Vampiros bajo el sol

José Luis Trueba investigates the controversial life of the Tlaotani ("King" in Aztec culture) Moctezuma II, especially in the lesser-known events that preceded the Spanish conquests. From the dangerous circumstances of his birth to his encounter with Hernán Cortés, passing through his education, military career, and political actions, Moctezuma is a complex portrait of a man that passed from adored to defeated in dizzying succession.

La gran aventura da inicio con unas palabras del intrépido doctor Kivatinetz a su hija: “eres mi caballo ganador, por el que apuesto; cuando llegues con tu limusina, estola blanca, guantes y sombrero, sabré que tú la hiciste, Marisa.” Grandes sueños para una niña valiente. Pero … ¿cuántos de estos objetivos de vida son propios y cuántos heredados? A través de diferentes continentes, un romance inesperado y un proyecto retador, Marisa Weingarten nos conduce por un viaje autobiográfico cargado de ambiciosos negocios, valientes decisiones, personajes oscuros y hasta amenazas de...

José Ramón Ayllón profundiza de modo magistral en las motivaciones de Sophie Scholl y el demás estudiantes que formaban el grupo clandestino la Rosa Blanca, contra el régimen nazi.

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...