Carmen Waugh

La presente obra contiene la biografía del poeta nicaragüense, Rubén Darío, considerado el padre del Modernismo y príncipe de la letras castellanas. Además, un profundo análisis literario de su obra, realizado desde 1930 por el poeta chileno Francisco Contreras, Gabriela Mistral, Gonzalo Rojas, Osvaldo Bazil, Guillermo Díaz-Plaja, Luis Alberto Cabrales, Luis Cernuda, Ernesto Mejía Sánchez, Azarías H. Pallais, entre otros; una breve cronología, fotos del poeta y datos genealógicos.

Incluye DVD con la película Bolaño cercano (Erik Haasnoot, 2008). La familia y los amigos más íntimos del escritor chileno Roberto Bolaño conversan sobre su vida y desvelan algunas claves de su escritura. Ambientada en Blanes, Barcelona y México DF, Bolaño cercano recoge los testimonios de Carolina López, Alexandra y Lautaro Bolaño, Antoni García Porta, Enrique Vila-Matas, Rodrigo Fresán y Juan Villoro. (40’).

In 1666 Exquemeling left for America from the port of Le Havre onboard a ship of the French Company of the West Indies. The ship was captured by pirates and Exquemeling was sold into slavery on the island of Tortuga. During his captivity he learned from his master how to perform surgery. He served under the distinguished pirates L'Olonnais, Morgan, and Bertrand d'Oregon until the failed landing on the west coast of Puerto Rico, in 1674. He also participated in sieges on land: he fought in the two Maracaibo assaults on the island of Santa Catalina and in the devastation of Panama. Los piratas...

Nikola Tesla invented the radio, robots, and remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories, yet he has been largely overlooked by history. In Tesla, Richard Munson presents a comprehensive portrait of this farsighted and underappreciated mastermind.