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Carta encíclica sobre el cambio climático y la desigualdad: Laudato Si' : sobre el cuidado de la casa común
Par Papa Francisco, Papa Papa Francisco, Catholic Church. 2015
In his role as the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis offers his views on climate change, human stewardship…
of the environment, and social responsibility, including the need to curb the destructive tendencies of consumerism. Spanish language. 2005
Manos prodigiosas: la historia de Ben Carson
Par Ben Carson. 2009
El neurocirujano prominente habla de su juventud en Detroit--detallando cómo su madre lo crió y la fe que lo ayudó…
a superar un temperamento violento para convertirse en una fuerza de guía en su vida. Narra su carrera médica, incluyendo la separación de gemelos siameses y su ascenso a la posición de director de cirugía pediátrica en la escuela de medicina de Johns Hopkins
Steve Jobs: la biografía
Par Walter Isaacson. 2011
Biografía del empresario Steve Jobs (1955-2011). Explora su infancia y educación; sus puestos de trabajo de nivel de entrada en…
Silicon Valley, California; su papel como cofundador de Apple computer en el garaje de sus padres en 1976; y su liderazgo en la vanguardia del iPod, iPhone, y el iPad. Analiza las relaciones personales y profesionales de Jobs y su diagnóstico de cáncer en 2003. Lenguage injurioso
En busca de Klingsor: Novela (Esenciales)
Par Jorge Volpi, Jorge Volpi Escalante. 2008
El matemático Gustav Links relata la historia del teniente Francis P. Bacon, enviado por los aliados en los tribunales de…
Nuremberg para encontrar y llevar a la justicia a Klingsor, un científico atómico nazi. Con su conocimiento de la matemática y la física, Bacon tiene que encontrar el paradero del misterioso Klingsor con poca información
Gabby: una historia de valor y esperanza
Par Jeffrey Zaslow, Mark Kelly, Gabrielle Giffords, Gabrielle D Giffords. 2012
Arizona congresswoman Giffords and her husband, astronaut Kelly, describe their lives before and after the near-fatal shooting of Giffords in…
January 2011. They discuss their anguish over the other victims, Kelly's support during Giffords's recovery, and Giffords's determination to return to work. Some violence and some strong language. Some violence, some strong language. Bestseller. 2011
Galileo (Grandes biografías Series)
Par Sara Martínez Cuadrado, Sara Cuadrado. 2003
Traces the life, achievements, and experiences of the Renaissance scientist and freethinker Galileo (1564-1642). Describes his invention of the telescope,…
his scientific discoveries, and his exercise of intellectual freedom, which eventually led to his arrest by the Inquisition. Spanish language. 2003
Isaac Newton: el misántropo genial (Grandes biografías Series #1)
Par Alicia Noemí Perris, Alicia Perris Villamor. 2005
Biography of the famous English scientist best known for his theory of gravitation. Pointing out that Newton's work is the…
basis of modern science, the author describes Newton's personal life and times and chronicles Newton's many contributions in the fields of mathematics, physics, optics, and astronomy. Spanish language. 2004
Pitágoras: con los Versos Áureos (Grandes biografías Series #1)
Par Patricia Caniff. 2002
Biografía del filósofo griego mejor conocido por su teorema geométrico. Nacido en 570 a.C., Pitágoras exhibe una curiosidad insaciable y…
emprende un viaje por todo el mundo de la antigüedad en busca de los tesoros del conocimiento. Treinta y cinco años más tarde regresa a su país para poner en prática sus teorías matemáticas y sus doctrinas filosóficas que dan estructura al mundo natural y a la vida diaria
Charles Darwin (Grandes biografías Series #1)
Par José Luis Martínez Sanz, Ana María González Martín. 2005
Biografía del famoso naturalista británico del siglo XIX. En 1831 Darwin participa en un viaje de exploración científica de cinco…
años a bordo del bergantín Beagle. Como resultado de sus investigaciones, fomenta su famosa teoría de la evolución con la publicación del Origen de las Especies en 1859, la cual todavía produce controversías y divisiones en las comunidades científicas y religiosas de hoy
Extraterrestre: la humanidad ante el primer signo de vida inteligente más allá de la Tierra
Par Abraham Loeb. 2021
Harvard astronomer presents controversial theory regarding possible evidence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. Describes the 2017 discovery of…
an object flying through our inner solar system, but not conforming to any traits of known interstellar and interplanetary objects such as comets or asteroids. Spanish language. 2021
En busca del árbol madre: descubre la sabiduría del bosque
Par S Simard. 2021
Ecologist presents trees as part of the cycle of life and their participation in the social communication network of forests.…
Topics include tree evolution, perception of other trees, announcing warnings and providing defense, and the concept of Mother Trees. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2021
La boca más hambrienta del mar
Par Peter Walters. 2015
A rhythmic story that explores the food chain in the South Sea. Who will be at the top? The swarms…
of krill? Or maybe the barracuda? Or will it be the big shark? Includes activities for children. For preschool-grade 2. Spanish language. 2015
Vuelos vespertinos (Colección Argumentos (Editorial Anagrama) #564)
Par Helen Macdonald. 2021
"In Vesper Flights Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics…
ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing songbirds from the Empire State Building as they migrate through the Tribute of Light, watching tens of thousands of cranes in Hungary, seeking the last golden orioles in Suffolk's poplar forests. She writes with heart-tugging clarity about wild boar, swifts, mushroom hunting, migraines, the strangeness of birds' nests, and the unexpected guidance and comfort we find when watching wildlife. By one of this century's most important and insightful nature writers, Vesper Flights is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love and loss and how we make sense of the world around us." -- Goodreads
Las guerras globales del agua: privatización y fracking
Par Alfredo Jalife-Rahme. 2021
"Just as the 20th century was the era of the "oil/gas wars" that were part of the superpowers' geostrategic games,…
the 21st century is oriented towards the "global water wars" that have already begun in some areas of the planet, full of sea water and, paradoxically, where most humans are thirsty." -- Translation provided by NLS
H de halcón
Par Helen Macdonald. 2020
"Cambridge lecturer describes the year she spent training a goshawk, a decision she came to after the sudden death of…
her father in 2007. Discusses the field of falconry, which her father avidly practiced, the grieving process, and author T.H. White's book The Goshawk." -- Provided by NLS
Nacida libre: la historia de la leona Elsa (Especiales (Capitán Swing))
Par Joy Adamson. 2019
"The wife of a Kenya game warden recounts the couple's unique relationship with the lioness Elsa. Recalls raising the orphaned…
cub for three years and ingeniously training her to fend for herself. Describes how Elsa recognized her human friends even after she returned to the wild." -- Provided by NLS
Manual de supervivencia: Chernobil, una guía para el futuro
Par Kate Brown. 2020
"Drawing on a decade of archival research and on-the-ground interviews in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus, Kate Brown unveils the full…
breadth of the devastation and the whitewash that followed. Her findings make clear the irreversible impact of man-made radioactivity on every living thing; and hauntingly, they force us to confront the untold legacy of decades of weapons-testing and other nuclear incidents, and the fact that we are emerging into a future for which the survival manual has yet to be written." -- Goodreads
Naturaleza sagrada: cómo podemos recuperar nuestro vínculo con el mundo natural
Par Karen Armstrong. 2022
"Since the beginning of time, humankind has looked upon nature and seen the divine. In the writings of the great…
thinkers across religions, the natural world inspires everything from fear, to awe, to tranquil contemplation; God, or however one defined the sublime, was present in everything. Yet today, even as we admire a tree or take in a striking landscape, we rarely see nature as sacred. In this short but deeply powerful book, the best-selling historian of religion Karen Armstrong re-sacralizes nature for modern times. Drawing on her vast knowledge of the world's religious traditions, she vividly describes nature's central place in spirituality across the centuries. In bringing this age-old wisdom to life, Armstrong shows modern readers how to rediscover nature's potency and form a connection to something greater than ourselves." -- Provided by publisher
Tenía que sobrevivir (I Had to Survive Spanish Edition)
Par Roberto Canessa, Pablo Vierci. 2016
Now available in Spanish. On October 12, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying members of the "Old Christians" rugby…
team--and many of their friends and family members--crashed into the Andes Mountains. I Had to Survive offers a gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that propelled survivor Roberto Canessa to become one of the world's leading pediatric cardiologists.As he tended to his wounded teammates amidst the devastating carnage of the wreck, rugby player Roberto Canessa, a second-year medical student at the time, realized that no one on earth was luckier: he was alive--and for that, he should be eternally grateful. As the starving group struggled beyond the limits of what seemed possible, Canessa played a key role in safeguarding his fellow survivors, eventually trekking with a companion across the hostile mountain range for help. This fine line between life and death became the catalyst for the rest of his life. This uplifting tale of hope and determination, solidarity and ingenuity gives vivid insight into a world famous story. Canessa also draws a unique and fascinating parallel between his work as a doctor performing arduous heart surgeries on infants and unborn babies and the difficult life-changing decisions he was forced to make in the Andes. With grace and humanity, Canessa prompts us to ask ourselves: what do you do when all the odds are stacked against you?
Carta enciclica sobre el cambio climatico y la desigualdad
Par Papa Francisco. 2015
Este es el texto completo de Laudato Si', la carta encíclica histórica del Papa Francisco que, como la revista Time…
ha comentado, ha "conmovido a la comunidad internacional".En la Carta encíclica sobre el cambio climático y la desigualdad, el celebrado Papa exhorta al mundo a que combata la degradación ambiental del medio ambiente y su impacto sobre los pobres. En una llamada inspiradora que no está sólo dirigida a lectores católicos, sino también a una audiencia mucho más amplia, el Papa cita una aplastante evidencia científica, que no deja dudas sobre la existencia del cambio climático y su origen en un nivel histórico de distribución desigual de la riqueza.En breve, como el New York Times lo calificó, es "un llamado urgente a la acción ... para convencer a seguidores en todo el mundo de que modifiquen su conducta, con la esperanza de proteger a un planeta frágil."The complete text of Laudato Si', the landmark encyclical letter from Pope Francis that, as Time magazine reported, "rocked the international community"In the Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality, the beloved Pope exhorts the world to combat environmental degradation and its impact on the poor. In a stirring, clarion call that is not merely aimed at Catholic readers but rather at a wide, lay audience, the Pope cites the overwhelming scientific evidence of climate change, and does not hesitate to detail how it is the result of a historic level of unequal distribution of wealth.It is, in short, as the New York Times labeled it, "An urgent call to action . . . intended to persuade followers around the world to change their behavior, in hopes of protecting a fragile planet."