Claudio Arrau

Written during the last eight months of his life, these diaries are an unfiltered narration of the life of Joe Orton, the extremely successful and famous British playwright. On August 9, 1967, Orton was murdered in London by Kenneth Halliwell, his lover of 16 years, who bludgeoned him with a hammer and then immediately committed suicide. Halliwell left a note that said that all would be explained if the police read Orton's diaries. In the diaries, Orton narrates his literary success, his sexual escapades—at his mother's funeral, with a dwarf in Brighton, and, extensively, in Tangiers—and...

The first complete biography of Alfonso López Michelsen, one of the main figures in the political and intellectual life of Colombia over the past 50 years, this book discusses the challenges and the social, economical, and security changes that have occurred in the country during the last part of the 20th century and the start of the present one. Constituyendo la primera biografía completa de una de las principales figuras de la vida política e intelectual de Colombia en los últimos 50 años, ésta obra explica los principales retos y cambios sociales, económicos y de seguridad pública...

An oral history of four generations of Hispanic women in New Mexico. Twenty-one Hispanas recall life experiences spanning a period from the time when New Mexico was a Spanish-speaking territory until today. Themes include: the shift from a rural to an urban environment ; the struggle to preserve culture and traditions ; efforts to cope with discrimination ; changes in family relations ; the striving for education, job, and careers ; service to family and community ; dedication to social change.

Todos recorremos los caminos que hemos elegido consciente o inconscientemente. Las experiencias, aprendizajes y logros, pueden ser situaciones comunes, pero el cómo las vivamos, determinará nuestra trascendencia. Algunos “viven” su vida sin trascender en ningún ámbito de la misma. Pero cada uno de nosotros podemos “trazar las rutas” por los cuales deseamos “transitar”, para ver realizadas nuestras metas. Cuando somos conscientes de que la historia de nuestra vida es: producida, dirigida, editada y escrita por nosotros, podemos adjudicarnos los créditos de nuestra opera prima. ...