Crónicas de un aprendiz

Muchos libros han intentado explicar qué es la vida. Juanjo Sáez lo ha conseguido. "Éramos una familia. La Chispeta, la yaya, la mama, el papa y el tío José Manuel. Fueron ellos los que me enseñaron todo lo importante. Como, por ejemplo, qué es el tiempo y el universo. O qué significa crecer. O por qué es valiosa la libertad. O para qué sirven los sueños. Incluso hoy, cuando aprendo algo, es a los míos a quienes se lo cuento. Me da igual que ya no estén aquí, es con ellos con los que hablo del éxito y de la felicidad, y quienes me ayudan cuando la tristeza, el miedo y la rabia...

A Nobel Prize-winning biologist tells the riveting story of his race to discover the inner workings of biology's most important molecule "Ramakrishnan's writing is so honest, lucid and engaging that I could not put this book down until I had read to the very end." -- Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene Everyone has heard of DNA. But by itself, DNA is just an inert blueprint for life. It is the ribosome -- an enormous molecular machine made up of a million atoms -- that makes DNA come to life, turning our genetic code into proteins and therefore into us....

This volume explores the years from 1784 to 1797, and covers the most interesting years of Burke's life; the leading themes being India and the French Revolution. Burke was a key figure in shaping long-term British attitudes to both.

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...