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OK - We spend our lives surrounded by temptations aimed specifically at our primal impulses and increasingly personalized. From the ease of online shopping, pornography or gambling, to the fast food chains that line our streets and malls or just a click away on an app, inviting us to overindulge in all the wrong things. Staying away from what we know we shouldn't do can seem like a constant and exhausting struggle. The Science of Sin brings together the latest findings in neuroscience to shed light on a topic as universal and fascinating as temptation. With each chapter inspired by one of the seven deadly sins, neurobiologist Jack Lewis sheds light on the neural battles between temptation and restraint that take place in our brains, suggesting strategies to help us manage our most problematic impulses. A book to understand why we can become ruthless when we are overcome by envy, why some people have affairs and cheat on their partners, why we seem to find it so hard to stick to a diet, resist the lure of social media and endlessly compare ourselves to other people. A read that contains valuable lessons geared toward introspection and analysis of our own behavior, with the explicit goal of improving our health, happiness and productivity by helping us say "no" more often, especially in the most difficult situations to resist."

Adrian Rawson, the mythical scientist, businessman and director of a museum of horrors is serving his sentence. Is his crime so terrifying? He may die in prison after having achieved professional success and happiness with Eva, his wife. But how did he end up there? The couple's life passed in perfect harmony, although always bathed by the gloomy gaze of their beloved corpses, guardian creatures of their mutual life project: The Capital Forensic Museum. A happy marriage among corpses? A parade of amputated limbs and bodily malformations are gathered behind the doors of one of the biggest tourist attractions in the city, where an evil that will soon be difficult to overcome will burst in. A sinister museum In an obsessive spiral of jealousy and self-destruction, Rawson will have to face the nightmares that spring from the depths of his psyche. Can an inert and mutilated body, a terrifying expression of Adrian's unhinged conscience, dictate his destiny and push him to decide his wife's fate as well? Will Eva be able to survive the macabre dance of memories, blood, ghosts and formaldehyde that transform her loving husband into a dark jumble of monstrous suspicions?

When and why was the State of Israel founded? What ideas underlie it? What causes and aspirations underpin such a great event in world history? The pages of this volume offer answers to the questions posed, revealing, in addition, the foundations of some of the motives that influence the consequences linked to success in the enterprise of establishing a Jewish State. Leo Pinsker and Theodor Herzl, the visionaries behind the words compiled in this volume, brought about a remarkable intellectual and practical revolution by transforming what until the 19th century had been a religious yearning, crystallized in a formula of hope, into an outstanding political imprint: the coming year in Jerusalem. A mark that led them to transcend Judaism, giving it a universal significance. The establishment of their own State meant, in effect, not only emancipating the Jewish people from the Gentiles who dominated them, but, and this is much more decisive, from God himself, who humiliated them through those same Gentiles and from the messianic hope of the second coming of the Messiah, who chained them by means of hope to wait. Once created, this State would free it from all yoke and elevate it to a finally "chosen" people. Zionism, the theoretical-practical movement created by Hess, Pinsker and Herzl, in fact substituted hope for action and God for man: it was, in short, the Jew himself who had to create the means that would liberate him and dignify him as a man on earth.

"This book is a hymn to friendship that captures the literary vision of fifteen authors on such universal concepts as companionship, camaraderie, loyalty, attachment, support and trust, from the profound perspectives of disciplines as diverse as philosophy, history, sociology and psychology. A work that transcends the poetic gaze, and explains how friendship influences people's way of being, their relationship with the world, their self-esteem and assertiveness, and even their physical and mental health."--

1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky, nineteen-year-old Cussy Mary Carter, nicknamed Damsel and with a rare peculiarity in her skin, is one of the traveling booksellers of the Equestrian Library Project sponsored by Roosevelt as part of his "New Deal". Motherless, spirited and stubborn, Damisela has to brave harsh weather, rugged terrain, hostile characters and all manner of dangers on her daily route to deliver books and other reading materials to the most vulnerable. This is an exciting story that shows the determination of a brave young woman to bring a glimmer of hope to her neighbors and the magical spell of literature.

Born in 1126 in Cordoba, Abu-l-Walid Muhammad would be elevated by the new lords of the Peninsula, the Almohads, as one of their great sages and courtiers, but the audacity of his thinking would eventually cost him everything he had achieved. Centuries later, his work is still more alive than ever. His name was Averroes. A firm detractor of the rigidity of dogmas and critical of the use that a few made of sacred texts, he would be accused by religious leaders of supreme heresy. Treated as an outcast, threatened, hated and condemned to oblivion by his contemporaries, he would live in hiding, immersed in poverty, until he met his death at the age of seventy-two in Marrakech. The fictional autobiography of the greatest thinker of Western culture, branded as subversive by both the Church and Islam, whose audacity was to approach faith from reason.

A history review always ends up throwing up a handful of proper names that have influenced its own course, that of St. Ignatius of Loyola is undoubtedly one of them. We owe the founding of the Society of Jesus to him, whose intellectual and formative mission has been strongly promoted since its approval in 1540. Hand in hand with the foundress of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, St. Teresa of Jesus, was his role in the Counter-Reformation, which was a real challenge to the dominant status quo at the time and involved the preparation of the Church for modernity. St. Ignatius had to face all kinds of opposition and adversity: typical of those who undertake a revolution, adding to his exemplarity. Starting from his vital milestones as a guiding thread, the attentive reader will find new readings of the figure and work of Ignatius, collected during a series of conferences for the 500th anniversary of the saint's conversion, whose light continues to dissipate - four hundred years after his canonization by Pope Gregory XV and one hundred years since Pius XI declared him patron of the Spiritual Exercises - the shadows that continue to hover over the path that leads to clarity.

How can we work and generate value between the young (genius) and the old (wisdom)? Millennials and boomers, generation Z and generation X share illusions and aspirations? Reality indicates that we are doomed to understand each other and, above all, to respect each other. The age factor is written by professionals with diverse profiles, in which each of them shares knowledge, experience, generosity and first impressions in the world of work. You will discover the future of the new job, wellbeing in the company, sustainable talent, continuous learning, resilience and talent are ageless, among other issues that include good practices of companies and the opinion of the Zs. A must-read book, written by great professionals, with the heart and reason of each one of them, in order to help develop the talent that coexists in companies in an inclusive way. Without discriminating against the young for being inexperienced or the old for being old.

In ancient Carthage, where the waves of the Mediterranean caress the African coast, an empire of trade and power was born. But when Rome rose on the horizon, the First Punic War unleashed a fierce struggle that left Carthage in ruins. At the heart of this epic story is Hannon the Great," leader of the Carthaginian aristocracy. As war looms over them, General Hamilcar Barca emerges as an unlikely hero. The Mercenary War threatens to destroy Carthage, and Hamilcar becomes its ruthless savior. The intertwined lives of Ajax, Albano, Alda, Anthousa, Hannibal Barca and many more will reveal the secrets, passions and loyalties in the midst of the conflict. "Hannon the Great" transports us to the Second Punic War, where the rivalry between Carthage and Rome reaches its climax. Discover how history comes to life in this exciting new novel by José Luis Sánchez Iglesias."

The narrator, just out of childhood, lives in a small village with his parents, who work in the house of a well-to-do family. Fascinated, he observes the life of the gentlemen and their children, who inhabit a world that is inaccessible and increasingly contradictory to him. As the days and seasons go by, he will turn his gaze towards the environment where he grew up and which seems to be more and more endangered, threatened by a new way of life. The Sidewalk presents us with a physical and human landscape that has disappeared, victim of urban pressure, and claims, with a rich language deeply rooted in the territory, the roots of a people located between the land and the sea. With exceptional delicacy, she offers us an exquisite and subtle account of the transition to adulthood. The plot describes a fading world, capturing the essence of a place affected by drastic changes, while paying homage to the richness of language and connection to the environment. This story is ultimately a reflection on loss and transformation, presented with a narrative mastery that reveals the author's mastery in exploring deep and universal themes.

Seville, 1579. The lawyer Pacheco and the twenty-fourth Medina once again face an unprecedented challenge. On this occasion, their mission is riskier than ever: to recover a valuable shipment of smuggled silver that could alter the destiny of the Netherlands and endanger the balance of power in Europe. Palace intrigues, international conspiracies, and the dark secrets of royalty are woven into a suspenseful plot that will keep readers on edge from the first page to the last. Join Medina and Pacheco on a journey that will take you through the streets of Seville, the corridors of power in Madrid, the majestic walls of the Escorial, and the trade routes of the Guadalquivir River. From London to Paris, discover how the puppets of history move in a deadly game as our heroes fight against time to prevent the lost silver from financing the revolt in Flanders. After the huge success of The King Will Die in Seville, "with its immersive style and unique ability to blend history and fiction, Juan Cartaya returns with a thrilling new installment of Medina and Pacheco's adventures."

After years of reflection and dedication, this book brings together the most brilliant conclusions of the great Spanish economist Ramón Tamames on the international economy and its economic cycles, international cooperation, the development of world trade, or the international monetary system of the IMF and the European Monetary Union. He distills and clarifies the world economic structure and defines the strategies and limits of sustainable economy. Tamames' thoughts on the relationship between the economy and ecology, the achievement of a development that respects the planet and the economic analysis of a world endangered by the rupture of balances, such as global warming and climate change, offer us a clarifying vision of the present and future economic challenges.

The first novel in nearly twenty years from the acclaimed actor/ writer/director is a book about art and love, fame and heartbreak--a blistering story of a young man making his Broadway debut in Henry IV just as his marriage implodes. A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the redemptive, healing power of art; a portrait of the ravages of disappointment and divorce; a poignant consideration of the rites of fatherhood and manhood; a novel soaked in rage and sex, longing and despair, and a passionate love letter to the world of theater, A Bright Ray of Darkness showcases Ethan Hawke's gifts as a novelist as never before.

In the knowledge of the human being there is a fundamental question still unanswered: how do receptors, synapses and neurons generate feelings, thoughts and memories, that is, how does one go from the brain to the mind? Since the beginning of culture, man has been trying to explain the world, to survive, to create, to know himself and to understand others. The 19th century witnessed the consolidation of psychology, perhaps the most controversial, complex, divided and questioned discipline that has ever existed, but also one of the most suggestive, impressive and hopeful that modern science has ever formulated. It has been a long road full of illusions, discoveries and conflicts, a fascinating journey worth exploring. Neuroscientist José Ramón Alonso and psychologist Irene Alonso Esquisábel invite you on a mind-blowing journey through the human mind and time, starting from the dawn of life on Earth and its first cognitive experiences and reaching the most avant-garde and unusual research on consciousness and brain functions. In these lines you will discover the greatest challenges that our species has ever faced, the infinity of geniuses and absurdities to which it has given rise, the vast ocean of failed schools and paradigms that with greater or lesser success have shaken it, and the reality that awaits it on a horizon as uncertain as it is promising. Here is why we think so.

This is the epic story of Ishi, an African elephant who faces one last, risky journey to reunite with the humans who rescued him fifty years ago. The family that raised him and subsequently lost him is made up of a famous hunting guide and his wife, director of an animal center (a conflict that puts his marriage at risk); his two children; and the young Kikuyu, who finds the orphaned elephant and becomes part of the Hathaway clan. This absorbing novel, written by Alex Lasker, renowned Hollywood screenwriter, strikes a chord with young and old. A timeless and moving narrative that spans settings such as East Africa, Great Britain and New York.

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the saddest and most enigmatic figures in world literature. He made his living as a poet, critic, editor, and journalist, and is recognized as one of the universal masters of the short story. He was a pioneer in his country and the first American writer of renown who tried to make writing his way of life. He revamped the Gothic novel, invented the detective story and made important contributions to the emerging genre of science fiction. He also ventured into such disparate fields as cosmology, cryptography and mesmerism, although his name would go down to posterity thanks to his shocking tales of terror, in which he portrays death in all its forms and manifestations with singular mastery: natural death, premeditated, mysterious, accidental, placid, gruesome and cursed. His work and legacy have been assimilated by popular culture through music, film, comics, painting and television, assuring him a posthumous fame such as he could never have imagined. His work also exerted an enormous influence on the literature of his time thanks to the obsession he had for the form and aesthetics of his writing, which allowed him to compose poems of remarkable beauty such as The Raven, a true work of literary art that, along with others of similar transcendence, would mark the path for authors who would come later, such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Franz Kafka, Jules Verne, H.P. Lovecraft and Charles Baudeaire, among many others. In this entertaining biography, richly illustrated, the reader will be immersed in the story of a floating and melancholic genius who had to endure continuous economic hardships, insurmountable deaths, complicated loves and countless emotional conflicts that made his life a painful and, at times, unbearable existence. We will also learn curious anecdotes of his time, the origin of his most important works and the ins and outs of his strange death in 1849, whose exact cause was never determined.

Over the last quarter century, Paco de Lucia almost single-handedly sparked the evolution of flamenco from a closed, tradition-bound folk art into a vibrant international art form. He took a dying music in the hands of a moribund and querulous generation and gave it a vitality that made it accessible to young people around the world. Respecting at all times the traditional canons of rhythm and form, his creativity and his tireless search for freedom have brought about drastic changes in all areas of flamenco endowing the artists of this genre, with a dignity they did not possess before.

These pages explain the reasons for the Armenian genocide of 1915. Although Turkey denies it, in 2000, the French Parliament recognized it, and in 2016 made its denial a fined crime. Emmanuel Macron declared April 24 as Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day in France. Also recognized by U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, Pope Francis called it "the first genocide of the 20th century." There is a small Christian country located in the South Caucasus, wedged between huge Muslim nations (Turkey, Iran and Azerbaijan), whose people have suffered like few others the most tragic and unfortunate vicissitudes of modern history. Much has been said about the Jewish Holocaust perpetrated during World War II, but little is known about the ruthless extermination of the Armenians by the Turks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which served as an example for Hitler. This is a moving historical novel that, through the vicissitudes of the Nazarian-Nakhoudian family, intertwines the lives of the Armenian victims with the Turkish perpetrators. But, above all, it is a denunciation of how a state becomes genocidal of its own citizens simply because they are different.

"How can we put social networks at the service of health? Is it possible to create a reliable communication channel between patients and healthcare professionals? What kind of environments can social networks create that benefit our health? This book presents a structured account of what social networks are, what types of networks exist, their different business models and how each one can be used in the field of healthcare. We will learn how they can help us in the classroom, in teaching new professionals, encourage joint research without geographical limits, and even how sharing the results of research in different parts of the world in almost real time accelerates medical progress. In addition, it shows how to track patterns in the spread of a disease, create direct channels between professionals and patients, create environments for patients and families to inform and support each other in the process of their disease."--Provided by publisher.

Ramón Tamames discusses Hernán Cortés with beautiful writing in this dazzling scenario. The story is surrounded by contemporary protagonists, such as Moctezuma, Malinche, Cuauhtémoc, Carlos V, Father Las Casas, Governor Velázquez, Pizarro, Alvarado, Sandoval, Bernardino de Sahagún, Vasco de Quiroga and many other characters and events that make up Spanish America. An indispensable book for Spanish speakers. These pages cover the vision of Hernán Cortés from a global approach - within the framework of the great discoveries and events of the 16th century world, which promoted world trade, miscegenation and the spread of Christianity - as a brave soldier, great entrepreneur of his own project, intelligent diplomat and statesman creator of the new Spain.

Discover Queen Letizia's secrets that could shake the stability of her marriage. Does Queen Letizia harbor a dark, hidden side? Is she playing a good role as mother to the heir to the throne, Princess Leonor? Is this really a love story of our King and Queen? What hidden decisions and actions have shaken the core of the Monarchy? If we thought Jaime Peñafiel had told everything about Queen Letizia, we were very wrong because these pages have a lot to talk about.

In today's political landscape, women rulers are rare. However, thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women were pharaohs who controlled an authoritarian state in times of war and peace. Despite their success, they often ended up being used as mere pawns in a patriarchal society. By studying the lives of six remarkable pharaohs-including Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra-renowned Egyptologist Kara Cooney explains how these women ruled and what made ancient Egypt unique among the great empires of history. An extraordinary testimony that sheds light on the complexities of their unusual power and explains why nothing like it has ever been seen since. But what was so special about ancient Egypt that women had access to the highest political offices? What was it about these women that enabled them to overcome the obstacles to the throne?

The main concern of this book is the relationship between identity and inhabited place. Through a series of reflections rooted in experience and implication, Samy Reyes explores the influence that territoriality exerts on us and the challenges that this influence proposes or demands. This is a reflection with a markedly activist spirit, which addresses issues such as the relationship between body and space, the permeability of personality, the determining effect of different discourses and institutions and the importance of desire in the emergence of dissidence. Theory and personal experiences are on the same level in this exhaustive analysis, offering a hybrid testimony with which Reyes answers the question of how to use our desire to confront social norms and build new spheres of queer territoriality.

A fascinating investigation that comes to question the traditional deterministic models (which almost all of us have assumed to be true) about what lies beyond death, and reveals suggestive alternatives that argue that we can decide our destiny after our last breath. Enrique Ramos, in this new and very interesting work, makes an analysis of astonishing and transcendent proposals, coming from five reliable sources of information very unknown in the western world. Some theories that constitute a revulsive for our old beliefs about the survival of the conscience, since they share the idea that the human being does not have to be satisfied after the death. Dying, according to these lines of thought, would be a purely personal matter and, therefore, it is a capital error to accept that the inevitability of death also implies an immovable predestination as to our post-mortem reality. These lines answer the big question: is our end written or, on the contrary, can we choose which path to follow after the last transit?

"A unique culinary journey through the flavors and secrets of ancient Iberia in which we invite you to explore an exceptional cookbook of Iberian dishes, meticulously elaborated from data extracted from archaeological excavations at Iberian sites in the Iberian Peninsula and the south of France. This work co-written with passion and erudition by J. Damáin Partido and Lidia Cabello Ligero, backed by years of empirical knowledge, has brought to life culinary creations that will transport you directly to the table of the ancient inhabitants of the region. From the dawn of the Neolithic, where cereals and legumes were the basis of the diet, to the gastronomic refinements that characterized the Iberians, we will guide you through the rich history that lies in every taste and aroma. Along with the delicious recipes that you will be able to recreate in your own kitchen, you will find the cooking and preservation techniques used by these ancient peoples. "Iberian Gastronomy" is more than a recipe book: it is a tribute to the memory of those who came before us, through the food they shared and the traditions they treasured. Discover forgotten flavors and lost techniques in this unforgettable culinary journey. Welcome to the Iberian table of the past!"--Provided by publisher.

Jacky Mauchrétien is a local businessman who has enriched himself by developing a vast network of drug resale and prostitution, and reigns over the Norman village he completely controls. He does not hesitate to prostitute himself and even rape his own daughter, nor to get rid of people who are unlucky enough to cross his path. He also has under the skin of his testicles all the commitments of the nights of debauchery he organizes with the help of the Albanian mafia. But someone, just a grain of sand, will cross the path of this sordid mechanism. His daughter Kimy will find the strength to confront him and plunge the whole beautiful world into chaos. A lucid portrait of a provincial microcosm, in which people of all stripes, adorned with their untouchable condition, allow themselves to be carried away with impunity by the worst barbarity that can germinate in a human brain. Pedophilia, incest, torture, murder: all predators are invited to the party.

If you have decided to embark on the path of magic, this is the book for you. In these pages you will learn to differentiate the magic imposed by external elements from the authentic magic that beats within us and you will create the map that will help you walk your own magical path: a path that is sometimes arduous, sometimes fun, but always surprising. You will learn to use your intuition to make your own decisions, to record your experiences so that no one else can design your path, to write your personal book of magic by drinking from the original sources and contributing your own experiences, to combine the magical life with mundane life, to rescue family traditions, and you will be surprised to discover how the sayings of our grandmothers contain magical teachings and how magic is hidden in our local customs. In these pages you will learn how dreams are a daily opportunity to access magic, and when you wake up you will be able to sit with us in the magical filandón I have prepared for you, listening to the advice of sensitives, folklorists, mythologists, writers, priestesses, herbalists, and artists who combine the mundane and the magical on a daily basis. At the end of this book you will discover with astonishment that mundane life is compatible with magic, and that sometimes it makes the impossible happen, despite logic.

"Eva, la narradora, formaa parte--junto con sus amigas Bada y Pilzy--del underground cubano. Las tres creen firmemente que la vida siempre estarâa por encima de ideologâias e intolerancias. Garcias a sus aventuras, el lector descubrirâa el poco conocido rock cubano desde dentro; un rock perseguido y expulsado. Asistiremos a los enfrentamientos de los > habaneros con sus acosadores y a la creaciâon de una fuerza poderosa, oculta y liberadora: la Jipangâa."--

This work is signed by Jesús Pascual, one of the most powerful young voices of the Spanish queer scene, and constitutes a rich and innovative reflection on the queer passions hidden in the Andalusian copla during Franco's regime. The discourse is articulated around the figure of Antonio, "la Palomita", whose photographs and experiences are the backbone of the book. Antonio's intimacy is linked to Rafael de León's coplas through the lucid analysis of the author, who offers us a warm and very necessary look at passion, the expression of desire and sexual dissidence during the dictatorship. An absolutely necessary and current book, which is at the same time a dialogue between generations and a recognition of the courageous and anonymous figures who kept the queer impulse alive in Spain.

The revenge of the countryside is already here. Food prices are rising sharply and the forgotten food crises are threatening to reappear. Why is it that yesterday there was plenty of food and today there seems to be a shortage? Disdain for the countryside and the imbalances of de-globalization are the main reasons. However, public officials unfairly and demagogically blame distributors and farmers, trying to justify their own mistakes and errors. How could we have reached this sad, unfair and suicidal situation? How has it been possible for society to despise those who feed it? Why have we, farmers, stockbreeders and fishermen, gone from heroes to villains? Why does today's society not only not value us, but, on the contrary, considers us enemies of the environment, parasites of the CAP, lords of other times, animal abusers? Why, if prices rise, do we continue to abandon our fields? This short essay tries to understand the whys and wherefores of this paradoxical and contradictory situation. We punish the people of the countryside while we demand abundant, healthy and cheap food. We want good, beautiful and cheap food, but without agriculture or farmers, meat without livestock or farmers, fish without fishing or fishermen. We protest about the rise in food prices, while at the same time we prohibit water transfers, persecute farms or question irrigation and fertilizers, among many other limitations or prohibitions. Of course, that does not work. Throughout these years, farmers have protested with resounding tractor actions, but when it comes down to it, no one has paid any attention to them. The string of rules of all kinds that hinder or make their activity impossible continues to unfold with fatal consequences. They are dying without the society they feed seeming to care in the least. Farmers, ranchers and fishermen are not part of the problem, they are part of the solution. They want to work in peace, with dignity, in a sustainable and profitable way, to fulfill their transcendent mission of feeding us. They do not work only for the bread of their children, they work above all for the bread of everyone else's children.