The history of Rancho San Carlos is a chronicle of seven families who, with a cast of supporting characters, over a span of a century and a half, owned part or all of the two Mexican land grant parcels that are the heart of the ranch and it's successor, the Santa Lucia Preserve. Their sagas commenced in the 1830s, with the granting of El Potrero de San Carlos, to a native Californian, Fructuoso de Jesus del Real, and continues with many years of changes...

Con mirada atenta y pulso firme, Juan Villoro se desdobla en periodista, transeúnte, comprador de plumas, adulto nostálgico, padre responsable, brigadista de emergencia, y nos ofrece un testimonio de las múltiples experiencias que la capital mexicana depara a todos y cada uno de sus agremiados. Collection of two decades' writing about Mexico City, combining personal stories with vivid evocations and chronicles.

The China Lake missile range in the Mojave Desert was created during the Second World War, and has always been shrouded in secrecy. But people who make missiles and other weapons are regular working people, with domestic routines and everyday dilemmas, and four of them were the Piper family. Her dad designed the Sidewinder. Once, when a missile nose needed to be taken offsite for final testing, her mother loaded it into the trunk of the family car,...

"Jane Austen se refirió a Orgullo y prejuicio, la primera de sus novelas publicadas, como su "querido niño". Generaciones de lectores lo han llevado a su corazón desde entonces. Y es que la irresistible atracción que relata entre la brillante e independiente Elizabeth Bennet y el solemnemente austero Sr. Darcy, se ha convertido en una de las historias de amor más románticas y más divertidas jamás contadas."--Page 4 of cover.

"The Commission of Counter Ghoul is the only organization fighting the Ghoul menace, and they will use every tool at their disposal to protect humanity from its ultimate predator. Their newest weapon in this hidden war is an experimental procedure that implants human investigators with a Ghoul's Kagune, giving them Ghoul powers and abilities. But both the procedure and the newly formed Qs Squad are untested. Will they become heroes ... or monsters?!...

This documentary film draws from interviews that capture the memories, dreams and legacies of Monterey residents, eyewitnesses to the historically pivotal mid-20th century when Monterey underwent a fundamental transformation from a bustling small town centered around a world-famous fishing industry to a city revitalized by tourism. They speak about the physical and social aspects of that dramatic change, and the impact it had on their personal lives....

An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year--1599--that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. How was Shakespeare transformed from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating year we follow what he reads and writes, what he sees, and whom he works with as he invests in the new Globe Theatre and creates four of his most famous plays--Henry...

Tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune.

Retells in graphic novel format Dickens' story of the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.