JOHN BLAKE

Un libro para los más pequeños de 0 a 4 años.

Cuentan de un mercader que, deseando saber cuánto eran dos más dos, preguntó a un contable para que le ayudara a conocer la respuesta. El contable se le acercó y, después de comprobar que nadie les oia, le murmuro al oido: ¿Usted cuanto quiere que sea? Anonimo Veneciano. Los maquillajes contables pretenden ofrecer una imagen de las cuentas diferente con el fin de manipular a los usuarios. En los ultimos años se han convertido en un problema importante. A veces se hacen al margen de la normativa contable y, por tanto, son ilegales. Otras veces son legales y se denominan contabilidad creativa. Oriol Amat Salas es catedratico de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra. Ha sido profesor visitante de diversas universidades europeas y americanas.

George Croft has decided to have a lie-in. So, apparently, has almost everyone else as Britain has come to a complete standstill. Millions of people, particularly the lowest paid, have simply not turned up for work. With parliament in summer recess, the beleaguered cabinet secretary can only find the Prime Minister somewhat the worse for wear after a clandestine liaison at a country spa and an assortment of hastily-chosen assistants to tackle this national emergency. Plans to take back control go awry as the Prime Minister is unable to find his clothes, his wife is besieged in their house, corrupt financier Josh Ford loses both himself and his money, the over-zealous security guard proves a bit too keen for everyones liking, and there are only cartoons on the news channels. Lost in the countryside, they encounter the vigilante vicar of Eden village and some strange goings on in Paradise Woods. Will they ever find the way back to civilisation or do all roads lead to Paradise?This book is a satirical farce and many of the characters use racist, sexist, homophobic and other offensive language. If you are likely to be uncomfortable with this, then this book is not for you.

An award-winning journalist tells the riveting (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) story of his quest to reconcile with his white mother and the family hed never metand how faith brought them all together.A compelling and courageous journey that bears witness to the realities of systemic racism, the complexity of identity within that system, and the possibilities of reconciliation.Robin DiAngelo, New York Times bestselling author of White FragilityWINNER: The Christopher Award; The Illumination Award; The Nonfiction Book Award; Georgia Centers A Book All Georgians Should Read; The Nautilus Award; Georgia Author of the Year AwardJohn Blake grew up in a notorious Black neighborhood in inner-city Baltimore that became the setting for the HBO series The Wire. There he became a self-described closeted biracial person, hostile toward white people while hiding the truth of his mothers race. The son of a Black man and a white woman who met when interracial marriage was still illegal, Blake knew this much about his mother: She vanished from his life not long after his birth, and her family rejected him because of his race.But at the age of seventeen, Blake had a surprise encounter that uncovered a disturbing family secret. This launched him on a quest to reconcile with his white family. His search centered on two questions: Where is my mother? and Where do I belong? More Than I Imagined is Blakes propulsive true story about how he answered those questions with the help of an interracial church, a loving caregivers sacrifice, and an inexplicable childhood encounter that taught him the importance of forgiveness.Blake covered some of the biggest stories about race in America for twenty-five years before realizing that facts dont change people, relationships do. He owes this discovery to radical integration, which was the only way forward for him and his familyand is the only way forward for America as a multiracial democracy. More Than I Imagined is a hopeful story for our difficult times.Praise for More Than I ImaginedAn incredibly moving memoir that both examines and complicates our understanding of race in America today, More Than I Imagined is overflowing with empathy and full of humanity.Clint Smith, New York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is PassedThis is a book of gutsy hope and not of despair, of reconciliation and not of hatred. Both sides of the racial divide need the voice that Blake is uniquely qualified to offer.Philip Yancey, author of Whats So Amazing About Grace?