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El saldo de dolor y desolación que dejaron los bombardeos atómicos en las ciudades japonesas de Hiroshima y Nagasaki está consignado en estos testimonios de los sobrevivientes que recrean los instantes de horror padecidos tras las detonaciones.

As thousands of other Latin Americans, the Marin family immigrated to the US in search of a better life. With no knowledge of the English language, no scholarships or other benefits, Rosario braved her way through our competitive society. Her life story, set amidst some truly tragic events, is a statement to a life of perseverance, commitment, trust, and love. It is also a testimony that proves that the only real boundaries are those we impose on ourselves. It is a fount of inspiration for all of us who encounter adversity every day of our lives.

Biography of David Small, who grew up in a dysfunctional family, survived cancer which took his voice, and became an award-winning illustrator of children's books.

"What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way?" With these words, Pablo Picasso described the revolutionary methods of painting and artistic perspective with which he challenged the ways people and the world were defined. His life was a similarly complex prism of people, places, and ideologies that spanned most of the twentieth century. Acclaimed scholar Mary Ann Caws provides in Pablo Picasso a fresh and concise...