Memorias de la Condesa de Espoz y Mina

Rutka Laskier barely lived to her teenage years. Before disappearing into the deadly smoke of Auschwitz in 1943, she left behind a notebook. Recovered after 60 years, the notebook opens a unique and moving window into the everyday life of Polish Jews caught in the throes of Hitler's Final Solution. Her mature reflections and youthful hope have reminded many readers of another young journal keeper: Anne Frank.

There is very scarce information on the author of this peculiar book, that many scholars consider initiated the British appetite for the Spanish colonies in South America. Accarette -as he calls himself- or Accarette du Biscay -as appears in the English translation of his story- seems to have been a French-Basque adventurer who traveled twice to South America between 1657 and 1660 under the false identity of a Spanish subject, as the Spanish regime would not allow non-subjects to disembark in its colonies. His most evident purpose -a fact Accarette does not hide- was the lucrative smuggling...

Las apasionantes biografías de unas fascinantes mujeres que abandonaron el confort de sus mansiones por una vida nómada, y en ciudades como Bagdad, El Cairo, Damasco o Estambul aún se las recuerda. La lectura de Las mil y una noches despertó en un buen número de damas británicas, aristocráticas y aventureras, la fascinación por un Oriente de harenes, bazares, caravanas y nómadas beduinos. A comienzos del siglo XIX viajar más allá de El Cairo o Estambul era una peligrosa aventura: el pillaje, los despóticos pachás turcos, las epidemias, las duras travesías por el desierto,...

In this fascinating book, the incomparable psychic tells readers how to communicate with those on the Other Side, what to expect when they cross over, and how to vanquish any fears they may have.