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Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia George Orwell [Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Span… OL1168169W
Marilyn Marilyn Ulises Páramo The book investigates the circumstances of Marilyn Monroe's death. OL13715697W
Who was Rosa Parks? Who was Rosa Parks? Stephen Marchesi,Yona Zeldis McDonough In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "… OL15068519W
Vivos bajo tierra Vivos bajo tierra Manuel Pino Toro "The story of the thirty-three trapped miners in the San Jose mine in the middle of the Chilean desert is an epic in the classic sense, filled with real heroes, blessings from God, and the curse of m… OL15932682W
Lo que no digo cantando Lo que no digo cantando Ricardo Montaner The singer/songwriter, born in Argentina but raised in Venezuela, offers an intimate look at his life and the role that his Christian faith has played, from an incident as a young boy in Montevideo t… OL16302739W
The Innovators The Innovators Walter Isaacson Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard histo… OL17074268W
La Reina La Reina Pilar Urbano Este libro nace del deseo de la Reina de España: Quiero que los españoles me conozcan. A esa tarea se aplicó Pilar Urbano a partir de una serie de entrevistas que mantuvo con Su Majestad Doña Sofía a… OL17626780W
El descubridor del oro de Troya El descubridor del oro de Troya Estanislao C. Stanislawski,Silvia M. Stanislawski Una selección de la obra de Heinrich Schliemann, así como pasajes de su vida. OL17728052W
Jorge Bergoglio Francisco Jorge Bergoglio Francisco Andrea Tornielli "Desde el primer momento como Papa electo, u obispo de Roma, apelativo que el mismo prefiere, el hasta hace poco cardenal Jorge Mario Bergoglio dio senales claras el mundo de los cambios que traera s… OL17891587W
El mundo amarillo El mundo amarillo Albert Espinosa El mundo amarillo es un mundo fantástico que quiero compartir contigo. Es el mundo de los descubrimientos que hice durante los diez años que estuve enfermo de cáncer. Es curioso, pero la fuerza, la v… OL17914496W
Buscando mi estrella Buscando mi estrella Maruchi Mendez The mother of college baseball star Ramiro "Toti" Mendez tells the story of his life, from his illegal adoption in Spain through his death of an undiagnosed heart condition, and highlights the danger… OL18154254W
Las mamis Las mamis Esmeralda Santiago,Nina Torres-Vidal An anthology of writings by distinguished Latino authors tackles the thorny issue of motherhood, with fourteen writers remembering their own mothers. OL19811837W
Mitologías Mitologías Manuel Vicent Readers that venture into the portrait gallery that is this work, will face a series of fascinating, exceptional, and compelling yet real-life characters. Vicent traverses from the glamour of Andy Wa… OL19959102W
El nazi y el psiquiatra El nazi y el psiquiatra Jack El-Hai Ace reportage on the unique relationship between a prison physician and one of the Third Reich's highest ranking officials. OL19989154W
Perdón Perdón Chiquis Rivera "A singer and the daughter of the late music superstar Jenni Rivera, ... Chiquis ... reveals the abuse she suffered at the hands of her father during her childhood and the difficulties she's faced in… OL20003346W
¿Quién fue Paul Revere? ¿Quién fue Paul Revere? Roberta Edwards Una biografía del patriota de la revolución que tuvo varios oficios, entre ellos la orfebrería, la producción de cobre, fundición de campanas, el grabado, y la odontología. A biography of the patrio… OL20029736W
Katy Perry Katy Perry Lucas Diver It may come as a surprise that with all the talent and personality, Katy Perry had quite the difficult time getting a record deal. Learn about this and more with Perry's introductory biography. OL20047252W
La pasarela de mi vida La pasarela de mi vida Jacqueline Bracamontes 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 23 cm OL20057507W
Oaxaca de mis amores Oaxaca de mis amores Guadalupe Loaeza "Oaxaca es uno de los estados de mayor tradición en México. Fascinada por sus colores, sus sabores, sus tradiciones y su gente, Guadalupe Loaeza, con su pluma ágil, amena y fresca, nos revela este má… OL20059575W
Verdugos Verdugos Ana Lilia Pérez "Pérez tackles a crucial topic to understand the climate of uncertainty and vulnerability that oppresses Mexican society: the behavior of the army during the past few years. The author examines in de… OL20059580W
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