La Voluntad de Volar

El mas grande de los virtuosos del violoncello, Pau Casals 1976 1973. ha acabado convirtiendose en un verdadero icono cultural del siglo XX, y su nombre sigue vivo entre nosotros mucho mas que el de ningun otro genio contemporaneo de la musica, llamese Rubinstein, Horowitz, Heifetz o Kreisler: en festivales de musica de dos continentes, en museos de tres paises, en salas de conciertos, grabaciones, concursos... Casals tuvo una vida intensa, en todos los sentidos. Vivio casi noventa y siete anos, revoluciono todas las tecnicas del violoncello, transformandolo en un instrumento solista...

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...

The Spanish edition of Claudia Rankine’s (Citizen) new, acclaimed, genre-bending reflection on whiteness in America. “A skyscraper in the literature on racism.” —Christian Science Monitor “Rankine [is] helping America understand itself, one conversation at a time.” —Associated Press NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 by The New York Times, Time Magazine, NPR, Esquire, The Guardian, O Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Star Tribune, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Christian Science Monitor, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly As everyday white supremacy becomes increasingly vocalized with no clear...

La discriminación de género, la competitividad, el respeto a una absurda jerarquía o sencillamente la bruta ignorancia cortaron las alas de grandes mujeres que fueron pioneras en la aventura del saber, iconos del progreso, musas de las artes. Lucía Montojo hace cuentas con la Historia y libera de las garras del olvido a 48 mujeres formidables. Muchas vivieron a la sombra sumisa de sus parejas, despojadas de sus méritos que chocaron frontalmente con una sociedad patriarcal encorsetada hasta el ahogamiento; a ellas no se las permitió desarrollar su genio al máximo y mucho menos ser...