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«Súbitamente, había hallado un peligroso antídoto a mi vacío interior...» afirma Maricarmen Vargas Ruiz en las páginas reveladoras de su historia personal. A partir de aquella singular frase, como si se tratase de un puente imaginario, nos conduce desde los tiempos más felices de su vida hacia los momentos más oscuros de su padecimiento. Con un tono descarnado y sincero, la autora nos relata las vivencias de su infancia, sus años de esplendor en las pistas de atletismo y su encarnizada lucha contra las constantes ofensivas de la bulimia y la anorexia. Tras un eterno silencio,...

What if you could change your life without really changing your life? On the outside, Gretchen had it all -- a good marriage, healthy children and a successful career -- but she knew something was missing. Determined to end that nagging feeling, Gretchen set out on a year-long quest, her own “happiness project,” to learn how to better enjoy the life she already had. Each month, Gretchen pursued a different set of resolutions: go to sleep earlier, tackle a nagging task, bring people together, take time to be silly, along with dozens of other goals. She read everything from classical...

On October 13, 1909 was shot in Barcelona Francisco Ferrer Guardia, teacher, free-thinker and founder of a pedagogical renewal movement called Modern School. The murder, condemned by a military court in a contemptible process, became a new ""Dreyfus Affair"", which turned to side-clerical Catholic fanaticism and military repression.

Una autobiografía personal, literaria y política que es, a la vez, reflejo de los últimos cincuenta años de la Argentina.