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Author
Series
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura Económica
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
Español
Description
The young protagonist of this story, convinced he has the strangest family in the world, decides to look for a new one. He checks out everyone from his best friend's parents to a community of smelly people who live at the garbage dump, eventually realizing that his family isn't so bad after all. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Brooklyn, 1970--Chris ... is released from prison. Reluctantly waiting for him on the outside is his younger brother Frank ..., a cop with an aspiring future. After trying to stay on the straight path without any success, Chris inevitably descends back into a life of crime and puts Frank in a tough predicament. Does he cover for his brother and salvage the only family he has? Or does he do the right thing and risk destroying everything, and everyone,...
Publisher
Corazón Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Un día, Rodolfo Guerra decide no ir a trabajar. Esta harto de que su mujer y sus tres hijas lo traten sólo como el proveedor de su casa. Basta con ese dǐa, en que se rompe la rutina familiar, para que Rodolfo se dé cuenta que es un extraño en su propia casa, por lo que decide desentrañar el mundo de intrigas y mentiras en el que vive y llegar a descubrir la verdad con todas sus consecuencias.
One day, Rodolfo Guerra decides not to go to work....
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
The mounting challenges of life today have devastating consequences for mental health, including an increased risk of suicidal thoughts. This book presents several individuals' first-person accounts of their struggles with suicidal thoughts and recovery process, and invites readers to join in the process of understanding and healing.
El suicidio no es natural y por desgracia, las cifras de estos casos van en aumento. El estrés de la vida actual...
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Español
Description
In this memoir, Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of tragic loss--the death of her daughter, Paula. Recalling the past thirteen years from the daily letters the author and her mother, who lives in Chile, wrote to each other, Allende ... recounts the stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her that becomes a new kind of family. Throughout, Allende shares her thoughts...
6) Ride along 2
Series
Ride along volume 2
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Friction continues between rookie cop Ben Barber and his seasoned partner (and future brother-in-law) James Payton. After discovering a mysterious flash drive during an arrest, the pair travels to Miami to hunt down a local drug lord with the help of a savvy detective.
Author
Publisher
B
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"A la edad de dos anos, Hunter Biden resulto gravemente herido en un accidente de coche que acabo con la vida de su madre y de su hermana pequena. En 2015, sufrio la devastadora perdida de Beau, su hermano mayor, fallecido de un cancer cerebral a los cuarenta y seis anos. Durante la administracion de Trump, Hunter fue objeto de incesantes ataques e insultos por parte del presidente y sus secuaces. Estas dificultades se agravaron a causa del final...
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"The eldest daughter of show-biz parents, Hannah is a devoted wife, loving mother, and successful actress. A loyal supporter of her two aimless sisters Lee and Holly, she's also the emotional backbone of a family that seems to resent her stability almost as much as they depend on it. But when Hannah's perfect world is quietyly sabotaged by sibling rivalry, she finally begins to see that she's as lost as everyone else, and in order to find herself,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
En Busca de Emma es la historia, contada a una nina, de como sus dos padres vencieron obstaculos para traerla al mundo con la ayuda de una madre gestacional y una donante de ovulos. Son las tribulaciones inimaginables de un hombre que quiere crear una familia contra todas las barreras. Es la historia de como construir con amor una familia del siglo XXI.
The author tells about what he and his partner of 25 years went through to become parents, the...
10) Orphan
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After the loss of their unborn baby, Kate and John Coleman decide to adopt a child as a way to bring some joy and normalcy into their lives. The couple is drawn to Esther, a 9-year-old orphan and they welcome her into their home. As soon as Esther moves in, a series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there's something wrong with Esther - this seemingly angelic little girl is not what she appears to be.
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Lourdes Portillo mines the complicated intersections of analysis and autobiography, evidence and hypothesis, even melodrama and police procedure in this documentary. Early one Sunday morning, the filmmaker receives a phone call informing her that her beloved Uncle Oscar Ruiz Almeida has been found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in Chihuahua, Mexico. His widow declares his death a suicide. Most of his family,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Español
Description
Cuando Judith Newman relato la historia sobre la forma en que Siri, el asistente personal electronico de la Apple, le ayudo a Gus, su hijo autista, recibio una amplia atencion por parte de los medios, asi como el afecto de lectores del mundo entero. Disfrutando del resplandor que da la atencion de los medios, Gus le decia a todo el que lo quisiera escuchar: Soy una estrella del cine. La historia que relata Judith sobre su hijo y sus lazos con Siri...
Series
Modern family volume season 2
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"A refreshingly hilarious look at what it means to be a family in today's hectic, unpredictable world. While fledgling fathers Cameron and Mitchell struggle with learning the ropes of parenthood, longtime parents Claire and Phil try to keep the spice in their marriage amid the chaos of raising three challenging children. Meanwhile, family patriarch Jay has more than his hands full with his sexy, spirited wife, Gloria, and her precocious son."--Container....
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship -- the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves...
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