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Woody
La biografía
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Con más de cuarenta y cinco películas dirigidas y una larga carrera como actor, cómico, escritor y músico de jazz, Woody Allen es uno de los artistas más polifacéticos de nuestro tiempo. Desde sus inicios con El dormilón, hasta su último estreno Café Society, todas las películas de Woody...
by Peter Krass
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
One of the major figures in American history, Andrew Carnegie was a ruthless businessman who made his fortune in the steel industry and ultimately gave most of it away. He used his wealth to ascend the world's political stage, influencing the presidencies of Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, and...
Here Comes the Sun
The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
"A fascinating read."
–Associated Press
Joshua Greene, who studied meditation with the legendary Beatle George Harrison, draws on personal remembrances, recorded conversations, and firsthand accounts to create a moving portrait of Harrison's spiritual life, his profound contribution...
Paul Simon
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
The definitive biography of legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon.
Paul Simon, one of the country's most popular musicians, has been a dynamic creative force for more than half a century. Now New York Times bestselling biographer Marc Eliot draws on extensive research and original interviews...
Blackbeard
America's Most Notorious Pirate
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
"A thorough, exciting examination of 18th-century pirate life,with wonderful details."
--Publishers Weekly
"Interesting and exciting . . . a thoroughly enjoyable chronicle of an interesting life and interesting era."
--Booklist
The definitive biography of history'smost...
El subastador
Aventuras en el mercado del arte
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 1, 2016
El relato más sincero, desinhibido y adictivo nunca escrito sobre lo que sucede entre bambalinas en una subasta de arte. Pury nos guía a través de este mundo secreto a través de su historia, sus anécdotas, sus coleccionistas, sus momentos de esplendor y de oscuridad."Yo y el barón"...
Gran Hotel Abismo
Biografía coral de la Escuela de Frankfurt
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Vida y obra de Benjamin, Adorno, Marcuse, Horkheimer y otros pensadores que definieron el mundo tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial. "Están ustedes alojados en el Gran Hotel Abismo", le dijo un día el filósofo Lukács a Adorno, refiriéndose a todos los miembros de la Escuela de Frankfurt:...
Dani's Story
A Journey from Neglect to Love
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
The story that captivated a nation?how a horribly neglected little girl was rescued by her loving adoptive parents
In July 2005, a six-year-old girl named Danielle was removed from her Florida home after authorities found her living in bug-ridden squalor, subjected to horrific neglect and so...
Karzai
The Failing American Intervention and the Struggle for Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
The untold story of Hamid Karzai's dramatic rise to the presidency of Afghanistan and the problems he and his country face
In 2004, Hamid Karzai was elected president in Afghanistan's first-ever democratic election. Today, criticized for indecisiveness and targeted for assassination by extremists,...
by Margaret A. Boden
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Una de las grandes aventuras de nuestro tiempo es la búsqueda de la Inteligencia Artificial. De ella se habla con esperanza, con temor, con c o con desprecio según las voces. Margaret A. Boden, una de las autoridades mundiales en este campo, nos presenta aquí un completo y accesible "estado...
by Nikola Tesla, Miguel A. Delgado
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Nikola Tesla ha pasado a la historia como el inventor de la corriente alterna, el perdedor de la "guerra de las corrientes" contra Edison, el paradigma del genio incomprendido al que la historia hace justicia siglos después. Hoy disfruta de una segunda juventud, con el interés de las generaciones...
The Doctor Dance
Confessions of a Beverly Hills Doctor's Wife
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
"Want to be respected? Spend BIG money? Shop till you drop? Feel like you're better than everybody else... because you ARE? It's SIMPLE, it's EASY... easier than you think! Marry a Beverly Hills Doctor!" Jennie Louise Frankel, New York Times Best Selling author of "You'll Never Make Love In This Town...
The Life of Evelyn Underhill
An Intimate Portrait of the Groundbreaking Author of Mysticism
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
"Margaret Cropper was the first to capture [Evelyn Underhill’s] life, which now in this new century can continue to inspire, challenge and point the way for those on the ancient quest for the holy."
—from the Foreword by Dana Greene, dean of Oxford College of Emory University
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For Kirk and Covenant
The Stalwart Courage of John Knox
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000
This volume in the Leaders in Action Series looks at the leadership qualities of a man long known for his bold, courageous stand against political and religious tyranny and corruption in medieval Scotland.