Hijos de Hipócrates I. La semilla

Este texto condensa los momentos destacables de la participación de Leona Vicario en el movimiento independentista. Además incluye fragmentos de la carta que esta heroína de la independencia le escribe a Lucas Alamán en 1831, donde contesta con firmeza que su participación en el movimiento no debe considerarse como heroísmo romancesco, sino como un servicio común a la patria.

En Crónicas de Nueva York, Maeve Brennan nos ofrece certeras y evocadoras viñetas de la vida neoyorquina en los 50 y los 60, revelando al lector las mil caras fugaces de esta fascinante ciudad, todas las pequeñas historias sin nombre que palpitan en su seno, las pequeñas alegrías y tragedias que transitan sus calles y que ella, no en vano admirada por escritores como John Updike o Alice Munro, supo captar como nadie.

Gabriela Wiener writes about who she is and the way in which she lives, and does so with refreshing sincerity. These autobiographical stories invite us to immerse ourselves in her world and take a good look at a woman fighting her demons. It addresses a variety of issues such as migration, motherhood, fear of death, loneliness of hotel rooms, triplets, the mysterious number eleven, and many others. This book makes the everyday appear as something rich and complex.

The intimate story of two of the most famous, yet enigmatic, figures in modern literature—Jack Kerouac and his friend, traveling companion, and hero, Neal Cassady—this is a firsthand account of life among the Beat generation, written by the woman who was Cassady’s wife and Kerouac’s lover. Beginning with the early days of Kerouac and Cassady’s friendship, Carolyn Cassady’s riveting memoir narrates the explosive success of Kerouac’s On the Road and Ginsberg’s "Howl," the flowering of the Beat generation, and the social revolution of the 1960s that saw Kerouac and Cassady taken...