Juan Pablo I

A survivor of the Cuban Revolution recounts his pre-war childhood as the religiously devout son of a judge, and describes the conflict's violent and irrevocable impact on his friends, family, and native land.

El libro trata de los personajes vascos de proyección universal del Siglo XVI y de sus realizaciones. Pero no solamente de los grandes personajes, sino también de aquellos otros que estuvieron a su lado en cualquier suceso histórico relevante o protagonizaron otras gestas que no han merecido el fervor popular. Personajes segundones, más humildes, pero enormemente atractivos, como el bermeano Acurio, el cura Areyzaga, el contramaestre Txantxu, el hernaniarra Juan de Urbieta, Martín López el de los bergantines de México, los mártires Martín de la Ascensión y Domingo Ibáñez de...

This book presents the memories of people that made history in a brilliant or obscure way. With Colon narrating his own experiences in life, the book brings the reader realistic social history. Also includes a large graphic chronological documentation, glossary of special terms & detailed bibliography.

The pages of Fidel Castro: "Birán to Cinco Palmas" cover the most notable moments in the first thirty years of life of the leader of the Cuban Revolution. From his childhood to the historical reencounter with his brother Raúl, shortly after their return to Cuba aboard the cabin cruiser Granma, the gradual development of the thinking and actions of this exceptional figure can be appreciated.