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«Casi siempre la máxima expresión de la felicidad o de la desgracia es el silencio.»Como el drama, el relato corto se ajusta al proyecto literario de Chéjov: «No he adquirido una perspectiva política, ni filosófica, ni religiosa sobre la vida... Tengo que limitarme a las descripciones de cómo mis personajes aman, se casan, tienen hijos, hablan y se mueren». El genio de Chéjov estalla en esas pinceladas, retazos de vida crepusculares, pesimistas, a veces irónicos y siempre lúcidos, reflejo de una realidad que comienza a disolverse envuelta en su mediocridad y falta de aliento.El Premio Pulitzer 1996 Richard Ford ha desempeñado, paralelamente a su trayectoria como narrador, la monumental tarea de editar la obra de Antón Chéjov. El presente volumen toma como referencia su trabajo y ofrece al lector hispanoparlante una antología de los mejores cuentos del escritor ruso, formidablemente vertidos a nuestra lengua.

Mark Twain afiló su narrativa y cimentó su exito en el genero del cuento. Sus relatos se caracterizan por unas tramas ingeniosas, una inventiva inagotable, unos personajes inolvidables, un genial sentido del humor y por su excepcional uso del lenguaje, que revela un vívido retrato de la sociedad de su tiempo. Genio y figura, el propio Twain defendía así sus relatos: "Me gusta una buena historia bien contada. Por esa misma razón, a veces me veo obligado a contarlas yo mismo." Esta edición es la más completa de la narrativa breve de Twain. La componen todas sus piezas cortas, sesenta textos magníficamente traducidos. Asimismo presenta una excelente y esclarecedora introducción de Charles Neider, reconocido como uno de los mejores especialistas en la vida y la obra de este coloso de las letras.

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Nora Mackenzie’s entire career lies in the hands of famous NFL tight end Derek Pender, who also happens to be her extremely hot college ex-boyfriend. Nora didn’t end things as gracefully as she could have back then, and now it has come back to haunt her. Derek is her first client as an official full-time sports agent and he’s holding a grudge. Derek has set his sights on a little friendly revenge. If Nora Mackenzie, the first girl to ever break his heart, wants to be his agent, oh, he’ll let her be his agent. The plan is simple: make Nora’s life absolutely miserable. But if Derek knows anything about the woman he once loved—she won’t quit easily.

Wren is used to being called a control freak. She doesn’t care; sticking to the list of rules she created for herself helps her navigate life. But when a cute guy named Asher walks through the door of her neighborhood coffee shop, the rulebook goes out the window. Asher is cute, charming . . . and being catfished by his online crush. So Wren makes an uncharacteristically impulsive decision—she pretends to be the girl he’s waiting for to save him from embarrassment. Suddenly she’s fake-dating a boy she knows nothing about. And it’s . . . amazing. It’s not long before Asher has her breaking even more of her own rules. But will he forgive her when he finds out she’s not who she says she is? Wren’s not so sure. . . . After all, rules exist for a reason.

In this entertaining young readers edition of the environmental studies classic, Michael Pollan demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a reciprocal relationship. He links four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, energy, and control—with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, coffee, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind’s most basic yearnings. And just as we’ve benefited from these plants, we have also helped them to thrive.