Liberate/Liderate

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...

God's Triumphant Grace in the Lives of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin. We admire these men for their greatness, but the truth is Augustine grappled with sexual passions. Martin Luther struggled to control his tongue. John Calvin fought the battle of faith with worldly weapons.

Los diarios de Imre Kertész, publicados en varios volúmenes, comprenden medio siglo de una vida extraordinaria y ofrecen un íntimo relato del pensamiento y de la obra del escritor. A "Diario de la galera" (Acantilado, 2004), el desgarrador testimonio de treinta años de aislamiento en la Hungría socialista entre 1961 y 1991, lo sigue "La última posada" (Acantilado, 2016), que contiene sus apuntes entre 2001 y 2009, período en que el escritor fue diagnosticado con la grave enfermedad que sufrió hasta su muerte. "El espectador", que reúne sus notas entre 1991 y 2001, concluye esta...

Philip Norman's family considered themselves genteel yet somehow became involved in the opportunistic world of seaside trade on the Isle of Wight. With masterly skill, Norman recreates his upbringing among this gallery of social misfits - his handsome but unstable father Clive, once a dashing RAF officer, now a reluctant showman at the end of Ryde Pier, his pub-owning Uncle Phil, who dresses as a woman every New Year's Eve, and his irresistible Grandma Norman who presides over her rock kiosk and rules the troubled family like a Mafia don. The year is 1953. While Britain celebrates the...