Intelectuales y científicos chilenos

"Nico ve cómo se llevan a su padre, el profesor, delante de toda la clase y recuerda que su misión principal es lograr que vuelva. Su enamorada, Patricia Bettini, lo acompaña en su soledad y, con un acto imaginativo, lleno de humor, abren el camino a la libertad en un país cercado por la dictadura y el silencio. Una novela de padres e hijos, maestros y discípulos que se las ingenian para devolver los colores y la música a una capital gris. Con la prosa delicada de Antonio Skármeta y la voz de Nico, la novela es una bella historia real de ilusión y esperanza en tiempos difíciles.." -- ...

"Marvelous collection of newspaper editorials, reflecting different political opinions, on the Allende period. Also contains numerous pictures as well as documents plus various political cartoons. A godsend to scholars who wish to avoid grimy archives"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Exhibition in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the National History Museum in Santiago de Chile. The exhibition show, through 166 varied objects, not only the creation of the Museum, but also different cultural axes that inspired its creation and how the objects displayed (painting, photography, furniture, weapons, coins, textiles, documents, decorative arts, etc..) came from various collections, donations and purchases throughout time during the last century.

A catalog of books deposited in the library under law of 1872; and, from 1891-1898, books by Chilean authors, or relating to Chile, published in other countries.