Favaloro. El corazón en las manos

Thirty years ago Piri Thomas made literary history with this lacerating, lyrical memoir of his coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem. Here was the testament of a born outsider: a Puerto Rican in English-speaking America; a dark-skinned morenito in a family that refused to acknowledge its African blood. Here was an unsparing document of Thomas's plunge into the deadly consolations of drugs, street fighting, and armed robbery--a descent that ended when the twenty-two-year-old Piri was sent to prison for shooting a cop. As he recounts the journey that took him from adolescence in El...

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare s finesse to Oscar Wilde s wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library.

Jose Luis Martinez culmina la obra de varias generaciones de estudiosos. Desde que en 1925 Alberto Maria Carreno, miembro de numero de la Academia Mexicana, escribio las primeras semblanzas para festejar el cincuentenario de la Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, sus miembros se han encargado de dar seguimiento a la vida y obra de sus integrantes. Con motivo del aniversario 125 de dicha institucion, Jose Luis Martinez ha actualizado, corregido y aumentado las biografias y bibliografias ya existentes. El resultado: 316 biobibliografias de los academicos de la lengua.

En este libro describo las dificultades de mi vida universitaria. Decidí a escribir este libro cuando, por falta de amigos, no me enteré de los exámenes del último semestre de la universidad y los perdí. Después de muchos problemas, di los exámenes del último semestre y escribí mis experiencias universitarias en este libro.