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La casa de los espiritus / The House of the Spirits (Spanish Edition)

Isabel Allende · 2017

La primera novela de Isabel Allende, La casa de los espíritus narra la saga de una poderosa familia de terratenientes latinoamericanos.<br/>El despótico patriarca Esteban Trueba ha construido con mano de hierro un imperio privado que empieza a tambalearse con el paso del tiempo y un entorno social explosivo. Finalmente, la decadencia personal del patriarca arrastrará a los Trueba a una dolorosa desintegración. Atrapados en unas dramáticas relaciones familiares, los personajes de esta poderosa novela encarnan las tensiones sociales y espirituales de una época que abarca gran parte del siglo XX.<br/>Con impecable pulso narrativo y gran lucidez histórica, Isabel Allende ha creado un fresco en el que conviven lo cotidiano con lo maravilloso, el amor con la revolución y los ideales personales con la dura realidad política.<br/><br/>La crítica ha dicho:<br/>«Un logro único, a la vez testimonio personal y posible alegoría del pasado, el presente y el futuro de América Latina.»<br/>The New York Times Book Review<br/>«Una crónica fuerte y absorbente de una familia chilena, con detalles opulentos y con un trasfondo místico... Un refinada combinación de escenarios.»<br/>Kirkus Review<br/>«Hay muy pocos viajes más emocionantes que los realizados en la imaginación de una novelista genial. Esa experiencia está disponible en La Casa de los Espíritus de Isabel Allende...»<br/>Cosmopolitan<br/><br/>ENGLISH DESCRIPTION<br/><br/>“Spectacular...An absorbing and distinguished work...The House of the Spirits with its all-informing, generous, and humane sensibility, is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin America.” —The New York Times Book Review<br/><br/>The House of the Spirits, the unforgettable first novel that established Isabel Allende as one of the world’s most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter Blanca embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban: his adored granddaughter Alba, a beautiful and strong-willed child who will lead her family and her country into a revolutionary future.<br/>One of the most important novels of the twentieth century, The House of the Spirits is an enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic, and fate.

Travesuras de la niña mala

Mario Vargas Llosa · 2011

Demian: The Story of a Youth

Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann · 2011

2011 Reprint of 1948 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The main character of this classic novel, Emil Sinclair, is a young boy raised in a bourgeois home, amidst what is described as a Scheinwelt, a play on words that means "world of light" as well as "world of illusion". Emil's entire existence can be summarized as a struggle between two worlds: the show world of illusion (related to the Hindu concept of maya) and the real world, the world of spiritual truth. In the course of the novel, accompanied and prompted by his mysterious classmate 'Max Demian', he detaches from and revolts against the superficial ideals of the world of appearances and eventually awakens into a realization of self. The novel refers to the idea of Gnosticism, particularly the god Abraxas, showing the influence of Carl Jung's psychology. According to Hesse, the novel is a story of Jungian individuation, the process of opening up to one's unconsciousness.

The Central

Rainer Pervöltz · 2024

In the FLO: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life

Alisa Vitti · 2021

The bestselling author of WomanCode presents a biohacking program for women, teaching them how to use their natural 28-day cycle to optimize their time, diet, fitness, work, and relationships.<br/><br/>Women have a important biological rhythm they experience every month that affects productivity, weight, sex drive, energy, and mood. It is essential to be aware of and take care of this rhythm, but it has been widely ignored by medical, nutrition and fitness research. So as women, we diet, we deprive, and we cram as much as possible into our day, striving to accomplish impossible to-do lists, and scheduling our lives based on a 24-hour time cycle, ignoring the intuitive time our bodies naturally keep: a monthly cycle with four hormonal phases that offer incredible advantages.<br/>In the FLO presents a revolutionary 4-week solution to manage your energy and time according to your female biochemistry. By working with each phase, you’ll support your hormones, unlock peak creativity and performance, and avoid burnout. You’ll know exactly when to eat certain foods, clear your social calendar, or ask for a raise—and you’ll have the tools to do so, including:<br/>· Meal plans and recipes for each phase<br/>· Charts for phase-specific exercises, work tasks, and relationship activities<br/>· A daily planner that helps you align with your strengths in each phase<br/>· A biohacking toolkit for navigating period problems and hormonal birth control<br/>Alisa Vitti, functional nutrition and women’s hormone expert, bestselling author of WomanCode, and founder of modern hormone healthcare company FLOliving.com, has been teaching women how to reclaim their rhythm for nearly twenty years and has witnessed the incredible rewards it offers—including losing stubborn weight, regaining energy, clearing skin, and minimizing PMS.<br/>By getting In the FLO, you’ll get more done with less effort, you’ll feel better consistently throughout the month, and you’ll enjoy the freedom that comes with living on your own time.

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

Eric Jorgenson

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Carmine Gallo · 2016

Mujeres que corren con los lobos

Clarissa Pinkola Estés · 2020

"Dentro de toda mujer palpita una vida secreta, una fuerza poderosa llena de buenos instintos, creatividad apasionada y sabiduría eterna. Es la Mujer Salvaje, una especie en peligro de extinción que representa la esencia femenina instintiva. Aunque los regalos de la naturaleza les pertenecen desde siempre, los constantes esfuerzos de la sociedad por "civilizar" a las mujeres han ocultado los dones que estas albergan en su interior. En este libro, Clarissa Pinkola Estés revela ricos mitos interculturales, cuentos de hadas e historias--muchas de ellas sobre su propia familia -- para ayudar a las mujeres a recuperar su fuerza y volver a conectar con su verdadera esencia. Clarissa Pinkola Estés ha creado una psicología femenina en su sentido más auténtico, el que lleva al conocimiento del alma."--

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport · 2024

How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love

Logan Ury · 2022

Cuatro mil semanas: Gestión del tiempo para mortales

Oliver Burkeman · 2022

Cómo ganar amigos e influir sobre las personas

Dale Carnegie · 2023

"Cómo ganar amigos", clásico absoluto de las relaciones humanas, es un compendio de principios y verdades que aún hoy no han sido superados. Cuando inició este proyecto, Dale Carnegie decidió aplicar en él su gran conocimiento de las personas, sus dotes de observación y su experiencia profesional, y el resultado fue un tratado de psicología cotidiana que no ha perdido ni un ápice de actualidad y que, en buena medida, es el origen del marketing moderno. Según Carnegie, el éxito económico depende un 15 % del conocimiento profesional y el 85 % de la capacidad para expresar ideas, asumir el liderazgo y despertar entusiasmo en los demás. A través de consejos prácticos y ejemplos tomados tanto de personajes conocidos como de gente corriente, Carnegie nos muestra las técnicas fundamentales para ser empáticos y gustar a los demás, comprender sus puntos de vista y saber convencer de nuestras propias ideas sin causar resentimiento. Cómo ganar amigos, con muchos millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo, ha tocado una fibra sensible en nosotros generación tras generación. Ahora, con esta revisión, más actualizada que nunca, y en la que se ha añadido un prólogo de su hija, Donna Dale Carnegie, podremos seguir avanzando en nuestras relaciones humanas, alcanzar el éxito en nuestras vidas personales y profesionales y comprendernos a nosotros mismos un poco más.

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Héctor García, Francesc Miralles · 2017

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • 2 MILLION+ COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE<br/><br/>“Workers looking for more fulfilling positions should start by identifying their ikigai.” ―Business Insider<br/><br/>“One of the unintended—yet positive—consequences of the [pandemic] is that it is forcing people to reevaluate their jobs, careers, and lives. Use this time wisely, find your personal ikigai, and live your best life.” ―Forbes<br/><br/>Find your ikigai (pronounced ee-key-guy) to live longer and bring more meaning and joy to all your days.<br/><br/>“Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.” —Japanese proverb<br/><br/>According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai—a reason for living. And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the world’s longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life. Having a strong sense of ikigai—where what you love, what you’re good at, what you can get paid for, and what the world needs all overlap—means that each day is infused with meaning. It’s the reason we get up in the morning. It’s also the reason many Japanese never really retire (in fact there’s no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense it does in English): They remain active and work at what they enjoy, because they’ve found a real purpose in life—the happiness of always being busy.<br/><br/>In researching this book, the authors interviewed the residents of the Japanese village with the highest percentage of 100-year-olds—one of the world’s Blue Zones. Ikigai reveals the secrets to their longevity and happiness: how they eat, how they move, how they work, how they foster collaboration and community, and—their best-kept secret—how they find the ikigai that brings satisfaction to their lives. And it provides practical tools to help you discover your own ikigai. Because who doesn’t want to find happiness in every day?