-Titulo Original : Los De Abajo-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: In this deeply moving picture of the turmoil of the first great revolution of the twentieth century-the Mexican Revolution of 1910-Azuela depicts the anarchy and the idealism, the base human passions and the valor and nobility of the simple folk, and, most striking of all, the fascination of revolt-that peculiar love of revolution for revolutions sake that has characterized most of the social upheavals of the twentieth century. Los de Abajo is considered the only novel of the Revolution and, since the spring of 1925, has been published in several languages and more than twenty-seven editions. Azuelas writing is sometimes racy and virile, sometimes poetic and subdued, but always in perfect accord with the mood and character of the story. About the Author Mariano Azuela, the first of the novelists of the Revolution, was born in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico, in 1873. He studied medicine in Guadalajara and returned to Lagos in 1909,where he began the practice of his profession. He began his writing career early; in 1896 he published Impressions of a Student in a weekly of Mexico City. This was followed by numerous sketches and short stories, and in 1911 by his first novel, Andres Perez, maderista. Like most of the young Liberals, he supported Francisco I. Maderos uprising, which overthrew the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, and in 1911 was made Director of Education of the State of Jalisco. After Maderos assassination, he joined the army of Pancho Villa as doctor, and his knowledge of the Revolution was acquired at firsthand. When the counterrevolutionary forces of Victoriano Huerta were temporarily triumphant, he emigrated to El Paso, Texas, where in 1915 he wrote The Underdogs (Los de abajo), which did not receive general recognition until 1924, when it was hailed as the novel of the Revolution. Azuela was fundamentally a moralist, and his disappointment with the Revolution soon began to manifest itself. He had fought for a better Mexico; but he saw that while the Revolution had corrected certain injustices, it had given rise to others equally deplorable. When he saw the self-servers and the unprincipled turning his hopes for the redemption of the underprivileged of his country into a ladder to serve their own ends, his disillusionment was deep and often bitter. His later novels are marred at times by a savage sarcasm. During his later years, and until his death in 1952, he lived in Mexico City writing and practicing his profession among the poor...

-Titulo Original : Las Uvas De La Ira: (Spanish Language Edition Of The Grapes Of Wrath) (Critical Library, Viking) (Spanish Edition)-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: Las uvas de la ira es un hito en la literatura norteamericana que explora el conflicto entre ricos y pobres, analiza la reaccion feroz de un hombre contra la injusticia y el estoicismo de una mujer igualmente heroica, y refleja los horrores de la Gran Depresion. Aunque sigue la migracion de miles personas del Dust Bowl, Las uvas de la ira se enfoca en la historia de una familia de Oklahoma, los Joads, echados de su hogar y forzados a viajar rumbo a esa Tierra Prometida que era por ese entonces -y que de algun modo sigue siendo -California. De sus desventurasen un pais dividido surge un drama sobre la dignidad humana, a un tiempo tragico y majestuoso en su grandeza su valentia moral. Publicada por primera vez en 1939, la novela reflejo su epoca como Uncle Toms Cabin reflejo los años antes de la Guerra Civil norteamericana. John Steinbeck, un escritor que simpatizaba con la critica fascista y comunista, insistio en que la version integral del Himno de batalla de la Republica fuese impresa en la primera edicion del libro, que adopta en su titulo unas palabras del primer verso: Esta pisoteando la vendimia donde se conservan las uvas de la ira. La cronica de Steinbeck sobre el avergonzante maltrato de las clases sociales de los años treinta es tal vez el mas americano de todos los clasicos norteamericanos....

-Titulo Original : La Perla: En Español (Spanish Language Edition Of The Pearl) (Spanish Edition)-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: Cuando la noticia del gran hallazgo de Kino --la Perla del Mundo-- se esparcio por el pueblo, nadie imagino el poder que esta tendria para engañar, corromper y destruir. Al igual que su padre y su abuelo, Kino es un humilde pescador que recoge las perlas de los mantos del Golfo que alguna vez significaron enormes riquezas para los reyes de España y que ahora proveen a Kino, Juana y su pequeño hijo de un magro sustento. Un dia como cualquier otro, Kino regresa a la superficie con una perla tan grande como un huevo de gaviota, tan perfecta como la luna. La perla trae consigo la esperanza, asi como la promesa del bienestar y la seguridad. La perla, una historia de simplicidad clasica basada en el cuento popular mexicano, explora los secretos de la naturaleza humana, las profundidades mas oscuras del mal y las luminosas posibilidades del amor. Ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura. About the Author Nacido en Salinas, California, en 1902, John Steinbeck crecio en un fertil valle agricola a unas veinticinco millas de la Costa del Pacifico -y tanto el valle como la costa sirvieron como escenarios para algo de lo mejor de su obra de ficcion. En 1919 asistio a la Universidad de Stanford, donde de manera intermitente se inscribio en cursos de literatura y escritura, hasta que finalmente se fue en 1925 sin llegar a graduarse. Durante los siguientes cinco años se gano la vida como empleado y periodista en la ciudad de Nueva York y mas tarde como vigilante en una propiedad de Lake Tahoe, todo el tiempo trabajando en su primera novela, La taza de oro (1929). Luego de casarse y mudarse a Pacific Grove, publico en California dos obras de ficcion, Las praderas del cielo (1932) y A un dios desconocido (1933), al tiempo que trabajaba en los cuentos que mas adelante se reunieron en The Long Valley (1938). La popularidad y la seguridad economica llegaron con Tortilla Flat (1935), historias sobre paisanos de Monterrey. Experimentador incesante a lo largo de su carrera, Steinbeck no dejo de cambiar de rumbo. A finales de la decada de 1930 publico tres poderosas novelas centradas en la clase obrera de California: En lucha incierta (1936), De ratones y hombres (1937) y la que es considerada por muchos su mejor obra, Las uvas de la ira (1939). A principios de la decada de 1940 se volvio realizador de cine con El pueblo olvidado (1941) y un serio estudioso de la biologia marina con Mar de Cortes. Escribio cronica de guerra, Bombas fuera (1942) y el polemico drama-nouvelle La luna se ha puesto (1942). Los arrabales de Cannery (1945), El autobus perdido (1947), La perla (1947), Diario de Rusia (1948), otro drama experimental, Burning Bright (1950) y Por el Mar de Cortes (1951) precedieron la publicacion de su monumental Al este del Eden (1952), una ambiciosa saga del Salinas Valley y la historia de su propia familia. Las ultimas decadas de su vida transcurrieron en la ciudad de Nueva York y en Sag Harbor con su tercera esposa, con quien viajo a muchos lugares. Sus ultimos libros incluyen Dulce jueves (1954), El breve reinado de Pipino IV (1957), Hubo una vez una guerra (1958), The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Viajes con Charley (1962), America and Americans (1966) y el postumamente publicado Diario de una novela: las cartas de Al este del Eden (1969), ¡Viva Zapata! (1975), Los hechos del Rey Arturo y sus nobles caballeros (1976) y Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath (1989). Murio en 1968, habiendo ganado el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1962...

-Titulo Original : Life As We Do Not Know It The Nasa Search For (and Synthesis Of) Alien Life-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: An engrossing and revelatory first look at the search for alien life on Earth and beyond For the past twenty years, Peter Ward has been at the forefront of popular science writing, with books such as the influential and controversial Rare Earth. In Life as We Do Not Know It, Ward, with his signature blend of eloquence, humor, and learned insight, vividly details the latest scientific findings, cutting-edge research, and intrepid new theories on the subject of alien life and the possible extraterrestrial origins of life on Earth. In lucid, entertaining, and bold prose, Peter Ward once again challenges our notions of life on earth (and beyond). Review A fascinating guided tour . . . [Ward s] comfortable style delivers ample doses of personal warmth and humor along with a wealth of information and dazzling speculation. ( The Seattle Times) About the Author Peter Ward, a recognized authority on mass extinctions, is professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. His books include Gorgon, Future Evolution, The End of Evolution, and, with Donald Brownlee, Rare Earth and The Life and Death of Planet Earth. He has also appeared in numerous TV documentaries for PBS, Discover, and The Learning Channel...

-Titulo Original : Penguin Minis: If I Stay-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: Gayle Formans breakout bestseller, If I Stay, available for the first time in a revolutionary new mini format, perfect for on-the-go reading! This international bestseller is now available as a Penguin Mini. Complete and unabridged, the books revolutionary landscape design and ultra-thin paper make it easy to hold in one hand without sacrificing readability. Perfectly sized to slip into a pocket or bag, Penguin Minis are ideal for reading on the go. Everything can change in an instant. For Mia, the day started like any other, surrounded by a loving family, an adoring boyfriend, and a bright future filled with music and infinite possibilities. What she never expected is the choice before her now. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an uncertain future, Mia has to contemplate everything she holds dear and make a choice: to go or to stay. Heartwrenchingly raw and heartbreakingly romantic, Gayle Formans international bestseller asks the ultimate question: What would you do if you had to choose? About the Author Gayle Forman is an award-winning, internationally bestselling author and journalist. She is the author of Just One Day and Just One Year, and the companion e-novella Just One Night, as well as the New York Times bestsellers If I Stay and Where She Went. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughters...

-Titulo Original : The Strange Fascinations Of Noah Hypnotik-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: As he did in his fantastic debut Mosquitoland, David Arnold again shows a knack for getting into the mind of an eccentric teenager in clever, poignant fashion. -USA Today This is Noah Oakman - sixteen, Bowie believer, concise historian, disillusioned swimmer, son, brother, friend. Then Noah - gets hypnotized. Now Noah - sees changes: his mother has a scar on her face that wasn’t there before; his old dog, who once walked with a limp, is suddenly lithe; his best friend, a lifelong DC Comics disciple, now rotates in the Marvel universe. Subtle behaviors, bits of history, plans for the future-everything in Noah’s world has been rewritten. Everything except his Strange Fascinations . . . A stunning surrealist portrait, The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik is a story about all the ways we hurt our friends without knowing it, and all the ways they stick around to save us. Review As he did in his fantastic debut Mosquitoland, David Arnold again shows a knack for getting into the mind of an eccentric teenager in clever, poignant fashion . . . An artfully crafted tale about a boy finding his groove amid the cacophony of adolescence. - USA Today An unpredictable, Vonnegut-esque examination of identity, friendship, and forgiveness . . . Unique and surprisingly poignant. - Chicago Tribune Shivery and vaguely psychedelic . . . This is the kind of book that will appeal strongly to teenagers like Noah who are just starting to think about what they want from their futures, but it’s also immensely enjoyable to read as an adult. It’s a funny, eerie, beautifully textured book, a strange fascination in and of itself. - Vox Dont just pick this one up for its brilliantly bright cover. This book is equal parts odd, imaginative, and insightful. - BuzzFeed A surreal, memorable examination of how our relationships can both hurt and ultimately save us. - Teen Vogue The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik is an epic wonder that only David Arnold could have dreamed up. Youll marvel at every glowing page as powerhouse Arnold tells a blazing, transporting story of love and history and mystery and more.” - Adam Silvera, New York Times bestselling author of More Happy Than Not and They Both Die at the End A breathtaking, mind-bending tour de force that probes fate and forgiveness, history of the human connection, and what it means to live. Ambitious, wise, hilarious, and yearning, The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik is David Arnold at his exuberant best. - Kelly Loy Gilbert, author of Picture Us in the Light and Morris Award finalist Conviction Arnold has written an in-your-face validation of the power of real and honest friendship, guaranteed to mesmerize readers and leave them altered. - Booklist, starred review This is a comedic coming-of-age tale with plenty of pop culture and literary references and the snarky, casual, and observational feel of a mumblecore comedy. Supporting characters are fully fleshed out and hilarious. A weird, compelling teen-angst trip that will appeal to fans of John Corey Whaley. - School Library Journal, starred review An incredible, eye-opening read . . . Arnold’s characters shine in their realistic relationships and in their relatable fears and shortcomings. Be ready for a game changer of a novel-and a lot of reflection. - Romantic Times Boom! Thats the sound of your mind exploding when you listen to this audiobook. - AudioFile, Earphones Award Winner Arnold’s hipster wit and wickedly clever plotting make for an absorbing, stylized romp . . . Holden Caulfield’s reluctance to grow up mixes with Andrew Smith’s sharp-eyed, sharp-tongued narrators to create a character altogether Arnold’s own. - BCCBCompelling. - Kirkus Reviews Singular and brainy and deeply intriguing, with an ending that devastates . . . The book’s shattering payoff takes a primary rule of storytelling and busts through it like Kool-Aid Man, and the...

-Titulo Original : Time Of Our Lives-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: Emily and Austin have a reputation for delivering heartwarming, provoking, and real contemporary YA novels.--BuzzFeed Fitz Holton waits in fear for the day his single mothers early-onset Alzheimers starts stealing her memory. Hes vowed to stay close to home to care for her in the years to come--never mind the ridiculous college tour shes forcing him on to visit schools where he knows hell never go. Juniper Ramirez is counting down the days until she can leave home, a home crowded with five younger siblings and zero privacy. Against the wishes of her tight-knit family, Juniper plans her own college tour of the East Coast with one goal: get out. When Fitz and Juniper cross paths on their first college tour in Boston, theyre at odds from the moment they meet-- while Junipers dying to start a new life apart from her family, Fitz faces the sacrifices he must make for his. Their relationship sparks a deep connection--in each others eyes, they glimpse alternate possibilities regarding the first big decision of their adult lives. Review Praise for Time of Our Lives A romance that simmers at a slow burn. Juniper’s character is well drawn, and her struggle with balancing her ambition with her familial responsibilities is both complex and authentic . . . A cleverly plotted teen romance.-- Kirkus ReviewsReaders will get both a lesson in vocabulary and on fate-as well as a reminder not to work against the time we are given. VERDICT: A romance that is sure to entertain and enlighten high school readers.-- SLJ Praise for Emily & Austin!Will surely appeal to fans of Sarah Dessen.-- Buzzfeed, on If Im Being HonestThe authors . . . examine modern ideas of feminism, which leads to a profound character arc and the essential message of how to claim your mistakes and do better.-- The Washington Post on If Im Being Honest Every page bursts with humor, squee-inducing romance, and an abiding sense of the deep love and joy of its two writers.-- Entertainment Weekly on Always Never Yours Perfect for the hopeless romantic.-- POPSUGAR on Always Never Yours About the Author Raised by a school librarian, Austins always had a passion for books. He met and fell in love with Emily in high school and attended Harvard University, where he studied English (focusing on Shakespeare). He is currently a UCLA law student; however theres nothing he loves like writing with Emily. Emily has loved writing and story-telling since an age she hardly remembers. Since meeting Austin (she says it was middle school--accounts vary), Emily attended Princeton University as an undergraduate and studied psychology. She is the author of the YA fantasy trilogy the Last Oracle, which was featured in USA Today and was a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Fitz This is a terrible idea. I watch New Hampshire go by in the bus window. The brittle limbs of the trees on every sidewalk blur together. The bus is close to full, a tall woman holding her service German shepherd’s harness in front of me. Despite the crowd and the lurching motion of the drive, the dog looks unperturbed. Lucky him. I wonder what Lewis is doing right now. He’s probably drinking with his fraternity brothers. Typical Friday nightbehavior. Now that he and Prisha have broken up, he’s likely looking for his rebound. I’m guessing he won’t notice if I don’t get in to Boston on time. The knitting needles of the woman in the back of the bus clack incessantly. I narrow my focus in on the pocket dictionary open on my knees, which brush the seat in front of me. I’ve had the book since I was a freshman. It’s a compendium of obscure, unusual words, and it’s become a bit of a pastime to flip through the pages. Words and their definitions are a hobby of mine. I like how they impose temporary control on the world, putting names to the intangible. Not to mention, having ...

-Titulo Original : Looking For Alaska-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Fault in Our Stars Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award * A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist * A New York Times Bestseller * A USA Today Bestseller * NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels * TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time * A PBS Great American Read Selection * Millions of copies sold! First drink. First prank. First friend. First love. Last words. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words-and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction. Newly updated edition includes a brand-new Readers Guide featuring a Q&A with author John Green Review Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist A New York Times Bestseller * A USA Today Bestseller NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time A PBS Great American Read Selection An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Top 10 * An ALA Quick Pick * A Booklist Editors’ Choice selection * A Kirkus Best Book of the Year * An SLJ Best Book of the Year * A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best * A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age “What sets this novel apart is the brilliant, insightful, suffering but enduring voice of Miles Halter.” - Chicago Tribune “ Looking For Alaska is a showcase to the raw talent John Green has, the kind of talent that can make you close the crisp last page of a novel and come out as a different person.... A gem of modern literature. - Guardian “What sings and soars in this gorgeously told tale is Green’s mastery of language and the sweet, rough edges of Pudge’s voice.” -Kirkus “Alive with sweet, self-deprecating humor.” -SLJ “Funny, sad, inspiring, and always compelling.” - Bookpage “The spirit of Holden Caulfield lives on.” - Kliatt “Stunning conclusion . . . one worthy of a book this good.” - Philadelphia Inquirer About the Author John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with David Levithan), The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down. His many accolades include the Printz Medal, a Printz Honor, and the Edgar Award. John has twice been a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize and was selected by TIME magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. With his brother, Hank, John is one half of the Vlogbrothers and co-created the online educational series CrashCourse. You can join the millions who follow him on Twitter @johngreen and @johngreenwritesbooks or visit him online at johngreenbooks . John lives with his family in Indianapolis, Indiana. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. “So do you really memorize last words?” She ran up beside me and grabbed my shoulder and pushed me back onto the porch swing. “Yeah,” I said. And then hesitantly, I added, “You want to quiz me?” “JFK,” she said. “That’s obvious,” I answered. “Oh, is it now?” she asked. “No. Those were his last words. Someone said, ‘Mr. President, you can’t say Dallas doesn’t love you,’ and then he said, ‘That’s obvious,’ and then he got shot.” She laughed. “God, that’s awful. I shouldn’t laugh. But I will,” and then she laughed again. “Okay, Mr. Famous Last Words Boy. I have one for you.” She reached into her overstuffed backpack and pull...

-Titulo Original : A Perfect Spy A Novel-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: “The best English novel since the war.” -- Philip Roth Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted colleague, a loyal friend-and the perfect spy. But in the wake of his estranged father’s death, Magnus vanishes, and the British Secret Service is up in arms. Is it grief, or is the reason for his disappearance more sinister? And who is the mysterious man with the sad moustache who also seems to be looking for Magnus? In A Perfect Spy, John le Carre has crafted one of his crowning masterpieces, interweaving a moving and unusual coming-of-age story with a morally tangled chronicle of modern espionage. Review “Le Carre’s best book, and one of the finest English novels of the twentieth century.”-Philip Pullman “The best English novel since the war.”-Philip Roth “Brilliantly written.”- The Washington Post “Le Carre’s best book, one of the enduring peaks of imaginative literature in our time.”- Los Angeles Times About the Author John le Carre was born in 1931. For six decades, he wrote novels that came to define our age. The son of a con man, he spent his childhood between boarding school and the London underworld. At sixteen he found refuge at the university of Bern, then later at Oxford. A spell of teaching at Eton led him to a short career in British Intelligence (MI5&6). He published his debut novel, Call for the Dead, in 1961 while still a secret servant. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley’s People. At the end of the Cold War, le Carre widened his scope to explore an international landscape including the arms trade and the War on Terror. His memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel, was published in 2016 and the last George Smiley novel, A Legacy of Spies, appeared in 2017. He died on December 12, 2020...

-Titulo Original : Grant-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017“Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” -Ta-Nehisi Coates, The AtlanticPulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grants life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes dont come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency. Before the Civil War, Grant was flailing. His business ventures had ended dismally, and despite distinguished service in the Mexican War he ended up resigning from the army in disgrace amid recurring accusations of drunkenness. But in war, Grant began to realize his remarkable potential, soaring through the ranks of the Union army, prevailing at the battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign, and ultimately defeating the legendary Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Along the way, Grant endeared himself to President Lincoln and became his most trusted general and the strategic genius of the war effort. Grant’s military fame translated into a two-term presidency, but one plagued by corruption scandals involving his closest staff members. More important, he sought freedom and justice for black Americans, working to crush the Ku Klux Klan and earning the admiration of Frederick Douglass, who called him “the vigilant, firm, impartial, and wise protector of my race.” After his presidency, he was again brought low by a dashing young swindler on Wall Street, only to resuscitate his image by working with Mark Twain to publish his memoirs, which are recognized as a masterpiece of the genre. With lucidity, breadth, and meticulousness, Chernow finds the threads that bind these disparate stories together, shedding new light on the man whom Walt Whitman described as “nothing heroic... and yet the greatest hero.” Chernow’s probing portrait of Grants lifelong struggle with alcoholism transforms our understanding of the man at the deepest level. This is Americas greatest biographer, bringing movingly to life one of our finest but most underappreciated presidents. The definitive biography, Grant is a grand synthesis of painstaking research and literary brilliance that makes sense of all sides of Grants life, explaining how this simple Midwesterner could at once be so ordinary and so extraordinary.Named one of the best books of the year by Goodreads *Amazon * The New York Times* Newsday* BookPage * Barnes and Noble * Wall Street Journal Review “This is a good time for Ron Chernow’s fine biography of Ulysses S. Grant to appear . . . As history, it is remarkable, full of fascinating details sure to make it interesting both to those with the most cursory knowledge of Grant’s life and to those who have read his memoirs or any of several previous biographies . . . For all its scholarly and literary strengths, this book’s greatest service is to remind us of Grant’s significant achievements at the end of the war and after, which have too long been overlooked and are too important today to be left in the dark . . . As Americans continue the struggle to defend justice and equality in our tumultuous and divisive era, we need to know what Grant did when our country’s very existence hung in the balance. If we still believe in forming a more perfect union, his steady and courageous example is more valuable than ever.” -Bill Clinton, New York Times Book Review “Grant is vast and panoramic in ways that history buffs will love. Books of its caliber by writers of Chernow’s stature are rare, and this one qualifies as a major eve...

-Titulo Original : Anticancer: A New Way Of Life-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: The revolutionary, New York Times bestselling guide to the powerful lifestyle changes that fight and prevent cancer-an integrative approach based on the latest scientific research “A common-sense blueprint for healthy living.” -Chicago Tribune “Resonating with cancer support communities and recommended nationwide.” -Los Angeles Times “Life affirming . . . filled with practical advice.” -The Seattle Times David Servan-Schreiber was a rising neuroscientist with his own brain imaging laboratory when, in the middle of an equipment test, he discovered a tumor the size of a walnut in his own brain. Forced to confront what medicine knows about cancer, and all that we still do not know, Servan-Schreiber marshaled his will to live and set out to understand the complex inner workings of the body’s natural cancer-fighting capabilities. He soon found himself on a decades-long journey from disease and relapse into scientific exploration and, finally, a new view of health. Anticancer is at once the moving story of one doctor’s inner and outer search for wellness and a radical exposition of the roles that lifestyle, environment, and trauma play in our health. Drawing on the latest research in integrative medicine that blends conventional and alternative approaches, Servan-Schreiber concisely explains what makes cancer cells thrive, what inhibits them, and how we can empower ourselves to prevent their growth. His advice details how to develop a science-based anticancer diet (and the small changes that can make a big difference); how to reap the benefits of exercise, yoga, and meditation; which toxic, unsafe products to replace in your home; and how to stave off the effects of helplessness and unhealed wounds to regain balance. Anticancer’s synthesis of science and personal experience marks a transformation in the way we understand and confront cancer. A long-running bestseller that has changed the lives of millions around the world, Anticancer remains a pioneering and peerless resource, an inspirational and revolutionary guide to “a new way of life.” Review “A common-sense blueprint for healthy living.” -Chicago Tribune “Fills an important gap in our knowledge of how patients can contribute to their own care by supplementing conventional medical treatment. I recommend this book to anyone interested in preventive medicine and integrated, complementary approaches to patient care.” -John Mendelsohn, MD, president, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas “Resonating with cancer support communities . . . and recommended nationwide on internet message boards.” -Los Angeles Times “Life affirming . . . filled with practical advice that enables cancer patients to overcome their initial feelings of helplessness and to adopt a proactive attitude of survivorship.” -The Seattle Times “Servan-Schreiber’s writing offers much more than science. It is full of passion . . . and compassion for his patients dealing with the emotional aspects of serious or terminal illness.” -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Enormously compelling evidence and arguments for participating in our own health by supporting our deep natural capacity for healing. Everybody should read this book and enact its simple but potentially lifesaving recommendations.” -Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, author of Wherever You Go, There You Are “Anticancer’s message is optimistic, the advice scientifically sound, and the prose highly readable.” -Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Presents a compelling combination of one doctor’s story of his battle with cancer along with his research into how to fight the disease . . . Readable and moving.” -Body & Soul Magazine About the Author David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD, was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and cofounder of the Center for Integrative Medicine. He codirected an NIH laboratory for the study of cognitive neuroscience and published more than ...

-Titulo Original : Of Mice And Men-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression They are an unlikely pair: George is small and quick and dark of face; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a family, clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in Californias dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennies unswerving obedience to the things George taught him. A thriller, a gripping tale . . . that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick. - The New York Times About the Author John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, in 1902, grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, about twenty-five miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the valley and the coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. In 1919 he went to Stanford University, where he intermittently enrolled in literature and writing courses until he left in 1925 without taking a degree. During the next five years he supported himself as a laborer and journalist in New York City, all the time working on his first novel, Cup of Gold (1929). After marriage and a move to Pacific Grove, he published two California books, The Pastures of Heaven (1932) and To a God Unknown (1933), and worked on short stories later collected in The Long Valley (1938). Popular success and financial security came only with Tortilla Flat (1935), stories about Monterey’s paisanos. A ceaseless experimenter throughout his career, Steinbeck changed courses regularly. Three powerful novels of the late 1930s focused on the California laboring class: In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), and the book considered by many his finest, The Grapes of Wrath (1939). The Grapes of Wrath won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1939. Early in the 1940s, Steinbeck became a filmmaker with The Forgotten Village (1941) and a serious student of marine biology with Sea of Cortez (1941). He devoted his services to the war, writing Bombs Away (1942) and the controversial play-novelette The Moon is Down (1942). Cannery Row (1945), The Wayward Bus (1948), another experimental drama, Burning Bright (1950), and The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951) preceded publication of the monumental East of Eden (1952), an ambitious saga of the Salinas Valley and his own family’s history. The last decades of his life were spent in New York City and Sag Harbor with his third wife, with whom he traveled widely. Later books include Sweet Thursday (1954), The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication (1957), Once There Was a War (1958), The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Travels with Charley in Search of America (1962), America and Americans (1966), and the posthumously published Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters (1969), Viva Zapata! (1975), The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976), and Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath (1989). Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, and, in 1964, he was presented with the United States Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Steinbeck died in New York in 1968. Today, more than thirty years after his death, he remains one of Americas greatest writers and cultural figures...

-Titulo Original : The Giver Of Stars A Novel-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A REESE WITHERSPOON X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK“A great narrative about personal strength and really captures how books bring communities together.” -Reese WitherspoonFrom the author of The Last Letter from Your Lover, now a major motion picture on Netflix, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond in Depression-era AmericaAlice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve, hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically.The leader, and soon Alices greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman whos never asked a mans permission for anything. They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky. What happens to them--and to the men they love--becomes an unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice, humanity, and passion. These heroic women refuse to be cowed by men or by convention. And though they face all kinds of dangers in a landscape that is at times breathtakingly beautiful, at others brutal, they’re committed to their job: bringing books to people who have never had any, arming them with facts that will change their lives.Based on a true story rooted in America’s past, The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope and epic in its storytelling. Funny, heartbreaking, enthralling, it is destined to become a modern classic--a richly rewarding novel of women’s friendship, of true love, and of what happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond. Review Praise for The Giver of Stars“A captivating tale of love, friendship, and self-actualization.”-People“The Giver of Stars is a richly rewarding exploration of the depths of friendship, good men willing to stand up to bad and adult love. Moyes celebrates the power of reading in a terrific book that only reinforces that message.” -USA Today“Though she made her mark writing contemporary romance, Moyes proves just as adept at historical fiction. . . . The Giver of Stars is a celebration of love, but also of reading, of knowledge, of female friendship, of the beauty of our most rural corners, and our enduring American grit: the kind of true grit that can be found in the hills of Kentucky and on the pages of this inspiring book.”-The Washington Post“Moyes paints an engrossing picture of life in rural America, and its easy to root for the enterprising librarians.”-The New York Times Book Review“Bestselling author Jojo Moyes has a unique way of using her prose to make her readers feel great emotions - love, passion, sadness, and grief - and her latest novel, The Giver of Stars- does not disappoint in that respect.” -Parade“Moyes stays true to her narrative and takes full advantage of the sense of place she gained from repeated trips to the area . . . riveting. A stirring novel sure to please Moyes’s many fans.”-Star Tribune“An epic journey of friendship, danger, and literacy. . . an ideal read.”-theSkimm“With characters so real they feel like dear friends and a compelling storyline, this is a beautiful, special novel. I loved it and didn’t want it to end!” -Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies“[A] dramatic, sweeping story. . . As well as creating wonderful strong characters, Jojo Moyes has an incredible eye for historical detail - I really felt as though I was riding over those Kentucky mountains with those women.-Sophie Kinsella for Bustle“Timeless, Jojo Moyess greatest work yet, and one of the most exquisitely-written-and absolutely compulsory-novels about women ever told.” -Lisa Taddeo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three Wome...

-Titulo Original : The Color Purple A Novel-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Alice Walkers iconic modern classic is now a Penguin Book. A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance and silence. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and their experience. The Color Purple broke the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, narrating the lives of women through their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walkers epic carries readers on a spirit-affirming journey towards redemption and love. Review “Reading The Color Purple was the first time I had seen Southern, Black women’s literature as world literature. In writing us into the world-bravely, unapologetically, and honestly-Alice Walker has given us a gift we will never be able to repay.” -Tayari Jones “ The Color Purple was what church should have been, what honest familial reckoning could have been, and it is still the only art object in the world by which all three generations of Black artists in my family judge American art.” -Kiese Laymon “A novel of permanent importance.” -Peter S. Prescott, Newsweek “Indelibly affecting … Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer.” - The New York Times Book Review “A story of revelation . . . One of the great books of our time.” - Essence Magazine “A work to stand beside literature of any time and place.” - San Francisco Chronicle “Places Walker in the company of Faulkner.” - The Nation “Remarkable expressiveness, color, and poignancy . . . not only a memorable and infinitely touching character but a whole submerged world is vividly called into being.” - The New York Review of Books “Richly evocative . . . a vibrant fugue of devotion and search for love.” - Los Angeles Herald Examiner “A national treasure . . . A rare and lovely book.” - The Cleveland Plain Dealer “A saga filled with joy and pain, humor and bitterness, and an array of characters who live, breathe, and illuminate the world.” - Publishers Weekly “My go-to comfort novel is The Color Purple, by Alice Walker. Even though it touches on difficult subject matter like child abuse and forced marriage, this story believes that human kindness, courage and love can defeat any challenge. Its big, beautiful happy ending is heartfelt and hard-won. Every single time I read this book, I walk away as a slightly better person than I was when I picked it up.” -Tayari Jones, The New York Times About the Author Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her novel The Color Purple. Her other novels include By the Light of My Father’s Smile and Possessing the Secret of Joy. She is also the author of three collections of short stories, three collections of essays, seven volumes of poetry, and several children’s books. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in Northern California...

-Titulo Original : Bringing Up Bebe One American Mother Discovers The Wisdom Of French Parenting (now With Bebe Day By Day 100 Keys To French Parenting)-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: “On questions of how to live, the French never disappoint. . . . Maybe it all starts with childhood. That is the conclusion that readers may draw from Bringing Up Bebe.” -The Wall Street Journal“I’ve been a parent now for more than eight years, and-confession-I’ve never actually made it all the way through a parenting book. But I found Bringing Up Bebe to be irresistible.” -SlateThe runaway New York Times bestseller that shows American parents the secrets behind Frances amazingly well-behaved children, from the author of There Are No Grown-ups. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman had a baby in Paris, she didnt aspire to become a “French parent.” But she noticed that French children slept through the night by two or three months old. They ate braised leeks. They played by themselves while their parents sipped coffee. And yet French kids were still boisterous, curious, and creative. Why? How? With a notebook stashed in her diaper bag, Druckerman set out to investigate-and wound up sparking a national debate on parenting. Researched over three years and written in her warm, funny voice, Bringing Up Bebe is deeply wise, charmingly told, and destined to become a classic resource for American parents. Review “Marvelous . . . Like Julia Child, who translated the secrets of French cuisine, Druckerman has investigated and distilled the essentials of French child-rearing. . . . Druckerman provides fascinating details about French sleep training, feeding schedules and family rituals. But her books real pleasures spring from her funny, self-deprecating stories. Like the principles she examines, Druckerman isnt doctrinaire.” - NPR “Bringing Up Bebe is a must-read for parents who would like their children to eat more than white pasta and chicken fingers.” -Fox News “On questions of how to live, the French never disappoint. . . . Maybe it all starts with childhood. That is the conclusion that readers may draw from Bringing Up Bebe.” -The Wall Street Journal “French women dont have little bags of emergency Cheerios spilling all over their Louis Vuitton handbags. They also, Druckerman notes, wear skinny jeans instead of sweatpants. The world arguably needs more kids who dont throw food.” -Chicago Tribune “I’ve been a parent now for more than eight years, and-confession-I’ve never actually made it all the way through a parenting book. But I found Bringing Up Bebe to be irresistible.” -Slate About the Author Pamela Druckerman is a contributing opinion writer for the International New York Times and a former staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered foreign affairs. Her work has also appeared in the Washington Post and Marie Claire. She lives in Paris. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. french children don’t throw food When my daughter is eighteen months old, my husband and I decide to take her on a little summer holiday. We pick a coastal town that’s a few hours by train from Paris, where we’ve been living (I’m American, he’s British), and we book a hotel room with a crib. She’s our only child at this point, so forgive us for thinking: How hard could it be? We have breakfast at the hotel. But we have to eat lunch and dinner at the little seafood restaurants around the old port. We quickly discover that two restaurant meals a day, with a toddler, deserve to be their own circle of hell. Bean is briefly interested in food: a piece of bread or anything fried. But within a few minutes she starts spilling salt shakers and tearing apart sugar packets. Then she demands to be sprung from her high chair so she can dash around the restaurant and bolt dangerously toward the docks. Our strategy is to finish the meal quickly. We order while we’re being seated, then we beg the server to rush out some bread and bring us all our food, appetizers and main courses, simultaneously. While my husband has a few bites of fish, I make sure t...

-Titulo Original : The Book Of Longings A Novel-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: “An extraordinary novel . . . a triumph of insight and storytelling.” -Associated Press“A true masterpiece.” -Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed An extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings In her mesmerizing fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd takes an audacious approach to history and brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she is rebellious and ambitious, with a brilliant mind and a daring spirit. She engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes narratives about neglected and silenced women. Ana is expected to marry an older widower, a prospect that horrifies her. An encounter with eighteen-year-old Jesus changes everything. Their marriage evolves with love and conflict, humor and pathos in Nazareth, where Ana makes a home with Jesus, his brothers, and their mother, Mary. Anas pent-up longings intensify amid the turbulent resistance to Romes occupation of Israel, partially led by her brother, Judas. She is sustained by her fearless aunt Yaltha, who harbors a compelling secret. When Ana commits a brazen act that puts her in peril, she flees to Alexandria, where startling revelations and greater dangers unfold, and she finds refuge in unexpected surroundings. Ana determines her fate during a stunning convergence of events considered among the most impactful in human history. Grounded in meticulous research and written with a reverential approach to Jesuss life that focuses on his humanity, The Book of Longings is an inspiring, unforgettable account of one womans bold struggle to realize the passion and potential inside her, while living in a time, place and culture devised to silence her. It is a triumph of storytelling both timely and timeless, from a masterful writer at the height of her powers. Review Praise for The Book of Longings: “I kept having to close this novel and breathe deeply, again and again. A radical re­imagining of the New Testament that reflects on womens longing and silencing and awakening, it is a true masterpiece.” -Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed “[Kidd’s] painstaking research and artful crafting of setting and character ensures that The Book of Longings is not just an extraordinary novel, but one with lasting power . . . [her] brilliance shines through on so many levels, but not the least in her masterful, reverential approach to capturing Jesus of Nazareth as a fully human young man . . . [ The Book of Longings] is an epic masterpiece that is a triumph of insight and storytelling.” -Associated Press “Well-researched and boldly plotted, this masterful novel brings a lovely character to life.” -People “Kidd’s bold narrative revisionism allows her protagonist to be in every respect the equal of her husband while posing this question: How would Western culture be different if men and women had grown in appreciation of each other’s spirit? It’s not such a leap-the gospels portray Jesus gently championing women.” -O, The Oprah Magazine “We promise you’ve never read anything like this . . . This work of historical fiction gives a feminist retelling to the stories at the heart of Catholicism, yet stays grounded in research and respect. Even after you finish, you’ll be thinking about it for days.” -KatieCouric “[A] book-club-friendly novel . . . Ana’s gentle husband is Jesus of Nazareth. Her cherished big brother is Judas, Jesus’s firebrand friend. These guys, so familiar, so human, are the hook that draws us in. What keeps us there, though, is the vividness of the world that Kidd conjures, peopling it with boldface names from the New Testament and freshly invented characters she imagines just as fully - Ana, our fictional narrator, principal among them.” -The Boston Gl...

-Titulo Original : The Reason For God Belief In An Age Of Skepticism-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: A New York Times bestseller people can believe in-by a pioneer of the new urban Christians (Christianity Today) and the C.S. Lewis for the 21st century (Newsweek). Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.Look out for Timothy Kellers latest book, The Songs of Jesus. Review It is easy to understand [Timothy Kellers] appeal. -The New York TimesIn a flood of bestsellers by skeptics and atheists...Keller stands out as an effective counterpoint and defender of the faith. The Reason for God makes a tight, accessible case for reasoned religious belief. -The Washington Post Its a provocative premise, in pursuit of which Keller...takes on nonbelievers from evolutionary biologists to the recent rash of atheist authors. -The Boston Globe Reverend Tim Keller [is] a Manhattan institution, one of those open urban secrets, like your favorite dim sum place, with a following so ardent and so fast-growing that he has never thought to advertise. -New York magazine An intellectually compelling case for God. -Publishers Weekly I thank God for him. -Billy Graham About the Author Timothy Keller was born and raised in Pennsylvania and educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. His first pastorate was in Hopewell, Virginia. In 1989 he started Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City with his wife, Kathy, and their three sons. Today, Redeemer has nearly six thousand regular Sunday attendees and has helped to start more than three hundred new churches around the world. He is the author of The Songs of Jesus, Prayer, Encounters with Jesus, Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering, Every Good Endeavor, and The Meaning of Marriage, among others, including the perennial bestsellers The Reason for God and The Prodigal God. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. THE REASON FOR GODTHE REASON FOR GODCONTENTSIntroductionPART 1: THE LEAP OF DOUBTONEThere Can’t Be Just One True ReligionTWOHow Could a Good God Allow Suffering?THREEChristianity Is a StraitjacketFOURThe Church Is Responsible for So Much InjusticeFIVEHow Can a Loving God Send People to Hell?SIXScience Has Disproved ChristianitySEVENYou Can’t Take the Bible Literally[Intermission 115]PART 2: THE REASONS FOR FAITHEIGHTThe Clues of GodNINEThe Knowledge of GodTENThe Problem of SinELEVENReligion and the GospelTWELVEThe (True) Story of the CrossTHIRTEENThe Reality of the ResurrectionFOURTEENThe Dance of GodEpilogue: Where Do We Go from Here?AcknowledgmentsNotesIndexAbout the AuthorINTRODUCTIONI find your lack of faith-disturbing.-Darth VaderThe Enemies Are Both RightThere is a great gulf today between what is popularly known as liberalism and conservatism. Each side demands that you not only disagree with but disdain the other as (at best) crazy or (at worst) evil. This is particularly true when religion is the point at issue. Progressives cry out that fundamentalism is growing rapidly and nonbelief is stigmatized. They point out that politics has turned toward the right, supported by mega-churches and mobilized orthodox believers. Conservatives endlessly denounce what they see as an increasingly skeptical and relativistic society. Major universities, media companies, and elite institutions are heavily secular, they say, and they control the culture.Which is it? Is skepticism or faith on the ascenda...

-Titulo Original : American Nations A History Of The Eleven Rival Regional Cultures Of North America-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: * A New Republic Best Book of the Year * The Globalist Top Books of the Year * Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction *Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who in this presidential election year, this is an endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the eleven “nations” that continue to shape North AmericaAccording to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven distinct nations, each with its own unique historical roots. In American Nations he takes readers on a journey through the history of our fractured continent, offering a revolutionary and revelatory take on American identity, and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and continue to mold our future. From the Deep South to the Far West, to Yankeedom to El Norte, Woodard (author of American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good) reveals how each region continues to uphold its distinguishing ideals and identities today, with results that can be seen in the composition of the U.S. Congress or on the county-by-county election maps of any hotly contested election in our history. Review Winner, 2012 Maine Literary Award for Non-Fiction. About the Author Colin Woodard, an award-winning writer and journalist, is currently the state and national affairs writer at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram where he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting A longtime foreign correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, he has reported from more than fifty foreign countries and six continents. His work has appeared in dozens of publications, including The Economist, Smithsonian, The Washington Post, Politico, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, The Guardian, Bloomberg View, and Washington Monthly. A graduate of Tufts University and the University of Chicago, he is the author of four other books including American Character and The Republic of Pirates...

-Titulo Original : Boquitas Pintadas-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: Learning that he is dying of tuberculosis, self-styled ladies man Juan Carlos is doted upon by the women in his life including his mother, sister, and two girlfriends, who fail to see that their own lives are crumbling in their adoration for Juan. About the Author Manuel Puig is the acclaimed author of many novels, including Betrayed by Rita Hayworth, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and The Buenos Aires Affair. He was born in Argentina in 1932 and died in Mexico in 1990...

-Titulo Original : Romancero Gitano-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: Perhaps the most famous book of poetry written in Spanish in the 20th century, this volume masterfully conveys the richness of Lorcas native Andalusia. About the Author Federico Garcia Lorca was born in 1898 in Fuente Vaqueros, a few miles outside Granada in the province of Andalusia, southern Spain. From an early age he was fascinated by Spains mixed heritage, adapting its ancient folk songs, ballads, lullabies, and flamenco music into poems and plays. By the age of thirty, he had published five books of poems, culminating in 1928 with Gypsy Ballads, which brought him far-reaching fame. In 1929-30 he studied in New York City, where he wrote the poems-among his most socially engaging and compelling-that were to be published posthumously (and famously) as Poet in New York. Upon returning to Spain he devoted much of his attention to theater, the poetry which rises from the page . . . and becomes human. In 1936, at the outset of the Spanish Civil War, he was shot to death by anti-Republican rebels in Francos army, and his books were banned and destroyed....

-Titulo Original : Singing From The Well (Pentagonia)-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: His mother talks piously of the heaven that awaits the good, and disciplines him with an ox prod. His grandmother burns his precious crosses for kindling. His cousins meet to plot their grandfathers death. Yet in the hills surrounding his home, another reality exists, a place where his mother wears flowers in her hair, and his cousin Celestino, a poet who inscribes verse on the trunks of trees, understands his visions. The first novel in Reinaldo Arenass secret history of Cuba, a quintet he called the Pentagonia, Singing from the Well is by turns explosively crude and breathtakingly lyrical. In the end, it is a stunning depiction of a childhood besieged by horror--and a moving defense of liberty and the imagination in a world of barbarity, persecution, and ignorance. From Publishers Weekly A childs strange, grotesque fantasies and visions are the subject of this novel by Cuban writer Arenas, the first in a five-part series that includes Farewell to the Sea. Lacking a story line, chronology and clear delineation of character, this is a book for special tastes, remarked PW. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review A vision of a different Cuba . . . an almost mythical, enchanted island . . . With this book, Arenas joins an illustrious group of Cuban writers. -- THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR From the Back Cover A POWERFUL NOVEL OF GROWING UP IN A WORLD WHERE NIGHTMARE HAS BECOME REALITY, AND FANTASY PROVIDES THE ONLY ESCAPE His mother talks piously of the heaven that awaits the good, and disciplines him with an ox prod. His grandmother burns his treasured crosses for kindling. His cousins meet to plot their grandfathers death. Yet in the hills surrounding his home, another reality exists, a place where his mother wears flowers in her hair, and his cousin Celestino, a poet who inscribes verse on the trunks of trees, understands his visions. The first novel in Reinaldo Arenass secret history of Cuba, a quintet he called the Pentagonia, Singing from the Well is by turns explosively crude and breathtakingly lyrical. In the end, it is a stunning depiction of childhood besieged by horro -- and a moving defense of liberty and the imagination in a world of barbarity, persecution, and ignorance. About the Author Reinaldo Arenas was born in Cuba in 1943. In 1980, he was one of 120,000 Cubans who arrived in the United States on the Mariel boatlift. Arenas settled in New York where he lived until his death from AIDS ten years later. Thomas Colchie is an acclaimed translator, editor, and literary agent for international authors. He is the editor of A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes. He has written for the Village Voice and The Washington Post. His translations include Manuel Puigs Kiss of the Spider Woman and (with Elizabeth Bishop, Gregory Rabassa, and Mark Strand) Carlos Drummond de Andrades Travelling in the Family. Andrew Hurley is a translator of numerous works of literature, criticism, history, and memoir. He is professor emeritus at the University of Puerto Rico. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. INTRODUCTION In May of 1980, the Cuban dissident poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) arrived in Key West, Florida, after a harrowing five-day sea voyage on a pleasure craft named the San Lazaro. Having thus completed his own Mariel “exodus” that should have taken no more than seven hours, he expected to be welcomed by the American intellectual community that had hailed his works, published abroad while he was still in Cuba. He did not realize how parsimoniously the title of dissident was meted out to foreign authors (who ever heard of a dissident American author?) by the U.S. intellectual community and its publishers. Throughout the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, “dissident” was a term customarily restricted to certain, and only certain, Soviet and Eastern European authors, the qualifications for which have ne...

-Titulo Original : La Vida Secreta De Las Abejas Una Novela -Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: Ambientada en Carolina del Sur en 1964, La vida secreta de las abejas es la historia de Lily Owens, cuya vida ha sido formada alrededor del recuerdo confuso de la tarde en que su madre fue asesinada. Cuando Rosaleen, la bravia madre postiza negra de Lily, insulta a tres de las personas mas racistas del pueblo, Lily decide que ambas deben ser libres. Ellas escapan a Tiburon, Carolina del Sur, un pueblo que guarda el secreto del pasado de su madre. Alojadas por un excentrico trio de hermanas negras apicultoras, Lily es introducida al fascinante mundo de las abejas y la miel, y a la Virgen Negra. Esta es una novela notable sobre el poder divino femenino, una historia que las mujeres compartiran y pasaran a sus hijas por generaciones. Review Completamente imaginada. El nucleo de esta historia es la busqueda de Lily por una madre, y encuentra una en un lugar que nunca espero. - The New York Times Book Review Una novela conmovedora. Lily es un personaje autentico y triunfador, y su historia es relatada de forma irresistible. -USA Today Inspirante. Sue Monk Kidd es una descendiente directa de Carson McCullers. -The Baltimore Sun Una autentica voz sureña. -Anita Shreve [Una] radiante primer novela. -The Atlanta Journal-Constitution About the Author SUE MONK KIDD is the author of the novels, The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair, and the memoirs, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, When the Heart Waits, and Firstlight, a collection of early writings. The Secret Life of Bees has spent more than 125 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted into an award-winning movie. The Mermaid Chair, a #1 New York Times bestseller, was adapted into a television movie. Each of her novels has been translated into more than 24 languages. The recipient of numerous literary awards, Sue lives in South Carolina with her husband...

-Titulo Original : The New Map: Energy, Climate, And The Clash Of Nations-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020! Named Energy Writer of the Year for The New Map by the American Energy Society Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin offers a revelatory new account of how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our futureThe world is being shaken by the collision of energy, climate change, and the clashing power of nations in a time of global crisis. Out of this tumult is emerging a new map of energy and geopolitics. The “shale revolution” in oil and gas has transformed the American economy, ending the “era of shortage” but introducing a turbulent new era. Almost overnight, the United States has become the worlds number one energy powerhouse. Yet concern about energys role in climate change is challenging the global economy and way of life, accelerating a second energy revolution in the search for a low-carbon future. All of this has been made starker and more urgent by the coronavirus pandemic and the economic dark age that it has wrought.World politics is being upended, as a new cold war develops between the United States and China, and the rivalry grows more dangerous with Russia, which is pivoting east toward Beijing. Vladimir Putin and Chinas Xi Jinping are converging both on energy and on challenging American leadership, as China projects its power and influence in all directions. The South China Sea, claimed by China and the worlds most critical trade route, could become the arena where the United States and China directly collide. The map of the Middle East, which was laid down after World War I, is being challenged by jihadists, revolutionary Iran, ethnic and religious clashes, and restive populations. But the region has also been shocked by the two recent oil price collapses--and by the very question of oils future in the rest of this century.A master storyteller and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin takes the reader on an utterly riveting and timely journey across the worlds new map. He illuminates the great energy and geopolitical questions in an era of rising political turbulence and points to the profound challenges that lie ahead. Review “This should be mandatory reading for President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming team.” -Admiral James Stavridis A master class on how the world works. - NPR“[The New Map] earned energy’s highest literary prize for its ambitious survey and realistic assessment of energy and how it shapes all of human affairs. It is also an exceptional literary triumph in its narrative and in the quality of writing that we have come to expect from Dan Yergin.” -The American Energy Society, in awarding Daniel Yergin “Energy Writer of the Year”“The veteran energy analyst Daniel Yergin has turned his considerable talents to explaining how the world continues to be shaped by oil in his latest book, The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations . . . Reportorial and supremely readable-no mean feat among geostrategy tomes.” -Wall Street Journal “At a time when solid facts and reasoned arguments are in retreat, Daniel Yergin rides to the rescue. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and energy savant is armed to the teeth with enough telling statistics to sink an oil tanker in The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations (Penguin Press, 512 pp., out of four) . . . Yergin provides an engaging survey course on the lifeblood of modern civilization - where the world has been and where it is likely headed. By the final page, the reader will feel like an energy expert herself.”-USA Today “Brisk and authoritative, an impressive combination.” - The Economist“The New Map is a kaleidoscopic survey of seemingly every geopolitical development in recent (and not so recent) history, all seen through the lens of energy, national rivalries, changing technologies, and the looming threat of climate change . . . Yergin, the vice chairman of the energy re...

-Titulo Original : Next To Last Stand A Longmire Mystery-Fabricante : Penguin Books-Descripcion Original: The latest novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series finds the sheriff chasing down the whereabouts of an iconic American painting.One of the most viewed paintings in American history, Custers Last Fight, copied and distributed by Anheuser-Busch at a rate of over two million copies a year, was destroyed in a fire at the 7th Cavalry Headquarters in Fort Bliss, Texas, in 1946. Or was it? When Charley Lee Stillwater dies of an apparent heart attack at the Wyoming Home for Soldiers & Sailors, Walt Longmire is called in to try and make sense of a piece of a painting and a Florsheim shoebox containing a million dollars, sending the good sheriff on the trail of a dangerous art heist. Review Praise for Craig Johnson“Its the scenery-and the big guy standing in front of the scenery-that keeps us coming back to Craig Johnsons lean and leathery mysteries.” -The New York Times Book Review“Johnsons hero only gets better-both at solving cases and at hooking readers-with age.” -Publishers Weekly“Like the greatest crime novelists, Johnson is a student of human nature. Walt Longmire is strong but fallible, a man whose devil-may-care stoicism masks a heightened sensitivity to the horrors hes witnessed.” -Los Angeles Times“Johnsons trademarks [are] great characters, witty banter, serious sleuthing, and a love of Wyoming bigger than a stack of derelict cars.” -The Boston Globe About the Author Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is the recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for fiction, the Nouvel Observateur Prix du Roman Noir, and the Prix SNCF du Polar. His novella Spirit of Steamboat was the first One Book Wyoming selection. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population 25. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 Years ago, on one particularly beautiful, high plains afternoon when I was a deputy with the Absaroka County Sheriff’s Department, I propped my young daughter, Cady, on my hip and introduced her to Charley Lee Stillwater. Charley Lee was one of the Wavers, as they were called, the old veterans who sat in front of what was originally Fort McKinney, which then was called the Wyoming Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home until the name was changed to the Veterans’ Home of Wyoming, to wave at passing traffic. Charley Lee put Cady in his lap and sang old cowboy tunes to her all afternoon-she’d been enraptured. On the drive home, the five year-old asked, “Has Charley Lee been out in the sun too long?” I’d smiled. “No, honey-he’s a different color than us.” She thought about that one, her hair swirling in the wind. “He’s brown.” “Well, yep, he is. Like your uncle Henry. She spoke with the certainty of one well acquainted with her colors. “Uncle Henry is tan.” “Um, yes, he is.” “What are we?” “We’re white.” The future lawyer studied her hand and then me as if I was trying to get something over on her. “We’re pink.” “Yep, but they call it white.” She’d been silent for a moment and then proclaimed with solemnity. “That doesn’t make any sense.” “Few things about skin color do, Punk.” Fort McKinney was built in response to the intense reaction caused by the defeat of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. It was one of many forts constructed to combat the fanciful Indian menace that was sweeping across the high plains, even though the Indian Wars were over with by the time Custer may or may not have saved the last bullet for himself. By 1894 it was pretty well figured out that wild Indians weren’t really much of a threat and the fort was closed; in 1903 the grounds and structure were handed over to the state of Wyoming. It’s about a half mile along the cottonwood-lined entrance from the fort’s front door to State R...