-Titulo Original : Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better And How They Can Change The World-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : Inherent Vice: A Novel-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre that is at once exciting and accessible, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren't there. It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex- girlfriend. Suddenly she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. It's the tail end of the psychedelic sixties in L.A., and Doc knows that "love" is another of those words going around at the moment, like "trip" or "groovy," except that this one usually leads to trouble. Undeniably one of the most influential writers at work today, Pynchon has penned another unforgettable book...

-Titulo Original : Bleeding Edge: A Novel-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: besteller! It is 2001 in New York City, in the lull between the collapse of the dot-com boom and the terrible events of September 11th. Silicon Alley is a ghost town, Web 1.0 is having adolescent angst, Google has yet to IPO, Microsoft is still considered the Evil Empire. There may not be quite as much money around as there was at the height of the tech bubble, but there’s no shortage of swindlers looking to grab a piece of what’s left. Maxine Tarnow is running a nice little fraud investigation business on the Upper West Side, chasing down different kinds of small-scale con artists. She used to be legally certified but her license got pulled a while back, which has actually turned out to be a blessing because now she can follow her own code of ethics—carry a Beretta, do business with sleazebags, hack into people’s bank accounts—without having too much guilt about any of it. Otherwise, just your average working mom—two boys in elementary school, an off-and-on situation with her sort of semi-ex-husband Horst, life as normal as it ever gets in the neighborhood—till Maxine starts looking into the finances of a computer-security firm and its billionaire geek CEO, whereupon things begin rapidly to jam onto the subway and head downtown. She soon finds herself mixed up with a drug runner in an art deco motorboat, a professional nose obsessed with Hitler’s aftershave, a neoliberal enforcer with footwear issues, plus elements of the Russian mob and various bloggers, hackers, code monkeys, and entrepreneurs, some of whom begin to show up mysteriously dead. Foul play, of course. With occasional excursions into the DeepWeb and out to Long Island, Thomas Pynchon, channeling his inner Jewish mother, brings us a historical romance of New York in the early days of the internet, not that distant in calendar time but galactically remote from where we’ve journeyed to since. Will perpetrators be revealed, forget about brought to justice? Will Maxine have to take the handgun out of her purse? Will she and Horst get back together? Will Jerry Seinfeld make an unscheduled guest appearance? Will accounts secular and karmic be brought into balance? Hey. Who wants to know? “Brilliantly written… a joy to read… Bleeding Edge is totally gonzo, totally wonderful. It really is good to have Thomas Pynchon around, doing what he does best.” (Michael Dirda) "If not here at the end of history, when? If not Pynchon, who? Reading Bleeding Edge, tearing up at the beauty of its sadness or the punches of its hilarity, you may realize it as the 9/11 novel you never knew you needed… a necessary novel and one that literary history has been waiting for." Exemplary… dazzling and ludicrous... Our reward for surrendering expectations that a novel should gather in clarity, rather than disperse into molecules, isn’t anomie but delight.” (Jonathan Lethem) “The book’s real accomplishment is to claim the last decade as Pynchon territory, a continuation of the same tensions — between freedom and captivity, momentum and entropy, meaning and chaos — through which he has framed the last half-century."...

-Titulo Original : The Art Of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords To Dark Elves, The Words Behind World-Building (PENGUIN US)-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : Children Of The Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele And The Untold Story Of The Twins Of Auschwitz-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : The Secret Place: A Novel-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: bestseller by Tana French,  and “the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years” (). A year ago a boy was found murdered at a girlsʼ boarding school, and the case was never solved. Detective Stephen Moran has been waiting for his chance to join Dublin’s Murder Squad when sixteen-year-old Holly Mackey arrives in his office with a photo of the boy with the caption: “I KNOW WHO KILLED HIM.” Stephen joins with Detective Antoinette Conway to reopen the case—beneath the watchful eye of Holly’s father, fellow detective Frank Mackey. With the clues leading back to Holly’s close-knit group of friends, to their rival clique, and to the tangle of relationships that bound them all to the murdered boy, the private underworld of teenage girls turns out to be more mysterious and more dangerous than the detectives imagined...

-Titulo Original : Faithful Place-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story: A Life Of David Foster Wallace-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : The Better Angels Of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : The Sense Of Style: The Thinking Persons Guide To Writing In The 21st Century-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, And Body In The Healing Of Trauma-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : The Third Plate: Field Notes On The Future Of Food-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : Eleven Rings: The Soul Of Success-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: "Part sports memoir, part New Age spirit quest, part pseudo-management tract . . . But the primary thing with Jackson—as with all the old bards, who were also known for repeating themselves—is the voice."  Bestseller The inside story of one of basketball's most legendary and game-changing figures  During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson won more championships than any coach in the history of professional sports. Even more important, he succeeded in never wavering from coaching his way, from a place of deep values. Jackson was tagged as the “Zen master” half in jest by sportswriters, but the nickname speaks to an important truth: this is a coach who inspired, not goaded; who led by awakening and challenging the better angels of his players’ nature, not their egos, fear, or greed. This is the story of a preacher’s kid from North Dakota who grew up to be one of the most innovative leaders of our time. In his quest to reinvent himself, Jackson explored everything from humanistic psychology and Native American philosophy to Zen meditation. In the process, he developed a new approach to leadership based on freedom, authenticity, and selfless teamwork that turned the hypercompetitive world of professional sports on its head. In Eleven Rings, Jackson candidly describes how he:    •  Learned the secrets of mindfulness and team chemistry while playing for the champion New York Knicks in the 1970s    •  Managed Michael Jordan, the greatest player in the world, and got him to embrace selflessness, even if it meant losing a scoring title    •  Forged successful teams out of players of varying abilities by getting them to trust one another and perform in sync    •  Inspired Dennis Rodman and other “uncoachable” personalities to devote themselves to something larger than themselves    •  Transformed Kobe Bryant from a rebellious teenager into a mature leader of a championship team. Eleven times, Jackson led his teams to the ultimate goal: the NBA championship—six times with the Chicago Bulls and five times with the Los Angeles Lakers. We all know the legendary stars on those teams, or think we do. What Eleven Rings shows us, however, is that when it comes to the most important lessons, we don’t know very much at all. This book is full of revelations: about fascinating personalities and their drive to win; about the wellsprings of motivation and competition at the highest levels; and about what it takes to bring out the best in ourselves and others...

-Titulo Original : World Order-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : Washington: A Life-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: , the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical, comes a “Truly magnificent . . . [a] well-researched, well-written and absolutely definitive biography”  “Until recently, I’d never believed that there could be such a thing as a truly gripping biography of George Washington . . . Well, I was wrong. I can’t recommend it highly enough—as history, as epic, and, not least, as entertainment.”  Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early years, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president. In this groundbreaking work, based on massive research, Chernow shatters forever the stereotype of George Washington as a stolid, unemotional figure and brings to vivid life a dashing, passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods.Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash Broadway musical has sparked new interest in the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers. In addition to Alexander Hamilton, the production also features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Aaron Burr, Lafayette, and many more...

-Titulo Original : My Stroke Of Insight: A Brain Scientists Personal Journey-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

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-Titulo Original : Napoleon: A Life-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work To Gods Work-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : The Heights: Anatomy Of A Skyscraper-Fabricante : Penguin Book...

-Titulo Original : A Love Supreme: The Story Of John Coltranes Signature Album-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: Few albums in the canon of popular music have had the influence, resonance, and endurance of John Coltrane's 1965 classic A Love Supreme-a record that proved jazz was a fitting medium for spiritual exploration and for the expression of the sublime. Bringing the same fresh and engaging approach that characterized his critically acclaimed Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, Ashley Kahn tells the story of the genesis, creation, and aftermath of this classic recording. Featuring interviews with more than one hundred musicians, producers, friends, and family members; unpublished interviews with Coltrane and bassist Jimmy Garrison; and scores of never-before-seen photographs, A Love Supreme balances biography, cultural context, and musical analysis in a passionate and revealing portrait...

-Titulo Original : 84, Charing Cross Road-Fabricante : Penguin Book...