Madrid, 1957. Daniel Matheson, hijo de un magnate petrolero de Texas, llega a Madrid con sus padres con la esperanza de conectarse con el país de naciemineto de su madre a través de la lente de su cámara. Conoce a Ana Moreno, cuyos obstáculos entretejidos de la familia revelan la persistente comprensión de la Guerra Civil española, así como definiciones escalofriantes de fortuna y miedo. Las fotografías de Daniel lo dejan con preguntas incómodas...

All his life, William Stanley searched for a wild place of his own. Growing up in the straightened-out city blocks of his childhood and finding some respite in summer trips to a cabin in the woods, William Stanley yearned for space, fragrant soil, tall trees, and the silence that surrounds them. In Hawaii, he learned of acres of land depleted from toxic agricultural practices, and he became determined to restore that land and create one of the most...

For most, the hardest part of writing is overcoming the mountain of self-denial that weighs upon the spirit, always threatening to extinguish those first small embers of ambition. Brenda Ueland, a writer and teacher, devotes most of her book--published back in 1938, before everyone and their goldfish got their MFAs in creative writing--to these matters of the writer's heart. Still, the real gift of the book is Ueland herself: She liked to write, she...