Mujeres de la Antigüedad

Vincent Sheean, a groundbreaking American foreign correspondent and author, is known for reporting from Europe, North Africa, and Asia, writing news reports, articles, and books. A few books and articles have described Vincent Sheean’s life, and briefly discussed his major nonfiction books. However, no book-length study or article has closely examined his nonfiction books. 'Seeking to Understand the World: Literary Journalism of Vincent Sheean', textually analyzes his five nonfiction, journalistic books to examine them for characteristics of literary journalism. Spanning nearly the entirety ...

Un 31 de julio de 2001, Javier Artero, futbolista profesional, se levantó como cada mañana para ir a entrenar, cuando sintió un mareo. Esa misma tarde ingresaba en el hospital sin poder andar. En cuestión de horas tuvo un diagnóstico que le atravesó como un rayo: padecía esclerosis múltiple. Hoy, con 46 años, y casi el mismo tiempo diagnosticado que no, ha dejado de preguntarse «¿por qué a mí?». Sabe que no va a obtener respuesta, tampoco le importa ya. Con el tiempo la sustituyó por otra: «¿Y ahora qué?». Para esta sí tiene respuesta: «Ahora, todo». Este libro habla de...

The "Lazarillo." offers a sound and credible vision of the colonial life between 1771 and 1773, as well as practical details of the trip from Montevideo up to Lima, through Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Salta, Potosi, Chuquisaca and Cuzco. According to Jose Luis Busaniche, the argentine born historian, "through its pages flows a new feeling about nature, far apart from the previous letters and documents of the colonial era" Its first edition circulated in a clandestine way in America. The text is the transcription of don Alonso Carrio de la Vandera's writings during his royal commission of fixing...

Hundreds of interviews and unedited testimonies paint a portrait of Fidel's intimate life, uncovering his love affairs--official as well as the ones he kept secret--and covering topics such as Castro's ties to the Soviet secret service, his terrifying system of repression, the death of Che Guevara, Cuba's role in Chile's coup d'État and the death of Allende, and U.S. policies with respect to the island.