Non Fiction

Since ancient times, the value of women has too often been hidden in the pages of history. And although over the centuries the role that they have played in life in general has also evolved, it has done so at the cost of hard...

In this book cover, the editor reflects on why Ralph Waldo Emerson's work, particularly the writings in this volume, awakens an essential part of the human psyche that contemporary society has suppressed. Emerson's philosophy offers a spiritual and moral view of the universe, addressing...

Finn is not like most frogs.Finn likes things clean— perfectly clean.His book is immaculate. It’s amazing. It’s PERFECT. (Well, according to him)But one day, an oopy, goopy mess begins to sneak its way onto Finn's pristine pages, threatening to disrupt his perfect world. Determined...

This ingenious guide to marine life contains five amazing underwater habitats. Each scene is presented on acetate pages, packed with both familiar and unusual animals. It features a press-out cardboard "flashlight" which kids can slide behind the pages to reveal the spectacular sea creatures...

An invitation to build a habitable world beyond the walls of our house. Literature committed to the present: an accurate view that, from the intimate, illuminates the social. In first person, he reflects on the growing stratification of life in the cities of Latin...

What to do in the face of a global political crisis like the one we are experiencing? Expansive democracy reviews the foundations of current democracy to propose a new, renewed and global paradigm that distances us from political disaster. Against cynicism in politics, and...

What do we mean when we talk about citizenship? Who can be a citizen? What fate awaits those not in the country where they reside? Many times simple questions contain very complex topics. In this book, Irene Ortiz deploys an archaeological investigation into the...

Controversial Dialectic is the art of disputing, as to hold one’s own, whether one is in the right or the wrong. A man may be objectively in the right, and nevertheless in the eyes of bystanders, and sometimes in his own, he may come...

Narratives create bonds. From them is born what connects and links us. In this way, they found communities and save us from contingency. However, today, when everything has become arbitrary and random, storytelling has become a commercial weapon that transforms storytelling into another tool...

"Let others boast of the pages they have written; I am proud of the ones I have read”, said Borges. And it is that good books transform us; a passage, no matter how brief, can arouse the reader's curiosity and encourage them to read...

This little book will be the ideal companion for anyone interested in philosophy. Through 21 short texts on the essential questions of philosophy, it will creatively inspire thinking.

Baricco reflects on the narratives and tries to unravel their mysteries. What is its final sense and its internal mechanics? The narrative has something of a hieroglyph and something of a map. Its alchemy emerges in the elusive and enigmatic borders between magic and...

Did you know that Henry Ford came up with the idea for the production line after visiting a slaughterhouse? That before dedicating itself to the tire business, Michelin's main activity was the manufacture of rubber balls for children, and brake shoes for cars? That...

Danny and Dinosaur want to watch television, but Mom won’t let them until they’ve cleaned their room. So Danny thinks of a plan to make all the mess go away in one humungous gulp: he gets Dino to eat it all up! But just...

With over 100 brain games to play against the clock, this book is the best way to exercise your mind. You'll find sudoku, mazes, word ladders, naval battles, minesweepers, and memory challenges. It's time to put your brain to the test!

If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It's a notion that drives newspaper headlines and guides the laws that shape our...

Your Brain and You is a beginner's guide to neuropsychology. It takes you through every aspect of how your brain works. You will learn how we see, do things, hear and experience the outside world. Explore memories, relationships, emotions, decision-making, sleep, consciousness, and common...

This is the first book to offer cutting-edge research that explains how the brain works when two people first meet, start to date, fall in love, and then move into real long-term love. Maslar's unique approach brings together the latest and most relevant research...

It is clear that we are living in a post-modern age. The explosion of the social, the dissolution of the political: the individual is king. This book carefully sounds out this change, investigating the most important traits of today’s world, so far removed from...

With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. Illuminating, inspiring, and utterly unforgettable, Musicophilia is Oliver Sacks' latest...