"Moscow, 1930s. The lives of the hero of the story, his mother, grandmother and younger brother were overturned by the arrest of the father. Now the mother is going to be expelled from the [political] party, the house is being monitored, poverty and hatred of neighbors have fallen upon the family. The courtyard has turned into a dangerous place, and the most painful test is the unknown. Father's paintings and favorite books, the brother's inventions...

"¿Cuáles son las técnicas empleadas por los mejores para persuadir? ¿Qué elementos de la comunicación hacen que se conquiste a una audiencia? ¿Cuáles son los momentos fundamentales en cualquier argumentación? Robert Cialdini nos revela las estrategias de persuasion más efectivas, partiendo de la base de que las personas más persuasivas no lo son solo por lo que dicen, sino sobre todo por lo que hacen en los momentos previos al mensaje,...

Publisher Annotation: In this book doctor Hawkins describes the Scale of Consciousness and the transit from the lower mind, primitive and egotistic, to the higher mind, more open and altruistic. In the highest part of the scale we go from reason to love, a change that many seekers can acknowledge nowadays. A treasure of wisdom. USA, 392pp. En este libro el Doctor Hawkins nos lleva a recorrer los estados de conciencia asociados con las emociones que...

From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity's quintessential-and often overlooked-role in the spiritual life. Written over thirty years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura's broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of "making." What he does in the studio, he asserts, is theological work as much as it is aesthetic work. In between pouring precious, pulverized minerals onto handmade...

This award-winning novel is at once a recasting of the story of the Holy Family, an ode to Arab Jerusalem, and a call for liberation, not just of a nation but for the individual women and men who inhabit it. After abandoning his beloved Mariam when she becomes pregnant, and escaping her brothers' bullets, Ibrahim abandons his own ideals and dreams of becoming a novelist, opting instead to follow his father's wishes and seek wealth and commercial success...

For beginners and intermediate students.

"Entra en el juzgado mientras un miembro del jurado conduce a un grupo claramente dividido hacia encontrar un consenso. Únete a un joven oficial de la CIA mientras recluta a un agente extranjero renuente. Y siéntate con un cirujano consumado mientras intenta convencer a otro paciente de cáncer de que elija un tratamiento menos riesgoso, y fracasa. En Supercomunicadores, Charles Duhigg mezcla investigaciones profundas con sus conocidas habilidades...

"¡Ruge!, porque al destino, más que esperarlo, hay que provocarlo. ¡Ruge! es un llamado que habita en tu interior, un estruendo capaz de derribar cualquier obstáculo en el camino hacia tus sueños, pero que por años ha sido silenciado por las dudas, los miedos y los prejuicios. En estas páginas, Daniel Habif vuelve a elevar su inspiradora y estimulante voz para compartirte aprendizajes profundos y aplicables que te permitirán comprender...