Jesús en su tiempo

Zoé Valdés grew up in Havana back in the sixties, as a restless and sappy girl, between the deprivations and the iron control of the Castro dictatorship. At that time, she did not know that, a few years later, she would become the most famous Cuban writer of her time. But the yearning for freedom, as in so many other cases, ultimately prevailed, and in 1995, while invited to a conference on José Martí in Paris, she asked for political asylum in France. That decision would mark her life and would be the beginning of a long series of recognitions and awards for a fruitful and impeccable...

En Gente Extraordinaria: Lecciones de la vida real sobre qué se necesita para alcanzar el éxito, Scott S. Smith, que contribuye a la columna “Leaders & Success” (“Líderes y Éxito”) del periódico Investor’s Business Daily se basa en su experiencia como empresario y reportero de negocios para mostrarle a sus lectores los rasgos y comportamientos en común que suelen tener las personas exitosas. Estos pueden incluir la valentía, la voluntad de hacer cambios dramáticos, el optimismo, tener una imaginación innovadora y la persistencia frente a la adversidad. Los lectores...

It's a pretty long story, Primo Levi tells a classroom of children, so I'll try to make it simple. This hauntingly illustrated comic tells the story of the Italian Jewish chemist who survived the camps at Auschwitz against all odds. Matteo Mastragostino draws on historical research, interviews, and Levi's own landmark books to piece together a fictionalized yet profoundly intimate portrait of a courageous figure. In the scene that emerges, Levi visits a group of schoolchildren to retell his life story and keep the memory of the Holocaust alive, answering innocent questions with hard truths....

La presente obra, dividida en dos volúmenes, recoge trabajos de diversos juristas españoles, latinoamericanos y europeos, reunidos con el fin de homenajear al Prof. D. Marino Barbero Santos. Las distintas contribuciones abordan un amplio espectro de problemas jurídicos penales, materia a la cual el homenajeado dedicó su quehacer científico y universitario durante más de cuatro décadas.