Autorretrato de Mozart a través de su correspondencia

GANADOR DEL NATIONAL BOOK AWARD El libro icónico de Patti Smith, en el que cuenta su relación con Robert Mapplethorpe: un homenaje a la amistad cuyas páginas cargadas de vitalidad y humor nos devuelven el sabor de un Nueva York donde casi todo era posible. Fue el verano en que murió Coltrane... Los hippies alzaron sus brazos vacíos y China detonó la bomba de hidrógeno. Jimi Hendrix prendió fuego a su guitarra en Monterey... Fue el verano del amor. Y en aquel clima cambiante e inhóspito, un encuentro casual cambió el curso de mi vida: fue el verano en que conocí a Robert...

Jay Rayner uses his entrée into this world to probe the larger issues behind the globalization of dinner. He reports on gastronomy from Vegas to Dubai, Moscow to Tokyo, London to New York, to Paris. The Man Who Ate the World is a fascinating and riotous look at the business and pleasure of fine dining.

When Bill Wilson, with his friend Dr. Bob Smith, founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, his hope was that AA would become a safe haven for those who suffered from this disease. Thirty years after his death, AA continues to help millions of alcoholics recover from what had been commonly regarded as a hopeless addiction. Still, while Wilson was a visionary for millions, he was no saint. After cofounding Alcoholics Anonymous, he stayed sober for over thirty-five years, helping countless thousands rebuild their lives. But at the same time, Wilson suffered form debilitating bouts of clinical...

On October 13, 1909 was shot in Barcelona Francisco Ferrer Guardia, teacher, free-thinker and founder of a pedagogical renewal movement called Modern School. The murder, condemned by a military court in a contemptible process, became a new ""Dreyfus Affair"", which turned to side-clerical Catholic fanaticism and military repression.