Juan Pablo I

El caso de Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998) supone un buen ejemplo del papel secundario que siempre se ha otorgado a la mujer. Y es que, en lugar de por su propia obra, se la conoce por haber sido esposa de Ernest Hemingway.

This up-to-the-minute exposé provides a scrupulously researched and at times deeply alarming account of a president who risks permanently alienating America from the rest of the world. George W. Bush has established himself as one of the most powerful—and one of the most arrogant—of all American presidents. The sources of his power, which have remained shrouded in mystery since his disputed election, originate with fanatical ideologues, fundamentalist Christians, shady businessmen, and right-wing extremists to a degree that will surprise even the most hardened observer.

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....

Cartas al general Melo: guerra, política y sociedad en la Nueva Granada, 1854, transcribe más de doscientas noventa cartas que diversas personalidades le enviaron el general José María Melo o a uno de sus seguidores durante el tiempo que dominaron el centro del país, en entre mediados de abril y finales de noviembre de 1854. Estas misivas nos abren una ventana al interior del grupo que apoyó el golpe de Estado, evidenciando los conflictos y pugnas que tenían y de paso cuestionando esa visión homogénea con que se ha visto hasta ahora al melismo. Las cartas vienen acompañadas de un...