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Este libro cuenta la historia de amor entre un funcionario de prisiones y una presa, destrozada por un sistema institucional arcaico y corrupto. A través del diario del funcionario Luis Miguel Vela Arevalo conoceremos todas las trabas e impedimentos que puso Instituciones Penitenciarias para impedir primero su relacion y mas tarde su matrimonio con la interna Carmen Beatriz Banha, natural de Guinea Bissau, encarcelada en Las Palmas y posteriormente trasladada a Jaen, donde se conocieron y enamoraron. La lista de ilegalidades de la Direccion General de Instituciones Penitenciarias cometida sobre la interna es larga: impedir las comunicaciones, restringir las llamadas telefonicas, prohibir los permisos, falsificar la firma de Luis Miguel en Correos para sustraer el certificado de nacimiento de Carmen Beatriz, trasladarla de prision hasta en dos ocasiones para impedir que se vieran y, por ultimo, para culminar la tropelia, suspender sin motivo legal las practicas de funcionario a Luis Miguel, tras dos años de trabajo sin una sola falta en el expediente, a base de mentiras inventadas sin ningun tipo de escrupulo. Una injusticia que arruino y destrozo la vida de dos personas cuyo unico delito fue enamorarse, por el simple hecho de que para la Direccion General estaba mal visto y no podian permitir la relacion entre un funcionario de prisiones y una presa.

Mari y Rebeca, Rebeca y Mari, son dos simpáticas amigas madrileñas de toda la vida, pero también dos polos opuestos que se llevan fenomenal, las cuales protagonizan, por caprichos del azar, un inusual, informal y divertido debate que les propone un improvisado amigo, el aspirante a escritor Luis De ...

En las páginas que siguen, se va a mostrar por qué es esencial que la tradición de la cultura sindical democrática debe evolucionar con absoluta independencia de ideologías partidistas y religiosas; de lo contrario, se corre el riesgo de que el efecto negativo de estas influencias externas inte...

The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain Guardian Introduction by Robert Macfarlane Afterword by Jeanette Winterson In this masterpiece of nature writing Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others Her intense poetic prose explores and records the rocks rivers creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the essential nature of the Cairngorms her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the magnificence of mountains and on our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us Composed during the Second World War the manuscript of The Living Mountain lay untouched for more than thirty years before it was finally published

Highly engaging MIKE BERNERS LEE Fascinating and insightful MARK MIODOWNIK A stimulating and affable overview of how major feats of engineering can help the world beat the climate crisis NEW STATESMAN We rarely think about the energy systems that prop up our existence With hot water lighting and digital entertainment all available at the flick of a switch it s easy to underestimate the vast global network that makes these things possible Growing up in Iraq Yasmin Ali regularly experienced power cuts ironic for a country rich in oil and sunshine Now as an engineer working in energy Yasmin has a deep appreciation for what these resources mean for our lives In Power Up she takes us on a journey across the globe to reveal the bigger picture from solar farms shimmering in the desert to power stations hidden deep in the mountains We discover where we get energy from how it is moved and used around the world and why we need to understand the whole system if we want to transition towards a clean green future Power Up is a definitive picture of the intricate world that humanity has built and a rallying cry to face the challenges of climate change using the power at our fingertips

No fictional character is more renowned for his extraordinary powers of mind than Sherlock Holmes But what exactly is it that sets him apart as a detective of the highest order and can we harness his genius In Mastermind psychologist Maria Konnikova shows us how we can all channel Holmes s famous powers of deduction observation memory and imagination Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology Konnikova unpacks the mental strategies that can help sharpen our perceptions improve our logic and enhance our creative powers Mastermind is a remarkable and entertaining guide to upgrading the mind

The inspiration behind the hit podcast THE 100 TYPES OF HUMAN with DEXTER DIAS and BBC 5 Live host NIHAL ARTHANAYAKE This book is the one Think Sapiens and triple it Julia Hobsbawm author of Fully Connected We all have ten types of human in our head They re the people we become when we face life s most difficult decisions We want to believe there are things we would always do or things we never would But how can we be sure What are our limits Do we have limits The Ten Types of Human is a pioneering examination of human nature It looks at the best and worst that human beings are capable of and asks why It explores the frontiers of the human experience uncovering the forces that shape our thoughts and actions in extreme situations From courtrooms to civil wars from Columbus to child soldiers Dexter Dias takes us on a globe spanning journey in search of answers touching on the lives of some truly exceptional people Combining cutting edge neuroscience social psychology and human rights research The Ten Types of Human is a provocative map to our hidden selves It provides a new understanding of who we are and who we can be The Ten Types of Human is a fantastic piece of non fic

Vast and arresting SPECTATOR A remarkably human take on the geological world NEW STATESMAN Rocks are the record of our creative planet reinventing itself for four billion years Nothing is ever lost just transformed Marcia Bjornerud s life as a geologist has coincided with an extraordinary period of discovery From an insular girlhood in rural Wisconsin she found her way to an unlikely career studying mountains in remote parts of the world As one of few women in her field she witnessed the shift in our understanding of the Earth from solid object to an entity in a constant state of transformation In the most tumultuous times of her own life a deep understanding of our rocky planet imbued her life with meaning The lives of rocks are long and complex spanning billions of years and yet shaping our own human lives in powerful invisible ways Sandstone that filters out pathogens creating underground oases in aquifers of clean water Ecologite is the chosen rock whose formation keeps the planet running Earth is not just a passive backdrop or a source of resources to be mined extracted and carved out Rocks are full of wisdom but somewhere along the way many of us have forgotten how to hear it When we are uncertain about where to find truth a geocen

Discover the cookbook you ll never want to live without filled with the secrets to creating delicious home cooked meals every single day I want to eat every single recipe in this book NIGELLA LAWSON There are wonderful tales and recipes here and lots of wisdom It s approachable anchored in real life and a joy to read I want more DIANA HENRY A wonderful book full of inspiring simple and time saving recipes This should be an everyday book for everybody TOM KERRIDGE Debora Robertson home cook and renowned food writer tells how from the least promising of culinary starts she learned to love cooking and transformed her cosy kitchen into the beating heart of her home Through her stories and recipes she will whisk you away to hot summers in Languedoc and balmy weeknights in London revealing the life changing dishes that made her Bound together with life and dinner saving lessons Debora has written the essential kitchen companion for every home cook From the tastes of Debora s childhood to the recipes she discovered on her travels to the food she cooks every day Leek and ham hock steamed pudding Slow roast lamb with Durham salad Meemaw s Texan margarita pie The best recipe for roast chicken Delicious plum cake Debora

â Fascinatingâ Greta Thunberg â Extraordinaryâ Merlin Sheldrake â A must readâ New Scientist â Enthrallingâ George Monbiot â Brilliantâ Philip Hoare

From the author of Addlands and featuring illustrations by Jackie Morris an immersive and evocative non fictional journey through Wales and a revelatory meditation on the nation s past present and

There are fewer grey seals in the world than endangered African elephants but the British Isles host almost half of this global population Every year these charismatic animals with their expressive eyes and whiskers more sensitive than our fingertips haul out on our shores to breed and raise their pups

From shark attack survivor to the shark s biggest advocate Paul de Gelder tells us just why these majestic diverse animals need our help as much as we need them

A pocket edition of the global bestseller fully revised and updated containing over 50 momentous and thought provoking speeches from throughout history

A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on maps by the charming and outstandingly nerdish author of The Compendium of Not Quite Everything

A beautiful collectable gift edition of the masterpiece of Scottish nature writing Introduced by Robert Macfarlane and with an afterword by Jeanette Winterson

Food for me is a constant pleasure I like to think greedily about it reflect deeply on it learn from it it More than just a mantra cook eat repeat is the story of my life Cook Eat Repeat is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food Whether asking What is a Recipe or declaring death to the Guilty Pleasure Nigella s wisdom about food and life comes to the fore with tasty new recipes that readers will want to return to again and again The recipes I write come from my life my home says Nigella and here she shares the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen through over 150 new recipes that make the most of her favourite ingredients including Dutch appelflappen Nigella s favourite New Year treat from Amsterdam Dedicated chapters include A is for Anchovy a celebration of the bacon of the sea Rhubarb A Loving Defence of Brown Food a suitably expansive chapter devoted to family dinners plus inspiration for vegan feasts and solo suppers Nigella returns to the BBC in 2023 in Nigella s Amsterdam Christmas Special A rapturous account of wonderful food and a joyful antidote to everything else Meera Sodha Guardian I can t think of a better companion for these str

The Sunday Times Bestseller Extraordinary Insects is a joy The TimesA Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year 2019A journey into the weird wonderful and truly astonishing lives of the small but might

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