de Lo Vil del Mundo

If you feel your life is boxed in and you are constantly struggling without any success, you will find help in this book.

Amb nombrosos anys a l’esquena en diversos àmbits de servei públic, aquestes memòries i reflexions de Josep M. Bricall es despleguen en diferents plans: la dedicació a la universitat com a professor i, particularment, rector de la UB (1986-1994), i membre d’organismes europeus, la seva trajectòria com a economista i l’activitat política, especialment entorn de Josep Tarradellas, de qui fou secretari de la Presidència i conseller de Governació. I amb una quarta secció dedicada a la seva passió per la música. Un llibre entre les memòries i l’assaig que projecta una mirada...

Annie Smith Peck is one of the most accomplished women of the twentieth century that you have never heard of. Peck was a scholar, educator, writer, lecturer, mountain climber, suffragist, and political activist. She was a feminist and an independent thinker who refused to let gender stereotypes stand in her way. Peck gained fame in 1895 when she first climbed the Matterhorn at the age of forty-five – not for her daring alpine feat, but because she climbed wearing pants. Fifteen years later, she was the first climber ever to conquer Mount Huascarán (21,831 feet) in Peru. In 1911, just...

Alejandro is a real-life, non-fiction publication about real people; living and dead. The names in this publication have not been changed. Alejandro chronicles Alejandro Estrada's journey through a Hunger Game as he searched for answers after his partner, Los Angeles film producer Michael R. Goss, was murdered in 2009. Alejandro shares a very candid peek into the dark underbelly of corruption. Alejandro may have been one of the last people; beloved actor Robin Williams was in contact with prior to his tragic death. In this second part of his memoir, Alejandro shares the last words he and...

¿Cómo es una vida rodante de cuentos? Desde niña, ya me imaginaba historias: escribía cuentos, interpretaba, jugaba con mis muñecas y mis amigas invisibles. Yo era la profesora y ellas las alumnas. En mis años de adolescencia, recogí algunos episodios de mi vida en forma de diario. Como profesora, me he dedicado a la metodología y me he especializado en el simbolismo fónico del inglés. Un día fui a una excursión con Explora lo desconocido y tuve la suerte de conocer a unas personas maravillosas que se dedicaban a quedar todos los meses para escribir cuentos. Así, de nuevo,...