Sueos en el umbral / Dreams of Trespass

Fatema Mernissi, the world-renowned Islamic feminist, has shed unprecedented light on the lives of women in the Middle East, in works hailed as "enchanting" (The New York Times Book Review), "exuberant" (Elle), and "remarkable" (The Washington Post Book World). Now, in Scheherazade Goes West, Mernissi reveals her unique experiences as a liberated, independent Moroccan woman faced with the peculiarities and unexpected encroachments of Western culture. Her often surprising discoveries about the conditions of and attitudes toward women around the world -- and the exquisitely embroidered amalgam...

Daring, flashy, innovative, volatile--no matter what they call him, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of soccer's brightest stars. A top-scoring striker and captain of the Swedish national team, he has dominated the world's most storied teams, including Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, and Paris Saint-Germain. But his life wasn't always so charmed. Born to Balkan immigrants who divorced when he was a toddler, Zlatan learned self-reliance from his rough-and-tumble neighborhood. While his father, a Bosnian Muslim, drank to forget the war back home, his mother's household was engulfed...

A look to the world of the drug trafficker's lawyers, from Colombia to the United States. They are men and women that have pursuits and a family life, just like everybody else. Ricardo Ravelo, presents us a detailed portrait of those who defend the most well-known drug dealers of Colombia and Mexico who have faced trials in the United States.The facts here narrated are harsh and unpublished, but absolutely real, although they may seem to be the result of the most audacious imagination. No one will be surprised to see the name of Colombian lawyer Gustavo Salazar, advocate of Pablo Escobar; of...

José Bergamín (Madrid, 1895 - Fuenterrabía, 28 de agosto de 1983) escritor, ensayista, poeta y dramaturgo español. Hijo de un conocido ministro de Hacienda e Instrucción Pública y de una católica fervorosa, José Bergamín toda su vida trató de congraciar catolicismo y comunismo, hecho que queda reflejado en su célebre frase: «con los comunistas hasta la muerte... pero ni un paso más». Estudió Leyes en la Universidad Central de Madrid. Sus primeros artículos aparecieron en la revista Índice, dirigida por Juan Ramón Jiménez, en los años 1921 y 1922. autor que junto a Miguel...

PREMIO PULITZER DE BIOGRAFÍA AHORA EN LA GRAN PANTALLA En esta aclamada autobiografía y bestseller internacional, Katharine Graham, la mujer que lideró el Washington Post a través de la crisis de los Papeles del Pentágono y el escándalo de Watergate, cuenta su historia extraordinaria, tanto por los eventos que abarca como por el coraje, la franqueza y la dignidad de su narración. Nos encontramos con a la niña torpe que creció en medio de la riqueza material y el aislamiento emocional; la joven novia que vio cómo su brillante y carismático esposo, confidente de John F. Kennedy y...