Carlos III

Una colección de ensayos populares, artículos de revistas y blogs sobre la vida, el universo y mucho más.

José Luis Trueba investigates the controversial life of the Tlaotani ("King" in Aztec culture) Moctezuma II, especially in the lesser-known events that preceded the Spanish conquests. From the dangerous circumstances of his birth to his encounter with Hernán Cortés, passing through his education, military career, and political actions, Moctezuma is a complex portrait of a man that passed from adored to defeated in dizzying succession.

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Keep tells the real and fictional origins of the mysterious man who battles criminals and the supernatural. In 1984, Repairman Jack debuted in F. Paul Wilson’s horror thriller The Tomb. Jack would go on to star in twenty-three novels, ten short stories, and a graphic novel. But how did the antithesis of James Bond and Jason Bourne get his start in the battle between good and evil? In this essay, Wilson lets his readers in on how his beloved hero came to be. Wilson begins his personal story after he scored a hit with The Keep, when he found his...

Extensa, documentada y cercana biografía del insigne cantaor Manuel Soto ''Sordera de Jerez'', prologada por José Manuel Caballero Bonald, y realizada por José María Castaño, gran conocedor de la calidad humana y profesional de esta figura del flamenco. El rigor indagatorio y las aportaciones informativas de primera mano garantizan el más que evidente valor documental del texto. Una memoria indispensable, en definitiva, para recordar y conocer mejor a ese espejo de cantaores que fue Manuel Soto ''Sordera'';