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El asedio que sufren los palestinos de Gaza desde que en el invierno de 2008 un ataque militar israelí causó 1.400 muertos e impuso un duro bloqueo ha situado a la Franja en el centro del debate sobre un conflicto que dura ya más de 60 años. Partiendo de esta catástrofe política y humanitaria, el intelectual judío-estadounidense Noam Chomsky y el historiador israelí Ilan Pappé ofrecen un lúcido análisis de los orígenes y el futuro de la larga ocupación de Palestina. Cada vez son más los observadores internacionales que cuestionan la lógica de la agresión militar por parte de los israelíes: éstos bloquean el acceso de los palestinos a materiales vitales para la reconstrucción, restringen su libertad de movimiento y los someten a una vida de constante riesgo y humillación.

Gardens Illustrated is today’s most popular gardening periodical, thanks to its lavishly photographed features on contemporary, forward-thinking gardens that focus on irresistible plants and clever designs. Through these gardens, each selected by the magazine’s editors for a truly exceptional trait, readers will visit the best new gardens from the United States, United Kingdom, and around the world. The scales range from small city spaces aiming to bring biodiversity deep into the built environment to country estates photographed with a new lens on ecology and sustainability, and were created by today’s top garden designers, including Andrea Cochran, Arabella Lennox-Boyd, Peter Korn, Dan Pearson, Andy Salter, Tom Stuart-Smith, Andy Sturgeon, Urquhart & Hunt, and Keith Wiley.

Every garden possesses its own unique beauty, just as every place holds a mysterious equilibrium within it. This is the premise advanced by Anna Scaravella, a renowned expert in landscape architecture who views every project as a new opportunity to explore the alchemy of plant culture and design. Scaravella’s unerring instincts and aesthetic rigor bring her to the nexus of garden and landscape, resulting in the creation of places that are not only marvelous but also energy-conscious and environmentally sustainable. This splendid volume of photography takes us on a journey through ten gardens from northern to southern Italy: from the garden of Villa Albera in Lombardy to the hills of Piacenza with Villa Bellaria, on to Bagno Vignoni in Tuscany, and then even further south, to marvelous Ostuni. Scaravella has crafted magnificent oases of peace and beauty and invited us to visit and admire them by her side.

New York Admirals captain Scott Hunter takes his pregame rituals very seriously. When a particular smoothie precedes Scott's breaking his on-ice slump, he’s desperate to recreate the magic…and to get to know the sexy, funny guy behind the counter. Kip Grady knew there was more to Scott’s frequent visits than blended fruit, but he never let himself imagine being invited back to Scott’s penthouse. Or kissed with reckless abandon—and more. What goes on between them is hot, incredible and frequent…but also only on Scott’s terms and always behind his closed apartment doors. Scott needs Kip in his life, but with playoff season approaching, the spotlight on him is suddenly brighter than ever. He can’t afford to do anything that might derail his career or the public’s image of what a hockey captain should be. Kip is ready to go all in with Scott—but how much longer will he have to remain a secret?

Nos enseñaron que la felicidad estaba al final de ciertos caminos y que sería feliz una vez alcanzado el éxito, obtenido reconocimiento, conseguido ciertas metas... Yo seguí estos caminos, y logré muchas cosas, pero también caí, y después de todo eso, todavía quería más. Sin embargo, cuanto más avanzaba, más vacío me sentía. Gafas rotas es el libro en el que me muestro sin máscaras, enseño mis heridas más profundas, cuento mis derrotas y revelo mis miedos, pero no para dar lecciones, sino para que te veas a ti mismo como en un espejo. Porque tú también puedes crear una vida extraordinaria, basándote no en lo que te enseñaron a ser, sino en lo que verdaderamente eres: luz, verdad, autenticidad.