Macacha Güemes

José Antonio Alonso Hernández nació en Serón de Nágima (Soria) el año 1942. Pasó su infancia en el pueblo. En su juventud compaginó sus estudios con el trabajo en el campo ayudando en las tareas agrícolas y ganaderas. Fruto de las vivencias de aquella época son algunos de los temas recogidos en esta publicación. Su actividad profesional, relacionada con la ingeniería, le ha mantenido lejos del mundo literario, sin embargo, “se ha atrevido” a redactar este libro en el que recoge datos históricos, cuenta vivencias, recopila anécdotas, describe costumbres y narra situaciones...

A brain scientists recounts her experiences after suffering a stroke at the age of thirty-seven, describing her discovery of differences in the left and right side of the brain and the steps she took over a period of eight years to recover her health.

This compendium of biographies presents the people who had the courage to make important decisions that have altered the course of history. From Cleopatra to Todd Beamer and the passengers of flight 93, Tecumseh to Betty Friedan, Alan Axelrod writes about fascinating figures from all times and places and examines how and why they acted the way they did.

In an outstanding philosophical work, Emil Cioran left at his death thirty-four handwritten notebooks. "I have the fragment in the blood," said the author. An intimate and uninhibited Cioran offers aphorisms, jokes, sketches of literary projects and a gallery of portraits, the result of his encounters with authors such as Beckett and Ionesco, of true anthology.