Una mujer, un plan

Es este libro conocerás la creación y fundación de la organización musical más importante del siglo XX y XXI: Los Socios del Ritmo. Conocerás las distintas etapas por las que pasaron, tropiezos, desintegraciones y cambios de elementos, que los hicieron tomar fuerza para mantenerse por más de seis décadas con grandes éxitos. También descubrirás cómo y en donde fue la grabación de su primer disco. Conocerás a los integrantes que pasaron por las tres generaciones más importantes. Del año 1962 a 1968. de 1968 a 1986 y de 1986 a la fecha. Recordarás la discografía, grabada desde...

From as early as grade school, the world seemed to be on Nic Sheff's string. Bright and athletic, he excelled in any setting and appeared destined for greatness. Yet as childhood exuberance faded into teenage angst, the precocious boy found himself going down a much different path. Seduced by the illicit world of drugs and alcohol, he quickly found himself caught in the clutches of addiction. [Mi hijo precioso] is Nic's story, but from the perspective of his father, David.--From amazon.com.

Literary Nonfiction. Spanish Language Text. Biography and memoir. Latino/Latina Studies. The long-awaited Spanish-language version of Trevino Hart's award-winning BAREFOOT HEART is a vivid account of growing up in a family of migrant farmworkers. This timely story based on Trevino Hart's own experiences starkly reveals the obstacles and challenges faced by field workers as they navigate a difficult life that is often in a hostile environment. CORAZÓN DESCALZO recounts how the author overcame adversity and disadvantage, discovered her true talents, and in the process found herself.

John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty--is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan and Warburg banking families, gives us a history of the mogul "etched with uncommon objectivity and literary grace . . . as detailed, balanced, and psychologically insightful a portrait of the tycoon as we may ever have" (Kirkus Reviews). Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller's exceptionally rich...