60 años de soledad

Iván Ramiro Córdoba rose from humble beginnings. Born into a poor family, he grew up playing soccer in the streets of Rionegro, Colombia. After a couple years with the local Rionegro team, he moved to the first-level Atlético Nacional club of Medellín, then to the Buenos Aires--based San Lorenzo de Almagro club. Córdoba's skill at disarming opponents' attacks soon caught the attention of European clubs, and in 1999 he landed with Inter Milan. In a dozen seasons with Inter Milan, Córdoba earned a reputation as one of the world's best defenders. Along the way, he helped the club to a pair ...

The first authorized biography of the Dalai Lama - an alternately inspiring and shocking story - of an acclaimed Tibetan scholar, with privileged access to the subject of his book. The Dalai Lama's message of peace and compassion resonates with people of all faiths and those of no faith. However, due to all his fame around the world, he is often evasive. Alexander Norman - an acclaimed Oxford-trained scholar of Tibetan history - offers the definitive biography, unique and unforgettable. The Dalai Lama recounts an incredible odyssey from a remote Tibetan village to his global position as...

Este libro es un compendio de historias familiares, esfuerzos e ilusiones en pos de la excelencia española que ocuparon —y siguen haciéndolo— la vida profesional de Carlos Falcó: cómo mejorar dos cultivos milenarios, olivos y vides, que Tucídides definió como origen de la cultura mediterránea, y especialmente sus frutos, el aceite y el vino. Haciéndolo, ha practicado cuanto le gustaba —algo siempre recomendable para la salud—, logrando una buena vida, esa aspiración prioritaria para cualquier ser humano sin traicionar sus valores y, tal vez, contribuyendo en cierta medida a...

Called “a masterpiece” by The New York Times, the acclaimed trilogy from Tove Ditlevsen, a pioneer in the field of genre-bending confessional writing. Tove Ditlevsen is today celebrated as one of the most important and unique voices in twentieth-century Danish literature, and The Copenhagen Trilogy (1969–71) is her acknowledged masterpiece. Childhood tells the story of a misfit child’s single-minded determination to become a poet; Youth describes her early experiences of sex, work, and independence. Dependency picks up the story as the narrator embarks on the first of her four...

Sobre la base de una documentación rigurosa y en gran parte inédita, Roque narra la vida del presidente Sáenz Peña, al que se recuerda por la ley electoral que lleva su nombre y por la invocación "América para la Humanidad", del discurso de Washington.