El Placer / Pleasure

Tras el fenómeno Frida, la biografía del camaleón de la música, ilustrada por María Hesse. No muestro lealtad a ningún estilo. Simplemente escogeré aquel que me permita transmitir lo que quiero en ese momento. David Bowie es mucho más que un cantante que vendió ciento treinta y seis millones de discos, mucho más que un artista que experimentó con multitud de estilos y definió la cultura pop. Como dijo su biógrafo David Buckley, «cambió más vidas que ninguna otra figura pública». Con su perturbador alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, y canciones como «Starman» o «Space Oddity»,...

Diez familias emblemáticas de la Argentina. Diez historias atravesadas por la tragedia y la pasión que todavía tienen muchos misterios por develar.

Best known for his original series of Arthurian novels, A Dream of Eagles (called The Camulod Chronicles in the US), and his Knights Templar trilogy, Jack Whyte has authored 10 international bestsellers in the past 15 years. Jack's imagination and his passion for observing human nature shine through in both his prose and his verse in this uniquely Canadian memoir. He delights in pointing out daily treasures of his chosen homeland that are taken for granted by non-immigrants. He dares to challenge conventional wisdom and the politically correct. From start to finish, Jack Whyte: Forty Years in ...

Title: Memorias para la historia de la guerra de Tejas. Author: Vicente Filísola Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin...

At 16, Salvador Dali had already developed the remarkable ego and uncanny perception that would distinguish him as one of the most notorious artists of the 20th century. A self-proclaimed surrealist, an avant-garde exhibitionist, and a criticized commercialist with questionable political affiliations, Dali was anything but benign. Via the artist's correspondence, diary, and autobiography, Gibson meticulously stitches together the wild characters and deep-dish details of Dali's life.