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Publisher
Greenwich
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The never-before-told story of folk-rock icon Judee Sill, who in just two years went from living in a car to appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone. The documentary charts her troubled adolescence through her meteoric rise in the music world and her early tragic death. Featuring Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Fleet Foxes, David Geffen, and more.
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Language
English
Description
"In this magisterial history of the continent, Kathleen DuVal traces the power of Native nations from the rise of ancient cities more than 1000 years ago to the present. She reframes North American history, noting significantly that Indigenous civilizations did not come to a halt when a few wandering explorers or hungry settlers arrived, even when the strangers came well-armed. A millennium ago, North American cities rivaled urban centers around the...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on her 42-year marriage with Dick Goodwin, one the shining stars of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and the journey of going through the letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia he saved over the years.
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
julio de 2021
Language
Español
Description
"'Cuando yo mataba no sentía nada. Sabía que alguien tenía que hacerlo. Para mí era un trabajo común, como el de un militar o un policía. Yo sabía que, si alguien tenía que matar a alguien, se tenía que hacer y ya, para mí era normal'--Lalo. La doctora en ciencia política Karina García entrevistó a 33 excriminales mexicanos y escuchó sus historias más crudas: fantasías de parricidio, rituales a la Santa Muerte, adicciones, secuestros,...
7) Beyoncé
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Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From a young age, Beyoncé had a beautiful voice. When she saw her favourite singers hit the stage, she knew that she wanted to be a performer, too. She became part of the chart-topping group Destiny's Child, and as a solo artist inspired fans from her empowering music. With her mission to bring joy to the world, Beyoncé is irreplaceable. This incredible story of the legendary superstar features a fact and photo section at the back.
Author
Publisher
Literatura Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
La cronica intima de los ultimos dias de un genio. En marzo de 2014, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, probablemente el escritor mas querido en lengua espanola del siglo XX, ya anciano y enfermo, cayo resfriado. De esta no salimos , le dijo Mercedes Barcha, su esposa desde hacia mas de cincuenta anos, a Rodrigo, el hijo de ambos. Estas paginas son la cronica mas intima y honesta de los ultimos dias de un genio, escrita con la asombrosa precision y la distancia...
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Series
Publisher
Blume
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
"Albert Einstein fue un genio científico excepcional cuyas teorías sobre el espacio-tiempo sentaron las bases de la física moderna. Einstein no sólo fue un físico brillante, sino también defensor de los derechos humanos, activista político y arquetipo icónico del genio chiflado"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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With Muse of Fire, Michael Korda takes a novel approach to World War I by telling its history through the lives of the soldier-poets whose verses memorialize the war's unimaginable horrors. He begins with Rupert Brooke and the halcyon days before violence engulfed his generation--destroying the self-contented world of Edwardian England--and ends with the tragic death of Wilfred Owen, killed only days before the armistice brought an end to a war that...
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Publisher
HarperCollins Ibérica, S. A
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Español
Description
Por fin todos los detalles de la increíble historia de Harry y Meghan contados por dos periodistas especializados en los entresijos de la familia real británica que han seguido los pasos de la pareja desde el inicio de su relación, pasando por su revolucionaria boda, hasta el anuncio inesperado de su desvinculación de la Casa Real para recuperar el control sobre sus vidas. Basado en entrevistas exclusivas y escrito con la participación de personas...
Author
Publisher
HaperCollins Iberica, S.A
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Siempre he creído que el mejor método para conseguir los objetivos es creer en mí misma a través del trabajo y el sacrificio, por eso mi lema es «puedo porque pienso que puedo». Como Junior conseguí varias medallas en Europeos y Mundiales e incluso gané varios torneos internacionales frente a jugadoras profesionales. Ya en categoría Senior continué creciendo hasta conseguir las 26 medallas de mi palmarés, entre las que destacan la medalla...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
How do you tell a story? Before Toni Morrison was a Pulitzer Prize winner and Nobel Prize-winning author, she was Chloe Ardelia Wofford, a little girl in Ohio who was both the only Black child in her first-grade classroom and the only student who was able to read. This is the true story of how that young girl learned from her upbringing, surrounded herself with stories, and made a tremendous impact on the world. Toni Morrison's pen was her sword,...
Author
Publisher
Notion Press Media Pvt Ltd
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"What happens when a girl name Autumn Avery Willow has no friends. Is abused by her father, because she looks like her mom who died in a car accident when she was 14. Then her father kicks her out the house. She just so happens to run into a band she has never heard about before. One Direction. Right, when she thinks it can't get any worse it does. Or will one of the band mates fix her? Will she pull herself together? Will someone be there to pick...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A renowned pop music scholar presents a dazzling biography of the Bee Gees--Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, which is an extraordinary human story of career highs and lows that shows, even in the Gibbs' darkest times, their music was rarely out of the charts.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
©2021
Language
Español
Description
"La inolvidable historia real de cómo un simple empleado de limpieza que trabajaba duro para llevar comida a su casa, inventó Flamin' Hot Cheetos haciendo pruebas de sabor en secreto, rompiendo barreras y convirtiéndose en el primer ejecutivo latino de la compañía Frito-Lay. No se suponía que Richard Montañez tuviera grandes sueños y aspiraciones. Nacido en la pobreza, de padres migrantes y trabajadores agrícolas, dejó la escuela en el sexto...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As America heads into what promises to be a tumultuous 2024 presidential election year, Character Matters will be a good reminder of the importance of character when defining true leadership. Colleagues, friends, and family will share their often very personal stories of what they learned from watching and listening to President Bush, including former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Secretary of State James A. Baker; stand-up comedian...
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Publisher
Pushkin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Rilke died in 1926, his reputation as a great poet seemed secure. But as the tide of the critical avant-garde turned, he was increasingly dismissed as apolitical, too inward. In "Rilke : The Last Inward Man", acclaimed critic Lesley Chamberlain uses this charge as the starting point from which to explore the expansiveness of the inner world Rilke created in his poetry. Weaving together searching insights on Rilke's life, work and reception, Chamberlain...
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