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1) Los genios
Author
Publisher
Galaxia Gutenberg
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
238 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Garcia Marquez y Vargas Llosa se conocieron en el aeropuerto de Caracas, en agosto de 1967. Con apenas treinta y un anos, Vargas Llosa era ya un escritor aclamado por la critica. Garcia Marquez, cuarenta anos cumplidos, encontraba por fin el exito editorial con Cien anos de soledad, publicada ese ano en Buenos Aires. Antes de confundirse en un abrazo en el aeropuerto de Caracas que dio inicio formal a la amistad, los dos genios de la literatura se...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"Freshly adapted for young readers, this in-depth portrait showcases the complex bond between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, revealing how Malcolm aided in molding Cassius Clay into Muhammad Ali and helped him become an international symbol of Black pride and Black independence"--
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
258 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
If we’re lucky, we all encounter at least one person whose life elevates and inspires our own. For acclaimed novelist Daniel Wallace, he had one hero and inspiration for so much of what followed: his longtime friend and brother-in-law William Nealy. Seemingly perfect, impossibly cool, William was James Dean, Clint Eastwood, and MacGyver all rolled into one, an acclaimed outdoorsman, a famous cartoonist, an accomplished author, a master of all he...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"El compąero esencial de El tatuador de Auschwitz . El tatuador de Auschwitz se ha convertido en uno de los libros m̀s vendidos de nuestros tiempos, un cl̀sico contempor̀neo. Historias de esperanza es su compąero esencial y en ̌l Heather Morris nos ofrece un manual inspirador para nuestra vida, con emocionantes relatos de la gente que ha conocido, las incre̕bles historias que han compartido con la autora y las lecciones que nos ensęan...
Author
Publisher
Trine Day LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
x, 417 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm
Description
Exposes vastly under-explored topics compared to other media reports and books on Jeffrey Epstein. How did Jeffrey Epstein manage to evade justice for decades? Who enabled him and why? Why were legal officials told that Epstein "belonged to intelligence" and to back off during his first arrest in the mid-2000s? Volume 2 of One Nation Under Blackmail examines the rise of Jeffrey Epstein and his closest associates, such as Leslie Wexner and Ghislaine...
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 306 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
"The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
viii, 254 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Growing up gifted and poor in small-town Arkansas, Monica and Darci became fast friends. The girls bonded over a shared love of reading and learning, even as they navigated the challenges of their declining town and tumultuous family lives--broken marriages, alcohol abuse, and shuttered stores and factories. They pored over the giant map in their middle school classroom, tracing their fingers over the world that awaited them, vowing to escape. In...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xvii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
A historical investigation and family memoir intertwines the narrative of Anne Frank with the untold story of Bep Voskuijl, her protector and closest confidante in the Annex, who risked her life to protect the Franks and formed a deep friendship with Anne.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"One of the most esteemed critics and writers of our time recalls his friendship and apprenticeship with Elizabeth Hardwick and Barbara Epstein and the introduction they offered him to the New York literary world in the 1970s"--
Author
Publisher
Persevero Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
273 pages : 24 cm
Description
In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O'Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, planning to live there for six months every year. To manage her remote household while she paints, O'Keeffe invited Maria Chabot-a young and na�ive would-be writer-to join her. Their tempestuous relationship endured throughout the chaotic years of WW2; the death of Georgia's domineering, philandering husband (famed photographer Alfred Stieglitz); and...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
xii, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
In this much anticipated memoir, the man who wrote the lyrics for Elton John—and half of one of the greatest creative partnerships in popular music—shares, for the first time, his own account of their adventures, transporting readers across the decades and around the world.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Formats
Description
"In this long-awaited memoir, Hannah shares the story of her childhood during the Holocaust, from the introduction of anti-Jewish laws in Amsterdam to the gradual disappearance of classmates and, eventually, the Frank family, to Hannah and her family's imprisonment in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. As Hannah chronicles the experiences of her own life during and after the war, she provides a searing look at what countless children endured at...
Author
Publisher
Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
254 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm
Description
The first, and sure to be definitive, collection of the iconic work of Joe Eula, the foremost illustrator of the late twentieth century, featuring more than 200 gorgeous black-and-white and full-color sketches and illustrations, the majority of which have never been published before. An illustrator, graphic artist, costume designer, stage director, and tastemaker, Joe Eula lived at the center of the high fashion and art worlds. In a career that spanned...
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