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An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life but it is also so much more. " Lab Girl" is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren s remarkable stories: about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom s labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and learned to perform lab work done with both the heart and the hands; and about the inevitable disappointments, but also the triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, of scientific work. Yet at the core of this book is the story of a relationship Jahren forged with a brilliant, wounded man named Bill, who becomes her lab partner and best friend. Their sometimes rogue adventures in science take them from the Midwest across the United States and back again, over the Atlantic to the ever-light skies of the North Pole and to tropical Hawaii, where she and her lab currently make their home. Jahren s probing look at plants, her astonishing tenacity of spirit, and her acute insights on nature enliven every page of this extraordinary book. "Lab Girl" opens your eyes to the beautiful, sophisticated mechanisms within every leaf, blade of grass, and flower petal. Here is an eloquent demonstration of what can happen when you find the stamina, passion, and sense of sacrifice needed to make a life out of what you truly love, as you discover along the way the person you were meant to be.

El libro "Porque me lo pides tú" es la narración de una experiencia real vivida por la propia autora del mismo.En el se describe cuales fueron las causas que la llevaron a acoger a niños en desamparo en su casa.Narra las experiencias por las que pasa en cada acogimiento y el aprendizaje que de cada uno de ellos ha obtenido. Trata de enfocar el "acogimiento en familia ajena "desde un plano real y subjetivo, e invita al lector a reflexionar sobre el concepto de abandono que la sociedad tiene con respecto a los niños/as que en un momento dado se encuentran en situacion de desamparo. y la importancia que tiene para los niños, las familias, y la sociedad en general el que existan familias que se presten al acogimiento y ofrezcan por un periodo de tiempo su hogar, su calor y su cariño a niños/as que en un momento determinado precisan , sin olvidar en las diferentes narraciones , lo que a su vez aporta cada niño acogido a las familias que los acoge.

Biografía histórica en la trepidante epoca de la España del siglo XIX. Libro familiar e histórico. Trata de un militar que luchó en la guerra de Cuba, y en la Revolución "Gloriosa" española, y de su entorno familiar. Relata la vida de Jenaro Roldan del nacimiento a la muerte, con los avatares nacionales de su epoca, historicos y familiares. Y se completa con algunas noticias de los suyos tras su fallecimiento.

THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times 'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist 'The best book about the alienation within America' Evening Standard 'The memoir gripping America...Vividly articulates the despair and disillusionment of blue-collar America' Sunday Times 'Hillbilly Elegy' is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis-that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in post-war America. J. D.'s grandparents were "dirt poor and in love," and moved north from Kentucky's Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance's grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir with its share of humour and vividly colourful figures, 'Hillbilly Elegy' is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country

?El objeto del libro es intentar transmitir el sentimiento de la sincronía, del enlace de los acontecimientos vitales más allá del empirismo. Por ello la propia forma de la redacción es un instrumento que facilita este proposito. La obra consiste en un relato biografico, en prosa y en verso, y en castellano y gallego como lenguas nativas, en las que se integran otras lenguas, que aparecen como componentes del paisaje animico, real o soñado.?

Tras más de 80 años de desatención, si no de olvido, Luisa Carnés (Madrid, 1905-México DF, 1964) empieza ahora a ser reconocida como una de las narradoras más potentes y representativas de su generacion, que fue la de la Republica. En esta misma editorial

An intimate portrait of two pivotal Restoration figures during one of the most dramatic periods of English history Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn are two of the most celebrated English diarists. They were also extraordinary men and close friends. This first full portrait of that friendship transforms our understanding of their times. Pepys was earthy and shrewd, while Evelyn was a genteel aesthete, but both were drawn to intellectual pursuits. Brought together by their work to alleviate the plight of sailors caught up in the Dutch wars, they shared an inexhaustible curiosity for life and for the exotic. Willes explores their mutual interests-diary-keeping, science, travel, and a love of books-and their divergent enthusiasms, Pepys for theater and music, Evelyn for horticulture and garden design. Through the richly documented lives of two remarkable men, Willes revisits the history of London and of England in an age of regicide, revolution, fire, and plague to reveal it also as a time of enthralling possibility.

Aquesta obra és una autobiografia, però no només això; és també una visió singular de Catalunya, retratada des de l’òptica d’una nissaga familiar que va ser pionera de la indústria tèxtil catalana. É

The Sunday Times Bestseller`It is a compelling read' - The Financial Times. `a sporadically absorbing, pleasingly vengeful and often darkly funny account of one woman's bid for presidential history.' The Sunday Times, `Her new book is more gossipy, it is meaner, more entertaining and more wrong-headed than anything she or her speechwriters have written before.' The Observer `What Happened is highly entertaining. It is spirited, well-written and informative.' The Guardian'In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I'm letting my guard down.' - Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What Happened For the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference and an opponent who broke all the rules. This is her most personal memoir yet. In these pages, she describes what it was like to run against Donald Trump, the mistakes she made, how she has coped with a shocking and devastating loss, and how she found the strength to pick herself back up afterwards. With humour and candour, she tells readers what it took to get back on her feet - the rituals, relationships and reading that got her through, and what the experience has taught her about life. She speaks about the challenges of being a strong woman in the public eye, the criticism over her voice, age and appearance, and the double standard confronting women in politics. She lays out how the 2016 election was marked by an unprecedented assault on democracy by a foreign adversary. By analysing the evidence and connecting the dots, Hillary shows just how dangerous the forces are that shaped the outcome, and why Americans need to understand them to protect their values and democracy in the future. The election of 2016 was unprecedented and historic. What Happened is the story of that campaign and its aftermath - both a deeply intimate account and a cautionary tale.

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Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris (Conde de Lucena, Vizconde de Alcalá de la Selva y Duque de Tetuán) fue figura clave en el reinado de Isabel II. Destacó como uno de los jefes militares más eficaces en la primera guerra carlista (todavia muy joven) y en la de

La biografía de Hildegarda de Burjan podría ser relevante por muchos motivos. Pionera en el parlamento austríaco, una de las primeras doctoras en Filosofía de su época, una brillante labor en política, una valiente apuesta por su maternidad cuando el aborto fue opcion... Pero todo queda corto si lo medimos con lo verdaderamente asombroso que cambio su existencia: fue mirada por la Misericordia.

Unos de los personajes menos conocidos del siglo XVIII español, principal artífice del matrimonio de Felipe V e Isabel de Farnesio. En este volumen se analizan los hitos biográficos fundamentales de Alberoni, se realiza un estudio institucional de su posicion en la corte y en el ejercicio del poder, a caballo entre el valido del siglo XVII y el primer ministro del siglo XVIII, para concluir con el complicado proceso de difamacion a que es sometido.

Nacido en Buenos Aires en 1914 y fallecido en la misma ciudad en 1999, fue uno de los grandes escritores argentinos contemporáneos, amigo íntimo de Borges, con el que coescribió algunas obras. Entre sus libros figuran varias novelas, como La invencion de Morel o Plan de evasion, ademas de cuentos, ensayos y libros policiacos escritos con Borges.

POR QUÉ TE VEO es el resultado de muchos años de trabajo interno, de búsqueda interior, de conocimiento, de sabiduría, Hoy, quiero compartir mis experiencias y, sobre todo, los problemas que he tenido a lo largo de mi vida, que no han sido pocos.Cada problema que nos surge en la vida, nos acerca mas a Dios. El es mi guia, mi maestro, llamemosle Dios o Yo superior.Mi unica intencion es poder ayudar a la gente, aportando un poquito de luz. Este es mi deseo, mi mayor deseo para todos ustedes.

"Esa noche soñé. Hoy se que no fue un sueño, sino que todo lo que vi fue real. Fue mi primer viaje astral, en aquellos tiempos no se sabía apenas nada de los viajes astrales, creo que se dudaba hasta de su existencia.Presento en este libro mi historia, con mis pruebas personales.Hoy en dia yo no dudo, yo lo se. Lo se y lo percibo.Todo es tan simple y sencillo. Si las personas pensaran un poco detenidamente e intentaran escuchar en su interior, seria todo mucho mas facil para todos. He tenido criticas a mis planteamientos pero aun asi he sentido la necesidad de contarles mi historia".

Amparada por la memoria y la imaginación, heredera de un irradiante linaje espiritual, Aitana Alberti León recoge en los tres relatos reunidos en este libro el viaje que teje los caminos del exilio y el retorno. La caida de la Republica Española fue el origen de la quiebra, y a partir de esa estacion inicial su narrativa abre mil y una puertas en ese vagon de 'inquilinos de la soledad', tal y como Juan Gelman denomino a los que, obligados a dejar el suelo natal, guardan los recuerdos como signo de identidad, y el amor y la amistad como unico asidero posible. Hija del destierro, Aitana Alberti es testigo excepcional de la nostalgia.

Solamente cuando uno vive el sufrimiento de los demás, es cuando una persona vuelve a nacer de nuevo dándolo todo por el sufrimiento ajeno. Esta historia vivida por mí en el campo santo de san Rafael

I had experienced absolute freedomI had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didnt matter, that nothing mattered at alland it intoxicated me.In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramovis MoMA retrospective for the chance to sit across from her and communicate with her nonverbally in an unprecedented durational performance that lasted more than 700 hours. This celebration of nearly fifty years of groundbreaking performance art demonstrated once again that Marina Abramovi is truly a force of nature.The child of Communist war-hero parents under Titos regime in postwar Yugoslavia, she was raised with a relentless work ethic. Even as she was beginning to build an international artistic career, Marina lived at home under her mothers abusive control, strictly obeying a 10 p.m. curfew. But nothing could quell her insatiable curiosity, her desire to connect with people, or her distinctly Balkan sense of humorall of which informs her art and her life. The beating heart of Walk Through Walls is an operatic love storya twelve-year collaboration with fellow performance artist Ulay, much of which was spent penniless in a van traveling across Europea relationship that began to unravel and came to a dramatic end atop the Great Wall of China.

Esta es la historia del fundador de la Librería Lerner de Bogotá. En un estilo literario, con incursiones en el reportaje y la entrevista, narra la vida del hijo de unos migrantes rusos a la Argentina que crecio en una colonia judia con sus cuatro hermanos. En su juventud fue actor, fotografo, periodista, tripulante de barco y vendedor de libros. Es la biografia sincera e inspiradora de un hombre entusiasta que acierta a transmitirnos la pasion por sus proyectos editoriales, asi como el amor por su familia. Este libro construye el perl humano de un personaje que, mas alla de sus aventuras comerciales, creyo en el valor de los libros como vehiculo de educacion y cultura.Todo en su vida ha sido un accidente. Nada ha abandonado. Por eso se han acumulado sus amigos, sus negocios, sus pasiones.El TiempoLas distinciones otorgadas al inexplicable Lerner se ajustan a la mas estricta justicia y miro con placer el asombroso ejemplo de este hombre.Enrique Uribe WhiteSalomon era un aventurero.Juan Mendoza VegaSalomon es mi personaje inolvidable.Fernando Botero