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Copatrona de Europa, consejera de reyes y papas. Brígida Birgersdotter fue una mujer excepcional. Casada con un consejero del reino, fue a su vez consejera real y papal, madre de ocho hijos y fundadora en su viudez de una orden religiosa. Fue escritora y contemplativa muy agraciada. Vivió en los revueltos tiempos del siglo XIV.

I was born into the family of William Julius and Emilie (Baudat) Gayle on August 30, 1919 They decided to name me Luella Celestine for my two grandmothers...Luella Love (Sanders) Gayle and Celestine (Pichon) Baudat. I did not like the name and was very happy that they decided to call me “Celeste.” At the time of my birth, my brother Milton was almost two, having been born September 2, 1917. Unfortunately, he died with Diphtheria on December 11, 1921, when I was only two. Mom and Dad had previously lost a son, Dalton, who died April 13, 1915 at the age of 16 months. He was born December 8, ...

"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history-as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--

In July 2021, Roberto Calasso, editor, writer, intellectual, man of letters, essential figure of Italian and European culture, passed away. Jorge Herralde, accomplice editor and friend of many years, since the youthful meetings in Frankfurt in the seventies of the last century, pays tribute to him. This volume brings together a range of texts that approach him from different angles and draw a wide portrait of this fascinating character. The reader will also discover his own voice with his speech at the reception of the Formentor Prize, which was awarded to him in 2016.