Loretta Lynn

Un apasionante relato a dos voces que descubre el mundo literario y personal de Esther y Oscar Tusquets, así como historias familiares desconocidas hasta ahora. Todas las facetas de su vida, privada, familiar y profesional, con sinceridad y sin tapujos. «Siempre preví que en este libro a cuatro manos descubriríamos muchas cosas acerca de nosotros dos, pero nunca sospeché que las sorpresas serían tan grandes y que me obligarían a modificar en parte la imagen que tenía de mi propio pasado.» Esther Tusquets Memorias de infancia y juventud. Tiempos que fueron es un apasionante relato a...

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Literary Nonfiction. Spanish Language Text. Biography and memoir. Latino/Latina Studies. The long-awaited Spanish-language version of Trevino Hart's award-winning BAREFOOT HEART is a vivid account of growing up in a family of migrant farmworkers. This timely story based on Trevino Hart's own experiences starkly reveals the obstacles and challenges faced by field workers as they navigate a difficult life that is often in a hostile environment. CORAZÓN DESCALZO recounts how the author overcame adversity and disadvantage, discovered her true talents, and in the process found herself.

The startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote corner of the world created an empire that led the world into the modern age. The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more land and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization. Vastly more progressive than his European or Asian counterparts, Genghis Khan abolished torture, granted universal religious freedom, and smashed feudal systems of...