Al infierno o a la gloria

Escrito de forma autobiográfica, el libro cuenta cómo tres hermanos construyeron un emporio de lujo y arte que ha cautivado a diferentes generaciones de los cinco continentes. El autor salpica su narración con interesantes reflexiones acerca del éxito y la riqueza, conceptos relativos que analiza desde su propia experiencia.

The definitive annotated translation of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 CE) was the sixteenth emperor of Rome -- and by far the most powerful man in the world. Yet he was also an intensely private person, with a rich interior life and one of the wisest minds of his generation. He collected his thoughts in notebooks, gems that have come to be called his Meditations. Never intended for publication, the work has proved an inexhaustible source of wisdom and one of the most important Stoic texts of all time. In often passionate language, the entries range from...

Equal parts compelling history and personal memoir, this account documents the life of Carmen de Zulueta, author and key figure among the Spanish exiles after the Spanish Civil War. This work includes anecdotes from key historical figures?including Miguel de Unamuno, Eduardo Marquina, Manuel Cossio, Julián Besteiro, and María Zambrano, among many others?who have woven the Spanish cultural history of the 20th century. Chronicling the author's rich and intense daily life in Madrid, this book is an invaluable historical record covering the unique cultural life of Spain. Tanto una historia...

En Vivir duele, Emilce Strucchi, narradora, poeta y psicóloga, analiza la vida y la obra de Clarice Lispector, a la luz de los conceptos de la ciencia actual. ¿Se puede separar la vida de una autora de su obra? ¿En qué medida una y otra se entrecruzan, se influyen, se entretetejen? En Vivir duele se pueden encontrar las respuestas a esas preguntas.