Arte y Entretenimiento

Este es el arranque fulgurante de este libro único, que nadie había tenido la oportunidad de escribir, entre otras razones porque el Vaticano jamás le había abierto de par en par sus puertas a un escritor. Pero, además de único, este es un libro de plenitud, donde su autor logra convertir una propuesta insólita en un relato propio y magistral: un thriller sobre el mayor misterio de la historia de la Humanidad.

San Francisco, 1866: una monja irlandesa, embarazada y abandonada por un aristócrata chileno tras una apasionada relación, da a luz a una niña a la que llama Emilia del Valle. Criada por su cariñoso padrastro, Emilia se convertirá en una joven brillante de gran personalidad, autónoma e independiente, que desafiará las normas sociales de su tiempo para profesar su verdadera pasión y vocación: la escritura.

El cerebro es un órgano plástico, que puede ser esculpido con la intención y la voluntad como herramientas. Conocer su capacidad para aprender y adaptarse al entorno es descubrir aquello que nos construye desde fuera. Pero, paradójicamente, es esa misma plasticidad neuronal la que nos brinda la oportunidad de transformarnos desde dentro.

James Clear nos brinda fantásticas ideas basadas en investigaciones científicas, que le permiten revelarnos cómo podemos transformar pequeños hábitos cotidianos para cambiar nuestra vida y mejorarla. Esta guía pone al descubierto las fuerzas ocultas que moldean nuestro comportamiento - desde nuestra mentalidad, pasando por el ambiente y hasta la genética - y nos demuestra cómo aplicar cada cambio a nuestra vida y a nuestro trabajo. Después de leer este libro, tendrás un método sencillo para desarrollar un sistema eficaz que te conducirá al éxito.

¿Te parece imposible la idea de defender tu presencia digital de amenazas invisibles? Aquí tienes una verdad contundente: no necesitas ser un experto en tecnología para dominar los conceptos básicos de ciberseguridad. De hecho, solo estás a un libro de transformar tu vida digital y proteger tu información personal y profesional contra las fuerzas oscuras del mundo cibernético.

Posdata: Dejarás de doler narra el emotivo viaje de Olivia, una mujer que, después de 20 años de matrimonio, se enfrenta a la devastadora realidad de que la persona que creyó que sería su compañero de vida ha decidido irse. A través de su voz, Olivia nos lleva por un viaje íntimo de dolor, aceptación y, finalmente, redescubrimiento personal, recordándonos que, aunque el corazón pueda romperse, siempre hay una oportunidad para redescubrir el amor propio y la felicidad.

Doscientos años después de la Conquista, la dinastía Targaryen vive su apogeo. Los Siete Reinos de Poniente atraviesan un momento de relativa paz en los últimos años del gobierno del rey Daeron. Es en este escenario que Dunk, un muchacho pobre del Lecho de Pulgas, tiene la oportunidad única de dejar su vida miserable y convertirse en el escudero de un auténtico caballero.

Amanece el día de los Quincuagésimos Juegos del Hambre y el miedo atenaza a los distritos de Panem. Este año, en honor al Vasallaje de los Veinticinco, se llevarán de sus hogares al doble de tributos. En el Distrito 12, Haymitch Abernathy intenta no pensar demasiado en sus probabilidades. Lo único que le importa es que se acabe el día para poder estar con su chica.

ChatGPT ofrece increíbles posibilidades tanto para principiantes como para usuarios experimentados, cerrando la brecha entre el uso básico y la destreza que mejora la carrera. Esta guía fácil de seguir revela el potencial que se encuentra en su interior, eliminando cualquier intimidación y reemplazándola con confianza y creatividad.

Verónica Llaca, autora de La Herencia, regresa con un caso que alcanzará a todos. En una madrugada de 1995 Miguel murió entre las llamas del incendio que acabó con Nueva Armonía, una secta liderada por el carismático James Cox. Aunque el pastor pretendía fundar el Paraíso en la Tierra, la ambición mesiánica, los secretos familiares y la sed de poder corrompieron su sueño, convirtiendo en un infierno lo que comenzó como una comunidad idílica.

20 Cuentos Bíblicos para Niñas Y Niños es el compañero perfecto para la hora de dormir, diseñado para fortalecer la fe cristiana y sembrar valores esenciales en los corazones de los más pequeños. ¿Por qué elegir este libro? Historias inspiradoras y llenas de valores – Relatos bíblicos adaptados para niños y niñas de 9 a 12 años, con enseñanzas sobre la fe, el amor a Dios y la importancia de la gratitud. Fomenta el hábito de la oración – Cada cuento motiva a los pequeños a hablar con Dios y desarrollar una conexión especial con su espiritualidad. Ideal para compartir en...

Cuando la verdad es fabricada. La madrugada del 12 de julio de 2005 un joven empresario desapareció en extrañas circunstancias en la Ciudad de México. Su familia aseguró de inmediato que había sido víctima de un secuestro y, con el paso de los meses, las calles se llenaron de anuncios espectaculares llamando a la población para que ayudara a localizar a los plagiarios.

Si mantienes una relación sana o buscas la pareja adecuada que te haga sentir feliz y seguro, es posible que tus pensamientos excesivos te estén frenando. Los traumas de relaciones pasadas, las inseguridades personales y los problemas de confianza pueden ser una carga enorme para una relación que en realidad es buena para ti.

Tras casi dieciocho meses en el Colegio de Guerra Basgiath, Violet Sorrengail tiene claro que no queda tiempo para entrenar. Hay que tomar decisiones. La batalla ha comenzado y, con enemigos acercándose a las murallas e infiltrados en sus propias filas, es imposible saber en quién confiar. Ahora Violet deberá emprender un viaje fuera de los límites de Aretia en busca de aliados de tierras desconocidas que acepten pelear por Navarre. La misión pondrá a prueba su suerte, y la obligará a usar todo su ingenio y fortaleza para salvar a quienes más ama: sus dragones, su familia, su hogar y a él.

Uniendo el punto de vista científico, psicológico y humano, la autora nos ofrece una reflexión profunda, salpicada de útiles consejos y con vocación eminentemente didáctica, acerca de la aplicación de nuestras propias capacidades al empeño de procurarnos una existencia plena y feliz: conocer y optimizar determinadas zonas del cerebro, fijar metas y objetivos en la vida, ejercitar la voluntad, poner en marcha la inteligencia emocional, desarrollar la asertividad, evitar el exceso de autocrítica y autoexigencia, reivindicar el papel del optimismo....

Mike Campbell was the lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the band’s inception in 1976 to Petty’s tragic death in 2017. His iconic, melodic playing helped form the foundation of the band’s sound, as heard on definitive classics like “American Girl,” “Breakdown,” “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” “Learning to Fly” and “Into the Great Wide Open.”

Samantha Bee wants to talk about menopause. Okay, she actually doesn’t want to, but she must. Half of the world’s population will spend one third of their lives in it, yet it’s been completely shrouded in secrecy—until now. The Emmy Award-winning host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee shares everything she has learned in her new one-woman show, How to Survive Menopause. Because everyone needs that one best friend who will keep it real for them—like, really real.

Yasmin’s career is finally taking off. After years of fighting for visibility in the theater, the British-Pakistani actress lands the eponymous role of Mrs. Bibi—the ultimate aunty-ji—in a hit primetime sitcom. Her newfound success means a steady paycheck, the possibility of owning her own home, and a carefree fling with a charming young assistant director. But when her estranged sister arrives with news of their mother, Yasmin's hard-won stability is shaken to its core.

Bestselling authors Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour tell the no-holds-barred history of the iconic music festival. Through hundreds of new interviews with artists, tour founders, festival organizers, promoters, publicists, sideshow freaks, stage crews, record label execs, reporters, roadies and more, Lollapalooza chronicles the tour’s pioneering 1991-1997 run, and, in the process, alternative rock’s rise–as well as the reverberations that led to a massive shift in the music industry and the culture at large.

As the guitarist and primary songwriter of Exodus and one of the originators of heavy metal, Gary Holt watched as his peers—Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax—soared to superstardom. As his fellow artists amassed millions of fans and record sales, Exodus' albums received critical recognition and inspired generations of listeners—but struggled to reach the same heights of success, as the band was plagued by years of bad management, bad luck, and bad decisions. A Fabulous Disaster follows our narrator through the highest of highs and lowest of lows.

You can learn to play music, no matter what you've been told about your musical talent or aptitude. With the right instruction and methods, learning to play music can be an endless source of joy and fulfillment. And learning to play music isn't just fun, it's also the ideal brain fitness activity. Dr. Turknett, a neurologist, self-taught multi-instrumentalist, and the founder of Brainjo and the Brainjo Method of instruction, distills the principles of learning to play music down into a set of universal "laws" that can be applied to any instrument.

Ever thought about all the incredible stories hiding in your favorite tracks? Chasing the Sound is the new Audible series from writer, actor and prolific question-asker Kirk Flash, who’s taking listeners all around the globe on a mission to uncover the secrets, misconceptions, and debates buried in some of the world's most iconic music genres.

Jean Strouse's Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers looks at twelve portraits of one English family painted by the expatriate American artist at the height of his career—and at the intersections of all these lives with the sparkle and strife of the Edwardian age.

From prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a compelling new portrait of America’s first great collector of modern art, Albert Coombs Barnes. Raised in a Philadelphia slum shortly after the Civil War, Barnes rose to earn a medical degree and then made a fortune from a pioneering antiseptic treatment for newborns. Never losing sight of the working-class neighbors of his youth, Barnes became a ruthless advocate for their rights and needs.

Philip Norman’s biography of the Beatles is the definitive work on the world's most influential band—a beautifully written account of their lives, their music, and their times. Now brought completely up to date, this epic tale charts the rise of four scruffy Liverpool lads from their wild, often comical early days to the astonishing heights of Beatlemania, from the chaos of Apple and the collapse of hippy idealism to the band's acrimonious split.

What is art? A mere imitation of life or something far greater—an act of creation that reveals the soul of the universe? Ralph Waldo Emerson, the philosopher-poet of American transcendentalism, elevates art beyond the canvas, beyond words, beyond form itself. In this essay, he explores the divine spark within creativity, arguing that true art is not bound by technique or tradition but flows from the spirit of the artist, a force both mysterious and essential.

At twenty-five years old, Michael Stewart was a young Black aspiring artist, deejay, and model, looking to make a name for himself in the vibrant downtown art scene of the early 1980’s New York City. On September 15, 1983, he was brutally beaten by New York City Transit Authority police for allegedly tagging a 14th Street subway station wall. Witnesses reported officers beating him with Billy clubs and choking him with a nightstick. Stewart arrived at Bellevue Hospital hog-tied with no heartbeat and died after thirteen days in a coma.

From pro wrestling and Pokémon to Vince McMahon and Jerry Springer, this look at the low culture of the late '90s reveals its profound impact and how it continues to affect our culture and society today.

A obra explora estudos pouco conhecidos pelos brasileiros e torna oportuno aos músicos e admiradores uma interpenetração no universo villalobiano. Essa composição dialoga com várias obras de Villa-Lobos; e em seu diapasão há importantes relações com destacadas referências musicais, culturais e literárias da Europa e da América. No audiolivro, o musicólogo realiza pesquisas quantitativas e qualitativas inéditas no Brasil...

A passionate celebration of cinema's most perfect predator. Funny, insightful, and unapologetically obsessive, "That Lovely Lovely Shark Movie" takes you on a scene-by-scene journey through one of the most influential films ever made. This isn't your typical analysis – it's a love letter written by someone who would marry Jaws if it were human. From the haunting two-note theme to the triumphant final explosion, this book explores the countless "quiet moments" that make Spielberg's masterpiece endure fifty years later. Discover how a mechanical shark that barely worked created cinematic ...

From award-winning actress, audiobook narrator, and performance coach Marni Penning comes a powerful new tool for calming anxiety and nerves for actors and presenters! The Penning Method for the Panicked Actor™ introduces performers of all disciplines—whether stage, television, film, public speaking, or musical—to 10 simple markings that can help you analyze your script in record time so you can relax and play in your auditions.

Unlock the mysteries and mastery of one of history's most enduring communication methods with "Masters of Morse." Dive deep into the fascinating world of Morse code and amateur radio, tracing the journey from Samuel Morse's groundbreaking invention to the resounding dots and dashes of today. Discover the vibrant amateur radio community that blossomed alongside the rise of this innovative technology in the early 20th century, where operators became pioneers. Meet the legendary figures who shaped the airwaves, such as Hiram Percy Maxim and Irving Vermilya, whose contributions set the stage ...

Does the thought of going ‘bigger’ or ‘harder’ wear you out? Do you crave a simpler life, one that is filled with joy and fun instead of merely hustling to pay the bills and doing the laundry on your day off? Stop waiting for permission to enjoy yourself. Welcome to your epic small life, where you get to choose. You get to choose exactly how you’d like it to be, from the big picture right down to the tiniest and most delicious details.

Unlock the timeless language of dots and dashes with "Mastering Morse," your ultimate guide to the world of Morse Code. Whether you're a complete novice or an experienced operator looking to refine your skills, this book takes you on a comprehensive journey through the fascinating universe of Morse communication. Start by delving into its rich history, exploring how Morse Code has influenced pivotal moments in time. From its invention to its role in modern communication, discover why this code has stood the test of time. Learn the fundamentals with ease, from decoding symbols to mastering ...

Unlock the secrets of one of the most enduring forms of communication with "Breaking Through Noise." Dive into the captivating world of Morse code, where dots and dashes have transcended time to remain vital in our modern digital landscape. This comprehensive guide will take you from the origins of Morse code to its pivotal role in today's communication networks. Begin your journey with an exploration of Morse code's history and basic transmission techniques, establishing a strong foundation for deeper understanding. Learn how Morse code shaped key historical events and discover the types ...

Unlock the captivating world of Morse code with "Head Copying Morse Code," a comprehensive guide designed to transform how you listen and decode the rhythmic dance of dots and dashes. Whether you're a novice eager to delve into the fascinating history of Morse code or a seasoned enthusiast looking to refine your skills, this eBook offers an immersive journey into the art of head copying. In this book, learn how to set the stage for success by preparing your mindset, creating an optimal listening environment, and gathering essential tools. From the basics of Morse code to complex auditory ...

Imagine confidently playing your favorite songs, performing at church, or expanding your musical skills—all without frustration. 58 percent of people regret not learning an instrument, often citing lack of time and difficulty reading music. Don’t be one of them!

Pela primeira vez, uma biografia resgata a história do artista por meio de depoimentos, pesquisas em jornais e testemunhos inéditos do próprio autor, em uma narrativa das melhores vozes da cultura pernambucana. O jornalista paraibano José Teles conviveu com Chico Science, como também testemunhou os bastidores de suas criações mais importantes. Em Criança de Domingo, Teles se embrenha no mangue, para revirar a memória de dezenas de amigos, parentes, colegas de trabalho, trazendo à luz a semente do manguebeat, sua geração cheia de gigabytes de informação e criatividade, carregada de lama e caos.

Partiendo de conceptos básicos (¿qué es una escena?, ¿qué es una secuencia?, ¿cómo lograr el clímax de un acto?, ¿cómo lograr el clímax de una película?) McKee muestra el misterio de las estructuras, explica las características de cada género, define la importancia de la ambientación, la diferencia entre la caracterización y la realidad de un personaje, en suma, todo aquello que hace que un guión destaque por encima de los demás.

Alright, let’s start with a big question: when was the last time you really let loose in the comfort of your own home? I’m talking about throwing off the layers, turning off your phone, and actually relaxing—not just lying there scrolling through your feed while pretending to unwind. Now, imagine doing all that while naked. Yep, I said it. Naked. What if I told you that the ultimate way to relax with your partner, build intimacy, and break away from the stresses of daily life could be as simple as enjoying a movie night—while in the buff? No clothes. No distractions. Just you, your ...