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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to distance himself from the fallout of a libel conviction, journalist Mikael Blomkvist retreats to a remote island in Sweden's far north where the unsolved murder of a young girl still haunts her industrialist uncle forty years later. Ensconced in a cottage on the island where the killer may still roam, Blomkvist's investigation draws him into the secrets and lies of the rich and powerful, and throws him together with one unlikely ally: tattooed,...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1930's in war-torn China and inspired by true events. George Hogg is a young Englishman who leads sixty orphaned boys on an extraordinary journey of almost a thousand miles across the snow-bound Liu Pan Shan mountains to safety on the edge of the Mongolian desert. During his journey, George learns to rely on the support of Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group who becomes his closest friend. He soon finds himself falling in love...
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
1. edición Rayo.
Language
Español
Description
After exploring the Latin American immigrant experience in "The Other Face of America," Ramos now explores his own immigrant experience via the passion that brought him to the United States: journalism. In the end, Ramos is able to show his adirers that going home is not a place, but a state of mind built through one's own extraordinary life experiene. 16-page photo insert.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
1. edición.
Language
Español
Description
If and when Lisbeth Salander recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge--against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Sidney Young is a gate-crashing British journalist who loves exposing the shallowness of the celebrity world, yet desperately wants to join it. Accepting an offer to write for renowned magazine editor Clayton Harding, Sidney finally gets to rub elbows with A-list celebrities, only to rub them in the wrong way. His fellow writer, Alison, is powerless to stop Sidney when he sets his lustful sites on beautiful starlet Sophie. When Sophie's publicist...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Primera edición en rústica de Atria Español.
Language
Español
Description
Las memorias inspiradoras, pertinentes y provocadoras de Ilia Calderón--la primera presentadora afrolatina en un noticiario hispano de preeminencia en los Estados Unidos--acerca de seguir sus sueños, superar prejuicios y acoger su identidad. De niña, Ilia Calderón se sentía como una típica niña colombiana. En el Chocó, la provincia afrolatina donde se crio, tu piel podría ser de cualquier tono y aún serías considerado familia....
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Vacationing journalists try to track down a missing war criminal in one of Eastern Europe's deadliest regions. What begins as an impulsive reporting adventure immediately turns dangerous, as hostile locals, shady underworld figures and a case of mistaken identity put them squarely in their target's crosshairs. Amid the bullets and bombs, they discover that getting the scoop is one thing-- getting out alive is something else entirely. Inspired by true...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edición Vintage Español.
Language
Español
Description
"Cargada de motivación y su característica energía, María Antonieta Collins, una de las corresponsales de noticias más reconocidas de Latinoamérica, comparte la historia de su increíble transformación física y mental, los secretos que la llevaron a perder peso y el viaje en el que se embarcó para encontrar el autoestima, salud y felicidad que cambiaron su vida. María Antonieta Collins perdió seis tallas y más de 40 kilos...
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Join Mary and the rest of the crew from the WJM-TV newsroom for another season of the classic sitcom. This time around Mary deals with more adventures, both in the newsroom and with her romantic life. Season 5 features: Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?, The Outsider; Not a Christmas Story, An Affair to Forget, What Are Friends For?, The System, Phyllis Whips Inflation, The Shame of the Cities, Marriage Minneapolis Style; and more.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
Natural de Filipinas, Vargas fue llevado ilegalmente a los Estados Unidos cuando tenía 12 años. Durante más de dos décadas, vivió oculto de todos, logrando escribir para algunos de las publicaciones más prestigiosas de EE. UU., como The Washington Post y The New Yorker. Pero en 2011, Vargas reveló públicamente su estatus de indocumentado, arriesgando su carrera y seguridad personal. Desde entonces, Vargas ha cuestionado la que significa...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Martin Hunter is a high profile lawyer who has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist C.J. Nicholas begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney's perfect record is up for scrutiny. Commencing a risky game of cat and mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to catch the...
Author
Pub. Date
agosto 2019.
Edition
Primera edición Vintage Español.
Language
Español
Description
"Un viaje al corazón de la Cuba contemporánea que convoca a los fantasmas del oscuro pasado revolucionario de la isla. Por escribir un poema a los dieciocho años en Cuba, Néstor Díaz de Villegas fue acusado por la Seguridad del Estado de ser un "diversionista ideológico" y condenado a seis años en un campo de trabajos forzados, de donde saldrá en 1979 rumbo a Miami. Treinta y siete años después, el autor regresa a la isla con la...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"In this personal manifesto, Ramos sets out to examine what it means to be a Latino immigrant, or just an immigrant, in present-day America. Using current research and statistics, with a journalist's nose for a story, and interweaving his own personal experience, Ramos shows us the changing face of America while also trying to find an explanation for why he, and millions of others, still feel like strangers in this country"--Back cover of English-language...
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