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¿De qué magnitud es el reto de recomponer la Educación en el Perú? ¿Cuán importante es contar con gente comprometida en la función pública? ¿Es posible revertir la situación crítica de los sectores educativos? Mediante anécdotas personales y profesionales, ideas, estudios y datos que refuerzan sus planteamientos, el exministro de Educación, Jaime Saavedra, aborda en este libro algunos de los complejos retos educativos en el Perú, a partir de su experiencia entre los años 2013 y 2016.

Ao descortinar o véu de silêncio acerca do assunto, este livro-reportagem convida o leitor a abandonar a complacência e tratar do tema da violência doméstica em lares cristãos com coragem, lucidez e determinação, oferecendo justiça a todas as mulheres. Não há respostas fáceis, mas reconhecer o problema pode ser um primeiro passo na transformação de uma igreja verdadeiramente fiel aos ensinamentos de Cristo.

Liderança transcendente não tem muito a ver com educação ou treino, afirma Kofman. Apesar de ser PhD em economia e ter ensinado no MIT (Massachussets Institute of Technology), ele logo descobriu que as ferramentas da economia simplesmente não funcionavam quando se tratava de motivar os funcionários. Incentivos materiais formam talvez 15% da motivação de empregados. Os outros 85% derivam da nossa vontade de pertencer–pela convicção de que o que fazemos dia após dia tem alguma importância.

As the star of the hit sci-fi TV show Alex Salem, certain duties are expected of me. Go to conventions, meet the fans, say the catchphrase, smile for pictures. When one of those fans steals a piece of my costume and, later, a piece of my heart, my entire career is thrown into jeopardy. One night of fun isn’t enough—I’ll convince the sexy seamstress to give me more, even if it costs me everything

A local fisherman finds the body of a missing American archaeologist. Detective Inspector Betancourt, of the Singapore Marine Police, is first on the scene. Something doesn't quite add up. He finds out that the archaeologist, Richard Fulbright, was close to deciphering the previously-untranslatable script on a pre-colonial relic known as the Singapore Stone. This was no accidental drowning.

Give Us More Guns, based on hundreds of interviews with police, experts, and the gangsters themselves, tells the story of this callous crime for the first time. Mark Shaw explores how the guns get into the hands of South Africa’s crime bosses and describes the bloodshed that ensues. He also uncovers accounts of rampant corruption within the police and in the state’s gun-licensing system, probing the government failure that has been instrumental in arming the country’s gangsters.

Cuando su familia se mudó al pueblo de Westminster, California, la pequeña Silvia Méndez estaba entusiasmada con inscribirse en la escuela de su vecindario. Pero ella y sus hermanos fueron rechazados y les dijeron que, en vez, tenían que asistir a la escuela mexicana. Sylvia no podía entender por qué; era una ciudadana estadounidense que hablaba inglés perfectamente. ¿Por qué obligaban a los hijos de familias mexicanas a asistir a otra escuela? Al no poder obtener una respuesta satisfactoria de la junta escolar, la familia Méndez decidió tomar cartas en el asunto y organizar una demanda.

Los cuentos de John Cheever son el gran testimonio literario de la clase media estadounidense de los años cincuenta y sesenta. Conocido como «el Chéjov norteamericano», fue el gran cronista de ese territorio casi mitológico de las zonas residenciales a las afueras de las grandes ciudades, con sus fiestas de cóctel y piscina, sus despertares de periódico en la puerta, sombrero, maletín y beso a los niños, tardes con cuartetos de Benny Goodman en la radio y noches enteras anhelando una vida distinta.

Los sesgos inconscientes nos afectan a todos. Un reclutador se podría decepcionar si un candidato le pregunta sobre la incapacidad por maternidad. A un profesional de Recursos Humanos le puede parecer más atractivo promover a un graduado de una universidad prestigiosa que a uno de una escuela pública. Un líder puede que crea que una mujer está menos preparada para presentar un reporte en la próxima reunión que su colega varón.

Quincas Borba: sábio, louco e filósofo, o mesmo que aparece no clássico Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas com o o amigo pobre, que posteriormente enriquece, é agora o personagem central da obra. Fundador de própria filosofia: o Humanitismo. Nela, dirá que tudo é parte de um mesmo corpo, o Humanitas. como órgãos e células, os homens vivem e lutam para este Corpo sobreviver: assim, para os seres vivos não há morte, há a vontade do Humanitas se perpetuar de outras formas.

Olivia loves being the Dungeon Master of her after-school club, creating a world with magic and epic battles with adventure around every corner. She’s always felt at home in her game, but now—with new members and new plotlines—her world has gotten more complicated than ever. It doesn’t help when Olivia’s older sister, Lu, comes home from college and brushes off all Olivia’s hard work, telling her to get real. A seed of doubt is planted, and suddenly the colorful world of her game starts to fade around her. Will Olivia be able to keep everything from changing, or will the party fall apart?

Two rivals. One winner. Fresh off his fourth-place finish in his first Olympic final, British long jumper Adam Lowe finds himself standing face-to-face with the man who beat him to a medal. Little does he know, this chance encounter will spark a rivalry that, for Lowe, will become all-consuming. Through epic victories and crushing defeats, Lowe pushes himself to the brink, testing his mental, physical, professional, and personal limits.

El incendio de la Guardería ABC, en Sonora, es uno de los hechos más graves de la historia reciente de nuestro país. Este libro recopila testimonios sobre la tragedia en la que murieron 49 niños y más de 70 resultaron heridos.

Aristotle said that philosophy begins with wonder, and the first Western philosophers developed theories of the world which express simultaneously their sense of wonder and their intuition that the world should be comprehensible. But their enterprise was by no means limited to this proto-scientific task. Through, for instance, Heraclitus's enigmatic sayings, the poetry of Parmenides and Empedocles, and Zeno's paradoxes, the Western world was introduced to metaphysics, rationalist theology, ethics, and logic.

Michael continues to work to fulfill the promise to his love, but the world isn't the same place. Now, there is a mistake he made centuries in the past walking around he needs to rectify. To complicate matters, there is a group out of England believing Michael’s blood will be just what they need for their business. While they get nasty Vampires off the street at the same time. Further, the effort to pull together the Sacred Clan’s ship parts are starting to come together. Unfortunately, no one wishes to give Michael and his new family any help.

The smile is the icon of our childhood. When we are kids, we always smile, we laugh for no reason out of all the little aspects of our lives, we feel free and we transform everything into a game. Even when we are serious, our hearts are clean, and laughter and smiles are a second away. But as we grow up and mature, life installs in with its usual problems, difficult situations, and sometimes unwanted circumstances, and smiling becomes a hard thing to do.

Being wrong is one of the best things that happened to me. But it also sucked. The best way to learn is from the mistakes of others. I’ve made plenty of mistakes, but I’ve also had incredible success, and I want you to learn from me. My name is Adrian Smude, and I went from being an evicted tenant to becoming a highly profitable—and financially-free—investor, teaching across the country and living my dream life, all by investing in mobile homes with the dirt. This audiobook is a collection of what I’ve learned from 20 years of being a landlord and the stories along the way.

Una minima infelicità è un romanzo vertiginoso. Una nave in bottiglia che non si può smettere di ammirare. Annetta racconta la sua vita vissuta all’ombra della madre, Sofia Vivier. Bella, inquieta, elegante, Sofia si vergogna del corpo della figlia perché è scandalosamente minuto. Una petite che non cresce, che resta alta come una bambina. Chiusa nel sacrario della sua casa, Annetta fugge la rozzezza del mondo di fuori, rispetto al quale si sente inadeguata. A sua insaputa, però, il declino lavora in segreto.

Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company’s most lucrative banana plantation burning all evidence of a massive cover-up, the future of Teresa Cepeda Valverde’s family is changed for ever. Now, twenty-seven years later, Teresa and her daughter Lyra are still picking up the pieces. Lyra wants nothing to do with Teresa, but is desperate to find out what happened to her family that fateful night. Teresa, haunted by a missing husband and the bitter ghost of her mother, Amarga, is unable to reconcile the past.

Dos hechos dolorosos—el suicidio del padre durante su adolescencia y la muerte reciente de su hermana menor—han señalado la vida de Emarvi, sin embargo, está a punto de enfrentar la mayor guerra de todas las que acechan debido a la inseguridad en la sociedad mexicana: su hijo de siete años es secuestrado.