Hernan: 27 books

The Dispatches of Hernan Cortes, or the 'Cartas de Relacion', are several extraordinary documents written by the great Conquistador himself, explaining his actions in the remarkable conquest of Mexico directly to the Emperor Charles V of Spain. Not since Julius Caesar documented his own Conquest...

So what do we parents usually do?  We neglect them, repress them, or neurotically try that one of our kids redeems us. The added value of this book relies on the friendly and colloquial language used by Hernan to share his experiences as a tennis player and father, and to pass on his wealth of...

If you read only one book this year about tainted breakfast cereal and a short-sighted talking frog then make sure it’s The Incredibly Edible Shrinking Freddibles.This is the quirky debut children’s book from Irish writer Jim Hernan which kicks off with ninety five year-old tycoon Dr. Otto...

Este libro es una gran contribucion ya que mucho se ha dicho acerca del circuito de Juniors pero poco se ha escrito y menos de un padre con un hijo que ha competido a nivel nacional e internacional. Las situaciones descriptas en el libro y sus caracterizaciones son tan reales que aquel que ha transitado...

Finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction A young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels East in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing West. Driven back again and again, he meets naturalists, criminals,...

Here is the story of The Houston Five that shocked the nation in the fall of 2014. Attorneys for Annise Parker, at that time the openly gay mayor of the City of Houston, launched a campaign in an attempt to intimidate and silence Houston pastors from addressing LGBT issues from their pulpits. The...

The Terzetto brothers, separated by career and life choices since college, find themselves reunited after 20 years. Jonathan and Harold, discover that the dating scene they once knew is no longer the same and that the rules of the game have changed. With Peter's guidance, they enter into a new world of emotional and sexual manipulation, learning to play and conquer the “Shallow Games.”

This book is a very good contribution since much has been said about junior´s circuit, but very little was written, and even less from a father´s experience transiting with his child at either the national or the international level. The various situations reported on the book and the characterizations...

Although mental illness has not been eradicated, the move to equate mental illness with a physical legitimate illness has resulted in greater understanding on many aspects as to the particular course of the disease. In spite of the difficulties that remain, mental health treatment has come a long...

Jonathan, the middle Terzetto brother, meets Samantha and forms a deep connection with her, something he never had with his former wife. Though his older brother Peter doesn't believe in love and cautions him against it, Jonathan falls madly in love with Samantha. Their love and passion for each...

This was a mistake In an age of utter calamity, two unsavory monks about to be hanged for crimes against humanity and other, more interesting species are instead reluctantly brought before a drunkard king and given a task only slightly better than death: to guide his daughter, the Nightmare Princess,...

With nowhere left to turn, a discarded fighter resigns to his humiliating end by venturing into his father’s secret cellar in search of the dark forces behind a childhood that he struggles to recall. There, he meets a man named Michael who gives him one last opportunity to fight and together they...

Several people have gone missing from a frontier town on the edge of winter and it wasn't long before thoughts turned to Elroy, the simple servant boy who worked for the prosperous Churchill family. Emily, a young teacher, follows her father as he and several others march towards Elroy's cabin looking...

Capaz que vuelvo va más allá de los relatos de un navegante por distintos mares, islas y ciudades. Es una historia tan increíble que cuesta entender que haya pasado de verdad. Luego de trabajar en distintas agencias de publicidad, Hernán llegó a la conclusión de que no tenía hijos, ni novia,...