It was 13 October 1972. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying a team of young rugby players, their families and friends, took off for the very last time. A deadly miscalculation saw F571 crash directly into the Andean mountains to devastating consequences: the body of the plane broke violently into two, its floor torn to smithereens; seats flew out of the air taking passengers with them. In the weeks that followed, the remaining people who were on board - the society of the snow - emerg...

Javier Cruz spent years chasing a dream that always seemed just beyond his reach. After performing in small venues, community festivals, and local theaters, he finally achieves the success he spent his life pursuing. His latest tour breaks attendance records, sells out stadiums across the country, and transforms him into one of the biggest stars in the industry. With the final concert behind him, Javier and his team board Flight 27 expecting nothing more than a routine journey home.

Ultimate Microsoft Certified Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102) Certification Guide is a comprehensive and practical resource for professionals preparing for the AI-102 certification and building real-world expertise with Microsoft Azure AI services. It combines certification-focused guidance with hands-on engineering practices to help readers master both the exam, and the job role of an Azure AI Engineer. The book covers all major AI-102 domains, including planning and managing Azure AI...

This book explains how “natural wine” was made and not discovered by Spanish lawmakers, chemists, merchants, and theologians, showing how Spain consolidated a legal construct that normalized specific technical interventions while preserving the label natural.The book argues that wine labeled as “natural” was not the preservation of a traditional product but the product of a legal fiction that allowed wines with additives to be normalized and protected under law. In doing so, the bo...

“This book is a gem, witty, entertaining, insightful, and deeply informative—a must-read for anyone interested in birds or brains.” JENNIFER ACKERMAN, New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, What an Owl Knows, and The Bird Way“A vivid book on avian intelligence.”—Booklist, STARRED ReviewDiscover the secret intelligence of birds, revealed by one of the world’s leading res...

Poems that point the way to happiness and, taking up the words of Federico Garcia Lorca, "manage to feed that speck of madness that we all carry inside, which many kill to put on the hateful monocle of bookish pedantry and without which it is imprudent to live ".

**The Poetry of Pablo Neruda offers the most comprehensive English-language collection ever by "the greatest poet of the twentieth century--in any language" (**Gabriel García Márquez)."In his work a continent awakens to consciousness," wrote the Swedish Academy in awarding the Nobel Prize to Pablo Neruda, author of more than thirty-five books of poetry and one of Latin America's most revered writers and political figures-a loyal member of...

An exceptionally unique look at the development of the Walt Disney Animation Studios film Strange World!The Art of Strange World highlights the stunning artwork from the film's creation—including character designs, storyboards, color scripts, and much more—and features exclusive interviews from the creative team along with behind-the-scenes details. The next in this fan-favorite, collectible series of Art Of titles, this book is the perfe...

Internationally recognized Colombian artist Daniel Liévano uses visual notations to explore philosophical ideas in Gravity & Other Substances, a picture book for teens and adults.Through various media, artist Daniel Liévano has dedicated himself to exploring the relationship between abstraction and storytelling. Here, he takes up happiness, truth, memories, reality, dreams, and gravity. In many ways, these concepts shape t...

Roller Girl meets Cardboard Kingdom in this original, contemporary graphic novel from award-winning author Pablo Cartaya and New York Times best-selling illustrator Miguel Díaz Rivas.Baseball is Elena Rueda's entire life: She may be the only girl on her team, but she's the best player and everyone knows it. Except . . . Elena has stopped having fun, and it's time to leave the sport behind.The problem is, Elena has no idea who she is...

From the Nobel Laureate in Literature and "the greatest poet of the 20th century," the classic memoir, expanded with newly discovered material (Gabriel García Márquez).Southern Chile was an open frontier when the beloved poet Pablo Neruda was born there in 1904. A motherless, pensive child, he began writing poems long before quitting the countryside for Santiago, where he spent his bohemian student years. From there, his memoir follows his travels as a globetrottin...

The Sex Detective goes into wild action in this world of the future. Free sexual expression is a way of life until a group believing in virginity tries to take over. Then, look out! Here comes the sex detective.