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El nombre de Steve Jobs es sinónimo de innovación, liderazgo y éxito. Su personalidad arrolladora, su intuición para los negocios y su carisma hicieron de él un gurú de la tecnología, que logró convertir a su empresa, Apple, en la compañía de innovación tecnológica más importante del mundo. Walter Isaacson, autor de la célebre biografía de Steve Jobs, nos explica las claves de liderazgo que convirtieron al creador de Apple en uno de los empresarios más exitosos del mundo.

Cuando muere la señorita Emilia Grierson, por fin el pueblo logra entender las razones de la misteriosa y solitaria vida de esta mujer.

Un classico della divulgazione, un libro che coniuga completezza e semplicità, nel quale lo storico dell'arte Ernst Gombrich è stato in grado di riassumere la favola vera del progresso dell'umanità in poco più di trecento pagine: un'impresa che richiede coraggio e una non trascurabile conoscenza della materia. L'abilità di Gombrich è rivolgersi all'ascoltatore, più o meno giovane, dandogli del tu e mettendosi nei panni del "fratello maggiore".

Este audio libro pretende hacerte pensar, de forma amena y clara, para ordenar ideas, para priorizar, y para ayudarte a tomar decisiones. Con un enfoque muy sencillo, cercano y práctico, este libro te quiere hacer reflexionar sobre la importancia de vivir una vida con sentido. Valoramos a las personas por su manera de ser, por sus actitudes, no por sus conocimientos, sus títulos, o su experiencia. Todas las personas fantásticas tienen una manera de ser fantástica, y todas las personas mediocres tienen una manera de ser mediocre.

Dax Pelletier is ready for a new life, far away from the one he left behind in Savannah following the South’s devastating defeat in the Civil War. The ex-Confederate general wants nothing more to do with commanding men and confronting the tough truths of leadership. Rachel Davenport possesses skills unlike those of her Boston socialite peers—skills honed as a nurse in field hospitals during the Civil War. Eschewing her northeastern suitors and changed by the carnage she’s seen, Rachel accepts her uncle’s invitation to assist him at his clinic in the dangerous and wild frontier of Montana.

Charles Henderson Chip Proctors life is filled with cash, supermodels, and success. Enjoying the fast lane of the wealthy elite, the prominent NY investment executive can't believe it when his brother and sister-in-law die in a car crash that makes him guardian of their children. And it just gets worse after he discovers his four-year-old niece and six-month-old nephew are the secret half-Fae heirs to an enchanted throne.

¿Quién inventó la máquina tortilladora? ¿Por qué en México hay una tienda en cada esquina? ¿Qué hacía un japonés en la Revolución? ¿Cuál ha sido el presidente más honrado? ¿Quién fue la primera mujer gobernadora? Las respuestas a estas preguntas se encuentran en este libro, que reúne diversos hechos y personajes tan curiosos e interesantes como sólo México puede ofrecer. Cada una de estas páginas nos demuestra que la Historia no sólo está en los museos y las enciclopedias, también se encuentra en las cosas (en apariencia) más simples de la vida.

Negotiations with the LA vampires have failed. Having survived the attempted razing of their enclave by the dragons, the vampires are now holding Jordan’s sister hostage and are demanding a unicorn for her safe return. There’s only one problem. Unicorns aren’t animals. They are wild magic best left alone. Jordan holds the media responsible for Katie’s capture. If they had stayed out of his private life, she would’ve been safe.

When novelist Jim Eldridge receives an invitation to a writer's retreat on Washington State's Mount Misery, it seems like the perfect escape from the last days of his dead marriage. Jim accepts the invitation to the Hacks Club and joins the other guests including the legendary H. Casper and best-seller Heather Woods for a week of fun and relaxation. Someone in those woods is not happy to see them. The body count rises, and the survivors band together to fight the relentless killer.

Dominique Laxalt was 16 when he left the French Pyrenees for America. He became a sheepherder in the Nevada desert and nearby hills of the Sierra. Like all his fellow Basque immigrants, Dominique dreamed of someday returning to the land of his beginnings. Most Basques never made the journey back, but Dominique finally did return for a visit with family and friends. Sweet Promised Land is the story of that trip, told by his son Robert, who accompanied him to the pastoral mountain village of Tardets in France.

Sean Lloyd has given up on finding love. It’s easier to concentrate on his work as a mytho biologist than figure out people. But that was easier to believe in his twenties. Now his friends are getting engaged and planning weddings, and he’s only planning his next hook-up. He wants more, even if he isn’t sure what that looks like.

Uncle Chip Proctor believes he has the hang of this raising-kids thing. Settling into his role as the human stay-at-home dad for two enchanted wards, the former financial exec is still learning to navigate a newly discovered world. But when the little future queen enters first grade, he’s alarmed when his partner-in-parenthood spots a dangerous Fae hunter on the prowl.

Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away the ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba. As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away.

In these five unabridged short stories, Stephen Crane masterfully depicts the human condition. Through his keen observations of the simple, unnoticed aspects of life, he deftly describes man’s relationship to society, human nature, and the power of transformation. In each of the stories, he creatively reveals the internal battles, conflicts, and awakening that man collectively experiences. Grab your copy today to discover how he reveals man’s sense of dignity, optimism, grit, courage, and greed.

È da un inciampo che il filosofo Maurizio Ferraris parte per ragionare attorno all’esistenza, alla stratificazione di esperienze e memorie che sono il modo in cui ciascuno di noi impara a vivere. Vivere, sopravvivere, previvere, convivere sono le stazioni attraverso cui questo libro ci fa passare per riflettere su un mélange di argomenti che ruotano attorno alla vita e a come si possa imparare a vivere. Se lo spunto è una battuta d’arresto accidentale, capillare, profonda e non casuale è la considerazione della propria intera esistenza, della piega che ha preso nel tempo.

Hal Dix had success at home after his initial outing into the world of Fantasma. He leveled up in both his job and at home. Everything was going fine in his life. Then, the mage Tildi, the Elder showed up again with news from the other world. His friend was in trouble and only he could help. Hal didn't want to be a hero, but he wasn't the sort of fellow to leave a comrade behind.

Rose Eldersdottir can’t stand her human partner’s lackadaisical approach to parenting the future queen. And the warrior-princess aunt isn’t about to shirk her duties in developing her charge’s abilities—despite the occasional mishap. But when a visit to Maryland's capital leads to the young girl accidentally raising the ghost of her ancestor, it’s an all-hands-on-deck situation. Trying to run damage control in Annapolis, Chip works with his enchanted sister-in-law to conceal the source of the spell.

Yulia Tzakova is no stranger to dangerous men. She grew up with them. She survived them. But when she meets Lucas Kent, she knows the hard ex-soldier may be the most dangerous of them all. One night - that's all it should be. A chance to make up for a failed assignment and get information on Kent's arms dealer boss. When his plane goes down, it should be the end.

What am I? Who killed my family? Why? I need to get some answers before the Russian mob succeeds in killing me. That is, if my own friends don't kill me first.

Claudia, una periodista que abandonó hace años su pueblo natal (Tordevianos) a las afueras de Burgos decide volver para escribir un reportaje sobre una de las tradiciones más bárbaras que tienen, La suelta, con el fin de conseguir un artículo que la promocione como periodista. Lo que comienza como un simple reportaje se convertirá en la investigación de la desaparición de los más jóvenes del pueblo y en un cruce de acusaciones entre los vecinos y el regreso de Claudia a su desafortunado pasado.