Fidel Castro

Esta obra reúne los artículos de Javier Marías de carácter más personal, así como una larga entrevista, inédita en nuestra lengua, que Marías concedió a The Paris Review.

Piazzolla. El mal entendido es la biografía definitiva de uno de los compositores de tango más importantes del mundo. La vida y la obra de Astor Piazzolla transcurrieron entre su demonización y el asombrado reconocimiento. Fue el emblema sonoro de una ciudad que buscaba estar a tono con su tiempo y sus aspiraciones. A un siglo de su nacimiento, esta nueva edición de Piazzolla. El mal entendido recupera la trama artística, cultural y política que acompañó al bandoneonista desde su aparición fulgurante junto a Aníbal Troilo hasta su inserción internacional más allá del tango. El...

The definitive annotated translation of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 CE) was the sixteenth emperor of Rome -- and by far the most powerful man in the world. Yet he was also an intensely private person, with a rich interior life and one of the wisest minds of his generation. He collected his thoughts in notebooks, gems that have come to be called his Meditations. Never intended for publication, the work has proved an inexhaustible source of wisdom and one of the most important Stoic texts of all time. In often passionate language, the entries range from...

Life and work of architect, social activist and archaeologist Leduc, an active witness of the cultural development of Mexico during the 20th century and during his long architectural career, he participated with Alfonso Caso in the archaeological discovery of the "Tumba 7" in Monte Alban, worked with Juan O'Gorman in the construction of public schools, was involved in communist worldwide organizations (PCM, LEAR, PCN and IWW) and was part of the group that managed Hannes Meyer residence in Mexico.