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The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this new world order: A mother’s husband is killed in a work accident due to negligence; a young woman fights to fund her school for impoverished children; a well-intentioned young man unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects his wealth no matter the cost, all the while war cries are heard from France, as Napoleon sets forth a violent master plan to become emperor of the world. As institutions are challenged and toppled in unprecedented fashion, ripples of change ricochet through our characters’ lives as they are left to reckon with the future and a world they must rebuild from the ashes of war.

1992. Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the US. These deaths look like accidents and don't appear to be connected. Until one body - the victim of a fatal fall from a hospital window - generates some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who promptly calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher is assigned as the Army's representative. Reacher may be an exceptional soldier, but sweeping other people's secrets under the carpet isn't part of his skill set. As he races to discover the link between these victims, and who killed them, he must navigate around the ulterior motives of his new 'partners'. And all while moving into the sight line of some of the most dangerous people he has ever encountered. His mission is to uncover the truth. The question is: will Reacher bring the bad guys to justice the official way . . . or his way?

Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht-the night his family loses everything. As her child's safety becomes ever harder to guarantee, Samuel's mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Dìaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Durán, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita's mother. Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers-and never stop dreaming.

«—Ay, padre querido —exclamó María al fin—, ¿a quién le pertenece ese encantador hombrecito que está junto al árbol? —Ese caballero estará al servicio de todos ustedes, querida hija. Con sus dientes es capaz de romper las nueces más rígidas. Aquel sofisticado hombrecito pertenecía a la familia de los Cascanueces y ejercía la misma profesión de sus ancestros. —Puesto que el amigo Cascanueces ha elegido ser tu favorito, lo dejaré bajo tu custodia y cuidado. De inmediato, María lo tomó entre sus brazos».

Unos cien años después, el escritor húngaro Péter Nádas escribe esta pequeña joya titulada La propia muerte. Esta ocurre en el hospital, ante los médicos; se nos muestra el quirófano, los pasillos hospitalarios, la enfermedad. Ya no queda nada, o casi nada, de mitología. Lo que hay, en cambio, es algo que no encontramos en Rilke: una experiencia propia. Nádas sufrió en abril de 1993 un infarto y es esa vivencia la que se describe con delicadeza y minuciosidad en el presente libro.

Si buscas un excelente libro que te haga recorrer un tarrusel de emociones desde la primera página, esta obra maestra es tu próxima lectura obligada. Con un estilo que mezcla lo trágico con lo intensamente humano, Eurípides te ofrece una oportunidad para explorar las profundidades de los sentimientos terrenales con un toque de la sabiduria griega que sigue siendo sorprendentemente actual. Prepárate para reír, llorar y reflexionar con dos ficciones que te dejarán sin aliento. Comienza con “Medea”, donde la protagonista, con una combinación explosiva de ira y dolor, toma el destino en sus propias manos de una manera que ni siquierá los dioses hubiesen imaginado. Luego, descubre “Las Troyanas”, donde se ofrece un retrato ” crudo y conmovedor de las mujeres de esa época, las cuales enfrentan su desgracia con una mezcla de » valentía y desesperación que desafía toda lógica.