Mario Escobar

"August 1942. Jacob and Moses Stein, two young Jewish brothers, are staying with their aunt in Paris amid the Nazi occupation. The boys' parents, well-known German playwrights, have left the brothers in their aunt's care until they can find safe harbor for their family. But before the Steins can reunite, a great and terrifying roundup occurs. The French gendarmes, under Nazi order, arrest the boys and take them to the Vélodrome d'Hiver--a massive,...

On an otherwise ordinary morning in 1943, Helene Hannemann is preparing her five children for the day when the German police arrive at her home. Helene's worst fears come true when the police, under strict orders from the SS, demand that her children and husband, all of Romani heritage, be taken into custody. Though Helene is German and safe from the forces invading her home, she refuses to leave her family--sealing her fate in a way she never could...

"Through letters with a famous author, one French librarian tells her love story and describes the brutal Nazi occupation of her small coastal village"-- Saint-Malo, France: August 1939. Jocelyn's husband Antoine is drafted to fight against Germany. As World War II rages, Jocelyn uses her position as a librarian to comfort and encourage her community with books. When the Nazis occupy Saint-Malo it is turned into a fortress, and the German commander...

La historia de hombres y mujeres que conquistaron el mundo a través del Espíritu Santo.

¿Cómo resumir la historia de 520 millones de personas? ¿Cómo condensar en un libro 112 años de historia del movimiento pentecostal y carismático? ¿Cómo narrar los 100 años de historia de las Asambleas de Dios en el mundo y los 50 años de historia en España? 

Déjeme que le cuente una historia: un niño observa unos zapatos desgastados

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First Jesuit. First Latin American. And a new pope who chose as his first act a simple request: please pray for me. The recent resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took the world by surprise and for good reason. More than 600 years had passed since a pope last left his post. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, is a man of prayer, a man of action, and a humble man who has always promoted others over himself. In fact, it was Bergoglio who bowed out...

ELmaesto narra la vida de Janusz Korczak, una exitosa educadora y autora que dedicó su vida a los huérfanos polacos. Un hombre que dirigía dos orfanatos en el gueto de Varsovia y se inspiró para crear la Declaración de los Derechos del Niño de 1959. Combinando ficción con datos históricos y testimonios personales de una manera magistral, Mario Escobar lleva al lector a un poderoso viaje que describe con gran detalle a los judíos polacos que...

"Based on the true story of an astonishingly brave woman who saved hundreds of mothers and their children during the Spanish Civil War and World War II. Elisabeth Eidenbenz left Switzerland in 1937 to aid children orphaned during the Spanish Civil War. Now, her work has led her to France, where she's determined to provide expectant mothers and their unborn children a refuge amid one of the worst humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Desperate...

Hay muchos líderes solitarios, marcados por la dureza del ministerio, pero sobre todo por la imposibilidad de compartir con la gente que les rodea sus alegrías y sus penas.Los líderes necesitan momentos de soledad con Dios, pero también necesitan una comunicación fluida con su familia, sus colaboradores, su congregación, con otros pastores y con sus mentores. Cuando los puentes de comunicación se rompen, surgen el aislamiento, la depresión,...

The latest book by Spanish bestselling author Mario Escobar, RECUERDAME takes a little known historical event (the escape of over 500 children from the Spanish Revolution in the 1930's to Mexico, embarking on this journey with the blessing of their parents and assistance by the Mexican government) and turns it into an exciting, thrilling novel. After the Spanish Civil War, more than 440,000 Spaniards escaped the Fascist repression. This work chronicles...

Le célèbre psychiatre Salomon Lewin a abandonné son travail humanitaire en Inde pour occuper le poste de chef du service de psychiatrie du Centre des Maladies Psychologiques de Londres. C'est un travail monotone mais bien payé. Ses relations avec son épouse Margaret ne sont pas précisément au beau fixe et Salomon tente de s'évader en se penchant sur les cas les plus mystérieux de la clinique psychiatrique. Lorsqu'il va tomber sur le dossier...