Alberto: 1641 books
by Alberto Denti di Pirajno
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
In 1924, the irrepressibly curious Alberto Denti arrived in Libya to work in Italy’s African colonies. With a natural ear for a story and a passionate interest in his work, he must have been as good a doctor as he was a writer. Though equally at home in an embassy or a brothel, Denti appears to...
by Alberto Manguel
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel, whom George Steiner has called “the Casanova of reading,” argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. “We come into the world intent on finding narrative in everything,” writes Manguel, “landscape,...
by Alberto Manguel
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
In the 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, Alberto Manguel leads us back into our literary tradition to find insight about one of the most contentious issues of our time: the rise of ethnic nationalism. The end of ethnic nationalism -- building societies around sets of common values -- seems like a good idea....
Packing My Library
An Elegy and Ten Digressions
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries
In June 2015 Alberto Manguel prepared to leave his centuries-old village home in France’s Loire Valley and reestablish himself in a one-bedroom apartment...
Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution
Age, Position, Character, Destiny, Personality, and Ambition
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Perhaps the foremost social analyst and journalist on Cuban affairs, Carlos Alberto Montaner has written a definitive study of the Cuban regime from the vantage point of the Cuban dictator. This is not simply a history of Cuban communism but rather a personal history of its leader, Fidel Castro. Montaner's...
Don't Panic, I'm Islamic
Words and Pictures on How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Alien Next Door
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
‘Bursting with creativity, wit and intelligence’ Brian Eno
How can you tell if your neighbour is speaking Muslim? Is a mosque a kind of hedgehog? Can I get fries with that burka? You can't trust the media any longer, but there's no need to fret: Don't Panic, I'm Islamic provides you with the answers.
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by Luis Alberto Villamarin Pulido
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Fracaso de una Ilusión, subtitulado Selección Colombia en el umbral de la gloria, es la reconstrucción histórica y la descripción analítica de la brillante campaña deportiva realizada por el equipo colombiano de fútbol en el Campeonato Mundial Brasil-2014.El texto resume las actuaciones de...
by Luis Alberto Villamarin Pulido
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2017
Biografía puntual e ilustrada del General Simón Bolívar, con base en los mas trascendentales episodios de su meteórica carrera político-militar. Producto de una rigurosa y detallada investigación, Delirio del Libertador describe las vivencias del estadista-guerrero venezolano. Como héroe de...
Built upon Love
Architectural Longing after Ethics and Aesthetics
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2008
A vision of architecture that transcends concerns of form and function and finds the connections between the architect's wish to design a beautiful world and architecture's imperative to provide a better place for society.
The forced polarity between form and function in considerations of architecture—opposing...
A History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century
Updated and Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
A History of Argentina in the Twentieth Century, originally published in Buenos Aires in 1994, attained instant status as a classic. Written as an introductory text for university students and the general public, it is a profound reflection on the “Argentine dilemma” and the challenges that the...
by Alberto El Grande
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
En la obra de Alberto el Grande figuran sus admirables secretos conteniendo muchos tratados sobre la concepción de las mujeres, las virtudes de las hierbas, de las piedras preciosas, de los animales, aumentados con un compendio curioso de la fisonomía y un método de preservación contra la peste,...
Shaman, Healer, Sage
How to Heal Yourself and Others with the Energy Medicine of the Americas
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Alberto Villoldo, a classically trained medical anthropologist, has studied shamanic healing techniques among the descendants of the ancient Inkas for more than twenty years. In Shaman, Healer, Sage, he draws on his vast body of knowledge to create a practical and revolutionary program based on the...
Santos por las calles de Nueva York
Colección Santos, #1
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Normalmente, los santos no son lo primero que nos viene a la cabeza al pensar en Nueva York. En este librito, sin embargo, Alberto Royo Mejía relata la vida de siete católicos ejemplares que nacieron en Nueva York o vivieron durante mucho tiempo en la Gran Manzana, dos de ellos ya canonizados.Se...
by Daisy Alberto, Daisy Alberto, Johann Wyss
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
For six days and nights, a storm tosses the Robinson family's ship around on the sea, before dashing it on the rocks off a deserted island. All the sailors are gone. The family is alone! But nothing can keep the cheerful Swiss family Robinson down for long. Father and Mother Robinson, along with their...