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When Sara's army captain father is ordered to the Second Boer war, he brings her to the "best" girls' boarding school in England, where Miss Minchin only accepts her after learning of his financial and social status and ensures him that Sara will have the best of everything in his absence. The unspoiled Sara enjoys her privileged life and makes many friends, but misses her father. When he is reported missing and presumed dead, Miss Minchin, who is still owed money, confiscates Sara's possessions, and keeps her on as a servant, assigning her to work in the kitchen and sleep in an attic room.

La fuerza del pensamiento flexible radica en que nos permite inventarnos a nosotros mismos y fluir con los eventos de la vida sin lastimar ni lastimarse. Por el contrario, la rigidez psicológica enferma, genera sufrimiento (estrés, depresión, ansiedad, hostilidad) y promueve una violencia...

Cada vez que agachamos la cabeza, nos sometemos o accedemos a peticiones irracionales, le damos un duro golpe a la autoestima: nos flagelamos. Y aunque salgamos bien librados por el momento, logrando disminuir la adrenalina y la incomodidad que genera la ansiedad, nos queda el sinsabor de la...

A groundbreaking collection of poetry that underwent several additions and alterations throughout Whitman's lifetime, Leaves of Grass is an unapologetic celebration of nature, the body and the interconnectedness of life itself. Including the iconic poems 'Song of Myself', 'I Sing the Body Electric' and 'Song of the Open Road', Whitman's free verse exalts the beauty of the self and the natural world, creating a sweeping, spiritual and uniquely American voice that embraces the human experience for all it's worth.

Walt Whitman said, "...poetry is the voice of the nation, expressing its deepest concerns, ambitions and longings," which is certainly true of the great classic poetry of America. This wide-ranging anthology, from the earliest poets of the 16th century to the present day, reflects the changing preoccupations and visions of Americans, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, E.E. Cummings, and more.

2015 Audie Award Finalist for Nonfiction Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a “riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving” (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Out of the Shadows: Re imagining Gay Men's Lives by Walt Odets read by Will Damron. Even in our modern progressive world, it's not easy to be a gay man. While young men often come out more readily, even those from the most liberal of backgrounds still...

Thomas Newton aterriza en Kentucky escapando de su planeta, Anthea, que ha sido devastado por las guerras nucleares y cuyos habitantes son el doble de inteligentes que los humanos. Adopta una apariencia humanoide y se pone manos a la obra para traer a sus compañeros alienígenas y salvarlos de la extinción. Pero su trabajo y la avanzada tecnología antheana que utiliza llaman la atención de Nathan Bryce, profesor de química que no tarda en presumir que Newton esconde algo bajo la superficie.

When the Great War broke out in August 1914, Thomas Mann, like so many people on both sides of the conflict, was exhilarated. Finally, the era of decadence that he had anatomized in Death in Venice had come to an end; finally, there was a cause worth fighting and even dying for, or, at least when it came to Mann himself, writing about. Mann immediately picked up his pen to compose a paean to the German cause. Soon after, his elder brother and lifelong rival, the novelist Heinrich Mann, responded with a no less determined denunciation. 

Walter Riso, uno de los psicólogos más influyentes en España y Latinoamérica, nos enseña cómo el amor propio puede ser la clave de nuestra transformación personal. ¿Eres un huérfano del amor propio? Si amarse a uno mismo es tan importante para la salud mental, la convivencia y el...

Am I Meant to Become a Parent? Why Can’t I Conceive? What Is My Unborn Child Trying to Tell Me? In this reassuring, supportive, and accessible book, leading clairvoyant and medium Walter Makichen offers guidance to prospective parents eager to create a warm, nurturing environment for their...

The best-selling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns. In 2012, Nobel Prize winning scientist Jennifer Doudna hit upon an invention that will transform the future of the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical...

Pocos poetas poseen una voz tan personal, poderosa e influyente como Walt Whitman. Así lo afirma Juan Marqués en su presentación: "el poeta de West Hills consiguió, sencillamente, decirlo todo. Whitman inauguró un mundo, afirmó o insinuó en él todo lo que deseaba o necesitaba afirmar o...

Giovanni Trincanato ist Alleinerbe der gleichnamigen sizilianischen Bootswerft und wirft als mondäner Playboy das Geld zum Fenster hinaus. Der Firma droht der Ruin, und Commissario Montalbano ist zur Stelle, als einer der Arbeiter sich erhängt. Kurz darauf wird Giovanni ermordet aufgefunden, zeitgleich mit der Ankunft einer mysteriösen Segeljacht im Hafen. Steht das Auftauchen des mondänen Schiffs in Zusammenhang mit Giovannis gewaltsamem Tod? Schon bald kommt Montalbano einem Komplott auf die Spur, das ihn vor neue Herausforderungen stellt.

Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster strike and increases when peace and stability return. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world.

China, with over one billion people, is the most populated country in the world. China’s most famous tourist attraction is the Great Wall, which runs across about 5,000 miles of northern China. Rich with Chinese culture, this title explores Chinese food, holidays, and daily life. Eager listeners will also get to challenge their tongues with a few common words from the unique Chinese language!

The poems of Leaves of Grass are loosely connected, with each representing Whitman's celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity. This book is notable for its discussion of delight in sensual pleasures during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, Leaves of Grass exalted the body and the material world.

När ett mystiskt havsodjur sprider skräck över världshaven kallas professor Aronnax, hans tjänare Conseil och harpuneraren Ned Land in för att fälla vidundret. Men efter en dramatisk kollision kastas männen överbord och räddas av den gåtfulle kapten Nemo som tar dem ombord på sin hemliga ubåt Nautilus.

Walter Tschinkel has spent much of his career investigating the hidden subterranean realm of ant nests. This book takes you inside an unseen world where thousands of ants build intricate homes in the soil beneath our feet. Tschinkel describes the ingenious methods he has devised to study ant nests, showing how he fills a nest with plaster, molten metal, or wax and painstakingly excavates the cast.

One of America's most versatile writers, author of bestselling biographies such as Steve Jobs and Benjamin Franklin, has assembled a gallery of portraits of (mostly) Americans that celebreate genius, talent, and versatility, and traces his own education as a writer and biographer. In this...