Mis años de aprendizaje

Escritor, erudito, mecenas, abogado, relator del Consejo de Estado, juez, Canciller del Reino, Consejero de Enrique VIII, embajador... y condenado a muerte por el mismo rey al que sirvió con lealtad.

In his memoirs, John Kenneth Galbraith recalls amusingly, even brilliantly, the important and low moments in his life, the men and women he met who were great, only interesting, entertaining or even absurd. Galbraith studied agriculture in his native Canada and agricultural economics at UC-Berkeley. He taught at the University of California, served briefly in FDR’s administration and went on to Harvard. In Cambridge, England, he discovered the new economics of John Maynard Keynes. During World War II in Washington, he held the key job of organizing and administering the system of wartime...

En este libro hago una mini biografía de mi vida, y a la misma vez quiero narrar como mi vida sin proponérmelo quedo ligada a la de un famoso compositor e intérprete mexicano. La idea y el propósito de este libro es para aclarar la verdad de mi historia con el cantante y que tal vez para muchos, quedo inconclusa en aquel 1986, en Ciudad Juárez Chihuahua, cuando se hizo un alarde publicitario en torno a este cantante, mi hija, y yo. ¿Que pasó antes? ¿Que pasó después? aquí se los digo

Composer, musician, and philanthropist Peter Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, says that the only real inheritance handed down from his parents was a philosophy: Forge your own path in life. It is a creed that has allowed him to follow his own passions, establish his own identity, and reap his own successes. Today's society, Buffett posits, has begun to replace a work ethic, relishing what you do, with a wealth ethic, honoring the payoff instead of the process. Yet, by focusing more on substance and less on reward, we can open doors of opportunity and strive toward a...