Vivir en Piedad

I was born into the family of William Julius and Emilie (Baudat) Gayle on August 30, 1919 They decided to name me Luella Celestine for my two grandmothers...Luella Love (Sanders) Gayle and Celestine (Pichon) Baudat. I did not like the name and was very happy that they decided to call me “Celeste.” At the time of my birth, my brother Milton was almost two, having been born September 2, 1917. Unfortunately, he died with Diphtheria on December 11, 1921, when I was only two. Mom and Dad had previously lost a son, Dalton, who died April 13, 1915 at the age of 16 months. He was born December 8, ...

A wholly original exploration of the life of one of the 20th century's most influential authors, this graphic novel reproduces events from the life of Virginia Woolf in delicate, evocative illustrations. Without ignoring the difficult circumstances that shook the life of the young Woolf and left her with a melancholic and nostalgic streak, the authors seek to portray the lively, happy girl who enjoyed holidays in Talland House, her family's summer home on the Cornish coast; the sharp-tongued adolescent who caustically and humorously critiqued her contemporaries; and the sophisticated and...

Juanita Reina no era solo una tonadillera, sino una verdadera actriz dramática. Su voz, su ademán y sus dotes expresivas hicieron que la copla, la tonadilla, cobraran un lucimiento total.

En 1474, cuando la mayoría de las mujeres carecían de toda autoridad, una Isabel de veintitrés años desafiaba a su hermano, Enrique IV de Castilla, para hacerse con el control del reino castellano. Sus posteriores hazañas fueron legendarias: sentó los cimientos de la unificación de España; puso fin a la presencia de los árabes en sus dominios con la conquista de Granada en 1492; en ese mismo año, expulsó a los judíos de sus reinos y patrocinó el viaje de Cristóbal Colón a las Indias, cuyo resultado sería el descubrimiento de América y la gestión española de buena parte del...