, Luz Maria Doria. 2018
By Hillary Rodham Clinton. 2018
2016 Democratic party presidential candidate reflects on experiences during the campaign, her conclusions regarding the outcome of the election, and…
the ways she coped with the decision. Discusses the challenges of being a woman in politics, balancing idealism with realism, ways supporters can move forward, and more. Spanish language. 2018By Yuyi Morales. 2018
Author and illustrator, a Caldecott Honor and Pura Belpré Award recipient, reflects on her own immigration journey from Mexico to…
America. Her feelings of isolation disappear after she discovers the wonders of a public library. Spanish language. 2018By Luz María Doria, Luz Maria Doria. 2016
By Lain García Calvo. 2016
El orador motivacional (y ex atleta) conocido como Lain describe su propio viaje de realización. Lain postula lo que é́l…
considera los secretos encontrados dentro de la espiritualidad, la metafísica y la física cuántica que pueden transformar y mejorar la vida de las personasBy I. C. Robledo, M. C. Londoño. 2015
Bestselling author posits that intelligent people are not born that way but acquire habits that help develop and maintain their…
brain in top shape. He offers thirty-six techniques to improve intelligence, including tips to build memory and increase receptivity to learning. Spanish language. 2015By Melinda Gates. 2019
La filántropa y copresidenta de la Fundación Bill y Melinda Gates habla sobre su descubrimiento del vínculo entre el empoderamiento…
femenino y la salud social. Proporciona formas simples de efectuar cambios y hacer una diferencia, incluyendo los problemas relacionados con la planificación familiar, el trabajo doméstico, y los prejuicios de géneroEl 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 injuriosoBy Bernardo Stamateas. 2016
Argentine psychologist and clinical sexologist posits that many of our daily thoughts are actually mental knots--ideas and beliefs that bring…
us pain, suffering, limitation, and anguish--and offers methods to transform them. Spanish language. 2015Hijo de un egipcio involucrado en la violencia política, Ebrahim reflexiona sobre su niñez y postula que el terrorismo no…
es una conclusión inevitable para personas entrenadas para odiar. Él explora maneras de aprovechar la empatía inherente y abrazar la tolerancia en lugar del odio. Basado en una charla "TED" popular. ViolenciaBy Josep Ma Ramón Torrell, Josep Ma Ramon Torrell. 2016
Medical doctor and professor of public health from Barcelona describes the benefit of abandoning "tabaquismo"--the culture of tobacco use and…
abuse. Describes how nicotine negatively affects the human brain and how abandoning smoking results not only in better health, but in positive mental states and happiness. Spanish language. 2016By César Lozano. 2015
Lozano, un anfitrión de programa de radio y orador motivacional mexicano proporciona consejos detallados para el mantenimiento de la positividad…
y para asegurar que no estamos atraídos hacia las actitudes y emociones negativas que nos rodean constantemente en la era digitalBy Richard Wilhelm, Carl Gustav Jung. 2012
A Chinese guide to meditation, attributed to Taoist master Lü Dsu, in a classic 1930 translation by the German sinologist…
Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) and Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung (1875-1961). Explores the details of sitting meditation--posture, breathing, and the prevention of negative thoughts. Translated from the German. Spanish language. 1931By 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. 2014By Solomon Northup. 2015
Autobiografía de Solomon Northup, un afroamericano nacido libre en Nueva York en el siglo diecinueve. Detalla su secuestro en 1841…
y el tiempo que pasó como un esclavo en las plantaciones del sur de los Estados Unidos hasta su rescate en 1853. La base de la película de 2013; traducido del inglés. Lenguaje injurioso y descripciones de violenciaBy Jared M. Diamond. 2013
Professor of geography examines the disparate formations of human societies around the world in terms of wealth and power. Diamond…
argues that accidents of geography and environment, rather than racial differences, favored some civilizations over others for developing agriculture, social institutions, and technologies. Spanish language. 2013