-Titulo Original : Journey To The Centre Of The Earth-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Journey to the Center of the Earth (French: Voyage au centre de la Terre, also translated under the titles A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and A Journey to the Interior of the Earth) is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the centre of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans descend into the Icelandic volcano Snæfellsjokull, encountering many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, before eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy, at the Stromboli volcano. The genre of subterranean fiction already existed long before Verne. However, Journey considerably added to the genres popularity and influenced later such writings. For example, Edgar Rice Burroughs explicitly acknowledged Vernes influence on his own Pellucidar series...

-Titulo Original : Capablanca. Leyenda Y Realidad Tomo I (Spanish Edition)-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Capablanca: Leyenda y realidad no es un libro sino varios. Antes que nada es una estupenda biografia, de lejos la mas completa que existe. En segundo lugar ofrece una nutrida coleccion de partidas de Capablanca y otros grandes ajedrecistas, todas cuidadosamente anotadas. Pero ademas el libro impresiona por los retratos de ambientes y personajes, como el recuento de la azarosa vida del abuelo paterno de Capablanca, Jose Maria Tadeo Capablanca, toda una novela de aventuras, o la minuciosa y conmovedora descripcion de los ultimos dias de Capablanca en una ciudad -Nueva York- sacudida por el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Estos episodios, como el resto del libro, se leen con gusto por la soltura de la escritura y la amenidad de la narracion. (Gustavo Perez Firmat...

-Titulo Original : Capablanca. Leyenda Y Realidad (Tomo II) (Spanish Edition)-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Capablanca: Leyenda y realidad no es un libro sino varios. Antes que nada es una estupenda biografia, de lejos la mas completa que existe. En segundo lugar ofrece una nutrida coleccion de partidas de Capablanca y otros grandes ajedrecistas, todas cuidadosamente anotadas. Pero ademas el libro impresiona por los retratos de ambientes y personajes, como el recuento de la azarosa vida del abuelo paterno de Capablanca, Jose Maria Tadeo Capablanca, toda una novela de aventuras, o la minuciosa y conmovedora descripcion de los ultimos dias de Capablanca en una ciudad -Nueva York- sacudida por el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Estos episodios, como el resto del libro, se leen con gusto por la soltura de la escritura y la amenidad de la narracion. (Gustavo Perez Firmat...

-Titulo Original : Tales Of The Alhambra-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Tales of the Alhambra is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories by Washington Irving. Shortly after completing a biography of Christopher Columbus in 1828, Washington Irving travelled from Madrid, where he had been staying, to Granada, Spain. At first sight, he described it as a most picturesque and beautiful city, situated in one of the loveliest landscapes that I have ever seen. Irving was preparing a book called A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, a history of the years 1478-1492, and was continuing his research on the topic. He immediately asked the then-governor of the historic Alhambra Palace as well as the archbishop of Granada for access to the palace, which was granted because of Irvings celebrity status.[3] Aided by a 35-year-old guide named Mateo Ximenes, Irving was inspired by his experience to write Tales of the Alhambra. The book combines description, myth and narrations of real historical events, even up through the destruction of some of the palaces towers by the French under Count Sebastiani in 1812, and the further damage caused by an earthquake in 1821. Throughout his trip, Washington filled his notebooks and journals with descriptions and observations though he did not believe his writing would ever do it justice. He wrote, How unworthy is my scribbling of the place.[3] Irving continued to travel through Spain until he was appointed as secretary of legation at the United States Embassy in London, serving under the incoming minister Louis McLane. He arrived in London by late September 182...

-Titulo Original : The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was first published in 1820. Along with Irvings companion piece Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball in battle...

-Titulo Original : The Iliad Of Homer-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: The Iliad ( sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning. Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles imminent death and the fall of Troy, although the narrative ends before these events take place. However, as these events are prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, when it reaches an end the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War. The Iliad is paired with something of a sequel, the Odyssey, also attributed to Homer. Along with the Odyssey, the Iliad is among the oldest extant works of Western literature, and its written version is usually dated to around the 8th century BC.[2] In the modern vulgate (the standard accepted version), the Iliad contains 15,693 lines; it is written in Homeric Greek, a literary amalgam of Ionic Greek and other dialects. According to Michael N. Nagler, the Iliad is a more complicated epic poem than the Odyssey...

-Titulo Original : Protesis (Spanish Edition)-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Dedos, muñones, zapatos, protesis... el mundo de Ramon Hondal esta hecho de fragmentos. De objetos y piezas descuartizadas. Rotas. Dificil imaginar en su poesia la lirica de un rostro, las nubes, el solecito de las doce, la boberia romantica. En su poesia eso se arrastra, eso se quiebra, eso se corta, eso se llora, pero no con un sonsonete mullido, bajo, que apenas se escuche. No. En su poesia todo se rompe y todo se arregla. Todo se acepta. Tal y como debe ser cuando se vive en un hueco y se sale de un hueco ubermensch de nuevo tipo; tal y como debe ser cuando tus unicos bienes son una camiseta, un ojo y una escultura de Lezama con el pitico parado. (Carlos A. Aguilera...

-Titulo Original : Caribe Transplatino (Spanish Edition)-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Ecos de Gongora, Quevedo y Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz llegan a Brasil a traves de este esplendido linaje de poetas neobarrocos, o neobarrosos, como les llama el compilador Nestor Perlongher. (Jorge Schwartz...

-Titulo Original : The Turn Of The Screw-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in Colliers Weekly magazine (January 27 - April 16, 1898). In October 1898 it appeared in The Two Magics, a book published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London. Classified as both gothic fiction and a ghost story, the novella focuses on a governess who, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted. In the century following its publication, The Turn of the Screw became a cornerstone text of academics who subscribed to New Criticism. The novella has had differing interpretations, often mutually exclusive. Many critics have tried to determine the exact nature of the evil hinted at by the story. However, others have argued that the brilliance of the novella results from its ability to create an intimate sense of confusion and suspense within the reader. On Christmas Eve, an unnamed narrator listens to Douglas, a friend, read a manuscript written by a former governess whom Douglas claims to have known and who is now dead. The manuscript tells the story of how the young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the deaths of their parents. He lives mainly in London but also has a country house, Bly. He is uninterested in raising the children. The boy, Miles, is attending a boarding school, while his younger sister, Flora, is living in a summer country house in Essex. She is currently being cared for by Mrs. Grose, the housekeeper. Miles and Floras uncle, the governess new employer, gives her full charge of the children and explicitly states that she is not to bother him with communications of any sort. The governess travels to her new employers country house and begins her duties. The novella has been adapted numerous times in radio drama, film, stage, and television, including a 1950 Broadway play, and the 1961 film The Innocents...

-Titulo Original : Note To Self By Perry-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Recreate your way of thinking. Change your whole perspective on time. Those who are able to do this are better equipped to create interesting and impactful creative works. Creatives who channel these skills will be able to solve problems we face today-and in the future. So Strike while the creativitys hot...

-Titulo Original : Better Web Typography For A Better Web (Second Edition)-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Better Web Typography for a Better Web is a book based on a top-rated online course explaining typography to people who build web sites-web designers and web developers. The author, Matej Latin, takes complex concepts such as vertical rhythm, modular scale and page composition, and explains them in an easy-to-understand way. The content of the book is accompanied by live code examples and the readers go through a process of designing and building an example website as they go through the book. This is a new typography book for a new medium, the rules havent changed much, everything else has...

-Titulo Original : Living Namaste Photography And Spoken Word Poetry-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: At a time when images of violence and words of division cut into the soul of humanity, Beer and Schwabenland have used poetry and photography as a way to reconnect with honor, respect and dignity. It all begins with the conscious awareness of the first words spoken in welcome. Around the world, the greeting carries wishes for health, happiness, peace and prosperity. Beer and Schwabenland set forth on an amazing path of beautiful discoveries and wise transformations when the greeting is lived out and fear is countered with enthusiastic curiosity. One simple yet powerful mindfulness technique can open doors to the world and transform relationships. Partial Proceeds from the sale of this book will go directly to Doctors Without Borders and The Untours Foundation. Review By Bob Krist, National Geographic Photographer, Sony Artisan of Imagery: The poetry and photography in Living Namaste are a celebration of world culture and the power of travel. Authors Schwabenland and Beer delight in the rich diversity of the human experience that travel reveals to us, but they also remind us , in verse and in image, that underneath this diversity is the commonality of the human spirit. No matter what we look like, what religion we follow, what clothes we wear or rituals we perform, the one unifying thread of our common humanity is to love one another and to appreciate the moment in every encounter. This is a refreshing and powerful book about gratitude and appreciation, and one that can be read with equally beneficial effects before heading out on a trip around the world or around the corner to the grocery store...

-Titulo Original : Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: This edition of Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories by Ambrose Bierce is given by Golden - Million Book Editio...

-Titulo Original : Enjambre De Zepelines (Spanish Edition)-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Enjambre de zepelines es un libro que pertenece al mundo de ayer, a ese universo escrito -aunque no por ello real, demasiado real- que permanece lo mismo en el proustiano camino de Combray, que en la biblioteca atestada de volumenes de Nicolas Gomez Davila, que en la pelicula Vatel protagonizada por Gerard Depardieu o en el inexistente abrigo de cachemir de Joseph Brodsky. Estamos ante los apuntes/fragmentos de un escritor-flaneur cuya escritura testimonia lo que su mirada -a veces fascinadamente romantica; otras de una moderna melancolia- se inventa/descubre entre las lineas de un libro o entre los objetos que su memoria va transformando hasta otorgarles autonomia literaria. (Pablo de Cuba Soria...

-Titulo Original : A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story Of Christmas-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman and Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol during a period when the British were exploring and re-evaluating past Christmas traditions, including carols and newer customs such as Christmas trees. He was influenced by the experiences of his own youth and by the Christmas stories of other authors including Washington Irving and Douglas Jerrold. Dickens had written three Christmas stories prior to the novella, and was inspired following a visit to the Field Lane Ragged School, one of several establishments for Londons street children. The treatment of the poor and the ability of a selfish man to redeem himself by transforming into a more sympathetic character are the key themes of the story...

-Titulo Original : The Adventures Of Paddy The Beaver (Esprios Classics)-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American conservationist and author of childrens stories. Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years in books and his newspaper column, Bedtime Stories. He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man. Paddy moves into the Green Forest, and Sammy Jay starts to complain he is cutting down the trees, but Sammy falls into the water and learns that this did not work out very well. After that Old Man Coyote finds out Paddy is in the Green Forest, and starts to hunt for him, though for three days Paddy outsmarts him. But one day he almost catches Paddy and he would have were it not for Sammy Jay telling Paddy to get into the water. After that Paddy and Sammy become best friends...

-Titulo Original : Knit Stitch: 50 Knit Purl Patterns-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: This printed Knit Stitch Pattern Book gives you 50 unique hand-knit designs. Easily understand exactly how to create each texture stitch-by-stitch with chart diagrams and written instructions to knit both flat and in the round. Patterns in this book are organized by their row repeats, beginning with the simplest 2-row repeats and advancing up to more intricate 28-row repeats. Knit and Purl techniques only! This book was created by YouTuber Kristen McDonnell from Studio Knit, the popular knitting channel. Find video tutorials for each pattern on her website...

-Titulo Original : Tasseography - The Art Of Tea Leaf Reading-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: A Beginners Guide to Tasseography, or the Art of Tea Leaf Reading, presented by the Witches of Thorn and Moon, with a comprehensive guide to symbols, as well as tips and techniques to tap into your own intuition and interpret hidden messages in the bottom of your cup...

-Titulo Original : The Christmas Angel (Esprios Classics)-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Abbie Farwell Brown was an American author. Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the first of two daughters of Benjamin F. Brown, a descendant of Isaac Allerton, and Clara Neal Brown, who contributed to The Youths Companion. Her sister Ethel became an author and illustrator under the name Ann Underhill. Brown was active in New England literary life. She edited the 20-volume Young Folks Library for the publisher Hall and Locke. She was a member of the Boston Authors Club, the Boston Drama League, the American Folklore Society, the Poetry Society of America, and was president of the New England Poetry Club...

-Titulo Original : Logrando Tus Sueños (Spanish Edition)-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Este libro fue escrito con la intencion de apoyar a padres quienes migraron a los estados unidos y quienes buscan formas de preparar mejor a sus hijos para que sobresalgan. En el libro hay informacion de como planear y ahorrar para la universidad y formas para evitar drogas, pandillas, y otros comportamientos que podrian prevenir que nuestros hijos salgan adelante. El autor tiene mas de 23 años trabajando con familias y esta guia es basada en sus experiencias. Muchas familias llegaron a los estados unidos por necesidad y es dificil que puedan sobresalir si no hay alguien que les apoye durante esta transicion. Este libro le proporcionara ideas concretas de que debemos de hacer como padres para que nuestros hijos logren sus sueños...

-Titulo Original : Antonin Artaud En La Habana (Spanish Edition)-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Contra todo vaticinio, todavia aparecen escritos de Artaud. Un tesoro casi onirico, si se tiene en cuenta que han pasado ochenta y tres años de su escala de cinco dias en La Habana, camino a Mexico, en 1936. Artaud en La Habana aproxima una cronica de su estancia en aquella ciudad, mas alla del consabido encuentro con el sorcier negre que le señala el camino y obsequia una espada a modo de resguardo; rescata los textos publicados por Artaud en Carteles y Grafos -tres de ellos rigurosamente ineditos y otros dos apenas conocidos-, las revistas con las que colaboro desde el pais azteca; y relata, a la vez, su infructuosa busqueda en los años setenta por Paule Thevenin, la ferviente editora de sus Obras Completas, quien tuvo que conformarse con uno solo de esos articulos. No menos azaroso sera su hallazgo por Pedro Marques, en 2018, con la colaboracion del investigador Ricardo Hernandez Otero. Cierra este libro una adenda con tres testimonios de Alejo Carpentier sobre Artaud, uno de ellos vertido por primera vez desde el frances. Tenia razon Carpentier: habia mas tarahumaras, pero tambien toros y sacrificios, tambien otra historia habanera...

-Titulo Original : Public Domain Tsuba In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Vol.2-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Over eight hundred examples of some of the finest Japanese sword-guards from one of the most famous museums in the word. ( In a two volume series....

-Titulo Original : The Overland Cook-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: Bring out the Overland Chef in you! Go out, explore and make the best meal at camp...

-Titulo Original : El Sol De La Noche (Spanish Edition)-Fabricante : Blurb-Descripcion Original: El Sol de la Noche por E.H. de la Espriella. Editado por Leticia Esteves Reyes. El Sol de la Noche sigue la vida de dos hermanos que crecen en Panama en 1976. Sebastian y Santiago viven en una casa con un padre alcoholico y adultero. Su madre, Michelle, una maestra de Ingles, toma la posicion de ambos padres mientras trata de mantener su matrimonio vivo por el bien de sus hijos. Los niños son muy unidos y se protegen el uno al otro. Se mantienen fuertes de toda la adversidad de sus vidas por los cuentos que se echan entre ellos cuando se acuestan a dormir en las noches. Sebastian hace un collage del sol en un proyecto escolar el cual le causa a su hermano preguntar A donde se va el sol en la noche? La pregunta despierta la imaginacion de Sebastian lo cual los lleva lo mas lejos posible de sus realidades. Los cuentos tienen mucha simbologia sin embargo, son increiblemente fantasticos y visualmente imaginativos. Sebastian utiliza el sol como el protagonista que conecta las escenas que le describe a su hermano todas las noches. El sol los lleva a lugares lejanos y sitios unicos alrededor de todo el mundo. El sol es poderoso, tiene la habilidad de empujarse de un lado del planeta al otro y de salirse por la boca de un volcan para hacer de la noche un dia nuevamente. Las narrativas son ricas en color, un contraste de sus vidas reales. La familia luego es expuesta a un incidente que prueba su fortaleza. El libro culmina en una profunda reflexion en las palabras de el mismo autor trayendo cierre a los retos al cual fue expuesto en su infancia ademas de considerar el significado de todo lo que aprendio de su hermano. Review El lenguage de El Sol de la Noche a menudo es lirico, ofreciendonos escenas como si estuvieramos viendo a traves de un caleidoscopio, evocando maravillas profundas. Con la misma frecuencia, el lenguaje es familiar describiendo las interacciones y conversaciones de hecho entre los niños y los padres. Escrito en tercera persona, permite al lector a entrar a la mente de diferentes personajes. Este libro refleja un diario de viajes, a traves de partes iguales entre fantasia y realidad. Tambien afirma la verdad de que los seres queridos que ya no estan con nosotros continuan afectando nuestras vidas y no solo a traves de nuestro dolor por su perdida. Los lectores jovenes podran descubrir nuevas realidades e identificarse con las experiencias de los niños, mientras que los lectores mayores podran redescubrir la sabiduria infantil perdida y las respuestas a preguntas olvidadas. ¡Vale la pena leer este libro! - A.L. Peevey, Readers Favorite Este es un libro magnifico. Único y muy bien ejecutado, sentia que escuchaba la historia alrededor de una fogata. E.H. de la Espriella, como autor, tiene instintos impecables cuando se trata del arte de escribir. - A. Gifford, Santa Fe Writers Project About the Author E.H. de la Espriella nacio y se crio en Panama. Es un autor y diseñador galardonado que trabaja como lider creativo en diseño y branding para The Walt Disney Company. Tambien es artista en bellas artes en oleo, collage, dibujo, y fotografia. El Sr. de la Espriella vive en Orlando, Florida con su familia. E.H. ha escrito su primer libro, El Sol de la Noche, una novela creativa basada en su infancia viviendo en Panama con su hermano. Su libro ha sido reconocido por la Asociacion de Autores y Editores de la Florida en la categoria de autobiografia en Agosto de 2018. El Sol de la Noche ademas ha ganado premio Internacional de Libros Latinos en el año 2019 en la categoria especial Premio Mariposa por Mejor Primer Libro por el grupo sin fines de lucro Latino Literacy Now en Los Angeles, California. En Septiembre de 2019, El Sol de la Noche fue escogido como finalista en la lista corta en la competencia de premios de la Santa Fe Writers Project. Para mas informacion sobre los trabajos artisticos y graficos de E.H. de la Espriella, vis...