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Habla, memoriaSpeak, Memory, first published in 1951 as Conclusive Evidence and then assiduously revised in 1966, is an elegant and rich evocation of Nabokov's life and times, even as it offers incisive insights into his major works, including Lolita, Pnin, Despair, The Gift, and The Real Life of Sebastian Knight. / Habla,...
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Nikola TeslaThe Earth could be illuminated with free electricity and without wires! Nikola Tesla knew how. The most important inventions for the development of humanity (electricity, radar, radio, etc.) as we know it today have a forgotten father, Nikola Tesla. Discover his fascinating life through...
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Plano americanoThis very personal cartography includes disconcerting characters and enigmatic writers; the filmmaker Lucrecia Martel; Onetti's last wife; the singer-songwriter Facundo Cabral; the Argentinean editor Daniel Divinsky... the author proposes in each portrait a total immersion in the universe of a creator. The book is...
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Me olvidé de morirKhalil Rafati went to Los Angeles in the 90s and had it all. He was working with Hollywood movie stars and legendary musicians, but it wasn’t long before he found his way into the dark underbelly of the City of Angels. I Forgot to Die is...
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Pedro Menéndez de AvilésCalusas, timucuanos, guales, semínolas, creeks, were some of the tribes of Florida at the time when Pedro Menéndez de Avilés established there the settlement of San Agustín, the oldest city in the United States. Strong and ferocious warriors, who lived in almost permanent state...
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SénecaA moral, historical and political analysis of Seneca, beginning with his family origins in Cordoba and making his thought public through his treatises. An essential book for those who want to know how a man who was born in the most remote lands of...
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La hermana menorSilvina Ocampo is one of the most exquisite, talented figures of literature in Spanish. The meaning behind much of her work is a mystery; similarly, very little is known about her private life. In this book, Mariana Enriquez looks intensely at the life of...
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El almiranteBlas de Lezo reached the top of the navy ranks at the youngest age in the history of the naval institution. A book which tells the experiences of this extraordinary military leader who was nicknamed "half-man" due to his mutilations; a hero that makes...
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El peluquero de Los BeatlesThe Beatles' hair changed the world. As their increasingly wild, untamed manes grew, to the horror of parents everywhere, they set off a cultural revolution as the most tangible symbol of the Sixties' psychedelic dream of peace, love and playful rebellion. / El cabello...
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Luis Miguel, el gran solitario… 24 años despuésIn 1994, journalist Claudia de Icaza published a book about Luis Miguel, which was taken to court by the singer in order to ban its publication. Years later, the court ruled in favor of the journalist, who today, 24 years later, corrects and expands...
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Hija de revolucionariosLaurence Debray is the daughter of the philosopher Régis Debray and the historian Elizabeth Burgos. Her parents came from wealthy families, and both embraced the revolutionary cause of Castro. In this sincere book, Laurence Debray tells the myth and truth of her revolutionary parents...
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Al CaponeThrough rigorous research and exclusive access to Capone’s family, Deirdre Bair cuts through the mythology, uncovering a complex character who was flawed and cruel but also capable of nobility. At once intimate and iconoclastic, Al Capone gives us the definitive account of a quintessentially American figure....
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Yo estoy vivo y vosotros estáis muertosIn the riveting style that won accolades for The Adversary, Emmanuel Carrère's I Am Alive and You Are Dead, follows Philip K. Dick's strange odyssey from his traumatic beginnings in 1928, when his twin sister died in infancy, to his lonely end in 1982, beset by...
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James JoyceRichard Ellmann has revised and expanded his definitive work on Joyce's life to include newly discovered primary material, including details of a failed love affair, a limerick about Samuel Beckett, a dream notebook, previously unknown letters, and much more. / Para escribir James Joyce,...
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Una pena en observaciónWritten after his wife's tragic death as a way of coping, A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This is a beautiful, unflinchingly honest record of how even a stalwart believer...
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Isabel IIIsabel II was one of the most important women in the history of Spain, as well as one of the most reviled figures. Eduardo Rodríguez writes an entertaining and didactic study about the life of Isabel II of Spain, detailing the political ups and...
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My love storyFrom her early years in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner to her phenomenal success in the 1980s and beyond, Tina candidly examines her personal history, from her darkest hours to her happiest moments and everything in between. My Love...
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Arthur Conan DoyleOne of the most popular narrators of his time, Arthur Conan Doyle, was a visionary man with attitudes which were far ahead of his time. In this book we will know in depth his biography, his work, beyond the creation of the illustrious Sherlock...
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Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin was considered the first American, and his signature is on the Declaration of Independence of the United States along with the signatures of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Learn about one of the most fascinating characters in the history of the United...
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Una cierta edadThroughout these workbooks there’s a list of flashes of childhood, adolescence and past days: short chronicles, articles, notes, micro-stories, small poems... And also thoughts about writing, theater, criticism, music and other arts. / A lo largo de estos cuadernos des?lan destellos de infancia, adolescencia...
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