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La infancia y la adolescencia de Edmondo De Amicis (1846-1908) coincidieron con la cristalización en Italia del poderoso movimiento de unidad nacional -en el cual colaboró activamente como oficial del ejército- que llevaría a la creación del estado italiano moderno. Autor de novelas, de libros de poesía y de viajes, así como de estudios militares y literarios, el escritor genovés debe, sin embargo, su fama universal a “Corazón”, obra publicada en 1886 que obtuvo de inmediato un enorme éxito de público. El elogio del trabajo honrado, la exhortación al patriotismo, el canto a las virtudes cívicas y la defensa de los sentimientos más nobles del ser humano alternan con relatos breves como “De los Apeninos a los Andes” y “El tamborcillo sardo”, que se proponen reforzar mediante historias ejemplares las enseñanzas de pedagogía moral y amor a la nueva Italia dirigidas a los jóvenes escolares.

«La mentira es el único privilegio del hombre sobre todos los demás animales.» Considerada por la crítica como la primera obra maestra de Dostoivski, Crimen y castigo es un profundo análisis psicológico de su protagonista, el joven estudiante Raskólnikiv, cuya firme creencia en que los fines humanitarios justifican la maldad le conduce al asesinato de una usurera, Pero, desde que comete el crimen, la culpabilidad será una pesadilla constante con la que el estudiante será incapaz de convivir. La presente edición de una de las obras más importantes de la literatura universal cuenta con la célebre traducción de Rafael Cansinos Assens, revisada y modernizada para la ocasión. Asimismo, viene acompañada de una introducción de David Mcduff, traductor y crítico literario especialista en la obra del autor.

By bestselling author Brian Tracy, a revised and updated edition of this indispensable field guide to using military strategies to win in business and life. The modern world can be a battleground, but key strategies that have helped history’s great leaders triumph in military campaigns can also be used to achieve business and personal success. Brian Tracy is a leading authority on success and achievement, authoring bestsellers including Eat That Frog!, and raising millions toward advancement with his guidance. In this fully revised and updated edition of a classic, Tracy presents 12 core principles of successful military commanders and how to apply them in almost any situation and emerge victorious, including proven methods to: · Concentrate your strengths in the most effective way to reach your goals · Gather game-changing intelligence to determine the best approach · Decide when to go on the offensive vs. cover your bases · Exploit the element of surprise for maximum benefit Packed with Tracy’s transformative advice, Victory! arms readers with powerful skills and a practical road map to unlock their potential for greatness in business and in life.

She escaped a serial killer. Then things got weird. Amber Jamison can’t believe she’s about to become the latest victim of a serial killer. She’s savvy and street smart, so when she gets pushed into, of all things, a white windowless van, she is more angry than afraid. Things get even weirder when she’s miraculously saved by a mysterious woman . . . who promptly disappears. Who was she? And why is she hunting serial killers? You’d think escaping one psychopath would be enough, but Amber’s problems are just beginning. Her close call has law enforcement circling a past she’s tried to outrun. She’s forced to flee across the country, ending up at a seedy motel in Las Vegas with a noir-obsessed manager and a sex worker as her unlikely companions . . . and danger right behind. She’s landed in the cross hairs of the world’s most prolific killer, caught up in a deadly game that’s been going on for years. To survive, she is forced to dust off her old playbook and partner with someone she can’t trust. The odds are against her, but sometimes you just have to roll the dice.

It is 1940 and twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic window as enemy planes fly over London. Still grieving her beloved brother, who never returned from France, she is trying to keep herself out of trouble: holding down a typist job at the Ministry of Information, sharing gin and confidences with her best friend, Elena, and dodging her overbearing father. On her way to work she often sees the boy who feeds the birds—a source of unexpected joy amid the rubble of the Blitz. But every day brings new scenes of devastation, and after yet another heartbreaking loss Charlotte has an uncanny sense of foreboding. Someone is stalking the darkness, targeting her friends. And now he’s following her. As grief and suspicion consume her, Charlotte’s nerves become increasingly frayed. She no longer knows whom to trust. She can’t even trust herself . . .