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En este clásico ensayo el filósofo Eugenio d´Ors realiza un recorrido por la que es considerada una de las pinacotecas más importantes del mundo, el Museo del Prado. A través de la visita por las diferentes salas del museo, d´Ors nos guía a través de una selección de obras y a través...

Preguntaron a Cecil Beaton: ¿qué es la elegancia? Y respondió: agua y jabón. Que es lo mismo que decir: lo elegante es lo sencillo, lo útil, lo de toda la vida. La elegancia involuntaria se asocia al gesto generoso, a la alegría discreta, a la persona que aporta y apacigua. El libro se divide en tres partes: "Temperamentos", "Objetos" y "Lugares". Un canon personal construido no como un refugio contra la vulgaridad –la vulgaridad puede ser maravillosa–, sino contra el sucedáneo. Completa el texto un suplemento de afinidades en forma de diccionario.

The world’s most trusted guide for leaders in transition. Transitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the biggest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of acute vulnerability. Missteps made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize or even derail your success.

The acclaimed New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller from Robert Cialdini—“the foremost expert on effective persuasion” (Harvard Business Review)—explains how it’s not necessarily the message itself that changes minds, but the key moment before you deliver that message. What...

The 38 letters written by Rockefeller to his son imparting his perspectives, ideology, and wisdom to his son.

Hillbilly, una elegía rural es un relato apasionado y apasionante de una clase social en decadencia, la de la clase trabajadora blanca en Estados Unidos. Los hillbillies, término peyorativo que hace referencia a los habitantes de la cordillera de los Apalaches, forman parte de este grupo social cada vez más empobrecido y radicalizado del país. J.D. Vance cuenta la historia de unos habitantes que se han ido degradando lentamente durante más de cuarenta años y cuyo declive ejemplifica a la perfección su disfuncional familia.

Der Diamant Der Tod geht neben mir, aber der Sensenmann ist kein Gegner für mich. Ich bin gefangen in einer Welt voller Monster, die als Männer verkleidet sind, und solchen, die nicht so sind, wie sie scheinen. Sie werden mich nicht ewig festhalten. Ich erkenne die Person, die ich geworden bin, nicht wieder. Und ich kämpfe darum, meinen Weg zurückzufinden. Zu der Bestie, die mich nachts jagt. Sie nennen mich einen Diamanten, aber sie schufen einen Engel des Todes. Der Jäger Ich wurde als Raubtier geboren, die Rücksichtslosigkeit tief in meinen Knochen verankert.

Una reflexión sobre nuestras elecciones a la hora de vestir. Una propuesta consciente e imaginativa ante la voracidad consumista. El título La moda justa responde a una doble acepción. La primera se refiere a tener en el armario la cantidad justa de ropa, la suficiente, la proporcionada. A huir de la voracidad. La segunda habla de elegir lo íntegro, lo producido en un contexto digno, en formas con las que nadie salga perdiendo.

What separates the world's top traders from the vast majority of unsuccessful investors? In this iconic financial classic, Jack Schwager sets out to answer this question in his interviews with superstar money-makers including Bruce Kovner, Richard Dennis, Paul Tudor Jones, Michel Steinhardt, Ed Seykota, Marty Schwartz, Tom Baldwin, and more in this audiobook.

Die Manipulatorin. Ich kann die Emotionen von jedem manipulieren, der es zulässt. Ich werde dich verletzen, dich weinen lassen, dich zum Lachen und Seufzen bringen. Aber meine Worte berühren ihn nicht. Besonders dann nicht, wenn ich darum flehe, dass er geht. Er ist immer da, beobachtet und wartet. Und ich kann niemals wegschauen. Nicht, wenn ich möchte, dass er näher kommt. Der Schatten. Ich wollte mich nicht verlieben. Aber jetzt kann ich ihr nicht mehr fernbleiben. Ich bin fasziniert von ihrem Lächeln, von ihren Augen und der Art, wie sie sich bewegt. Der Art, wie sie sich auszieht.

The 92nd Street Y has gathered scholars and authorities to discuss the questions and issues raised in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. What are the implications for religion and private faith when talk about God moves into pop culture, and popular entertainment becomes a mode of education?

A revised and updated edition of Emily Nagoski’s game-changing New York Times bestseller Come As You Are, featuring new information and research on mindfulness, desire, and pleasure that will radically transform your sex life. For much of the 20th and 21st centuries, women’s sexuality was an...

Matt Gatlin is no stranger to mental illness. He’s grown accustomed to living out his life without the hallucinations getting the better of him, until recently that is. A horrifying creature seems to have its sights on him and never gives him a moment’s peace. Zach Adler has just escaped from an abusive powerful cult. Living with Matt, he attempts to get his life back on track, until he begins to see the same creature. Together, they accidentally set off a series of events that cause three ancient Gods to rise and feed off of the souls of the living.

Some of the greatest heroes were once the villain. A pirate. A heist. A destiny he never wanted . . . And the birth of a Dragon Rider. Cassian is a thief—one of the best. As a loyal member of the White Horn pirates and a Queens’ Bidder, he knows that only one law matters in the Vore waters: obey the Red Queens or die. But when whispers of rebellion spread among the worshippers of the Red Goddess, Cassian’s world erupts into chaos, and survival becomes his only goal. Damn the rest. But a mad king’s heist offers the impossible—a dragon egg for the chance at freedom.

Hotshot datajacker Maddox clawed his way back to the top of the biz. Too bad he won’t stay there. Framed for a gruesome crime, Maddox finds himself at the top of the City’s most-wanted list, hunted twenty-four-seven by every cop in town. With the police closing in fast and nowhere to hide, there’s only one place left he might find help… and it’s the last place in the world he wants to go. The second thrilling entry in D.L. Young’s CYBERPUNK CITY saga, a near-future world of sprawling megacities, rogue AIs, black market tech, and modded mercenaries.

Using engaging storytelling, A Reverence for Rivers draws listeners into the ethical dilemmas facing rivers worldwide, through stories about seven rivers Fausch came to know well. From the Salmon River, Oregon to the Sarufutsu River, Japan, he addresses threats like increasing water demands, habitat fragmentation, overfishing, and climate change.

With Kael Symes nowhere to be found, Maxwell Soren reluctantly returns to Solikyr Fortress to help pick up the pieces after the Ri'Tek's devastating attack. Now appointed the temporary custodian of Solikyr Fortress by Queen Kohl, he finds himself hearing petitions requesting help from several of Talohna's southern courts. Tales of strange abductions have surfaced all across the south, but with those living in DormaSai seemingly unaffected by these strange disappearances, Max turns away the petitioners and instead focuses on getting the Dead Forge to the Midnight Canopy.

As another member of my friend group finds his happily ever after, I'm starting to think I've missed the chance at my own. I keep myself plenty busy with the fire station and my contracting business, but when a mandatory rest order from my fire chief leaves me with extra time on my hands, my friends convince me to change my routine and step outside my comfort zone in order to find what I'm looking for.

Nobody ever believed me. Not when I was five and told them about the boy with pointy ears who saved my life in the forest. Not during thirteen miserable years of bullying and being labeled the town weirdo. Until a guy with golden eyes and a royal guard escort shows up at my door to drop a bombshell. That little boy? Yeah, he's real. And he's a fae Prince. And he magically linked my life to his when he saved me. I know what you're thinking. Lucky girl, right? Wrong. Because now the Prince is sick and apparently, I'm the only one who can save him. How can I possibly say no?

Kinderarzt Kent Abner bekommt ungewöhnliche Post: ein goldenes Ei. Als er das billig wirkende Objekt öffnet, entweichen tödliche Gase, die ihn auf der Stelle umbringen. Eve Dallas und ihr Team nehmen umgehend die Ermittlungen auf. Die erweisen sich als kompliziert: Das Opfer war äußerst beliebt und wohl beleumundet, auch weil er sich so kompromisslos für seine jungen Patienten einsetzte. Dann stirbt ein zweiter Mensch durch ein tödliches Ei – und Eve Dallas muss sich fragen, ob sie es mit einem Verrückten zu tun hat oder ob die beiden Toten doch mehr verbindet, als es scheint.