The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family. - Publisher. "Much of my lecture at Carnegie Mellon focused on the professional side of my life--my students, colleagues and career. The book is a far more personal look at my childhood dreams and all the lessons I've learned....

A newly edited text of Shakespeare's tragedy offers explanatory notes on pages facing the text of the play, as well as an introduction to Shakespeare's language, life, and theater.

A child's sadness at the death of a beloved dog is tempered by the remembrance of saying every night, I'll always love you.

En su lecho de muerte, el anciano y enfermo Artemio Cruz recuerda que no siempre fue ese triste saco de huesos y fermentos corporales; alguna vez fue joven, osado, vigoroso. Y tuvo ideales, sueños, revolución extinguieron su fuego y aniquilaron su esperanza. Tal vez por ello perdió a la única mujer que de verdad lo amó. An imaginative portrait of an unscrupulous individual, the story also serves as commentary on Mexican society, most notably...

"He hecho algo terrible, Grace. Espero que puedas perdonarme". Un thriller psicologico con un giro brillante e inesperado. Grace no ha vuelto a ser la misma tras la muerte de su mejor amiga, Charlie. Todavía la persiguen sus últimas palabras. Mientras intenta buscar respuestas en su pasado, encuentra a una joven que afirma ser hermana de Charlie y Grace se muestra feliz de abrirle las puertas de su vida. Pero algo no va bien. Hay cosas que desaparecen,...

A child recounts his special relationships with his grandfather and the difficulty of coping with his death from cancer.

Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.

After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.

"En esta esperada continuación del bestseller 90 minutos en el cielo, Don Piper revela, por primera vez, sorpredentes detalles de las personas que lo recibieron ante las puertas del cielo."--Page [4] of cover.

Jewish-American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped in Pakistan in January of 2002. The violent act became an international scandal as the group that claimed responsibility for the crime demanded the liberation of prisoners from the American detainee prison in Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba. The American government does not give in to the terrorists' demands. Mariane travels to Pakistan and is alone, searching for the most important person in her life....