Leonardo: 518 books

A un Mario Conde a punto de cumplir sesenta años, y que se siente más en crisis y más escéptico que de costumbre con su país, le llega de manera inesperada un encargo de un antiguo amigo del instituto, Bobby, que le pide ayuda para recuperar la estatua de una virgen negra que le han robado. Conde...

Education and Racism is a concise and easily accessible primer for introducing undergraduate and graduate students to the field of race and education. Designed for introductory courses, each chapter provides an overview of a main issue or dilemma in the research on racial inequality and education...

Why are politicians able to form electoral coalitions that bridge ethnic divisions in some countries and not others? This book answers this question by presenting a theory of pecuniary coalition building in multi-ethnic countries governed through patronage. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, the book...

One out of every five Latin Americans or around 130 million people have never known anything but poverty, subsisting on less than US$4-a-day throughout their lives. These are the region´s chronically poor, who have remained so despite unprecedented inroads against poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean...

The only guide focusing entirely on practical approaches to pricing and hedging derivatives One valuable lesson of the financial crisis was that derivatives and risk practitioners don't really understand the products they're dealing with. Written by a practitioner for practitioners, this book...

FIFA, like other sports governing bodies, has been accused of corruption and lack of transparency. It has, however, recently decided to initiate reforms. A group of experienced independent governance experts and stakeholders has been asked to oversee the reform process. This group, the Independent...

Maître Corbaque n'est pas une avocate comme les autres : véreuse jusqu'au bout des dents, qu'elle a acérées, elle est prompte à dégainer l'arsenal juridique pour assigner le riche comme le pauvre et l'orphelin, pourvu que cela lui rapporte 50% des dommages et intérêts réclamés il faut bien...

Une superbe réinvention de la mythologie des contes de notre enfance ! Dans l’univers de Fairy Quest, le monde des fées et des contes pour enfants est huilé comme une horloge suisse. Tout est définitivement écrit, et il ne faut jamais sortir de l’histoire. Mais que se passe-t-il quand...

Among the first written accounts of the concentration camps—a major literary and historical discovery. While in a Russian-administered holding camp in Katowice, Poland, in 1945, Primo Levi was asked to provide a report on living conditions in Auschwitz. Published the following year, it was...

Il Dottor Strange ha impedito all’Empirikul di rimuovere ogni traccia di magia dalla Terra, ma il prezzo da pagare è stato altissimo. E ora che lo Stregone Supremo è più debole che mai, quanto ci metteranno i suoi avversari ad approfittarne? Jason Aaron (Thor, Southern Bastards) e Chris Bachalo...

El cuento es un género que devela al autor; expone y exhibe su forma de traducir al mundo en palabras. En palabras que, bellamente concatenadas, arman una historia. Cuentan algo. Hablo del acto de escribir en su forma más pura y básica. Entendiendo esta obviedad: ¡que cada quien se haga bolas!...

The first book in this series, Havana Red, is the best selling Bitter Lemon title. Prize winning novel. Beautiful, sexy rendition of life in Cuba in mystery format. But also a deep, cutting, yet uncensored critique of the Cuban regime from within. Padura has elected to stay, remains in love with his...

A set of framed tales in the fabulist style, influenced by authors such as Calvino and Borges and antique narrative traditions. A deathless wanderer helps a boy to the end of his story.