New Releases by Mitch Albom

L''Eddie, l''encarregat de manteniment d''un parc d''atraccions, ja és vell i se sent atrapat en una vida sense sentit. Durant anys, la seva vida ha girat com les nòries de la fira. El dia que compleix vuitanta-tres anys, mor en un accident quan intenta salvar una noia d''una cabina espatllada. Just abans de morir, nota dues mans petites dintre de les seves, i després, res. Es desperta en una altra vida per retrobar-se amb les cinc persones més decisives de la seva vida. Amb sensibilitat i humor, i amb molta senzillesa, Mitch Albom recupera el tema de la mort per enfocar-lo des d''una perspectiva ben diferent: la de l''altra banda.

A Detroit Free Press journalist and best-selling author recounts his weekly visits with a dying teacher, his college professor, who years before had set him straight. This true story about the love between a spiritual mentor and his pupil has soared to the bestseller list for many reasons. For starters: it reminds us of the affection and gratitude that many of us still feel for the significant mentors of our past. It also plays out a fantasy many of us have entertained: what would it be like to look those people up again, tell them how much they meant to us, maybe even resume the mentorship? Plus, we meet Morrie Schwartz--a one of a kind professor, whom the author describes as looking like a cross between a biblical prophet and Christmas elf. And finally we are privy to intimate moments of Morrie''s final days as he lies dying from a terminal illness. Even on his deathbed, this twinkling-eyed mensch manages to teach us all about living robustly and fully. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live. Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie''s lasting gift with the world.

Recounts the remarkable story of University of Michigan basketball players Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson, and chronicles their success in the NCAA tournaments of 1992 and 1993.

Toda familia es una historia de fantasmas... Mitch Albom conquistÓ lectores en todo el mundo con los bestsellers nÚmero uno en el New York Times, Las cinco personas que encontrarÁs en el cielo y Martes con mi viejo profesor. Ahora regresa con esta bellÍsima e inolvidable novela sobre el amor familiar y las oportunidades que dejamos pasar. Por un dÍa mÁs es la historia de una relaciÓn entre una madre y un hijo que dura toda una vida y mucho mÁs. Explora la siguiente pregunta: ï¿1⁄2QuÉ harÍas tÚ si pudieras pasar un dÍa mÁs con un ser querido que ya no estÁ? De niÑo, Charley Benetto aprende de su padre que Puedes ser un niÑo de mamÁ o un niÑo de papÁ. Pero no puedes ser ambas cosas a la vez. Entonces elige a su padre y lo idolatra -- hasta el dÍa en que desaparece. A los once aÑos, Charley queda en manos de su madre, quien muy valientemente lo crÍa ella sola a pesar de la vergÜenza y el anhelo de Charley por ser parte de una familia completa. DÉcadas mÁs tarde, Charley es un hombre descompuesto. El alcohol y el remordimiento han ido desmoronando su vida. Pierde su trabajo. Deja a su familia. Toca fondo al descubrir que su Única hija no lo invitÓ a su matrimonio. Entonces decide quitarse la vida. A medianoche emprende un viaje a su pequeÑo pueblo natal para acabar con su existencia. Pero al fracasar hasta en eso, se tambalea hasta su antigua casa, donde hace un increÍble descubrimiento. Su madre -- que muriÓ ocho aÑos atrÁs -- aÚn se encuentra en la casa y lo recibe como si nada hubiera pasado. Lo que sigue es un dÍa cualquiera como el que muchos anhelamos, una oportunidad para reconciliarnos con un familiar desaparecido, para explicar secretos familiares y para buscar perdÓn. En algÚn lugar entre esta vida y la otra, Charley se entera de cosas que nunca habÍa sabido sobre su madre y lo mucho que sacrificÓ. Y con su cariÑosa ayuda, Charley intenta recomponer los trozos rotos de su vida. Por medio de los inspiradores personajes y la magistral escritura de Albom, los lectores volverÁn a apreciar a las personas que quieren -- y creen haber perdido -- en sus propias vidas. Por un dÍa mÁs es un libro para cualquier miembro de la familia y que serÁ apreciado por los millones fans de Albom en todo el mundo.

THE STORY: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie''s appear

THE STORY: AND THE WINNER IS tells the comic story of Tyler Johnes, a self-obsessed movie star, who is finally nominated for an Oscar, then dies the night before the awards. Outraged at his bad luck and determined to know if he wins (even though he

THE STORY: DUCK HUNTER SHOOTS ANGEL is the uproarious story of two bumbling Alabama brothers who have never shot a duck but think they shot an angel. As they lament their fates in a murky swamp, they are chased by a cynical tabloid journalist and h

Now including a new chapter for the paperback edition. "A masterpiece." --Publishers Weekly "In the beginning there was a question. ''Will you do my eulogy'' As is often the case with faith, I thought I was being asked a favor. In truth, I was being given one..." "An absolute wonder--tender, transporting, and deeply moving." --Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent "The nonfiction equivalent to Paulo Coelho''s The Alchemist." --Sydney Morning Herald "A faith journey that could become a classic." --Jim Wallis, author of The Great Awakening "Albom helps show the true definition of ''Church.'' It is not the building, it is the people and their faith." --Bishop T.D. Jakes, Chief Pastor, The Potter''s House "Everybody should read it." --Hoda Kotb in People, Best Book of 2009

Con mas de 12 millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo, este es uno de aquellos libros que calan profundamente en la conciencia del lector. En la primavera de 1995, el azar se encargo de reunir de nuevo a Mitch Albom, autor de este libro, con Morrie Schwartz, quien habia sido su maestro preferido en la universidad y que padece una enfermedad terminal. He aqui el testimonio de esta entranable relacion y de las lecciones de esperanza, amor y solidaridad que Morrie le transmitio en el ocaso de su vida. Es una cronica sensible y emotiva basada en hechos reales y en la cual se traza el perfil de un hombre excepcional. Esta nueva edicion de la obra, la cual se ha convertido tambien en espanol en un verdadero suceso editorial, trae nuevamente hasta nosotros este conmovedor drama que nos invita a apreciar la vida y a reconocer las cosas verdaderamente valiosas que esta nos ofrece.

From the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie, a new novel that millions of fans have been waiting for. "Every family is a ghost story . . ." Mitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie. Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss. For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? As a child, Charley "Chick" Benetto was told by his father, "You can be a mama''s boy or a daddy''s boy, but you can''t be both." So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life. He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. His mother--who died eight years earlier--is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened. What follows is the one "ordinary" day so many of us yearn for, a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets, and to seek forgiveness. Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the astonishing things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. And he tries, with her tender guidance, to put the crumbled pieces of his life back together. Through Albom''s inspiring characters and masterful storytelling, readers will newly appreciate those whom they love--and may have thought they''d lost--in their own lives. For One More Day is a book for anyone in a family, and will be cherished by Albom''s millions of fans worldwide.

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn''t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man''s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live. "Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie''s lasting gift with the world. "From the Hardcover edition.

Now in Spanish, the number one New York Times hardcover bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven-- from the author of the New York Times bestsellers Tuesdays with Morrie and For One More Day. The Spanish translation of the huge bestseller, Mitch Albom''s The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It''s a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie''s five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why was I here?"

Eddie tiene 83 años y trabaja en el parque de atracciones de una ciudad de provincias norteamericana. Ha pasado toda su vida en este lugar, a excepción de su participación en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un episodio que le marcó profundamente. Su vida acaba de forma trágica al salvar a una niña que está a punto de ser atropellada por un coche de la montaña rusa. Eddie se encuentra ahora... en el cielo. El paraíso aparece como el lugar donde, por fin, entendemos el sentido de nuestra vida en la tierra. Así, Eddie se encuentra con las cinco personas que más han influido en su vida, de forma directa pero también indirecta, sin que él se diera cuenta. Y así surgen dos preguntas capitales: ¿De qué manera nuestra vida está ligada a la de gente que no conocemos? ¿Cómo influyen nuestras decisiones en la vida de otras personas?

" Son dernier cours, mon vieux professeur l''a donné chez lui. " " Le cours avait lieu une fois par semaine, le mardi. Il commençait après le petit déjeuner, portait sur le sens de la vie et s''inspirait, bien entendu, de l''expérience. Aucune lecture n''était obligatoire, et pourtant bien des thèmes ont été abordés : l''amour, le travail, les autres, la famille, la vieillesse, le pardon et enfin la mort. Le dernier cours a été bref, quelques mots à peine. A la place de la cérémonie de fin d''études, il y eut des funérailles. Et en guise d''examen final, il a fallu écrire un long devoir sur ce que l''on avait appris. C''est ce texte qu''on trouvera ici. " Par sa simplicité, sa justesse, son émotion, l''histoire véridique des retrouvailles de Mitch Albom et de son vieux professeur a su gagner le cœur d''un million de lecteurs américains. Marie de Hennezel, auteur de La Mort intime, a voulu la faire partager au public français.

Als er erfährt, dass sein ehemaliger Professor Morrie Schwartz schwer erkrankt ist und bald sterben wird, beginnt der Journalist Mitch Albom seinen Lehrer regelmässig jede Woche zu besuchen. Und er, der meinte, dem Sterbenden Kraft und Trost spenden zu müssen, lernt statt dessen dienstags bei Morrie das Leben neu zu betrachten und zu verstehen. (Buchumschlag).

The inside story of a controversial college basketball team and its coach describes how its five players reached the NCAA as freshmen, how the players were compared to professional-level athletes, and how all overcame inner demons and challenges. Reprint.

वयाच्या त्र्याऐंशीव्या जन्मदिनी एक एकांडा शिलेदार एका दुःखद अपघातात मृत्युमुखी पडतो. वरून कोसळणार्या पाळण्याखाली दबून मरू शकणार्या एका छोट्या मुलीला वाचवण्याच्या प्रयत्नात त्याचा स्वतःचा मृत्यू होतो. शेवटच्या श्वासासरशी त्याच्या हातात त्याला इवलेसे हात जाणवतात. त्यानंतर त्याला कुठलीच जाणीव होत नाही. त्याला जाग येते ती मृत्युपश्चात जीवनात. स्वर्ग म्हणजे हिरवंगार, नयनरम्य नंदनवन नसून, पृथ्वीवरच्या जीवनाचा अर्थ लक्षात आणून देणारी जागा आहे हे त्याला समजतं. तिथे उपस्थित असणार्या पाच व्यक्तींकडून तसं समजावलं जातं. या व्यक्ती प्रियजन किंवा परक्याही असू शकतात, तरीसुद्धा प्रत्येक व्यक्तीमुळे नुकत्याच मृत झालेल्या त्या व्यक्तीचा जीवनमार्ग पूर्णतया बदललेला असतो..