En busca de la felycidad [The Pursuit of Happiness]

Summary

A la edad de veinte años, Chris Gardner, nativo de Milwaukee, recién terminando La Marina, llegó a San Francisco para seguir una carrera prometedora en la medicina. Considerado un hijo prodigio de la investigación científica, sorprendió a todos y a sí mismo estableciendo su punto de vista en el competitivo mundo de las altas finanzas. Sin embargo, apenas había entrado a una posición de gran nivel en una empresa de prestigio, Gardner se encontró atrapado en una red de circunstancias increíblemente difíciles que lo dejaron como parte de los ciudadanos sin hogar y con un hijo pequeño. Motivado por la promesa que se hizo a sí mismo como un niño huérfano de nunca abandonar a sus propios hijos, los dos pasaron casi un año moviéndose entre refugios, moteles, comedores públicos, e incluso dormir en el baño público de una estación de metro. Nunca cediendo a la desesperación, Gardner hizo una transformación asombrosa pasando de ser parte de la ciudad pobre e invisible a convertirse en un jugador de gran alcance en su distrito financiero. Más que un libro de memorias de éxito financiero de Gardner, esta es la historia de un hombre que rompe el ciclo de su propia familia sobre hombres que abandonan a sus hijos. Legendario, triunfante e increíblemente honesto, En busca de la felicidad evoca a héroes como Horatio Alger y Antwone Fishe, y apela a la esencia del sueño americano. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

©2015 Chris Gardner (P)2015 Thomas Nelson Publishers

The Taste of Many Mountains

Summary

A research trip to Guatemala illuminates truths both intimate and global for four young travelers. The graduate students arrived in Guatemala energized and ready to take on the world. They planned to follow the path of coffee beans from a peasant coffee-growing community in the western highlands through the chain of buyers, co-ops, exporters, and roasters, all the way to a café in San Francisco. As the students investigate the profit made at every link in the coffee chain, they confront a series of unexpected events that illuminate globalization in surprising ways. They befriend a coffee-growing peasant family who recounts their family stories of fortune and tragedy wrought by coffee over generations of their Mayan family history. The relationship deepens between the family and the students. Then catastrophe strikes and the students must choose how to respond. A surprising, beautifully engaging novel that illustrates the many ethical dilemmas of our increasingly globalized economy.

©2014 Thomas Nelson (P)2014 Thomas Nelson

Not by Sight

Summary

Cash Luna, renowned pastor and author, presents his new book, Not By Sight, an anthology on faith, based on 2 Corinthians 5:7. The foundation of our life of faith are the promises and teachings that our Father shares with us in his word. He wants us to walk by faith and not by sight because our senses can deceive us. Believe in the Lord and declare your blessings in your life, because you have dreams to achieve and miracles to witness. Live by faith! To walk by faith takes courage and humility because we must close our eyes to the pessimism of the world and let ourselves be guided by the promises of blessing from our Heavenly Father. Living by faith, contrary to what some believe, is a matter of higher minds with criteria to speak and act according to what is really accurate, the word of God. Let us dare to challenge our faith at all times, since it is the most powerful and effective tool when we need to believe for daily sustenance and also when we need to believe by extraordinary miracles of healing and provision.

©2018 Cash Luna (P)2018 Thomas Nelson

The Shot Caller

Summary

“What you will read in these pages is a story about a tough young man who lost his way, and the story of a loving God who never forgot Casey, no matter where he was.” (Nicky Cruz, former New York gang leader and best-selling author of Run Baby Run) The Shot Caller is both a never-to-be-forgotten insider’s look at the violent world of gangs and prison life and a powerful, modern demonstration of how God will go to the most miraculous extremes to reach even the worst sinners. Casey Diaz came to this country when he was just two years old, the oldest son of El Salvadorian immigrants who settled in the barrios near downtown Los Angeles in the 1970s. An abusive family life propelled Casey into street gangs at the age of eleven and he rose quickly within the ranks of the Rockwood Street Locos to become their leader. At sixteen he was arrested and sentenced to nearly 13 years in a state prison for second-degree murder and 52 counts of robbery and placed in solitary confinement for twenty-three hours a day. When an elderly woman committed to prison ministry approaches his cell and tells him Jesus loves him and God is going to use him, Casey scoffs at her. Then, one day a supernatural event takes place causing Casey to hit the cell floor and weep. He knows this is almighty God speaking to him, confesses his many sins, expresses deep remorse, and accepts Christ. What happens next can only be described as a miracle. This gritty memoir is perfect for fans of the international best seller The Cross and the Switchblade and any listener looking for an astounding example of God’s grace and redemption.

©2019 Casey Diaz (P)2019 Emanate Books

Her Name Was Dolores

Summary

English edition. This book will take us behind the scenes of her stardom and inside the music business. Jenni Rivera, a gentle woman often filled with doubt. A spiritual woman who lived in faith. A woman who gave of herself deeply to the community. A woman who wanted nothing more than to be loved, but who could find it only onstage. Told through Pete Salgado's and Gabriel Vazquez's perspectives; both were Jenn's managers, and they share stories about the life of Dolores that no one knew and did not see onstage....

©2017 Pete Salgado (P)2017 HarperCollins Español