El infante maldito

A collection of revealing interviews, this book tells Nick Cave’s tumultuous yet successful story in his own words. Discussing his 30-year-long career as a rock-and-roll front man as well as his other labors as a talented novelist, screenwriter, and songwriter, this illuminating autobiography-of-sorts provides insight into why Cave has become one of the most respected artists in recent history. These no-holds-barred interviews cover everything from his time with The Birthday Party, to the global success of The Bad Seeds, to the relationship between his addictions and his artistry. Una...

Carlos Alberto sintetiza una historia de vida cargada de sueños y esperanzas, dibujando por doquier la huella del paraíso perdido de un hombre que ve por encima de la estatura humana y desde los rincones más apartados del deseo, la angustia de un mundo a la deriva: una selva globalizada en los vericuetos del poder. Y es que, a diferencia de otros exiliados colombianos, la estancia de Jorge en México no ha sido cura para sus nostalgias, ni ha cortado los profundos y amorosos lazos que le unen con su adolorida patria, pero tampoco con su infancia. A ella regresó para nutrirse y esparcir su ...

Compiles the stories of Mexico's best-known criminal women of the past two centuries, including the young heiress who killed her newborn to avoid dishonor and went to a dance immediately thereafter, and the beauty queen who murdered her unfaithful husband.

"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history-as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--