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No puedes ser neutral en un tren en marchaHoward Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, tells his personal stories about more than 30 years of fighting for social change, from teaching at Spelman College to recent protests against war. A former bombardier in World War II, Zinn emerged in...
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Sara MontielWhat is Sara Montiel's cultural legacy in popular music and Spanish-American cinema? What led her to become an icon, a legend and a myth? Saritisima is part of the Spanish cultural imaginary of the 20th century, as she achieved international reach as a representative...
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Pageboy“Can I kiss you?” It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone....
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Una escritora en la cocinaAt night, some count sheep and others read mystery novels. I lie on the bed and start thinking about food.» Weaving reflections and memories of several decades between stoves and books along with her most infallible recipes, the novelist Laurie Colwin invites us to...
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La liebre con ojos de ámbarMore than two hundred wooden and ivory figurines, none larger than a matchbox, are the origin of this fascinating book in which Edmund de Waal describes the journey they have taken over the years. A journey full of adventures, war, love and loss, which...
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El mundo de ayerThese memoirs, written during his exile and following the news of the disaster caused by the Nazi regime, are both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, The World of Yesterday recalls the golden age of literary Vienna—its seeming permanence,...
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Las pequeñas virtudesIn this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, Natalia Ginzburg explores both the mundane details and inescapable catastrophes of personal life with the grace and wit that have assured her rightful place in the pantheon of classic mid-century authors. Whether she writes...
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Autobiografía de un yoguiOne of the Top Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century, Autobiography of a Yogi is one of the best-selling Eastern philosophy titles of all-time, with millions of copies published. Yogananda was the first yoga master of India whose mission brought him to live and...
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Tres poetas de sus vidasStefan Zweig, recognized as one of the greatest biographers of all time, examines with his usual insight and subtlety the lives and works of three great writers, fascinated by Tolstoy's lucidity, Casanova's impartiality, and Stendhal's ambiguity. He considers all three "poets of their lives"...
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Waypoints'Waypoints is a memoir making a difference! I wanted to tell the stories and share the experiences that have shaped me, but to do that I needed to challenge myself and spend some time in my own company, away from the distractions of everyday...
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Jóvenes héroes de la Unión SoviéticaAlex Halberstadt’s quest takes him across the troubled, enigmatic land of his birth, where decades of Soviet totalitarianism shaped and fractured three generations of his family. In Ukraine, he tracks down his paternal grandfather—most likely the last living bodyguard of Joseph Stalin. He revisits Lithuania,...
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Más que una mujerA decade ago, Caitlin Moran burst onto the scene with her instant bestseller, How to Be a Woman, a hilarious and resonant take on feminism, the patriarchy, and all things womanhood. Moran’s seminal book followed her from her terrible 13th birthday through adolescence, the...
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Me alegro de que mi madre haya muertoOK--- In this harrowing and hilarious memoir, Jennette McCurdy, star of the television series iCarly and Sam & Cat, recounts her struggles as a child actress -- eating disorders, addictions and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother -- and how she regained control...
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VenganzaAfter a childhood spent on Hollywood film sets, Meghan Markle fought hard for stardom. But even when she landed her breakthrough role on Suits, her dream of worldwide celebrity remained elusive until she met the man who would change her life—Prince Harry. Their whirlwind...
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Benedicto XIII. El papa templario que luchó contra RomaPedro Martinez de Luna, Benedict XIII, Pope Luna. Three different ways of naming the same character who has gone in history, due to the firmness of his convictions against Rome, as obstinacy personified by. Few know the true dimension of who really engineered the...
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ZelenskiiThree years ago Volodymyr Zelenskyy swept Ukraine's presidential election as the only candidate whose only political experience had been on the small screen. During the three seasons of the series The People's Servant, this charismatic actor played the role of a high school History...
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Ignacio Ellacuría. Fraternidad solidariaThis book is an invitation for the reader who wants to learn about the thought of this Jesuit, philosopher, theologian and martyr. The figure of Ignacio Ellacuría is fascinating because both his life and his death are the perfect example of his radical commitment...
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Marie CurieMarie Curie, a woman born into a run-down family and in a country, Poland, under the iron grip of the Russian Empire... Marie Curie was the youngest one at home and had a weakened mental health after the death of her mother. Marie Curie,...
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Diarios. A ratos perdidos 3 y 4The second volume of the Diaries of Rafael Chirbes, which brings together various notebooks written between 2005 and 2007. These are the years of the slow gestation, full of doubts that even lead him to consider abandoning literature, of the novel that would mean...
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Entre dos reinosAt twenty-two, Suleika Jaouad had her whole life ahead of her, until cancer cut it short. Some time later, she became known in the United States for her column in the New York Times entitled "Life, Interrupted", in which she narrated in real time...
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