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Author
Publisher
Nation Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This is Eduardo Galeano's last book, a masterful, deeply considered, and poetic autobiography, written in his signature style of short essays, fables, stories, snippets of dialogue, and epigraph-length fragments with illustrations. A mix of old and new autobiographical material, Hunter of Stories includes Galeano's reflections on death, written during the very last months of his life"--
"Master storyteller Eduardo Galeano was unique among his contemporaries...
22) La cruz ardiente
Author
Series
La saga de Claire Randall volume 5
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"En este quinto volumen, Diana Gabaldon narra la que probablemente sea la historia más emocionante de la extraordinaria saga de Claire Randall. Dividida entre salvar a su marido de los peligros que se avecinan, o por el contrario provocar el estallido de la violencia entre la Corona inglesa y las trece colonias norteamericanas, Claire vive otra vez el dilema de quien, aun conociendo los acontecimientos del futuro, tiene que adaptarse a su vida de...
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
In 2014, a man is apprehended at a museum in Bogotá trying to steal the suit that an assassinated politician wore on the day of his death. What is behind--and what is the link between--the 1914 attacks against Colombian senator Rafael Uribe Uribe--who would inspire García Márquez to create Aureliano Buendía from One Hundred Years of Solitude, the leader of the Liberal Party Jorge Eliecer Gaitán--whose death in 1948 would blow up the history of...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
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Description
Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim. A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams, literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. As Scott gets closer to Ramona, he must face an increasingly vicious rogues' gallery from her past, from infamous skateboarders to vegan rock stars and fearsome identical twins. If he hopes to win his true love, he...
Author
Series
Cree en ti volume II
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
Tras la publicación de Cree en ti, Rut Nieves se pasó dos años presentando el libro y dirigiendo un programa de sesiones para lectores que quisieran manifestar sus sueños. Este libro es el resultado de todo ese trabajo, y en él encontrarás ejercicios muy sencillos y a la vez muy poderosos que te enseñarán a ir abriendo puertas a las experiencias que tu corazón anhela vivir. A través de un viaje al interior de ti mismo, a tu infancia y a...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"A riveting exploration of the intersecting lines of Jewish and indigenous Latin American thought and culture, by way of a family memoir. In Our America, eminent anthropologist and historian Claudio Lomnitz traces his grandparents' exile from Eastern Europe to South America. At the same time, the book is a pretext to explain and analyze the worldview, culture, and spirit of countries such as Peru, Colombia, and Chile, from the perspective of educated...
28) Georgia O'Keeffe
Publisher
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Offering a complete survey of Georgia O'Keeffe's illustrious career, this magnificent new book ranges from the works produced between 1910 and 1920 that made her a pioneer of abstraction to her celebrated flower paintings and views of New York, which led to her recognition as one of the key figures in modern American art, and culminating with her paintings of New Mexico. The selection of color plates is accompanied by quotes from O'Keeffe on her art...
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