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Una novela visionaria que, sin asomo de complacencia ni demagogia y un sorprendente final, expone la tragedia íntima y colectiva de la Alemania nazi.

La prosa de Pablo Neruda recogida en este volumen revela aspectos desconocidos de la rica y compleja personalidad del poeta. Estos textos describen el Extremo Oriente de sus años juveniles, hablan de personajes y sucesos chilenos y de las más inesperadas latitudes, describen el paisaje marino de Isla Negra, narran misteriosas ceremonias celebradas por extravagantes amigos en alguna casona perdida en un barrio de Santiago de Chile o describen dos casos de chilenos ejemplares, los de Mariano Latorre y Pedro Prado, la eterna lucha entre América y Europa, entre naturaleza y cultura, realidad criolla e invención cosmopolita.

Julia escucha en un bar a una vieja que la abordó en la calle y dice ser su abuela. Siempre tuvo dudas sobre su propio origen, y Griselda ahora le revela su verdadera historia. Muy pronto entenderá que detrás de esa apacible anciana hay más de lo que dice. Los lectores, con ella, empezarán una inmersión sin pausa en un territorio de horror multiforme que, en la repetición de la tortura y la muerte, replica los gestos sangrientos de la dictadura militar argentina. Una trama labrada con excelencia que repasa los años sesenta y setenta con los recursos del terror y del gore y que deslumbra con su maestría y agudeza.

Partiendo de un hecho real, que le narraron dos anarquistas huidos de la España franquista, Onetti construye una historia tensa en la que un hombre y una niña deben escapar juntos a través de una ciudad extraña... En su viaje obligado, pesan los muertos que se van aucumulando en su conciencia. Para esta noche es una novela que hilvana con maestría situaciones y personajes verídicos en una trama atravesada por elementos fantásticos.

In 1995, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin re-defined the next thirty years of currency policy with the mantra, “A strong dollar is in America’s interest.” That mantra held, ushering in exceptional prosperity and cheap foreign goods, but the strong dollar policy also played a role in the devastating hollowing out of America’s manufacturing sector. Meanwhile, abroad, the United States increasingly turned to the dollar as a weapon of war. In Paper Soldiers, Saleha Mohsin reveals how the Treasury Department has shaped U.S. policy at home and overseas by wielding the American dollar as a weapon—and what that means in a new age of crisis. For decades, America has preferred its currency superpower-strong, the basis of a “strong dollar” policy that attracted foreign investors and pleased consumers. Drawing on Mohsin’s unparalleled access to current and former Treasury officials like Robert Rubin, Steven Mnuchin, and Janet Yellen, Paper Soldiers traces that policy’s intended and unintended consequences, including the rise of populist sentiment and trade war with China—culminating in an unprecedented attack on the dollar’s pristine status during the Trump presidency—and connects the dollar’s weaponization from 9/11 to the deployment of crippling financial sanctions against Russia. Ultimately, Mohsin argues that, untethered from many of the economic assumptions of the last generation, the power and influence of the American dollar is now at stake. With first-hand reporting and fresh analysis that illustrates the vast, often unappreciated power that the Treasury Department wields at home and abroad, Paper Soldiers tells the inside story of how we really got here—and the future not only of the almighty dollar, but the nation’s teetering role as a democratic superpower.

Felicity has her entire future planned. Ever since her older sister ran away, she's had the full weight of her mother's expectations on her shoulders. So she works hard to get straight As and save for college. Except sometimes the best things in life are unplanned like when Felicity meets a handsome, masked stranger while she is volunteering at a charity masquerade ball. She never thought he'd flirt with her. And she certainly never thought he'd turn out to be a member of the world-famous Heartbreakers band, Alec. Then Felicity uncovers a shocking family secret. Suddenly, she, Alec, and her two best friends are off on a road trip to find Felicity's missing sister. And she's about to discover that unexpected turns have a peculiar way of landing her right where she needs to be…