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Edward Alexander Crowley (1875-1947), más conocido como Aleister Crowley, fue poeta, alpinista, viajero y escritor, pero también pintor vanguardista, drogadicto, bisexual y practicante de técnicas mágicas, herederas de la Hermandad Hermética de la Golden Dawn, que le dieron la aureola de satanista y mago negro que le valió el epíteto de «el hombre más perverso de Inglaterra». Crowley, que se hacía llamar a sí mismo «la Gran Bestia 666», fusionaría la tradición mágica europea (de raíces egipcias, helenísticas, célticas y hebreas, tal y como se estudiaban en la Golden Dawn)...

In this harrowing and hilarious memoir, Jennette McCurdy, star of the television series iCarly and Sam & Cat, recounts her struggles as a child actress -- eating disorders, addictions and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother -- and how she regained control of her life. This life. Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she first auditioned for her to act. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star and Jennette would have done anything to make her mother happy. So she did what her mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five...

Azar (1913) resulta un caso atípico dentro de la obra de Joseph Conrad, por contar con una heroína romántica y sentimental redimida finalmente por el amor y por tener un final feliz. La novela, primera obra del autor de origen polaco que obtuvo en su época el reconocimiento del gran público, insiste, no obstante, en uno de sus temas recurrentes, como es el del aislamiento emocional. Por medio de la técnica del relato dentro del relato y a lo largo de una extensa conversación que mantienen esencialmente el capitán Marlow alter ego del autor, protagonista de «El corazón de las...

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