Luis: 2080 books

Perfect for students of Spanish or English! Learning a second (or third…) language can be far less difficult when you understand the ideas being conveyed. Thats where our Dual Language Reader format comes in. Adapted from the original Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol and the Spanish translation of...

¿Qué tiene la ciencia para decir sobre los monstruos que nos han aterrado por generaciones, desde los clásicos Frankenstein y Drácula hasta los vampiros enamorados de la saga Crepúsculo? En la variedad está el susto: bajo el ropaje de malvadas brujas en los cuentos infantiles o como muertos...

From the Pulitzer Prize finalist, "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic). In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest...

La Ciudad de México redescubierta para disfrutar de lo mejor y lo más divertido que puedes vivir en ella. Probar un taco de alacrán, descubrir qué hay debajo de la Catedral, ver una obra de teatro montada por los presos dentro de un reclusorio, entrar en una habitación tapizada de chocolate,...

This book which is meant to inspire and motivate, will help you see many life lessons that a runner learns on the road, and how they translate to lessons on the road of life. Running, A runner battles fatigue, battles thirst, battles the elements, and most importantly battles themselves, this is life....

“Borges’s composed, carefully wrought, gnarled style is at once the means of his art and its object-his way of ordering and giving meaning to the bizarre and terrifying world he creates: it is a brilliant, burnished instrument, and it is quite adequate to the extreme demands his baroque imagination...

Jorge Luis Borges ((Buenos Aires,1899-Ginevra, 1986), scrittore, saggista, poeta, filosofo, traduttore e bibliotecario è tra i grandi protagonisti della letteratura del Novecento. Le sue opere sono notissime nell'intero pianeta. Qui sono raccolti alcuni suoi interventi degli ultimi anni che riguardano...

The Beatles were the greatest rock band of all time. And their influence spread far beyond music, influencing the culture and politics of the sixties in a profound way. In Long and Winding Road, editor Luis Miguel curates the very best writing about the Beatles, from the mysterious death of...

"All the heavy hitters...came out for USA Noir...an important anthology of stories shrewdly culled by Johnny Temple." --New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) One of Zoom Street Magazine's Favorite Books of 2014 Indie Books Roundup #1 Pick, Barnes & Noble Book Blog Included...

Luis Negrón’s debut collection reveals the intimate world of a small community in Puerto Rico joined together by its transgressive sexuality. The writing straddles the shifting line between pure, unadorned storytelling and satire, exploring the sometimes hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking nature of survival in a decidedly cruel world.

Il Cile, le battaglie e l'esilio, i sogni e le disillusioni, gli amici perduti e quelli ritrovati, gli incontri e i ricordi in una raccolta di storie che restituisce una straordinaria vocazione narrativa, un impegno per la libertà e per la difesa degli ultimi, un'insaziabile...

This report provides an overview of the economic and institutional developments in East Timor up to September 1999 and the immediate impact of the violent events that followed the August 30, 1999 referendum to decide East Timor's future status. The report presents the key elements of the strategy recommended...

Análisis político-estratégico de los documentos electrónicos incautados a las Farc por el Ejército colombiano, tras la precisa operación aeroterrestre contra el campamento del terrorista Raúl Reyes de las Farc, ubicado en territorio ecuatoriano con la complicidad de Rafael Correa, presidente...

La plaza apareció por primera vez en 1971, pocos años después del funesto 68. A pesar de la cercanía de los hechos, Luis Spota se atrevió a exponer sin censura, con imparcialidad y claridad crítica a los protagonistas de un movimiento que estremeció brutalmente a la conciencia nacional. Logró...