El arte del Exilio

Philip Norman's family considered themselves genteel yet somehow became involved in the opportunistic world of seaside trade on the Isle of Wight. With masterly skill, Norman recreates his upbringing among this gallery of social misfits - his handsome but unstable father Clive, once a dashing RAF officer, now a reluctant showman at the end of Ryde Pier, his pub-owning Uncle Phil, who dresses as a woman every New Year's Eve, and his irresistible Grandma Norman who presides over her rock kiosk and rules the troubled family like a Mafia don. The year is 1953. While Britain celebrates the...

Hay nombres inextinguibles. ¿Quién no ha oído hablar de Greta Garbo? Fue la estrella más refulgente en el Hollywood del cine silente y clásico, siempre con un halo de misterio. Se retiró con solo treinta y cinco años luego de actuar en veintiocho filmes pero sus recuerdos quedaron para siempre entre los cinéfilos. Greta Garbo, la mujer que más amé, el libro que Armando G. Muñoz nos entrega, es una versión novelada de la parte menos visible de la actriz, a través del monólogo de Mercedes De Acosta, sobrina nieta de la Duquesa de Alba, con quien mantuvo un tórrido romance y...

Compiles the stories of Mexico's best-known criminal women of the past two centuries, including the young heiress who killed her newborn to avoid dishonor and went to a dance immediately thereafter, and the beauty queen who murdered her unfaithful husband.

From the graphic novel experts Brian Williamson and Jim McCarthy comes a new explosive book about the legendary heavy metal band Metallica that captures the essence and the troubles of the most successful metal band. From their initial underground success to a more commercial recognition, on into their Grammy wins and selling over 100 million albums, Metallica: Nothing Else Matters takes an emotional journey over two decades on the road and in the recording studio.