Vivencias

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...

The long-awaited autobiography of one of the most controversial conductors of Spanish-language television. Laura Bozzo, Laura of America, tells us her story first hand, where she shares her deepest secrets and invites us to know that life path that took her beyond hell.

Paul Glynn nos ofrece la biografía del doctor Takashi Nagai, un médico japonés que ha pasado a ser una celebridad en su país por sus investigaciones sobre radiología y por su testimonio cristiano. Si el libro resulta muy interesante al recrear tanto la aventura personal del biografiado como el contexto del Japón católico en la primera mitad de nuestro siglo, no cabe duda de que alcanza las máximas cotas de dramatismo en los capítulos dedicados a describir el día en que "el sol se tornó negro y la lluvia se convirtió en veneno", es decir, el día en que Estados Unidos arrojó la...

Gustavo Cisneros is one of the most successful business leaders in the history of Latin America. He took the major company built by his father, Diego Cisneros, and transformed it into a diversified, international powerhouse. Indeed, he was perhaps the first entrepreneur to see the potential of the U.S. Hispanic market, and he cofounded Univision, which would become the leading Spanish-language media company in the United States. In his book, Pablo Bachelet narrates an engaging tale about the growth of an influential and complex entrepreneurial organization and the evolution of its leader....