Laura o el camino de la filosofía

Lifebuilder of Religion, the greatest of masters, heir of Muhammad, many were the names with which Ibn Arabi, renowned Sufi mystic born in Murcia in the second half of the twelfth century, in the height of Arab culture, whose ideological thinking is expanded by the different ramifications of knowledge.

Las Memorias que aquí presentamos parecen suscribir una cierta idea de que la verdadera patria de un individuo se encontraría en la infancia en tanto espacio de construcción de la identidad y el arraigo. Para Héctor Orrego Matte, los "años de aprendizaje" grabaron una impronta que lo ha acompañado durante su larga vida y han trazado un itinerario moral en su existencia de adulto. Por estas páginas llenas de humor, afecto y sensible inteligencia, desfilan los pequeños y grandes acontecimientos -el relato de los veraneos familiares, el tiempo escolar, las amistades y el primer amor, los ...

Hundreds of interviews and unedited testimonies paint a portrait of Fidel's intimate life, uncovering his love affairs--official as well as the ones he kept secret--and covering topics such as Castro's ties to the Soviet secret service, his terrifying system of repression, the death of Che Guevara, Cuba's role in Chile's coup d'État and the death of Allende, and U.S. policies with respect to the island.

The Texas refinery town of Leechfield, perched on the swampy rim of the Gulf, is famous for mosquitoes and the manufacture of Agent Orange - a place where the only bookstores are religious ones and the restaurants serve only fried food. A handful of the Leechfield oil workers gather regularly at the American Legion Bar to drink salted beer and spin long, improbable tales. They're the Liars' Club. And to the girl whose father is the club's undisputed champion mythmaker, they exude a fatal glamour - one that lifts her from ordinary life. But there are other lies. Darker, more hidden. Her...