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George S. Patton was an outstanding military leader and an extraordinarily controversial figure who transformed modern warfare to a large extent. A brilliant strategist, his tactical genius and audacity were decisive in the Allied victory on the Western Front during World War II. From...

Five hundred million Spanish speakers, a perfectly equipped language, and a cyberspace that erases borders make up the triad that could turn the Hispanic world into a global power in the 21st century. Carlos Leáñez Aristimuño, one of the most lucid thinkers on Hispanic...

Could rats have traveled on the famous ship RMS Titanic and lived the same experiences as its passengers? Would these small rodents have gone unnoticed or could they have been mistaken for legitimate passengers on this famous voyage? What adventures did all these unexpected...

Did you know that there is a farm in Madrid where you can feed donkeys? Or that you can feel like a real archaeologist at an archaeological site, become a graffiti artist for a day, watch a summer movie with mad scientists, or gaze...

After achieving unprecedented success with her saga of Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery created the character of Emily Starr, whom she considered her alter ego, and which she would shape in a trilogy of resounding success. The temperamental and highly imaginative Emily...

Discover key by key, tool by tool, how to connect with your children from heart to heart Do you want to teach your child the importance of liking himself, loving himself, believing in himself? Do you need to provide him with tools to manage...

How can we awaken a love of reading in children? Is it possible for them to enjoy books in a world full of screens? How can we guide them so that reading is an adventure and not a chore? Reading is much more than...

Adolescence can be a whirlwind, but if your child is high-demand, you're likely to experience it as a roller coaster ride. In this book, Úrsula Perona—a psychologist specializing in high-demand children and a mother herself—will accompany you with warmth, clarity, and practical tools to...

Wide-ranging but thematically unified, the essays address ethical questions about what it means to be human and what it means to bear witness, recognizing how our individual present is informed by a collective past. Cole’s writings in Black Paper approach the fractured moment of our history...

A book of brilliant, adventurous stories from the award-winning Doug Dorst. With the publication of his debut novel, Alive in Necropolis, Doug Dorst was widely celebrated as one of the most creative, original literary voices of his generation-an heir to T.C. Boyle and Denis...

“With this book our empowerment began,” said bookseller Lola Larumbe. “Indeed, the publication of Librerías in 2013 created a narrative that did not exist: that of the importance of bookstores and booksellers in the history of culture. Translated into fifteen languages.

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world. A mission calls for a master of...

For millennia, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have been known for their aesthetic sublimity, ingenious engineering, and sheer, audacious magnitude: The Great Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus, the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos,...

After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last has grown bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes...

A selection of horror stories that show the darkest side of the plant world. An anthology that brings together names like Roald Dahl, Eudora Welty and H.P. Lovecraft. Bloodthirsty orchids, entire forests that rebel against those who massacred them, mushrooms as beautiful as they...

Nanda Gray, the daughter of a Catholic convert, is nine when she is sent to the Convent of Five Wounds. Quick-witted, resilient and eager to please, she accepts this closed world where, with all the enthusiasm of the outsider, her desires and passions become...

Viruses are not just agents that cause disease. Throughout these pages, professor and science communicator José Antonio López Guerrero (JAL) offers a revolutionary and fascinating view of these nano-organisms that have shaped the evolution of life on our planet. Discover the viral side of...

Is it a struggle to relax, even while on vacation? Do you feel irritable constantly, like the slightest inconvenience might set you off? Do you have shallow breaths, trouble sleeping, and aches that won't go away? If the answer to any or all of...

Pricing mastery made easy. A must-read for entrepreneurs seeking to determine what their customers value and set prices they want by understanding the truth about pricing—it isn’t about the price. Everything that happens before the price matters much more than the price itself. Have...

This book contains an edited transcript from a one-day Workshop, The Ego Strikes Back: “The Return of the Repressed,” and an edited excerpt on Guilt from the five-day Academy class, Weeding Our Garden. Freud’s concept of “the return of the repressed” is the basis...