Confucio

Hundreds of interviews and unedited testimonies paint a portrait of Fidel's intimate life, uncovering his love affairs--official as well as the ones he kept secret--and covering topics such as Castro's ties to the Soviet secret service, his terrifying system of repression, the death of Che Guevara, Cuba's role in Chile's coup d'État and the death of Allende, and U.S. policies with respect to the island.

Carlos Lozano, a multifaceted artist, had an intimate relationship with Dalí and was one of the few people who managed to join his, almost impenetrable, circle of friends. From that privileged proximity he narrates what he saw and felt: the phrases and extraordinary reflections of the painter, the wild and crazy parties, the luxuries and the capacity that Dalí had to turn everything into gold. Much more than a simple biography, these memoirs –written by the prestigious writer Clifford Thurlow- can be read with the pleasure and emotion.

En El héroe improbable Mauricio Sabaj indaga en la vida y en la trayectoria política de Alejandro Atchugarry: los humildes orígenes familiares, la infancia donde ya sorprendía por su inteligencia, la temprana formación intelectual, la simbiosis política con Jorge Batlle, el hombre de Estado, el legislador prestigioso, la infinita paciencia para las grandes negociaciones del país que contrastaba con sus explosiones de ira por asuntos cotidianos. Narra las circunstancias que lo llevaron a asumir como ministro de Economía, el reconocimiento popular como el salvador de la crisis, los...

This is the story and background of how an orphan Chinese boy, with Gods blessing, created the world-renowned Jade Pagoda and its priceless companion collection and how it was lost to not only 1.4 billion Chinese but also to the people of the United States and the world. The centerpiece of this jade collection is the Jade Pagoda that took the blood and sweat of 150 Chinese jade artisans over ten years to complete. It was carved from the largest jadeite boulder ever mined from a quarry in Northern Burma (Myanmar). These jade workers labored between 1922 and 1933 by hand-and-foot power, using...