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Many thought of her as Queen Nancy. Others as the Dragon Lady. But for millions of Americans, Nancy Reagan was the always-smiling and deeply admiring presidential spouse who stood by her man; that image lingers still in the touching picture of a bereaved widow at her husband's casket. Nancy Reagan has stirred passionate defenders and acerbic critics in many books and the media. James Benze, however, is the first biographer to discuss the effect of her acting background on her tenure as first lady. Unlike earlier biographers, he focuses on the way she applied her acting skills to meet the...

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Laura Méndez de Cuenca (1853-1928) fue singular en más de un sentido. En el México de finales del siglo XIX, cuyo ideario basado en el orden y el progreso contrastaba con la pobreza y el analfabetismo del noventa por ciento de la población, Méndez fue una persona tan culta como solidaria con su entorno. Profesora y escritora, formó parte del selecto grupo intelectual que encauzó al país, ocupándose de quienes identificó como los más desprotegidos: la infancia, las mujeres y los indígenas. Fue heredera del positivismo en boga y del liberalismo triunfante tras la guerra en contra...

"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history-as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--