El contenido de este libro pone de manifiesto por lo que pasan docentes y directivos escolares al ser sometidos a presiones políticas, sindicales y religiosas mediante un lenguaje manipulador por quienes no les interesa el orden, la disciplina y que se cumpla con los criterios de calidad para una verdadera transformación social por medio de la educación en el sistema formal de enseñanza. Es la voz alzada y proclamada para que cese la injerencia de sectores que solo buscan sus propios beneficios, poniendo en juego el desarrollo y crecimiento de una sociedad que todavía cree el en poder que tiene una educación que garantice el buen vivir, apegada a las normas éticos morales, sin importar el credo religioso. Pues, el texto también destaca la discriminación hacia aquellos que profesan credos distintos al catolicismo. Es un homenaje a los valientes educadores que, a pesar de las adversidades, se esfuerzan por marcar la diferencia y educar a las futuras generaciones sin esperar reconocimiento o recompensas.
Es la mañana de la cosecha que dará inicio a la décima competencia anual Los juegos del hambre. En el Capitolio, Coriolanus Snow de dieciocho años, se prepara para su única oportunidad de alcanzar la gloria como mentor en los Juegos. La antiguamente poderosa casa de Snow ha atravesado tiempos difíciles y su destino depende de la remota posibilidad que Coriolanus pueda superar en gracia, astucia y maniobras a sus compañeros de estudios para ser el mentor del tributo ganador.
Las probabilidades están en su contra. Se le ha asignado la humillante tarea de ser mentor del tributo femenino del Distrito 12, el más bajo de lo bajo. Sus destinos están ahora completamente entrelazados: cada decisión que tome Coriolano podría conducirles al éxito o al fracaso, al triunfo o a la ruina. Dentro de la arena, será una lucha a muerte. Fuera de la arena, Coriolanus siente pena por su tributo condenado al fracaso… y debe balancear su necesidad de seguir las reglas con su deseo de sobrevivir sin importar lo que cueste.
What if you were lost at sea…with your one-night stand?
Zeke and Lexi thought it would just be a night of fun. They had no intentions of seeing each other again. Zeke is only in town for the weekend to buy back his late father’s houseboat. Lexi has no time for dating when she needs to help take care of her best friend's daughter.
Going back home with a stranger seems like a perfect escape from their problems. But a miscommunication in the dark, foggy night means no one tied the houseboat to the dock. The next morning, Zeke and Lexi realize all they can see is miles and miles of water.
Anthony Fennell, a journalist, is in pursuit of a story buried at the bottom of the sea: the network of tiny fibre-optic tubes that carry the world's information across the ocean floor - and what happens when they break. A darkly epic novel about connection, disconnection and destruction - from bestselling and National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann.
Noria, a single-by-choice barista with a little resentment for the "crazy cat lady" label, is a member of The Meow-Yorkers, a group in Brooklyn who takes care of the neighborhood's stray cats. On her volunteering days, she starts finding Post-it notes left by a secret admirer in the area where she feeds her favorite stray-a black cat named Cat. Like most felines, he is both curious and observant, so of course he knows who the notes are from. Noria, however, is clueless.
Are the notes from Collin, a bestselling author and self-professed hermit with a weakness for good coffee? Are they from Lily, a fresh-out-of-high-school Georgia native searching for her long-lost half sister? Are they from Omar, the beloved neighborhood mailman going through an early midlife crisis? Or are they from Bong, the grieving widower who owns Noria's favorite bodega?
Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until — betrayed and brokenhearted — she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America – but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve.