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Great Spanish nonfiction titles

25 November 2008

Una nueva tierra:un despertar al propósito de su vida por Eckhart Tolle

According to Tolle, who assumes the role of narrator as well, humans are on the verge of creating a new world by a personal transformation that shifts our attention away from our ever-expanding egos. This idea is well realized through Tolle's remarkably well-paced narration. Naturally, the author understands his material so thoroughly that he is able to convey it in an enjoyable manner, but Tolle's gentle tone and dialect begs his audience's attention simply through its straightforward approach. Something about this reading just seems profoundly important, whether one agrees with the material or not, and listeners' attention is sure to be captured within seconds of listening to Tolle's take on the universe in which we live.

El tercer Jesus: el Cristo que no podemos ignorar por Deepak Chopra

Distinguishing between the historical Jesus and the Christ of Theology and Philosophy developed over 17 centuries Dr. Chopra captures an intriguing vision of a “Third Jesus,” who, while living on Earth, developed a deep relationship with God. Deepak calls this “God-consciousness.” Dr. Chopra brilliantly uses the sayings of Jesus to demonstrate how his basic mission and ethic of love grew out of his God-consciousness. Through Jesus’ own words and spiritual exercises Deepak beautifully elucidates a beginning, middle and unity pathway for growing in deep God-consciousness to anchor our life on earth and our life after death.

e-Bay para Dummies por Marsha Collier

Thinking about buying or selling items on eBay? Whether you want to use eBay to make smart bids and win auctions or turn household clutter into cash, eBay for Dummies, Fifth Edition is your passport to the most successful trading community on the planet. Beginning with an overview of what eBay is and how to become a registered user, eBay for Dummies helps you discover how you can:

·             Search for items to buy and list items to sell on eBay

·             Place a bid—and determine how much you should spend

·             Use pictures and basic HTML to make your eBay listings more appealing

·             Communicate well and close deals without a problem

·             Identify auction terms (reserve price, starting bid, Buy It Now, etc.)

·             Organize your transactions and interactions using the My eBay page

·             Resolve buying and selling issues with eBay’s Trust & Safety program

·             And much more!

Registering at eBay makes you part of a really unique community of people who like to collect, buy, and sell items of just about every kind! So if you’re ready to join the millions of people who use their home computers to make great deals, buy cool stuff, and turn a profit, eBay for Dummies does all the legwork so you can sit back and let the bidding begin!

La voz de conocimiento: una guía para la paz interior por Don Miguel Ruiz

With more than 2.7 million copies of his The Four Agreements sold, Ruiz returns to readers with a new volume that presents his latest thoughts on the ways and means of inner knowledge and healing. Written in the first person with frequent apostrophic addresses ("You need to challenge every belief that you use to judge yourself, to reject yourself, to make yourself little"), the book moves gracefully and anecdotally from "Adam and Eve: The Story from a Different Point of View" to "The Tree of Life: The Story Comes Full Circle," with 10 chapters in between, including "The Lie of Our Imperfection," a chapter that covers "emotional pain as a symptom of abuse" and one on "Writing Our Story with Love," with frequent stops for "Points to Ponder." For Ruiz, life can be a matter of storytelling, to ourselves and to others. His reflections on the process of how people tell these stories, and how they can change their narratives, draw on the lore of his native Mexico and feel both centered and earned.

Atravesando fronteras por Jorge Ramos

Emmy Award-winning TV journalist and author of The Other Face of America (2002), Ramos this time explores the immigrant experience from the perspective of his own career in journalism. Although he has lived and worked in the U.S. (20 years) nearly as long as he lived in Mexico (24 years), Ramos maintains the feelings of an immigrant--a sense that he belongs to both countries but does not fit into either one. He puts his insider-outsider perspective to use in his news analysis, bringing a different perspective to news events from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the terrorist attack on the U.S. on September 11, 2001. Ramos recalls his rebellious spirit as a youth and his eventual decision to leave what he describes as the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico's unruly economy, regressive politics, and traditional social values. He finds his Latin background by turns a deterrent and a benefit to his career as he makes a life for himself in the U.S. Readers interested in the immigrant experience, particularly of Hispanics, will enjoy this insightful memoir.


 






 

Awesome Audiobooks!

10 November 2008

Check out these great new books on CD!



Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs

When a plumber discovers the remains of a murdered girl and various dark religious objects in the cellar of a client's house, Temperance Brennan is called in to investigate the case.





Heat Lightning by John Sandford

Working on a case involving a pair of murders in which the victims are found with lemons in their mouths, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers struggles to find a connection that could prevent additional killings.





Divine Justice by David Baldacci

Having assassinated the two men who had been inhibiting his freedom, John Carr becomes the target of a manhunt involving the highest levels of the U.S. government, prompting Joe Knox to launch an investigation that tests the resources of the Camel Club.





Hot Mahogany by Stuart Woods

Hired by his CIA boss to protect his older brother, an Army intelligence operative who is suffering from amnesia, Stone Barrington learns about his charge's talent for restoring antiques and his links to a haunting event in Vietnam more than thirty years earlier.





Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler

When Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her chest, she appeals to a higher power--vodka. Welcome to Chelsea's world--a place where absurdity reigns supreme and a quick wit is the best line of defense. In this collection, Chelsea mines her past for stories about her family, relationships, and career that are at once singular and ridiculous. Whether she's convincing her third-grade class that she has been tapped to play Goldie Hawn's daughter in the sequel to Private Benjamin, deciding to be more egalitarian by dating a redhead, or looking out for a foulmouthed, rum-swilling little person who looks just like her, only smaller, Chelsea has a knack for getting herself into the most outrageous situations.





New Cookbooks

3 November 2008

These are just some of the great new cookbooks we have !


Around the world in 80 dinners : the ultimate culinary adventureFeatures yummy foods and recipes from Bali, Australia, New Caledonia, Singapore, Thailand, China, Southern India, South Africa, Provence, Salvador, Brazil.


Bake until bubbly : the ultimate casserole cookbook. 


Gordon Ramsay's fast food : recipes from the f word Throw out the frozen dinners and takeout menus. Who better to show readers how to cook real food, real fast and make it really tasty than Gordon Ramsey, three-star chef and TV celebrity? Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food includes over 100 delicious recipes that are super-fast and easy to prepare.


Don't fill up on the antipasto : Tony Danza's father-son cookbook ; with memories of an Italian-American family and 50 of their best recipes.


Yum-O! : the family cookbook With tips and recipes Rachel Ray and her nonprofit organization, Yum-O!, empower kids and their families to develop healthy relationships with food and cooking.


Totally vegetarian : easy, fast, comforting food for every kind of vegetarian


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