En París D. F. todo empieza con un mapa, mejor, con dos mapas superpuestos. Arturo, el protagonista, es un joven que lleva una vida anodina y que pasea por las calles del Distrito Federal buscando la superficie de los 105 kilómetros cuadrados de París, ese espacio soñado, ajeno a la crueldad, donde pueda suceder lo extraordinario. Un día, un atraco en la farmacia en la que trabaja trastoca su vida. El delincuente, abatido por la policía, muere a sus pies, pero la sensación de que ...

Que feriez-vous si, comme Arturo, pharmacien à Mexico, vous ressentiez soudainement l'envie de vous échapper pour partir loin ? Deux cartes lui donnent l'occasion d'élargir son horizon grâce au pouvoir de l'imagination...Que faire quand les jours et les villes nous paraissent étriqués et qu’il est impossible de s’échapper, de voler, de partir loin ? Pour Arturo, la réponse réside dans la superposition de deux cartes, deux cartes qui lui donne la possibilité d’élarg...

El cuento es un género que devela al autor; expone y exhibe su forma de traducir al mundo en palabras. En palabras que, bellamente concatenadas, arman una historia. Cuentan algo. Hablo del acto de escribir en su forma más pura y básica. Entendiendo esta obviedad: ¡que cada quien se haga bolas! Y ahí radica la dificultad de escribir cuento. Un cuento tiene reglas. Reglas claras y de estructura. Recursos infinitos. Leí en un texto de la todopoderosa Flannery O'Connor que pensar en un cuento ...

A distinguished geoscientist and rising-star astrobiologist offer a stunning new theory upending 150 years of established science—and an inspiring new vision of our universe.Of the codified laws of nature, famously, only one inscribes a direction to time: the dreaded second law of thermodynamics, which declares that the disorder of a closed system tends to increase as time passes. New shoes eventually scuff, our bodies weaken and die. Yet our senses tell us that mi...

Of the codified laws of nature, only one inscribes a direction to time: the dreaded second law of thermodynamics, which declares that the disorder of a closed system tends to increase as time passes. New shoes eventually scuff, our bodies weaken and die. Yet our senses tell us that miraculous order constantly emerges, too: children grow and learn; spontaneous patterns manifest in murmurations of starlings. Can it be true that the laws of our universe mandate only dissolution?...

Presence in the Online World: A Contemplative Perspective and Practice Guide for Educators is an edited collection that addresses the question of how we can bring the insights of contemplative pedagogy into the space of online learning. While the digital space can be one of distraction and disconnection, contemplative pedagogy offers time-honored practices that focus on cultivating mindful presence, awareness, transformative growth, and deep connection. These practices can help le...

Who's the very first Asian American movie star?⭐✨Anna May Wong was the first Asian American actress to find success in Hollywood.In this book, Robert Kennedy presents to you the true and real-life history of the Chinese American actress Anna Wong and the discrimination faced by Chinese Americans.The Chinese Americans first arrived in the United States in the middle of the 19th century, and they faced tremendous hostility from American citizens.Anna May Wong'...

O autor expõe ao leitor a sabedoria que acumulou sob a influência de três grandes culturas: a brasileira, a sabedoria oriental e o pragmatismo ocidental. A sabedoria não é privilégio apenas dos sábios. Ela surge de uma combinação criativa entre os conceitos teóricos e a prática assimilados ao longo da vida. É a sabedoria que torna cada pessoa a referência de todos os seres vivos. Porque, na condição de humano, avança-se muito além da informação. A informação só tem potencial quando está co...

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Robert Rotstein, A True Verdict is an edge-of-your-seat legal thriller filled with secrets.MediMiracle Corporation manufactures Sophrosyne, a miracle cure for opiate addiction. Ellison Ricard, a research analyst for the company, claims to have uncovered data that proves Black users of Sophrosyne experience fatal side effects far more often than people of other races. When Ricard confron...

The first issue in the second century of Weird Tales features a new HELLBOY story by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. Editor Jonathan Maberry has built a collection of cosmic horror that will destabilize your worldview.“The Eyrie” by Jonathan Maberry“The City in the Sea: A Hellboy Story” by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden“When the Stars Are Right: The Weird Tales Origins of Cosmic Horror” by Nicholas Diak“A Ghost Story for Christmas” by Paul Cornell“The Forest Gate...

This book evaluates the national implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in ASEAN. Working with country-specific research teams, the contributors compiled detailed case-studies of CRPD implementation in each country in ASEAN. This book presents a detailed overview of the problem, the relevant literature, and the conceptual framework, and then it explores the implementation of the CRPD in each of the ten countries in Southeast Asia. ...

Divided Lenses: Screen Memories of War in East Asia is the first attempt to explore how the tumultuous years between 1931 and 1953 have been recreated and renegotiated in cinema. This period saw traumatic conflicts such as the Sino-Japanese War, the Pacific War, and the Korean War, and pivotal events such as the Rape of Nanjing, Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Iwo Jima, and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, all of which left a lasting imprint on East Asia and the world. By bring...