Hildegarda de Bingen

The Pope recalls his early career, with an emphasis on his years as bishop and archbishop in Poland, and discusses issues affecting the Church and the role and function of bishops.

Cristóbal Colón fue el cronista de su propia hazaña: un viaje y un descubrimiento que cambiaron el mundo entero. Un documento fundamental para conocer y entender el descubrimiento de América, a partir de las dos versiones conocidas del diario de Cristóbal Colón: la de Hernando Colón y la de Fray Bartolomé de las Casas. En 1492, el mundo se desdobló: Cristóbal Colón realizó un viaje que desembocaría en el descubrimiento de América. Durante su travesía, el Almirante asumió el papel de cronista y redactó un puntual libro de bitácora, de méritos más notariales que literarios....

Literary Nonfiction. Spanish Language Text. Biography and memoir. Latino/Latina Studies. The long-awaited Spanish-language version of Trevino Hart's award-winning BAREFOOT HEART is a vivid account of growing up in a family of migrant farmworkers. This timely story based on Trevino Hart's own experiences starkly reveals the obstacles and challenges faced by field workers as they navigate a difficult life that is often in a hostile environment. CORAZÓN DESCALZO recounts how the author overcame adversity and disadvantage, discovered her true talents, and in the process found herself.

The Texas refinery town of Leechfield, perched on the swampy rim of the Gulf, is famous for mosquitoes and the manufacture of Agent Orange - a place where the only bookstores are religious ones and the restaurants serve only fried food. A handful of the Leechfield oil workers gather regularly at the American Legion Bar to drink salted beer and spin long, improbable tales. They're the Liars' Club. And to the girl whose father is the club's undisputed champion mythmaker, they exude a fatal glamour - one that lifts her from ordinary life. But there are other lies. Darker, more hidden. Her...