Acosta: 137 books

Before his mysterious disappearance and probable death in 1971, Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a Robin Hood Chicano lawyer and notorious as the real-life model for Hunter S. Thompson's "Dr. Gonzo," a fat, pugnacious attorney with a gargantuan appetite for food, drugs, and life on the edge. Written...

Over the past fifty years, Puerto Rican voters have roundly rejected any calls for national independence. Yet the rhetoric and iconography of independence have been defining features of Puerto Rican literature and culture. In the provocative new book Dream Nation, María Acosta Cruz investigates the...

Carlos Acosta, the Cuban dancer considered to be one of the world's greatest performers, fearlessly depicts his journey from adolescent troublemaker to international superstar in his captivating memoir, No Way Home. Carlos was just another kid from the slums of Havana; the youngest son of a...

María Elisa Acosta nos comparte una vida dedicada al desarrollo de directivos a través de su metodología muy eficaz para conocernos profunda e integralmente como seres humanos, con un destino que nosotros tenemos la responsabilidad y posibilidad de escoger dentro del entorno en que vivimos. Este...

Discover how Dutch parents raise The Happiest Kids in the World! Calling all stressed-out parents: Relax! Imagine a place where young children play unsupervised, don’t do homework, have few scheduled “activities” . . . and rank #1 worldwide in happiness and education. It’s not a fantasy—it’s...

This book explains how presidents achieve market-oriented reforms in a contentious political environment. Using an impressive amount of quantitative and qualitative empirical evidence, most of which is reported for the first time, Mejía Acosta argues that presidents in Ecuador adopted significant...

“One Night is all it took to change everything between Barbie and me. One night to potentially lose the girl of my dreams forever. How do I prove to her that she can trust me? That all I want to do is protect her carefully guarded heart. I need to prove to her that I want to be a part of her world....

Andrea Bloom quiere conseguir su sueño: convertirse en chef profesional y abrir su propio restaurante. Un programa de televisión, Supreme chef, le dará la oportunidad de su vida: un curso de cocina en The Culinary Institute of America y la estancia durante un mes en la cocina de uno de los jueces...

-Vaya, otra más. -Otra más ¿qué? -Otra novelita ridícula de algún supermacho, superhéroe y superhombre cuyas hazañas no hay quien se las trague. -Déjate de superloquesea pero eso sí, héroe como cualquier otro soldado que lucha por su país. -Y pobrecito mío, imagino que sufrirá de pesadillas. -Claro...

—¿Y Monster a qué viene? —Bueno, como ya sabes, significa persona muy cruel y perversa, y esa es la base de la novela. —Ya. ¿Y… algo más? —Es verdadero BDSM contemporáneo… —BDSM conte… ¿qué? —Que ocurre hoy, en EE.UU. Que el Amo adiestra a su sumisa bajo la más pura esencia...

En pleno siglo de Oro Español, en un parador de Toledo, un muchacho al que apodan El Pequeño se cuela por los rincones y recorre los pasillos para luego sentarse a la mesa de la cocina y deleitar a los sirvientes con sus historias. Nada escapa a la mirada curiosa del Pequeño, y menos cuando se...

Taking your first step into this crazy little industry that we call “video production” can be a rather scary thought. From picking up your first camera, to learning how to edit like a ninja, this book was written to help you understand the basics of video production in today's digital...

A celebration of the voices of women of color in prayer Women of color pray and have prayed out of necessity for survival, out of love for the Divine and because we believe in the power of prayer. Prayer has been the prevailing force behind the education of our children, protection and courage...

Based on unprecedented research in Cuba, the direct testimony of scores of Cuban musicians, and the author's unique experience as a prominent jazz musician, Cubano Be, Cubano Bop is destined to take its place among the classics of jazz history. The work pays tribute not only to a distinguished lineage...