En el juego: La vida de un atleta (In the Game: An Athlete's Life)

Discover what it takes to be an Emergency Room doctor in this enlightening, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Readers learn about the hard work and dedication it takes to have a career as an ER doctor and what a typical day is like in the emergency room. From medical school to residency, medical symptoms to diagnosis, children will learn all about the steps it takes to get involved in this profession. This engaging title features vivid photos, helpful charts and diagrams, informational text, a glossary of terms, and an interview with a real-life ER doctor to delight, inform, and encourage...

While the Great Depression was indisputably a difficult period in American history, it did lead to certain developments that we still benefit from today. One for the most significant examples of this is Social Security, which helps a whole generation of retired Americans. The book offers a concise description of the Great Depression, including analysis of its causes and its effects. Chapters focus on different aspects of the period, including culture, the arts, and science and technology. The dynamic design displays images of posters and experiences from the Depression era. This informative,...

A powerful and poetic play from the author of Death and the Maiden. A Man and a Woman in purgatory - a soul-less white room. Each is interrogated in turn by the other. Each is groping for forgiveness and contrition. But one of them has done something unforgiveable...

Recoge: 1. Así empezó todo - 2. Tenemos una idea - 3. La Comisión en tiempos de Prodi - 4. El experimento - 5. Sorteando escollos - 6. Pleamares de la vida - 7. Laeken o las setenta y cuatro piezas del rompecabezas - 8. Los prolegómenos - 9. Comienza la partida - 10. De aquí para allá - 11. El trabajo de campo y nuestro invento - 12. El armazón - 13. Aparece Penélope - 14. El Eje franco-alemán y mi familia - 15. Comienza la cuenta atrás - 16. La hora decisiva - 17. El final de la trama.

Este libro, autoría del periodista Eduardo Fernández es una investigación periodística, hemerográfica, profesional, profunda y objetiva que reoje con sensibilidad y mucha seriedad, psajes y momentos importantes en la vida de mi padre Lennys Beatriz Pirela Montiel El 2 de julio de 1972 Felipe Pirela, el Bolerista de América, ya nunca más cantaría. Llegaba a su fin, aquel fatídico día, la vida de quien conquistó al mundo con su voz, pero nunca pudo conquistar para sí la tranquilidad que tanto anhelaba. El ascenso y caída del hombre que cantó aquienes amaba es recreada por el...