El reino olvidado

Aquest llibre és un estudi de la figura de Rafael Calvo Serer i la seua influència en la revista Arbor, sobretot en un grup de persones que van col·laborar de manera estreta en aquesta revista i en altres empreses culturals durant el franquisme. En primer lloc, tracta d'exposar què escrivien, què pensaven, quina mentalitat tenien els components d'aquest equip d'acció cultural. A continuació, es mostra com el grup Arbor va créixer en nombre i presència en la vida cultural espanyola a la fi dels anys quaranta. Finalment, s'estudia l'entrada de Rafael Calvo en el consell privat de Don...

From reviews of the Spanish edition: “Meyer’s perceptive commentary on Mexican power politics presents new insights into the petroleum lobbies in Mexico City and Washington. With unbiased empathy he shows the validity of Mexico’s complaints about foreigners’ deriving an overabundance of profit from a nonrenewable natural resource. He understands United States history and never abuses his license to criticize.” —Hispanic American Historical Review “This useful addition to the literature on twentieth-century Mexican–United States diplomatic relations is a scholarly work, worthy...

Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had...

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