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Se Regalan Dudas / They're Giving Away Doubts
Tenemos tantas dudas que queremos dártelas. De las creadoras del podcast más escuchado en México, con casi 3 millones de oyentes... Lety Sahagún y Ashley Frangie son las creadoras del podcast más seguido en México y uno de los más escuchados en el mundo hispanohablante, Están Regalando Dudas . Al igual que la plataforma multimedia, el libro es un espacio para reflexionar y leer distintos puntos de vista sobre todo aquello que solemos preguntarnos: desde el amor hasta los negocios, la existencia de una fuerza superior o la tecnología, el cambio climático, la autoestima, la sexualidad. Sobre todo, para todos. Están Regalando Dudas es un libro que guía a los lectores a tomar decisiones informadas y también un libro que busca inspirarlos. En su primer libro, Ashley y Lety incluyen las mejores preguntas y respuestas que su audiencia en México y Latinoamérica envió -a través de un foro cerrado-, sobre temas relacionados con el desarrollo personal y profesional, así como las problemáticas sociales que más resuenan en medios y redes sociales. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION We have so many doubts that we want to give them to you From the creators of the most listened to podcast in Mexico, with almost 3 million listeners... Lety Sahagún and Ashley Frangie are the creators of the most followed podcast in Mexico and one of the most listened to in the Spanish-speaking world, They're Giving Away Doubts. Like the multimedia platform, the book is a space to reflect and read different points of view about everything that we usually ask ourselves: from love to business, the existence of a superior force or technology, climate change, self-esteem, sexuality. About everything, for everyone. They're Giving Away Doubts is a book that guides readers to make informed decisions and also a book that seeks to inspire them. In their first book, Ashley and Lety include the best questions and answers that their audience in Mexico and Latin America submitted -through a closed forum-, on topics related to personal and professional development, as well as the social problems that most resonate in media and social networks. -
United States National Parks: A Visual History of All 63 Parks
Distinguished by the majesty of their natural features, the pristine state of their ecosystems, the significance of their history, and the abundance and diversity of their flora and fauna, the national parks represent the very best of the natural world in the United States. Traversing the United States from east to west, this glorious tour celebrates the awe-inspiring beauty and breathtaking splendor of all 63 national parks. Travel writer and journalist Mel White's expertly written narrative describes the most significant geological features, plants and wildlife, local landmarks and recreational activities within each national park. Featuring more than 200 images taken by some of the world's best photographers, every park is beautifully depicted and accompanied by a detailed map showing the main access routes and places of interest. Revealing a striking diversity of wilderness in the United States, celebrated parks such as Yellowstone or Grand Canyon National Park join lesser known and more remote areas such as Kobuk Valley National Park, located above the Arctic Circle, or Haleakala National Park in Hawaii. With stunning photography, the pages of this book will open doors to understanding more about these stunning locations, inspiring travel and allowing the reader to witness the very best of the United States. -
Thrifty Gardener: Reduce Waste, Spend Wisely
In a world of climate change and stretched purse strings, every gardener is having to re-assess not only how they garden but how they spend their money. Even the most experienced gardeners crave a thriftier way to garden - one that is less wasteful and more productive.
In this comprehensive guide, TV presenter and garden designer Mark Lane shows you how to save waste and money in all aspects of your garden. Understand your garden and it's four key characteristics - temperature, soil type, wind, and sun - to make informed decisions. Plan and design your garden with cheaper and more sustainable materials and learn how to budget effectively for larger projects. Take stock of what you already have, set a budget before you start, and know when to call in the professionals. Choose plants that will thrive in your soil, are easy to propagate and give maximum reward. By choosing the right plants for the right place, your garden will flourish. Care for your garden year-round with effective seasonal tasks. Discover how to grow new plants for free with Mark's step-by-step guides to techniques such as seed collecting, layering, and stem, leaf, and root cuttings. Full of clever tips, low-budget ideas, expert advice, and tried-and-tested plant suggestions, this book is as much about attitude as it is a gardening guide. Whether you're starting your first garden on a tight budget or looking for new ideas to save money and reduce waste, this is the must-have and fuss-free guide to better gardening. -
American Kindergarten: Dispatches from the First Year of School
An unexpected portrait of the first year of school for America's youngest learners. When we think of kindergarten, many might imagine joyous free play, and a tangle of trucks, dress-up clothes, and blocks, as five-year-olds explore their vivid imaginations and budding social skills. Others might envision a quiet group sitting cross-legged in a circle during story time. Neither of these scenes would be an inaccurate representation of the pivotal year of entry into traditional education in this country. However, neither offers a complete picture of what children do every day in those seemingly transparent, yet actually mysterious, classrooms. What can or should we expect during the first year of school? How are children learning and growing during those hours spent away from their homes? Susan Engel embarked on finding these answers in American Kindergarten: Dispatches from the First Year of School. Engel toured twenty-nine classrooms across fourteen states, observing each closely, with a special eye toward the ways each classroom's goals reflect its community. As she made her way across the country, Engel found that on the surface, kindergarten students are similar: good-natured, eager to learn, and deeply affectionate. Their classrooms, too, feature many of the same expectations, routines, and activities. But the differences between the classrooms were striking and often surprising. Over the two years of her classroom visits, Engel identified five promises that teachers and their classrooms make to their students: reading, order, thinking, identity, and love. Engel found that schools differ in how they prioritize and keep the promises they make; some make all five promises, while others emphasize only one or two. The five promises capture a set of values, aspirations, and goals that drive everything that happens in a classroom. Engaging and incisive, American Kindergarten is the story of the promises our country's schools make to five-year-old children, and how those promises are kept and sometimes broken.Sold out -
African American History: An Enthralling Overview of African American Heritage, the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the Underground Railroad
African American History 3-in-1: An Unforgettable Journey of Resilience, Resistance, and Triumph
From the inhuman horrors of the Atlantic Slave Trade to the secret heroism of the Underground Railroad, and through the inspiring triumphs of African American pioneers, this book delivers a sweeping, full-scope narrative that will move, challenge, and uplift you. Across three enthralling volumes, you'll witness the heartbreak, the courage, and the legacy of a people who changed the course of history.
Three manuscripts in one book:
- African American History: An Enthralling Overview of Major Events and Figures in Black History
- The Atlantic Slave Trade: An Enthralling Overview of European Colonization and Slavery in the New World
- The Underground Railroad: An Enthralling Overview of the Secret Path to Freedom for African Americans during the 19th Century
Here's just a small glimpse of what you'll discover inside:
- The brutal reality aboard slave ships and the forced voyage that redefined continents.
- How injustice powered new empires, and the fight to reclaim stolen freedom.
- The hidden mechanics and myths behind the Underground Railroad's daring escapes.
- Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and the unsung heroes you've never heard of.
- Madam C. J. Walker's rise to become America's first self-made Black woman millionaire.
- The Harlem Renaissance: how art and pride redefined identity in the face of oppression.
- And much, much more!
Whether you're a student, educator, or lifelong learner, this beautifully written volume will deepen your understanding and stir your soul. It's a celebration of strength, creativity, and hope.
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Groundbreaker: Entrepreneurship, the American Dream, and the Rise of Modern India
The Groundbreaker is an inspirational and riveting account of Kanwal Rekhi, who defined a generation of Indian entrepreneurs that changed the world. In many ways, Rekhi's fascinating and singular journey mirrors the rise of modern India, offering a deeply personal account of US-India relations, both past and present. Dubbed the "Godfather of the Silicon Valley's Indian Mafia," by Fortune Magazine, Rekhi rubbed shoulders with luminaries named Gates, Jobs, and Ellison on his meteoric ascent through the tech industry. He went on to advise presidents and prime ministers on culture-shifting policies and is perhaps best known for his work inspiring and launching the careers of thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs, many of whom have become millionaires and even billionaires. Underscoring his own stories as an entrepreneur, investor, and mentor, Rekhi embraces American values, proving that immigrants not only contribute to the economy but often employ thousands of Americans in the process. In The Groundbreaker, Rekhi shares his firsthand account on what it meant to be an American at the dawn of the digital age, what it means to be an American now amidst massive change and uncertainty, and why democracy is crucial to the role entrepreneurs play in moving the world toward a better tomorrow. Drawing on his roles as an advisory board member at Stanford's Institute of Economic Policy Research and Rand Corporation's Center for Asian Pacific Policy, Rekhi explores the precarious but interdependent relationships between the US, India, China, and Russia; and how competition and alliances might evolve in the future, especially between America and India; and why the cooperation of the world's oldest democracy and the world's largest democracy is crucial to the continued balance of global power. More than just a business memoir, this book is a call to action--for dreamers, doers, and those brave enough to bet on themselves. With lessons on resilience, leadership, innovation, and purpose, it's at once a deeply personal story of overcoming adversity and an urgent rallying cry for the next generation of changemakers. -
John McPhee: Encounters in Wild America (Loa #398): The Pine Barrens / Encounters with the Archdruid / The Survival of the Bark Canoe / Coming Into th
A Pulitzer Prize winner takes you on unforgettable adventures to some of America's most wild places in this deluxe collection of 4 classic books of nature writing From legendary New Yorker writer John McPhee, here are four adventures in wild places. Exploring these untamed regions and the characters, skills, and ways of living they have fostered, McPhee quietly registers the costs of growth and progress and finds pleasure in what remains.- The Pine Barrens (1968), finds McPhee traversing the byways of an unexpected near-wilderness--the New Jersey Pine Barrens--with it's unusual dwarf forests, cedar swamps, and tannin-brown creeks a world apart from the sprawling megalopolis that surrounds them.
- Encounters with the Archdruid (1971) recounts three trips, hiking and rafting, through pristine ecosystems in Washington's Cascade Mountains, off the Georgia coast, and down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Along the way, McPhee's expert companions--a mining engineer, resort developer, and dam builder among them--challenge the "archdruid" of the book's title, the environmentalist David Brower, to defend his efforts to keep them "forever wild."
- The Survival of the Bark Canoe (1975) follows New Hampshire Canoe builder Henri Vaillancourt as he crafts a new vessel out of birch Bark, using the age old tools and methods of the American Indians. McPhee then joins Vaillancourt and others on a grueling, tense 150-mile test voyage through a Maine woods full of hauntingly beautiful prospects and potential peril.
- Coming into the Country (1977) is McPhee's magisterial composite portrait of Alaska and Alaskans. Here, as he crisscrosses this vast and sublime state, are Natives and newcomers; government officials, gold miners, and oilmen; wildlife ecologists, rugged outdoorsman, and bush pilots; and much more
Edited by current New Yorker chief David Remnick and prepared with McPhee's assistance, the volume includes a newly researched chronology of the author's life, detailed notes, and index, and all of the illustrations that accompanied the original editions. -
Phantom of the Opera - Official Graphic Novel
From the original libretto of Andrew Lloyd Webber's world-famous, multi-award-winning musical that has been playing continuously around the world for over 33 years comes this fully authorized graphic novel adaptation. In 1881 the cast and crew of a new production, Hannibal, are terrorized by the Phantom of the Opera, a mysterious, hideously disfigured man who lives beneath the Paris Opera House. Hopelessly in love and obsessed with one of the chorus singers, the Phantom will stop at nothing to make her the star of the show, even if that means murder.Sold out -
Dreadfuls: Deluxe Stenciled Edges
The darkly atmospheric and gruesome tale of Jack the Ripper unfolds against the backdrop of a Victorian London reform school, as a young inmate sets out to find the identity of the elusive serial killer in a riveting new book perfect for fans of The Square of Sevens and Enola Holmes. **DELUXE STENCILED EDGES** London, 1888. Committed to the Whitechapel Hall Reform School for "incurable delinquency," Adelaide "Dell" Morton is a precocious, defiant misfit. She's also a voracious reader of the sordid, sensationally popular Penny dreadful stories. In a stroke of luck, she's found a kindred spirit in her poised roommate, Pippa. Their obsession is only further fueled by the Jack the Ripper murders blazing a trail of terror throughout London's seediest streets . . . right outside Whitechapel Hall's front door. Desperate for adventure, they embark on their own investigation--and discover an ally in Noah, son of the local butcher. The trio's budding spywork soon yields shocking results: Why was straightlaced Whitechapel teacher Miss Kaye escaping the school the night of the latest crime? Could Jack the Ripper be a she? Delving into Miss Kaye's background, Dell is both horrified and thrilled to find that within Miss Kaye's past lies a chapter dark enough to rival any Penny dreadful . . . Dell's fixation with Miss Kaye reaches dangerous heights while a series of suspicious events leaves Miss Kaye in sole command of Whitechapel Hall. Trapped in their teacher's ever-tightening web of control, the young detectives devise a risky plan to track her. But what ensues may only propel them into secrets, lies, ruthless acts, and betrayals that go back decades--and a confrontation that will irrevocably change the fates of all involved . . . if they survive. -
Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop
Author and historian Garrett Peck traces Willa Cather's adventures in the Southwest and how they influenced her best book. Six months before she died, Willa Cather called her 1927 novel Death Comes for the Archbishop her "best book." The Atlantic magazine concurred, including Archbishop on its Great American Novels list in 2024. A perennial favorite for people who love New Mexico, the novel tells an unusual story of two French priests and best friends serving on the American frontier before the arrival of the railroad. This Western work of fiction is loosely based on two historical figures, Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy and Bishop Joseph Machebeuf. In The Bright Edges of the World, Garrett Peck explores how Cather's travels to the Southwest inspired her writing. She visited the Southwest six times between 1912 and 1926, and from these journeys came three novels, the last of which was Death Comes for the Archbishop. Through Cather's letters, postcards, articles, and interviews, Peck traces how integral travel was to Cather's imagination while highlighting the vital contribution that Cather's longtime partner, Edith Lewis, made to the story. The Bright Edges of the World is richly illustrated to highlight Cather and Lewis's extensive Southwestern adventures. Though Archbishop is a work of fiction, Peck explores how Cather wove some of the most legendary people in New Mexican history into her novel, such as Archbishop Lamy, Kit Carson, and Padre Antonio José Martínez, while subtly hinting toward the complexity of Pueblo Indian and Navajo (Diné) faith. Archbishop is a multicultural novel that reflects the diversity of New Mexico's people. Death Comes for the Archbishop remains a timeless book of friendship on the American frontier and an inspiration for people who, as Cather wrote, "have gone a-journeying in New Mexico on the trail of the Archbishop." -
Not Till We Are Lost: Bobiverse: Book 5
The fifth thrilling installment of Dennis E. Taylor's Bobiverse series catapults the sentient clones into their most perilous adventure yet, confronting fractured alliances, runaway AI experiments, and a galaxy-shaking mystery that could topple everything they've worked to protect. Life after the Starfleet War is anything but simple for the Bobs. Gone are the days of endless debates and camaraderie in a unified moot. Now they're spread thin across the cosmos, grappling with interplanetary mistrust, brewing anti-Bob sentiment, and the unpredictable antics of the Skippies, who are tinkering with something dangerously close to an AI apocalypse. Just when some Bobs start longing for a quieter life, Icarus and Daedalus return after a 26,000-year mission to the galactic core with news that rocks the Bobiverse to its core. Their findings might hold the ultimate answer to the Fermi Paradox--but solving one of the universe's deepest mysteries comes with a price. What they've uncovered is more than a revelation; it's an existential threat that could upend everything. From laugh-out-loud moments to thought-provoking dilemmas, the Bobiverse continues to deliver its trademark mix of humor, heart, and high-stakes adventure. Will the Bobs rise to meet their most formidable challenge yet? -
Sold outJoan Blaeu: Atlas Maior of 1665
Superlatives tend to fail in describing Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior--that being said, it stands as one of the most extravagant feats in the history of mapmaking. The original Latin edition, completed in 1665, was the largest and most expensive book to be published during the 17th century. Its 594 maps appearing across 11 volumes spanned Arctica, Africa, Asia, Europe, and America. Ambitious in scale and artistry, it is included in the Canon of Dutch History, an official survey of 50 individuals, creations, or events that chart the most important historical developments of the Netherlands.
TASCHEN's meticulous reprint brings this luxurious Baroque wonder into the hands of modern readers. In an age of digitized cartography and global connectivity, it celebrates the steadfast beauty of quality printing and restores the wonder of an exploratory age, in which Blaeu's native Amsterdam was a center of international trade and discovery.
This edition is based on the Austrian National Library's complete colored and gold-heightened copy of Atlas Maior, assuring the finest detail and quality. University of Amsterdam's Peter van der Krogt introduces the historical and cultural significance of the atlas while providing detailed descriptions for individual maps, revealing the full scale and ambition of Blaeu's masterwork.Sold out -
Sneeze: The History and Science of the Common Cold
A tickle in the back of your throat? A cough that won't let you sleep? A stuffy nose and a constant need to sneeze? When it comes to understanding the common cold, we have all had plenty of first-hand experience. We are all too familiar with the symptoms of the cold virus, having caught and fought one every few months on average. At this point, the cold is seen as an inevitable inconvenience, rather than an illness that should be wiped out. Dr David Miles, a world-leading immunologist, has amassed over a century of research on the common cold, starting from the foundational discovery that colds are caused by viruses, up to developments made during the pandemic. In Sneeze, Dr Miles looks at what exactly colds are and where they come from, to reveal practical steps we can take to avoid catching them, fighting them and, perhaps most ambitiously, the steps that we as a society can take to make our environment less conducive to spreading them. Comprehensive and richly detailed, Sneeze is the story of the common cold, and why it doesn't need to be as common as we have come to imagine. -
National Road: George Washington and America's First Highway West
Upon America's 250th anniversary comes the story of a new republic forging unity through ambition and action, inspired by George Washington's youthful dream to build the nation's first highway west The National Road is the first narrative history of the federal project--begun decades before the nation itself was born and ranging through the 1830s--that connected the United States across the Alleghenies and into the western frontier. Starting with a young Washington's dream of uniting the Potomac and Ohio Rivers, historian Brady J. Crytzer traces the political rivalries and engineering marvels that created an artery bringing settlers, ideas, and commerce deep into the American interior. Washington scouted the western frontier as a surveyor and championed a route to unite the fledgling republic. Albert Gallatin, America's longest-serving treasury secretary, battled political opposition to fund the project. Thomas Jefferson, torn between his agrarian ideals and the demands of a growing nation, ultimately championed the road as a means of securing western lands and extending democratic reach. And Henry Clay harnessed the road to advance his bold American System. With visionaries, rebels, and everyday families seeking the American dream, and featuring congressional showdowns and backroom deals to mountain crossings and frontier towns, The National Road reveals the triumphs and tragedies of an infrastructure saga that helped define the United States.