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Isaacson, Walter – Steve Jobs –
Language: Spanish, History & Biography – Format: ePub

La muerte de Steve Jobs conmocionó al mundo. Tras entrevistarlo en más de cuarenta ocasiones en sus últimos dos años de vida, además de a un centenar de personas de su entorno, familiares, amigos, adversarios y colegas, Walter (More) Isaacson nos presenta la única biografía escrita con la colaboración de Jobs, el retrato definitivo de uno de los iconos indiscutibles de nuestro tiempo, la crónica de la agitada vida y abrasiva personalidad del genio cuya creatividad, energía y afán de perfeccionismo revolucionaron seis industrias: la informática, el cine de animación, la música, la telefonía, las tabletas y la edición digital.
Consciente de que la mejor manera de crear valor en el siglo XXI es conectar la creatividad con la tecnología, Jobs fundó una empresa en la que impresionantes saltos de la imaginación van de la mano de asombrosos logros tecnológicos.
Aunque Jobs colaboró en el libro, no pidió ningún control sobre el contenido, ni siquiera ejerció el derecho a leerlo antes de su publicación. No rehuyó ningún tema y animó a la gente que conocía a hablar con franqueza. «He hecho muchas cosas de las que no me siento orgulloso, como dejar a mi novia embarazada a los veintitrés años y cómo me comporté entonces, pero no hay ningún cadáver en mi armario que no pueda salir a la luz».
Jobs habla con una sinceridad a veces brutal sobre la gente con la que ha trabajado y contra la que ha competido. De igual modo, sus amigos, rivales y colegas ofrecen una visión sin edulcorar de las pasiones, los demonios, el perfeccionismo, los deseos, el talento, los trucos y la obsesión por controlarlo todo que modelaron su visión empresarial y los innovadores productos que logró crear.
Su historia, por tanto, está llena de enseñanzas sobre innovación, carácter, liderazgo y valores. La vida de un genio capaz de enfurecer y seducir a partes iguales.

Carnegie, Dale – How to Wind Friends and Influence People –
Language: English, Self-Help – Format: ePub

How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the first best-selling self-help books ever published. Written by Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) and first published in 1936, it has sold over 30 million copies world-wide, and went on (More) to be named #19 on Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential books in 2011.Leon Shimkin of the publishing firm Simon & Schuster took one of the 14-week courses given by Carnegie in 1934. Shimkin persuaded Carnegie to let a stenographer take notes from the course to be revised for publication. The original book contained sections providing colorful anecdotes and insightful wisdom. It gave instruction in handling people, winning friends, bringing people to your way of thinking, being a great leader, and navigating home life successfully. Carnegie combined age-old truisms with the emerging field of psychology to present a handbook in human relations which was interesting and accessible. Emphasizing the use of other’s egotistical tendencies to one’s advantage, Carnegie maintained that success could be found by charm, appreciation, and personality. The book sold exceptionally well from the start, going through 17 editions in its first year.In 1981, a new revised edition containing updated language and anecdotes was released. The revised edition reduced the number of sections from 6 to 4, eliminating sections on effective business letters and improving marital satisfaction.

Baldacci, David – The Escape –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

It’s a prison unlike any other. Military discipline rules. Its security systems are unmatched. None of its prisoners dream of escaping. They know it’s impossible . . . until now.
John Puller’s older brother, Robert, was convicted (More) of treason and national security crimes. His inexplicable escape from prison makes him the most wanted criminal in the country. Some in the government believe that John Puller represents their best chance at capturing Robert alive, and so Puller must bring in his brother to face justice.
But Puller quickly discovers that his brother is pursued by others who don’t want him to survive. Puller is in turn pushed into an uneasy, fraught partnership with another agent, who may have an agenda of her own.
They dig more deeply into the case together, and Puller finds that not only are her allegiances unclear, but there are troubling details about his brother’s conviction . . . and someone out there doesn’t want the truth to ever come to light. As the nationwide manhunt for Robert grows more urgent, Puller’s masterful skills as an investigator and strengths as a fighter may not be enough to save his brother-or himself.

Collins, Wilkie – Senza nome –
Language: Italian, Novel – Format: ePub

“Fateli ridere, fateli piangere, ma soprattutto teneteli in sospeso”, diceva Wilkie Collins parlando della trama che un buon libro deve avere. In ‘Senza nome’ Collins tiene in sospeso il lettore per tutta la durata della vicenda: (More) una messa in discussione sia dell’amore familiare, sia della freddezza morale del contesto sociale che la circonda. ‘Senza nome’ è un romanzo che resta, che pone interrogativi estremamente moderni e sempre attuali, con una struttura narrativa per l’epoca senza dubbio rivoluzionaria. All’interno – come in tutti i volumi Fermento – gli “Indicatori” per consentire al lettore un agevole viaggio dentro il libro.

Rowling, Joanne K. – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child –
Language: English, Theater Play – Format: ePub

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to (More) be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on 30th July 2016.
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children.
While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

Gombrich, Ernst H. – A Little History of the World –
Language: English, History & Biography – Format: ePub

A Little History of the World (originally in German, Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser) is a history book by Ernst Gombrich. It was written in 1935 in Vienna, Austria, when Gombrich was 26 years old.
The short history (More) chronicles human development from the inventions of cavemen to the results of the First World War. Additionally, the book describes the beliefs of many major world religions, including Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, and incorporates these ideas into its narrative presentation of historical people and events.
Leonie Gombrich explains in the book’s introduction that Gombrich, writing the last phases of his doctoral thesis, corresponded with the young daughter of some friends, who wanted to know what he was spending all of his time on at work. It was a great pleasure for Gombrich to explain his doctoral work to the girl, using only words and concepts that children could understand. Convinced that an intelligent child could understand even seemingly complicated ideas in history, if they were put into intelligible terms, Gombrich composed a sample chapter on the “Ritterzeit” (Time of the Knights), and sent it to the publisher Walter Neurath. Excited about the text, but somewhat pressed for time, Neurath asked Gombrich to produce a complete script in six weeks, so that the book could be printed. Unsure of his ability to satisfy such a demand, Gombrich, after some convincing, promised to try. He set himself to the task of writing a chapter a day (with the exception of Sundays, when he would share his work with his later wife, Ilse Heller). He spent his mornings and afternoons reading in his home and at the library and reserved his evenings for composition. He chose his themes based on what seemed to him to be the most influential events in history from a modern perspective, and based upon what remains best remembered. Somewhat miraculously, he delivered the text on time, and the book appeared to the public in 1936.

Burnett, Frances Hodgson – A Lady of Quality –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

A Lady of Quality is a novel published in 1896 by Frances Hodgson Burnett that was the second highest best-selling book in the United States in 1896. It was the first of series of successful historical novels by Burnett.
Set in (More) late 1600’s England, the story follows the life of a woman living an unconventional life. The loves of her life and all of its ups and downs are included.

Sienkiewicz, Henryk – Un héroe polaco (trilogía polaca, 3) –
Language: Spanish, Novel – Format: ePub

Año 1668. Polonia todavía resuella tras la sucesión de épicas batallas que ha librado para expulsar a los invasores suecos. La guerra ha dejado a la nación esquilmada, pero los problemas del pueblo polaco distan de haber (More) concluido. El Imperio otomano, en coalición con dos viejos enemigos de la Polonia —tártaros y cosacos— aprovecha la situación de postración polaca para iniciar su propio intento de conquista.
En Un héroe polaco, Henryk Sienkiewicz, consumado maestro del más clásico y robusto realismo, nos presenta una universal historia de amor en la guerra. Basia es la atrevida y valerosa princesa soldado y Miguel Volodiovski el «pequeño caballero» comandante de las tropas polacas que, bajo el mando de Juan Sobieski —rey de Polonia y héroe de la Cristiandad en la batalla de Viena—, harán frente al insurgente poder turco. Tras mil avatares que les mantendrán separados. Basia y Miguel lucharán juntos en la fortaleza de Kamieniec, defendiendo a Polonia y a la civilización occidental frente a la tiranía de las hordas orientales.
Personajes soberbiamente construidos, conjuras, acción trepidante que nos habla de cuestiones universales, magníficas recreaciones históricas; tras A sangre y fuego y El Diluvio, Un héroe polaco concluye la trilogía de Sienkiewicz, y una vez más el Premio Nobel polaco demuestra por qué es uno de los autores más traducidos y leídos de todos los tiempos.

Sienkiewicz, Henryk – El diluvio (trilogía polaca, 2) –
Language: Spanish, Novel – Format: ePub

A mediados del siglo XVII, apenas transcurridos cinco años desde que los caballeros de la República Polaco-Lituana expulsaran a los invasores cosacos que les amenazaban por el este, una nueva y mucho más peligrosa amenaza asoma (More) por el horizonte; las tropas suecas están entrando por la frontera norte del país.Mientras tanto, Andrés Kmita, un joven noble lituano cuya rudeza oscurece su sagacidad y bravura, malvive rodeado de asesinos, libertinos y vagabundos, quedando estigmatizado como un fuera de la ley. Pero su amor por la bella Olenka le inspirará la forja de un nuevo carácter en el campo de batalla, así como una sencilla y trascendental misión: la defensa del Rey, la Nación y la Fe frente a los invasores extranjeros.
Después de A sangre y fuego, El diluvio —segunda novela de la Trilogía de Sienkiewicz— continúa la arrolladora saga de guerra y rebelión que amenazó la existencia de Polonia y cambió la cara de Europa oriental durante el siglo XVII.El ganador del premio Nobel Henryk Sienkiewicz, sobre las constantes eternas del amor y la guerra, teje un rico tapiz de pasión, traición y redención para narrar las gestas de la nación polaca atrapada en la agonía de una contienda civil, a la vez que plantea la cuestión moral de si las personas pueden elevarse sobre su tiempo y circunstancias.
El diluvio no es sólo una novela que recrea los destinos cruzados de Polonia, Suecia y Rusia en uno de sus periodos más trepidantes y dramáticos; es la historia de un hombre y una mujer trágicamente separados por la imprudencia, el orgullo, la confusión y el terror provocado por una invasión extranjera que dividió a la nación, revelando lo mejor y lo peor de cada persona.

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith – The Wisdom of Father Brown –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

This is the second of five books of short stories about G. K. Chesterton’s fictional detective, first published in 1914. Father Brown is a short, nondescript Catholic Priest with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella who has an (More) uncanny insight into human evil. His methods, unlike those of his near contemporary Sherlock Holmes, although based on observation of details often unnoticed by others, tended to be intuitive rather than deductive. Although clearly devout, he always emphasizes rationality: despite his religiousness and his belief in God and miracles, he manages to see the perfectly ordinary, natural explanation of the problem. He is a devout, educated and “civilized” clergyman, who is totally familiar with contemporary and secular thought and behavior. His character was thought to be based on Father John O’Connor (1870 – 1952), a parish priest in Bradford, Yorkshire.