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Without the determination, magnetism, vision, good manners, respectable clothes, and financial security of Brian Epstein, no one would ever have heard of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. In Liverpool, in December 1961, Brian Epstein met the Beatles in his small office and signed a management deal. The rest may be history, but it’s a history that Epstein created, along with a blueprint for all pop groups since. Out of the public eye, Epstein was flamboyant and charismatic. He drank, gambled compulsively, and took drugs to excess. But people remember his wit, charm, and capacity to inspire...

Esta obra constituye el cuarto número de la colección GRANDES VIDAS DE LA ESPAÑA DE NUESTRO TIEMPO, cuyo objetivo es recoger la vida y obra de los pensadores españoles a partir del siglo XIX. El cuarto volumen recoge las conferencias impartidas por cuatro prestigiosos profesores sobre la trayectoria profesional y personal de cuatro grandes historiadores: Menéndez Pelayo, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Américo Castro y Claudio Sánchez Albornoz.

Laura o el camino de la filosofía es la historia de una vida entregada a los libros. Durante un periodo de quince años, el narrador, esforzado aprendiz de filósofo, atraviesa tres diferentes etapas de formación; la primera (Mundo de la vida) tiene que ver con la ética y la política; la segunda (Liberación), con la religión y la metafísica; la tercera (El naturalista), con la biología y el problema de la autoconciencia. Las circunstancias de la relación del protagonista con Laura ―su pareja― recorren toda la obra en un relato no exento de humor que dibuja el contraste entre dos...

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