Entretenimiento y Celebridades

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.

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.

“APÁTICO O APASIONADO” no es solo un libro, es una decisión que marcará la diferencia entre vivir una vida sin dirección o abrazar una existencia plena y llena de propósito. ¿Te has preguntado por qué algunas personas avanzan con determinación mientras otras simplemente se dejan llevar por la rutina? Este libro te muestra la diferencia crucial entre vivir en la apatía o con pasión, y cómo tomar las riendas de tu vida para caminar en la dirección correcta. Con el revolucionario enfoque del Coaching MÉTODOCC, Héctor Teme te invita a reflexionar profundamente y a responder ...

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.

Riqueza 360 es una filosofía, un estilo de vida que revolucionará tu perspectiva sobre los conceptos más básicos e importantes de la vida, como la salud, el dinero, la paz mental, la felicidad y el éxito. Todo esto tiene el propósito de entender genuinamente lo que es la riqueza y, entonces sí, ser verdaderamente libre.

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.

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.

Hui de un crimen involuntario. Hui de los hombres que no me quisieron. Hui de una guerra. Esta es mi historia, entre España y Orán, junto al Mediterráneo. Orán. Años 20, siglo xx. En esta ciudad africana de origen árabe, pulso español y administración francesa desembarca una joven con el falso nombre de Cecilia Belmonte. En apariencia, ha cruzado el Mediterráneo para escapar de la miseria, como tantos compatriotas. Su razón, sin embargo, es más turbia. La urgencia por sobrevivir la obliga a dejarse la piel en plantaciones y lavaderos, como empleada doméstica y operaria de fábrica a destajo.

Joey Lynch, el segundo hijo de un matrimonio roto, lleva toda la vida recogiendo los pedazos de una familia en descomposición. Cuando su hermano mayor, Darren, abandona la ciudad, Joey se ve obligado con tan solo doce años a asumir el papel de protector de su madre y sus hermanos pequeños. Atormentado por el odio que siente hacia sí mismo y furioso con el mundo, afronta la vida adolescente y el inquebrantable sentido del deber que le profesa a su familia mientras avanza peligrosamente hacia una vida de adicción que amenaza con engullirlo por completo.

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.

¿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.

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.

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.

Luka recurre a la música para comprender sus pensamientos. Nora la utiliza para huir de ellos. Ambos están decididos a ignorar lo que ocurrió entre ellos aquella noche. Mientras Luka trata de reconducir su vida, ahora que ha salido de ese agujero que lo consumió el año pasado, Nora sigue con lo que mejor se le da: mentir. Ha hecho creer a sus padres que tiene un trabajo, un novio y una vida perfectos, como su excelentísima hermana Margot. Cuando, por caprichos del destino, Nora y Luka se ven obligados a convivir, el pasado sigue haciendo mella en ellos.

Amoral, inmisericorde, despiadada y, sobre todo, muy instructiva, esta incisiva obra concentra tres mil años de historia del poder en cuarenta y ocho leyes claras y concisas. Robert Greene detalla las leyes del poder en su esencia más cruda, sintetizando el pensamiento de Maquiavelo, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz y otros grandes teóricos y estrategas.

Gen X icon Ione Skye bares all in an achingly vulnerable coming-of-age memoir about chasing fame, desire, and true love in the shadow of her famous, absent father.

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.”

When Dylan Mulvaney came out as a woman online, she was a viral sensation almost overnight, emerging as a trailblazing voice on social media. Dylan’s personal coming-out story blossomed into a platform for advocacy and empowerment for trans people all over the world. Through her “Days of Girlhood” series, she connected with followers by exploring what it means to be a girl, from experimenting with makeup to story times to spilling the tea about laser hair removal, while never shying away from discussing the transphobia she faced online.

Peter Wolf grew up in the Bronx, a child of “fellow travelers” whose artistic inclinations influenced both his love of music and his initial desire to become a painter. Stories of his loving and sometimes eccentric parents complement scenes depicting a very young Bob Dylan as he arrived on the Greenwich Village folk scene. Reflections on Wolf’s studies in Boston—where he shared an apartment with David Lynch—are braided with accounts of first love, an untraditional literary education, and early musical influences such as Muddy Waters.

Saraya-Jade Bevis, formerly WWE’s Paige, is one of the biggest names in the wrestling world. She is the youngest two-time WWE Divas Champion and was inaugural NXT’s Women Champion. She ranked first in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Female 50 and was named Diva of the Year by Rolling Stone in 2014. She was also the subject of the critically and commercially successful 2019 film Fighting with My Family, produced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and starring Florence Pugh. But before ascending to wrestling superstardom, she was just Saraya. Hell in Boots is Saraya’s real, uncensored, story.

When Tiger Woods went on an extraordinary majors run between 1999 and 2008, one man stood at his side: his caddie Steve Williams. Together Steve and Tiger dominated the PGA Tour and won an astonishing 13 major championships, their sights set on breaking Jack Nicklaus’s record 18 majors. Before they could overtake Nicklaus, however, their partnership ended abruptly, and a 12-year period without talking began. Years later, the two reconnected. Together We Roared offers an inside look at what it is like to ride alongside greatness.

When Phil Hanley was in first grade, he realized something that would forever set him apart from his peers: he couldn’t read. His teachers were ill-equipped to assist him, and he slipped through the school’s cracks, year by year falling further and further behind his friends. Finally, he was diagnosed with dyslexia, a learning disability that would shape the rest of his life. Unable to pursue college or a traditional job, Phil was thrust into a life defined by unconventional twists. Eventually, he found himself on a stage with a microphone, a spotlight, and five minutes of jokes.

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.

In 1988, a band of University of Wisconsin–Madison undergrads and dropouts began publishing a free weekly newspaper with no editorial stance other than “You Are Dumb.” Just wanting to make a few bucks, they wound up becoming the bedrock of modern satire over the course of twenty years, changing the way we consume both our comedy and our news. The Onion served as a hilarious and brutally perceptive satire of the absurdity and horrors of late twentieth-century American life and grew into a global phenomenon.

A funny and heartfelt essay collection about working in Hollywood, starting over, defining your identity, and the relatable messiness that ensues from unforeseen circumstances.

At the ripe age of three, Mike Drucker got his very first Nintendo console—the Nintendo Entertainment System—and he was hooked. Every video game felt like a new chapter was opening in his life, expanding his world for the better and—sometimes—for worse. In this fond and joyful memoir, Drucker combines ridiculous personal stories and fascinating gaming history to explore the poignant ways that electronic entertainment can save us from ourselves. Good Game, No Rematch is a love letter to video games and the people who play them, from a very nerdy voice in the world of comedy.

Merle Oberon made history when she was announced as a nominee for the Best Actress Oscar in 1936. Her nomination marked the first time the Academy recognized a performer of color. Oberon, born to a South Asian mother and white father, broke through a racial barrier—but no one knew it. Oberon was "passing" for white. In the first biography of Oberon in more than forty years, Mayukh Sen draws on family interviews and untapped archival material to capture the life of an oft-forgotten talent.

Yoko’s life, independent of Lennon, was an amazing journey. Yoko spans from her birth to wealthy parents in pre-war Tokyo, her harrowing experience as a child during the war, her arrival in avant-garde art scene in London, Tokyo, and New York City. It delves into her groundbreaking art, music, feminism, and activism. We see how she coped under the most intense, relentless, and cynical microscope as she was falsely vilified for the most heinous cultural crime imaginable: breaking up the greatest rock-and-roll band in history.

Once the sought-after video girl, this sexy siren has helped multi-platinum artists, such as Jay-Z, R. Kelly and LL Cool J, sell millions of albums with her sensual dancing. In a word, Karrine was H-O-T. So hot that she made as much as $2500 a day in videos and was selected by well-known film director F. Gary Gray to co-star in his film, A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel. But the film and music video sets, swanky Hollywood and New York restaurants and trysts with the celebrities featured in the pages of People and In Touch magazines only touches the surface of Karrine Steffans' life.

You’re falling through time so all I can do is fall with you. The numbness had set in long before I sat at your bedside. But even with senses impaired as the flight touches down at Belfast City I can somehow still feel the screeching of wheels on tarmac scorching something deep into me. So begins Gary Lightbody's phenomenal companion book to the latest, Snow Patrol’s number one album of the same name. While you don’t have to read it to understand the album, you may want to give the album a wee listen for some parts of the book to make sense.

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.

At the pinnacle of motorsports, a humble young man from Stevenage, England, has risen to become the greatest Formula One driver of all time. Lewis Hamilton’s journey from remote-controlled car hobbyist to seven-time world champion, knight of the realm, and global superstar is the stuff of sporting legend. This authoritative biography follows Hamilton’s path from his early days karting on local tracks to the glitz and pressure of the Formula One circuit.

Judy Faulkner is an American entrepreneur, computer scientist, and the founder and CEO of Epic Systems, one of the world’s leading healthcare software companies. Born in 1943, she revolutionized electronic medical records (EMR) by developing a digital system that enables hospitals and healthcare providers to manage patient data efficiently and securely. Since founding Epic in 1979, she has built it into a privately held billion-dollar company that serves over 300 million patients worldwide. Known for her long-term vision and ethical leadership, she has kept Epic private, prioritizing ...

TOM SELLECK ist ein preisgekrönter Schauspieler, Autor und Produzent, bekannt vor allem für seine ikonische Rolle als Thomas Magnum in der ursprünglichen Fernsehserie Magnum P.I. Zu den vielen unvergesslichen Rollen, die er gespielt hat, gehören Lance White in Detektiv Rockford, Peter Mitchell in Noch drei Männer, noch ein Baby, Matthew Quigley in Quigley der Australier und Peter Malloy in In & Out.

Authors Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key build on the popularity of their 2022 Webby Award-winning podcast and delve deeper into the world of sketch, helped along with new essays created expressly for the book by comedy greats.

Born as a ward of the state of Maine, the child of an unmarried Yankee blueblood mother and an unknown black father, Victoria Rowell beat the odds. The Women Who Raised Me is the remarkable story of her rise out of the foster care system to attain the American Dream—and of the unlikely series of women who lifted, motivated, and inspired her along the way.

Matthew Perry was a man who brought joy to millions while quietly enduring unimaginable pain. To the world, he was the quick-witted Chandler Bing, whose one-liners became iconic in television history. But behind the laughs and the charm was a man waging a relentless battle against addiction, self-doubt, and the weight of fame. Matthew Perry: The Tragic Final Act presents a deeply moving exploration of his life—a story of triumph, vulnerability, betrayal, and the legacy he left behind.

When he was a child, James Middleton wanted nothing more than a dog of his own. Struggling to connect in the classroom, James would often take off in pursuit of nature and animals—exploring the Berkshire countryside, tinkering with rusty farm machinery, caring for injured creatures, and losing himself for hours to the outdoors. Then, finally, his pleas for a dog (made via handwritten letters to his parents) were answered.

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...

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