Daily Archives: 11 April, 2012

Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World – $325

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

Addressing the pervasive longing for meaning and fulfillment in this time of crisis, Nature and the Human Soul introduces a visionary ecopsychology of human development that reveals how fully and creatively we can mature when soul and wild nature guide us. Depth psychologist and wilderness guide Bill Plotkin presents a model for a human life span rooted in the cycles and qualities of the natural world, a blueprint for individual development that ultimately yields a strategy for cultural transformation. With evocative language […]

Categories: Actualidad, Ecología, Ensayo, Espiritualidad, Nature • Tags: Bill Plotkin, Community, compassion, cooperation, Crisis, ecopsychology, Humanity, Naturaleza, nature, New World Library, sustainability, Wholeness

The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science – $285

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science. When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery—astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical—swiftly follow in Richard […]

Categories: Ciencia, Historia • Tags: ciencia, Descubrimientos, Historia, NY Times Best book of the year, Richard Holmes, Romanticismo, Scientific revolution, Siglo XVIII, Vintage

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Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel – $265

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • San Francisco Chronicle • The Seattle Times • NPR • In the near future, America is crushed by a financial crisis and our patient Chinese creditors may just be ready to foreclose on the whole mess. Then Lenny Abramov, son of an Russian immigrant janitor and ardent fan of “printed, bound media artifacts” (aka books), meets Eunice Park, an impossibly cute Korean American […]

Categories: Novela Ficción • Tags: Books, Gary Shteyngart, Media, Novel, satire

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The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals – $275

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain us–whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed–he develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound […]

Categories: Actualidad, Cultura, Ecología, Gastronomía • Tags: Comida, Ecología, Food, Food choices, Health, Michael Pollan, Salud

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Cuentos Rusos – $260

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

Este volumen contiene relatos de Tolstói, Chéjov, Pushkin, Gógol y Gorki, formando una antología que ayudará a iniciarse en la obra de los más selectos autores de la literatura rusa del siglo XIX. Esta selección, al mismo tiempo, hará las delicias de cualquier lector, que encontrará en ella la espiritualidad de Tolstói, el humor de Chéjov, la ironía de Gógol y la sabiduría de Gorki

Categories: Clásicos, Cuentos • Tags: Clásicos, Cuetnos Rusos, Gadir, Rusia, Rusos

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Feet of the Chameleon: The Story of African Football – $275

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

Ever wondered what makes African football tick? Ian Hawkey gives us an idea with this well written, wonderful insight into a continent brimming with footballing enthusiasm. The chapters in Feet of the Chameleon deal with a number of issues, including the Maghrebin players who gravitated to France, a comparison of Liberia & DR Congo and the great players that emerged from the continent: George Weah, Didier Drogba and Michael Essien; but also the likes of Sam “Baboon Shepherd” Shabangu. The book is not […]

Categories: Deportes, Historia, Soccer • Tags: Africa, Didier Drogba, Fifa, Futbol, George Weah, Ian Hawkey, Michael Essien, Portico, Soccer

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The Nazis: A Warning from History – $250

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

A new edition of the lavishly illustrated companion to the BBC documentary, with rare archival material and photographs documenting the reality of daily life in Nazi Germany. Published in conjunction with the History Channel and the BBC, this prizewinning volume, now back in print, contains previously unpublished material and photographs documenting the reality of life under Nazi rule and the evolution of the ruthless slaughter of millions of people in Germany. BBC producer and renowned historian Laurence Rees has collected the […]

Categories: Guerra, Historia, Represión • Tags: BBC, Guerra, Lawrence Rees, Nazis, Represión, The New Press, Third Reich

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The appointment – $235

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

A fierce novel about a young Romanian woman’s discovery of betrayal in the most intimate reaches of her life. ”I’ve been summoned. Thursday, ten sharp.” Thus begins one day in the life of a young clothing-factory worker during Ceaucescu’s totalitarian regime. She has been questioned before; this time, she believes, will be worse. Her crime? Sewing notes into the linings of men’s suits bound for Italy. “Marry me,” the notes say, with her name and address. Anything to get out of […]

Categories: Novela Ficción • Tags: Herta Müller, Hungria, Nobel Prize, Picador, rumania

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Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption – $300

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

Over the past half-century, bookselling, like many retail industries, has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. And as in other areas of retail, this transformation has often been a less-than-smooth process. This has been especially pronounced in bookselling, argues Laura J. Miller, because more than most other consumer goods, books are the focus of passionate debate. What drives that debate? And why do so many people believe that […]

Categories: Actualidad, Cultura, Economía y Política, Ensayo • Tags: Books, Bookselling, culture of consumption, Libros, mercado, Reluctant Capitalists, University of Chicago Press

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If I Could Write This in Fire: An Anthology of Literature from the Caribbean – $275

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

Brings together fiction from the French- Spanish-, & English-speaking Caribbean, much of it translated here for the first time. The 15 selections deal with basic themes of the region’s literature: the plantation, maroon society, colonial education, rural & urban life, women’s changing roles in the modern Caribbean, exile, & the diaspora. Works include Jamaican author James Carnegie’s, ”Wages Paid,”; a selection by Guadeloupan novelist Simone Schwarz-Bart; Puerto Rican short stories from Ana Lydia Vega; & fiction from the Dominican Republic, […]

Categories: Antología, Cuentos, Cultura, Ensayo • Tags: Ana Lydia Vega, Barbados, Caribe, Cuba, Diaspora, Dominicana, Exile, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, James Carnegie, Post colonial, Puerto Rico, The New Press

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A Life in Medicine: A Literary Anthology – $295

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

A stirring collection of stories, poems, and essays on all aspects of the medical profession, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the “Children of Crisis” series. A century of unprecedented scientific advances has left the medical profession facing profound ethical and procedural crises, as doctors, nurses, hospice workers, psychiatrists, and others involved in the healing arts struggle to keep up with the science while staying true to the humanitarian goals at the heart of their work. A Life in Medicine explores questions […]

Categories: Antología, Ensayo, Medicina • Tags: curación, doctores, enfermeras, Ensayo, healing arts, Medicina, pacientes, Raymond Carver, The New Press, Wenell Berry

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Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage – $275

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

A sobering exploration of our high-octane trash output that was named an Editor’s Choice by the New York Times and a nonfiction choice by The Guardian. Eat a take-out meal, buy a pair of shoes, or read a newspaper, and you’re soon faced with a bewildering amount of garbage. The United States is the planet’s number-one producer of trash. Each American throws out 4.5 pounds daily. But garbage is also a global problem; the Pacific Ocean is today six times more abundant with plastic […]

Categories: Ecología • Tags: basura, ecology, garbage, heather Rogers, plastic in the sea, recycle, The New Press, trash

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The Philosophy of Punk: More Than Noise – $240

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

The Philosophy Of Punk is an awesome look at the underground scene, philosophies, history, political and social happenings of the punk movement. Craig shatters what the mass media portrays as punk and gives you the truth. There are also some great pictures to boot. I can’t say how good this book is. The Lithuanian authorities stopped the printers from distributing it in their country saying it was “a vile, rebellious, offensive document” so you know it is a good one. […]

Categories: Cultura, Ensayo • Tags: AK Press, Punk, rebelión

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If you liked school you’ll love work – $225

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

Irvine Welsh‘s first short-story collection since his debut work The Acid House presents five extraordinary stories, which remind us that he is a master of the short form, a brilliant storyteller, and—unarguably—one of today’s funniest and most subversive writers. In “Rattlesnakes” three young Americans, lost in the desert, are accosted by two armed Mexicans. A Korean chef and a Chicago socialite find themselves connected through the disappearance of a pooch named Toto in “The D.O.G.S. of Lincoln Park.” And in the title […]

Categories: Cuentos • Tags: Cuentos, If you liked school you'll love work, Irvine Welsh, Relatos, Trainspotting

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Threats – $245

11 April, 2012 by rgonzalezr

David’s wife is dead. At least, he thinks she’s dead. But he can’t figure out what killed her or why she had to die, and his efforts to sort out what’s happened have been interrupted by his discovery of a series of elaborate and escalating threats hidden in strange places around his home—one buried in the sugar bag, another carved into the side of his television. These disturbing threats may be the best clues to his wife’s death: CURL UP […]

Categories: Novela Ficción • Tags: Amelia Gray, Farrar Straus & Giraux, Threats

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Daily Archives: 11 April, 2012

Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World – $325

The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science – $285

Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel – $265

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals – $275

Cuentos Rusos – $260

Feet of the Chameleon: The Story of African Football – $275

The Nazis: A Warning from History – $250

The appointment – $235

Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption – $300

If I Could Write This in Fire: An Anthology of Literature from the Caribbean – $275

A Life in Medicine: A Literary Anthology – $295

Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage – $275

The Philosophy of Punk: More Than Noise – $240

If you liked school you’ll love work – $225

Threats – $245

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