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In the 1950s, Oscar Hammerstein is asked to write the lyrics to a musical based on the life of a woman named Maria von Trapp. He’s intrigued to learn that she was once a novice who hoped to live quietly as an Austrian nun before her abbey sent her away to teach a widowed baron’s sickly child. What should have been a ten-month assignment, however, unexpectedly turned into a marriage proposal. And when the family was forced to flee their home to escape the Nazis, it was Maria who instructed them on how to survive using nothing but the power of their voices. It’s an inspirational story, to be sure, and as half of the famous Rodgers & Hammerstein duo, Hammerstein knows it has big Broadway potential. Yet much of Maria’s life will have to be reinvented for the stage, and with the horrors of war still fresh in people’s minds, Hammerstein can’t let audiences see just how close the von Trapps came to losing their lives. But when Maria sees the script that is supposedly based on her life, she becomes so incensed that she sets off to confront Hammerstein in person. Told that he’s busy, she is asked to express her concerns to his secretary, Fran, instead. The pair strike up an unlikely friendship as Maria tells Fran about her life, contradicting much of what will eventually appear in The Sound of Music. A tale of love, loss, and the difficult choices that we are often forced to make, Maria is a powerful reminder that the truth is usually more complicated—and certainly more compelling—than the stories immortalized by Hollywood.

¡Acompaña a Martina en su primera gran aventura al dentista! Allí descubrirá que en cada visita no solo cuida de sus dientes, sino que es también divertida y mágica.

Everyone’s favorite Marvel characters are back in a new kid-friendly art style that’s sure to delight your budding Super Hero! This padded board book will help your child make the connection between words and their meaning with guidance from Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor, and more. With a compact size, soft edges, colorful illustrations, and familiar faces, First 100 Words is perfect for growing minds.

In 1952, after becoming one of the first-ever recipients of a Master of Science degree in Photography at Chicago’s Institute of Design, native New Yorker Marvin E. Newman returned to his hometown. Like many artists before, he set about chronicling the city. Unlike his predecessors, Newman chose color photography as the preeminent medium for capturing the people and energy of New York, and its emergence in the 1950s as the self-proclaimed “Greatest City in the World.”

La economía de mercado es mucho más que una mera técnica social inspirada en los principios de la economía política. Es el único sistema armonizable con la libertad del hombre y con una estructura del Estado que ofrezca seguridad y garantice la prevalencia del derecho. Esta finalidad sólo puede conseguirse cuando se reconoce que la economía de mercado no lo es todo y queda inscrita en un orden superior por encima de la libertad de precios y de la libre competencia; es decir, cuando se reconoce que las cosas auténticamente decisivas son las que están más allá de la oferta y la demanda.

La elaboración y la lectura de esta obra responden al propósito de conocer y apreciar la numerosa, diversa y excelente producción intelectual del poeta Mateo Morrison. Y, en ese curso, su vida a través de sus escritos. En paralelo, en la medida en que la lectura lo requiera, viajar a la historia política y cultural del siglo XX en República Dominicana. No hay actividad literaria y cultural de importancia en los últimos cincuenta años en el país en la que Morrison no haya participado y, en gran medida, propiciado. Él se ha relacionado de manera directa, personal, con los más importantes escritores de este país desde su juventud.