Estoy Viva

The Late John Paul II was portrayed by admirers as one of history's great popes. But in The Pope in Winter, leading Vatican expert John Cornwell seriously questions the workings of his papacy and points to fundamental flaws - exacerbated by age and infirmity - that have alarming consequences for both the Catholic Church's future and John Paul II's successor.

La Casa de Medina Sidonia fue, durante los siglos XVI y XVII, sinónimo de poder e influencia. Tanto como para ser unánimemente considerada la más conspicua representante de la alta nobleza en la Corona de Castilla. Y así lo han reconocido, desde entonces, los historiadores del período. Sin embargo, hasta ahora carecíamos de un estudio que nos descubriese cuál era la naturaleza de su poder, que mostrase en qué consistían los fundamentos que hacían tan descollante a esta Casa señorial dentro de la Monarquía Hispánica. Para afrontar esta tarea, este libro se basa, ante todo, en una...

Antonina Rodrigo recoge en este libro las voces de 14 mujeres luchadoras en diversos campos de la vida pública que, sumadas conjuntamente, sustentan, en gran parte, el auge del progreso femenino. Ellas fueron las pioneras del cambio más importante que se está plasmando en los primeros años del siglo XX. En sus páginas viven dos actrices y una bailarina (María Casares, Margarita Xirgu y Antonia Mercé, la Argentina), cuatro políticas (Victoria Kent, Margarita Nelken, Federica Montseny y Dolores Ibárruri, la Pasionaria), una periodista (María Morales), una maestra y miliciana...

I became a father at fifteen. At my young age, I wanted to play at being an adult, and the responsibilities were coming day by day in my new chapter as a father. During my boy's first birthday, I had the opportunity, over dinner at my house, to tell my mother that I would soon marry Elizabeth. She took my hand and said, "You two are too young to take such a huge step. Life is just beginning for both of you, and you still have a very long way to go and meet many more people." Regardless of her words that night, my decision to continue with the civil wedding remained solid, and a couple of...