Doctor Pirata

Cuando eres niño, actúas con naturalidad y franqueza, precipitada y espontáneamente, sin sopesar las consecuencias de tus palabras o de tus obras. El lector me entenderá. Gabín llevaba años dando vueltas en mi memoria, aunque él es uno más de cuantos personajes aparecen en este libro y coprotagonizaron mi infancia, pero es el único que, aparte de los animalillos víctimas directas o indirectas de mis desmanes, merecía mi petición de perdón (que creo obtener con su mención en este volcado de mis recuerdos). Junto a Gabín, otros niños y niñas compartieron mis pocos y primeros...

The #1 New York Times bestseller from the cancer survivor who became a four-time Tour de France champ. ?In 1996, young cycling phenom Armstrong discovered he had testicular cancer. In 1999, he won the Tour de France. Now he's a new father and a memoirist: with pluck, humility and verve, this volume covers his early life, his rise through the endurance sport world and his medical difficulties. The book features a disarming and spotless prose style, one far above par for sports memoirs.? ?Publishers Weekly

At 16, Salvador Dali had already developed the remarkable ego and uncanny perception that would distinguish him as one of the most notorious artists of the 20th century. A self-proclaimed surrealist, an avant-garde exhibitionist, and a criticized commercialist with questionable political affiliations, Dali was anything but benign. Via the artist's correspondence, diary, and autobiography, Gibson meticulously stitches together the wild characters and deep-dish details of Dali's life.