Naufragios

Porqué Carlos Tevez, un jugador carismático y querido por sus hinchas, se quedó afuera de la Selección argentina que disputa el Mundial de Brasil 2014. Un análisis de su fútbol y una reconstrucción de su historia personal, desde su infancia pobre hasta su triunfo en el hipercompetitivo mundo del deporte de elite.

En 1801, los inquisidores de Cuenca iniciaban los procesos contra Isabel Herraiz y más de una veintena de sus seguidores. Esta fue la última causa importante juzgada por el tribunal inquisitorial conquense. Dotada de un considerable don de gentes y con gran poder de persuasión, la beata de Villar del Águila logró que muchos creyesen en su virtud y en las maravillas que, según aseguraba, Dios había obrado en su persona. En la transubstanciación del cuerpo de la beata creyeron un convento de frailes franciscanos caso completo, varios canónigos y otros clérigos de reconocido prestigio...

This is the story and background of how an orphan Chinese boy, with Gods blessing, created the world-renowned Jade Pagoda and its priceless companion collection and how it was lost to not only 1.4 billion Chinese but also to the people of the United States and the world. The centerpiece of this jade collection is the Jade Pagoda that took the blood and sweat of 150 Chinese jade artisans over ten years to complete. It was carved from the largest jadeite boulder ever mined from a quarry in Northern Burma (Myanmar). These jade workers labored between 1922 and 1933 by hand-and-foot power, using...

New York Times Bestseller Like See No Evil and At the Center of the Storm, this is a vivid and gripping account of the Central Intelligence Agency, a life of secrets, and a war in the shadows. Called the "Bob Gates of his generation" by Politico, Michael Morell was a top CIA officer who played a critical role in the most important counterterrorism events of the past two decades. Morell was by President Bush's side on 9/11/01 when terrorists struck America and in the White House Situation Room advising President Obama on 5/1/11 when America struck back-killing Usama bin Ladin. From the subway...