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La canción de Aquiles (AdN) (Spanish Edition)
Madeline Miller · 2021
De la autora de Circe, una epopeya inolvidable<br/>Grecia en la era de los héroes. Patroclo, un príncipe joven y torpe, ha sido exiliado al reino de Ftía, donde vive a la sombra del rey Peleo y su hijo divino, Aquiles. Aquiles, el mejor de los griegos, es todo lo que no es Patroclo: fuerte, apuesto, hijo de una diosa. Un día Aquiles toma bajo su protección al lastimoso príncipe y ese vínculo provisional da paso a una sólida amistad mientras ambos se convierten en jóvenes habilidosos en las artes de la guerra.Pero el destino nunca está lejos de los talones de Aquiles. Cuando se extiende la noticia del rapto de Helena de Esparta, se convoca a los hombres de Grecia para asediar la ciudad de Troya. Aquiles, seducido por la promesa de un destino glorioso, se une a la causa, y Patroclo, dividido entre el amor y el miedo por su compañero, lo sigue a la guerra. Poco podía imaginar que los años siguientes iban a poner a prueba todo cuanto habían aprendido y todo cuanto valoraban profundamente.
Women Who Run with the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés Phd · 1996
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than 2.7 million copies sold! • “A deeply spiritual book [that] honors what is tough, smart and untamed in women.”—The Washington Post Book World<br/><br/>Book club pick for Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf<br/><br/>Within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species. For though the gifts of wildish nature belong to us at birth, society’s attempt to “civilize” us into rigid roles has muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls.<br/><br/>In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories, many from her own traditions, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable book, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman, and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine.<br/><br/>Dr. Estés has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul.
Tokio blues
Haruki Murakami · 2019
Product Description Mientras aterriza en un aeropuerto europeo, Toru Watanabe, un ejecutivo de 37 años, escucha una vieja canción de los Beatles que le hace retroceder a su juventud, al turbulento Tokio de los años sesenta. Con una mezcla de melancolía y desasosiego, Toru recuerda entonces a la inestable y misteriosa Naoko, la novia de su mejor y único amigo de la adolescencia, Kizuki. El suicidio de éste distanció a Toru y a Naoko durante un año, hasta que se reencontraron e iniciaron una relación íntima. Sin embargo, la aparición de otra mujer en la vida de Toru le lleva a experimentar el deslumbramiento y el desengaño allí donde todo debería cobrar sentido: el sexo, el amor y la muerte. Y ningún de los personajes parece capaz de alcanzar el frágil equilibrio entre las esperanzas juveniles y la necesidad de encontrar un lugar en el mundo. Esta edición especial conmemora el 50.º aniversario de Tusquets Editores. Book Description Edición especial 50.º aniversario Tusquets Editores.La obra más exitosa de Haruki Murakami. Un conmovedora historia sobre la juventud, los primeros amores y el dolor que implica el paso a la madurez. About the Author Haruki Murakami (Kioto, 1949) es uno de los pocos autores japoneses que han dado el salto de escritor de prestigio a autor con grandes ventas en todo el mundo. Ha recibido numerosos premios, entre ellos el Noma, el Tanizaki, el Yomiuri, el Franz Kafka, el Jerusalem Prize o el Hans Christian Andersen, y su nombre suena reiteradamente como candidato al Nobel de Literatura. En España, ha merecido el Premio Arcebispo Juan de San Clemente, la Orden de las Artes y las Letras, concedida por el Gobierno español, y el Premi Internacional Catalunya 2011. Tusquets Editores ha publicado todas sus novelas ―Escucha la canción del viento y Pinball 1973; La caza del carnero salvaje; El fin del mundo y un despiadado país de las maravillas; Tokio blues. Norwegian Wood; Baila, baila, baila; Al sur de la frontera, al oeste del Sol; Crónica del pájaro que da cuerda al mundo; Sputnik, mi amor; Kafka en la orilla; After Dark; 1Q84, Los años de peregrinación del chico sin color y La muerte del comendador (Libro 1 y 2)―, así como los libros de relatos El elefante desaparece, Después del terremoto, Sauce ciego, mujer dormida y Hombres sin mujeres, la personalísima obra Underground, los ensayos titulados De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr, De qué hablo cuando hablo de escribir y Música, sólo música y dos bellos relatos ilustrados, La chica del cumpleaños y Toni Takitani.
Somos polvo de estrellas: Cómo entender nuestro origen en el cosmos
José María Maza · 2020
En Somos polvo de estrellas José Maza nos guía a través de un increíble viaje que conecta las transformaciones del universo con las revoluciones científicas en la Tierra, relacionando la formación de las estrellas con nuestro propio organismo. Con datos e información privilegiada el autor, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas nos narra de manera cálida y cercana cómo la historia del cosmos es también nuestra, y que no podemos perder esa curiosidad con la que miramos el mundo cuando fuimos niños, pues es esa la llave del conocimiento.
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara · 2016
<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (<i>NPR</i>) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.<br></b><br><b><b><b><b><b><b><b>NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST <b><b><b>•</b></b></b></b> MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST <b>• <b><b><b><b><b> WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE</b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br><br><i>A Little Life</i> follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.
The Fashion Business Manual
Fashionary · 2017
<p><b>The world's first visual guide for fashion business.</b><br> <br> The manual covers branding, product development, wholesaling, retailing, setting up your business and form templates.<br> <br> Business information is presented in short, easy to read paragraphs.<br> <br> Practical advice is presented in a step-by-step guide with illustrated examples.<br> <br> <b>OVERVIEW</b><br> - It's not a traditional business book<br> The Fashion Business Manual is the world's first visual manual for fashion business. It covers business topics including branding, production, marketing and retailing in an easy to read, visual format. Unlike traditional business books which emphasize philosophy and theory, this book focuses on the practical business skill set needed to survive in the fashion world.<br> <br> <b>WHO IS IT DESIGNED FOR?</b><br> - Fashion Designers<br> While fashion designers can be incredibly talented, they often lack the business skills to make it in the fashion world. Usually visually driven, many have never touched a business book which significantly hurts the success rate of their company. This highly-visual manual is here to change that!<br> <br> - Fashion Entrepreneurs<br> From creating branding to selling to customers, there is plenty to consider when running a fashion company. This manual aims to serve as your very own mentor, reducing the mistakes you make along the way. It's also the perfect tool for improving your skills across a range of business areas.<br> <br> - People in the Fashion Industry<br> Fashion is business. Whether you're the head designer or a sales assistant, a 360° understanding of industry can help you tackle issues faced in your day-to-day role. The extra knowledge can give you the upper hand, and maybe even a career boost, too.<br> <br> - Everyone<br> Anyone interested in fashion or looking to get their foot in the industry's door will benefit from reading this book. By presenting a balanced overview of business insight and know-how, it'll help prepare you for your first steps into the fashion world.<br> <br> <b>DETAILS</b><br> - Easy to read<br> By breaking down lengthy information into short sentences, using step-by-step guides, and highlighting key words, we help you read about complex topics without losing your concentration.<br> <br> - Tailor-made for visually oriented people<br> The Fashion Business Manual is easy on the eyes. We've applied colorful graphics to every page, helping lead you through the flow of text boredom-free.<br> <br> - Illustrated examples<br> A picture is worth a thousand words. We use illustrated examples to explain key information and practical scenarios quickly and clearly.</p>
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Phil Knight · 2016
La insoportable levedad del ser
Milan Kundera
Una brillante disección del amor en nuestros días que se ha convertido en uno de los grandes hitos de la literatura contemporánea.<br/>Esta es una extraordinaria historia de amor, o sea de celos, de sexo, de traiciones, de muerte y también de las debilidades y paradojas de la vida cotidiana de dos parejas cuyos destinos se entrelazan irremediablemente. Guiado por la asombrosa capacidad de Milan Kundera de contar con cristalina claridad, el lector penetra fascinado en la trama compleja de actos y pensamientos que el autor va tejiendo con diabólica sabiduría en torno a sus personajes. Y el lector no puede sino terminar siendo el mismo personaje, cuando no todos a la vez. Y es que esta novela va dirigida al corazón, pero también a la cabeza del lector. En efecto, los celos de Teresa por Tomás, el terco amor de éste por ella opuesto a su irreflenable deseo de otras mujeres, el idealismo lírico y cursi de Franz, amante de Sabina, y la necesidad de ésta, amante también de Tomás, de perseguir incansable, una libertad que tan sólo la conduce a la insoportable levedad del ser, se convierten de simple anécdota en reflexión sobre problemas filosóficos que, afectan a cada uno directamente, cada día.
A Season in Hell
Arthur Rimbaud · 2019
The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger · 1951
The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a lifelong love of books.<br/><br/>"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."<br/><br/>The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caufield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days.
1984
George Orwell · 1961
<b>Written more than 70 years ago, <i>1984</i> was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever...<br><br><b>• Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s <i>The Great American Read •</i></b><br></b><br>“<i>The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.</i>”<br><br>Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching...<br><br>A startling and haunting novel, <i>1984</i> creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the novel’s hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath · 1966
The Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath's only novel. Renowned for its intensity and outstandingly vivid prose, it broke existing boundaries between fiction and reality and helped to make Plath an enduring feminist icon. It was published under a pseudonym a few weeks before the author's suicide.<br/><br/>'It is a fine novel, as bitter and remorseless as her last poems . . . The world in which the events of the novel take place is a world bounded by the Cold War on one side and the sexual war on the other . . . This novel is not political nor historical in any narrow sense, but in looking at the madness of the world and the world of madness it forces us to consider the great question posed by all truly realistic fiction: What is reality and how can it be confronted? . . . Esther Greenwood's account of her year in the bell jar is as clear and readable as it is witty and disturbing.' New York Times Book Review
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Everything I Know About Love
Dolly Alderton · 2020
<p>New York Times Bestseller</p><p>Like Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true— a wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking memoir from the funny, sharp British journalist and podcast host, who Elizabeth Gilbert calls “a sparkling Roman candle of talent.”</p><p>“The older you get, the more baggage you carry. When you date at twenty-five, everyone walks into the bar with a very neat, light carry-on. When you date from thirty onwards, get ready to meet someone absolutely brimming with history, complications and demands.”</p><p>When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, writer Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else— realizing that you are enough.</p><p>Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton’s unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of every age.</p>
Just Kids
Patti Smith · 2010
<p> It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. </p> <p> Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a community of the famous and infamous—the influential artists of the day and the colorful fringe. It was a time of heightened awareness, when the worlds of poetry, rock and roll, art, and sexual politics were colliding and exploding. In this milieu, two kids made a pact to take care of each other. Scrappy, romantic, committed to create, and fueled by their mutual dreams and drives, they would prod and provide for one another during the hungry years. </p> <p> <i>Just Kids</i> begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame. </p>
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The Artist''s Way
Julia Cameron · 2016
"With its gentle affirmations, inspirational quotes, fill-in-the-blank lists and tasks — write yourself a thank-you letter, describe yourself at 80, for example — The Artist’s Way proposes an egalitarian view of creativity: Everyone’s got it."—The New York Times<br/><br/>"Morning Pages have become a household name, a shorthand for unlocking your creative potential"—Vogue<br/><br/>Over four million copies sold!<br/><br/>Since its first publication, The Artist's Way phenomena has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose. Julia Cameron's novel approach guides readers in uncovering problems areas and pressure points that may be restricting their creative flow and offers techniques to free up any areas where they might be stuck, opening up opportunities for self-growth and self-discovery.<br/><br/>The program begins with Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery – The Morning Pages, a daily writing ritual of three pages of stream-of-conscious, and The Artist Date, a dedicated block of time to nurture your inner artist. From there, she shares hundreds of exercises, activities, and prompts to help readers thoroughly explore each chapter. She also offers guidance on starting a “Creative Cluster” of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors.<br/><br/>A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life.
Caminar por aguas cristalinas en una piscina pintada de negro
Cookie Mueller · 2024
Reconocida figura de la contracultura estadounidense en la década de 1970, Cookie Mueller vivió durante años relegada a la cómoda pero injusta posición secundaria de las musas, tanto en las películas de John Waters como en las fotografías de Nan Goldin y Robert Mapplethorpe. Con los textos incluidos en este volumen, inéditos en castellano, la autora ocupa, por fin, el primer plano que merece. Con una prosa brillante y ligera, recuerda la larga risa de todos esos años: la libertad de las drogas, los coqueteos con el cine independiente, la belleza del sexo, el feminismo y la maternidad, y la espontaneidad de un mundo singular truncado por la sombra de la enfermedad.
