PANCHO LIGUORI. Presencia de un poeta en el mundo del humor

En estas páginas, Fernando Díez de Urdanivia despliega mucho más que una erudición impresionante. Observa, pondera, describe con alegría esos aspectos de la vida mexicana que son la destilación de la abundancia y la escasez, el trabajo agrícola y las alternativas del clima, los consejos de los viajeros y las costumbres que sobreviven. Una vez más se demuestra que la cocina es un aspecto fundamental de la cultura y de la vida. Un aspecto, además, que ofrece infinitos asideros para su profundización y estudio. Este amenísimo libro nos ofrece un gran panorama compuesto de pequeñas...

This is a true story. A young radiologist, fresh out of training, starts working in south Florida but has difficulty establishing himself in a practice. Finally, working alone in west Broward county, he sees the vast empty spaces, west of what is currently considered west. Knowing the future must lie west, the doctor becomes an entrepreneur and starts to push medicine to where now only cows walk. Does he succeed? Read how what starts as cow pastures becomes transformed into a thriving community.

A look to the world of the drug trafficker's lawyers, from Colombia to the United States. They are men and women that have pursuits and a family life, just like everybody else. Ricardo Ravelo, presents us a detailed portrait of those who defend the most well-known drug dealers of Colombia and Mexico who have faced trials in the United States.The facts here narrated are harsh and unpublished, but absolutely real, although they may seem to be the result of the most audacious imagination. No one will be surprised to see the name of Colombian lawyer Gustavo Salazar, advocate of Pablo Escobar; of...

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

El mundo que habito Ramón López Velarde, quebrado por la Revolución Mexicana y por la separación sibilina entre la provincia y la metrópoli fingida oposición entre costumbre y decadencia, es uno de los periodos más complejos de la historia de México. Contubernio de voces, reflejo plural de una época convulsa, elaboración de la provincia "diamantina"; el ensayo que da título a este volumen es un paisaje construido por quienes conformaron el mundo del poeta anhelo de Fuensanta y encuentro de amistades y rivales, en que el autor antes que organizar la babel mexicana de inicios del...